(Headline USA) The U.S. military on Saturday announced its first troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, saying two were killed and another was missing in an attack on a base in Jordan.
They were killed Friday as the U.S. and partner forces defended...
(Headline USA) A father and son are expected to face federal kidnapping charges after they zip-tied two U.S. Forest Service employees and held them at gunpoint inside a trailer in Northern California near Mt. Shasta.
Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said the two workers were conducting routine field operations in the...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The Department of War is mandating annual testosterone screening for every active-duty and reserve service member age 30 and older, a mandate affecting about 2 million troops. The Ddepartment declined to say how much the program will cost taxpayers or how it will determine...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Congress got its housing overhaul across the line at 12 a.m. Saturday, and the president never touched it. CBS News reported that President Donald Trump kept his signature off the measure as leverage against the Senate, which has refused to move his elections bill, the...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Following allegations of foreign adversaries meddling in U.S. elections during a primetime address Thursday by President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin laid out a plan of action to secure American votes.
Mullin delivered remarks to the media Friday, equating election security to national...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Friday that Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, has his support to run for a full term to replace her brother in the U.S. Senate.
He wrote on social media that she “has been a WINNER all of her life and,...
(Headline USA) A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey's bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds are unconstitutional.
This is the first time a federal appeals court has struck down a state ban on such weapons, and it comes as the U.S....
(Headline USA) Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states muddled through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires on Friday, as smoke enveloped the nation’s capital in a gloomy, eerie haze.
Air quality warnings were expected to remain in effect through Saturday across a wide...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Rhode Island shoppers should expect longer wait times at the grocery store. Reason reports the state now leads the country in restricting grocery self-checkout, after Gov. Daniel McKee put his name on the Restrictions on Self-Service Checkout Stations Act in late June.
The statute demands one...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) When Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., addressed reporters last month at a press conference regarding allegations of sexual misconduct, he appeared visibly uncomfortable and seemingly on edge. A new report may help explain why.
Gallego, who faced scrutiny months earlier over his close ties to disgraced former Rep....
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Central Command on Thursday announced it was bombing Iran for the sixth consecutive night as the US continues to escalate its attacks on the country.
“At 2 pm ET today, US forces began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran for the sixth consecutive night...
(Headline USA) SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket came within a second or so from blasting off on a test flight Thursday, but some of the engines failed to ignite, triggering a launch abort amid billowing clouds of smoke and vapor.
Elon Musk, the company's founder and CEO, said two engines will...