(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Pentagon officials have told their Israeli counterparts that the United States will begin a phased withdrawal of its troops from Syria within two months, the Israeli news site Ynet reported on Tuesday.
A senior Israeli official said that the US withdrawal could be partial, meaning only some...
(Headline USA) An IRS whistleblower who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden’s taxes is reportedly expected to be promoted to IRS acting commissioner.
Gary Shapley, an IRS employee who testified to Congress as Republicans reviewed the business dealings of Joe Biden’s son, said he was retaliated against for cooperating...
(Headline USA) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about antitrust litigation, according to an email shown Tuesday on the second day of an antitrust trial alleging Meta illegally monopolized the social media market.
In the 2018 email, Zuckerberg wrote that he...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that it’s investigating a startup that’s been launching balloons filled with sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere, allegedly as part of a scheme to “geoengineer the planet.”
According to the EPA, the company in question, Making Sunsets, has already launched...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) New York Attorney General Letitia James infamously promised on the campaign trail in 2018 that she’d target Donald Trump if elected attorney general. After taking office, she launched a lengthy and broad investigation into Trump and his organization, accusing him of inflating his finances and property...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On Tuesday, Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that Ryan Routh’s defense attorneys are allowed to test-fire the alleged would-be Trump assassin’s rifle, but they won’t be allowed to test other aspects of the rifle, including how well it aims.
Judge Cannon’s ruling was in response to a...
(Headline USA) As jury selection began Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape retrial, some prospective jurors made clear they couldn't be fair in judging the one-time Hollywood mogul-turned-#MeToo pariah.
Mark Axelowitz, an actor who plays a Manhattan prosecutor in the new Robert De Niro film “The Alto Knights,” was...
(Headline USA) Investigators worked Tuesday to uncover the motive behind an arson fire over the weekend at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion
But according to Balmer’s mother, there may not have been a coherent motive. The mother said her son is simply mentally ill, and was off his medication. Balmer's mother...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The 17-year-old who allegedly murdered his own parents and plotted to assassinate President Donald Trump was apparently on the FBI's radar.
According to court filings from defendant Nikita Casap's case, the FBI visited his home in 2023 to investigate "unrelated IP internet activity."
"The FBI interviewed the Casap...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Trump appointee Pete Marocco has abruptly left his position as the State Department’s head of foreign aid after he helped oversee the elimination of staff, programs and funding at USAID.
Marocco in the role reportedly clashed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others in the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Israeli military is set to receive a “major new weapons shipment” from the US in the coming weeks to help prepare it for continued operations in Gaza and a potential attack on Iran, the Israeli news site Ynet reported on Monday.
The details of the arms shipment are unclear,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Monday suggested that Iran was slow-walking talks with the US and repeated his threat of military action if a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program isn’t reached.
The US and Iran held indirect negotiations in Oman over the weekend and are set to hold another round in...