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(Headline USA) Five people were shot early Thursday in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House, said police, who were responding to multiple locations. At least one of those shot was at a gym and died in a pool of blood, a witness said. A shooting...

When New York wildlife officers euthanized a couple's pet squirrel, Peanut, two years ago, Republicans including JD Vance seized on the critter's killing as just another example of government overreach from meddling Democrats. “The same government that doesn't care about hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant criminals coming into our...

(Headline USA) Democrats in the Montana House have elected a transgender/nonbinary state representative as their minority leader and a well-known "trans advocate" to a top leadership post. State Rep. SJ Howell of Missoula is the first trans/nonbinary party leader in the U.S., state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, also of Missoula, posted on...

(Money Metals News Service) Hot inflation is usually seen as bad news for gold. When prices rise faster than expected, investors anticipate higher interest rates, which can pressure gold and silver. But on the latest Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey argued that markets may be overlooking a...

(Headline USA) The father of an 11-month-old boy who survived being buried alive in a dog crate for about 24 hours has been charged with attempted murder in South Carolina, authorities said Wednesday. Koah Sharp, who was reported missing near the state capital city of Columbia, was released from a...

(Headline USA) A minivan crashed into people outside a metro station in Los Angeles during rush hour Tuesday, killing three and critically injuring the driver and at least two others, authorities said. The vehicle ended up under a food vendor’s tent after crashing at a busy intersection just before 6...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said on Monday that the “beauty” of the nearly five-year-old Russia-Ukraine war is the fact that the US is “paying Ukrainians to kill Russians.” Gallego, who joined the Senate last after serving in the House for about 10 years, made the comment on...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A new poll from Reuters/Ipsos has found that a majority of US adults, including the majority of Republicans, want Congress to pass legislation to end the Iran war, a conflict that’s been extremely unpopular among the American people. The poll asked if respondents would support or oppose...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ukraine has asked its Western backers to provide 10 years of funding to maintain an 800,000-strong Ukrainian military as part of a potential peace deal to end the war, AFP reported on Wednesday. According to the Kyiv Post, the request was raised during the first day of...

(José Niño, Headline USA) At least 11 people working for the National Security Agency or U.S. Cyber Command died by suicide during the fiscal year ending in September, according to Bloomberg’s investigation. The findings prompted private congressional and White House inquiries into workforce conditions and mental healthcare. The deaths involved...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Atlantic celebrated a federal judge’s ruling Tuesday that temporarily halts most the discovery requests in FBI Director Kash Patel’s defamation lawsuit against the publication. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan granted The Atlantic’s request to pause discovery as he considers the magazine’s motion to dismiss the...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Idaho man Alexander Scott Mercurio was sentenced to 216 months in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS. Mercurio was arrested in April 2024 when he was 18 years old, after the FBI targeted him for years...