SOCIAL MEDIA

(Headline USA)  Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Arizona who shaped landmark water policies in the U.S. West and guided the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, has died. He was 84. Kyl died Wednesday night from a neurological disorder, said Gordon James, a communications...

(Headline USA)  A Florida woman who was paid $750,000 by a fund for people sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein has pleaded guilty to falsifying records she used in her application for the money. Jennifer Percival, a scholar who has written books on autism, entered the plea in federal court in...

(Headline USA) A man initially accused of being a high-profile al-Qaida figure and who was tortured in CIA custody appeared Thursday at a hearing to review his detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he has been held for 20 years without charges. A U.S. government...

(Headline USA) An F-16 fighter jet from Texas crashed in rural Michigan during a routine training exercise on Thursday, and the pilot ejected safely, a military spokesman said. Sgt. Derek Gutierrez, a public affairs specialist with the 149th Fighter Wing, said the pilot was receiving medical treatment at a local...

(Headline USA) A former senior budget official for Connecticut's Democratic governor is now a fugitive in Greece after fleeing the U.S. by boat and plane ahead of his sentencing for corruption, his lawyer and prosecutors told a federal judge on Thursday. Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, 70, also sent his attorney a...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump says the war in Iran may be ending soon as Tehran is begging to make a deal. He added that Iranian and American officials recently had direct contact. An Iranian official said talks between the United States and Iran will not resume until...

(Headline USA) The man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison after reaching a deal with prosecutors. The sentencing of 56-year-old Anthony Kazmierczak came nearly eight months after the Jan. 27 assault. At the time,...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Kamala Harris' presidential campaign exploited Beyoncé, Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift to draw large crowds to what otherwise would have been low-attendance rallies ahead of the 2024 election, a former major DNC fundraiser alleged in a new book. Lindy Li, a former DNC fundraiser who reportedly raised...

(José Niño, Headline USA) America’s wealthiest political contributors have overwhelmingly favored Republican candidates in the 2026 congressional elections. A Financial Times report found that 16 of the 20 largest donors supported Republican efforts, while George Soros emerged as the most prominent Democratic contributor. Those 20 donors provided more than one...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Conservative commentator CJ Pearson has registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act to represent XTEND Reality, an Israeli company that develops autonomous drone technology. The agreement will pay him $20,000 each month, per a Politico report based on newly submitted federal disclosures. The filings show that...

(Headline USA) The Obamas' pet dog Sunny has died, former President Barack Obama said Wednesday. Sunny, a 13-year-old Portuguese water dog the Obamas got in 2013 while living in the White House, died Tuesday. “We got Sunny at the start of our second term in the White House, and all of...

(Headline USA) An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic...