Two US military helicopters carrying out a search and rescue operation for the crew of a downed fighter plane were hit by Iranian fire on Friday. A source familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the US Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and other search and rescue helicopters were attacked,…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday he did not know whether convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein spied for anyone, saying there was no evidence in the Epstein files that the disgraced financier was a spy. Fox News’ Jesse Waters, host of “Jesse Waters Primetime”, asked Blanche “who Epstein was spying on…” Source link
Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Thursday that he will not support any nominee for attorney general if the candidate makes excuses for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Tillis’ comments came days before President Trump fired Pam Bondi as attorney general, which is expected to trigger a confirmation battle over her successor later this year… Source…
More than 20 Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration over the president’s executive order that restricts voter eligibility and mail-in voting. The lawsuit argues that the U.S. Constitution gives states primary authority to conduct elections and that it is unconstitutional for the President to implement changes to federal elections… Source link
Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic is launching a new corporate political action committee, becoming the latest technology firm to launch an employee-funded PAC for election season. Anthropic PBC filed a statement of organization Friday to form “Anthropac.” Hill has revealed that it will be funded exclusively and voluntarily by employees, a common strategy for… Source link
On Friday afternoon, NASA officials will brief reporters on the progress of the Artemis II mission, America’s first manned lunar mission in nearly five decades. The 10-day test flight is expected to orbit the Moon. The crew includes three American astronauts and one from Canada. At approximately 6:32 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, NASA launched… Source…
President Trump released his budget request for the 2027 fiscal year Friday morning, which also includes a massive $1.5 trillion demand for the Pentagon. This year’s defense budget request is $441 billion more than the $1 trillion approved by Congress last year. The request includes $1.1 trillion in “base discretionary” spending and $350 billion… Source…
Energy policy should be based on resilience and long-term supply security, giving priority to reliability, affordability, scalability and strategic flexibility, rather than being driven by ideology. Source link
The opioid crisis has caused more than 700,000 deaths since its beginning, and in response, pharmaceutical companies and distributors have agreed to nearly $57 billion in national opioid settlements, but a report has raised concerns about how some jurisdictions are using these funds, suggesting that transparency and accountability are needed to ensure the funds are…
Vice President J.D. Vance’s new role as fraud czar will focus “primarily” on Democrat-led states, President Trump announced Friday morning. “We’ll call him the ‘Fraud Czar,’ and his focus will be ‘everywhere,’ but primarily in those blue states where there are crooked Democrat politicians, like California, Illinois, Minnesota (Somalia beware!), Maine, New York,… Source link
