US federal agents arrested a Chinese citizen attempting to obtain hundreds of radiation-hardened microchips typically used in satellites and ballistic missile systems as he tried to leave the United States last year, according to court documents obtained by Quartz. The bust, which had not been reported in the media until now, was the culmination of […]
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Air Force Saw Record-Breaking Number of Suicides in 2019…
The U.S. Air Force says 137 airmen across the active duty, Guard and Reserve died by suicide in 2019, a 33% increase over the previous year. Officials confirmed the number last week after the latest statistics appeared on social media. Suicide is a difficult national problem without easily identifiable solutions that has the full attention […]
Toxic ‘Black Goo’ Base Used by US Had Enriched Uranium. More Veterans Report Cancer…
For the last six weeks, a private Facebook group set up to help veterans who served at a toxic base in Uzbekistan has been flooded with new members, many with hauntingly familiar stories: I served at K2. I have cancer. “It was overwhelming,” said retired Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Welsch, a special operations military […]
‘No Blank Check for War’: House Votes to Bar Trump Military Action on Iran…
On Thursday the Democratic-led House passed legislation to stop funding for military action in Iran and to repeal the 2002 war authorization for Iraq — which multiple administrations have based unilateral military actions on without the approval of Congress. Predictably, Trump has threatened to veto both bills amid an ongoing struggle in which doves in […]
Suspects Accused of Running $7M Fentanyl Ring Released on Bail…
Six suspected drug dealers who are accused of running a $7 million fentanyl distribution operation out of a Bronx apartment were released without bail under the state’s new criminal justice law early Wednesday. The suspects — Livo Valdez, Jaslin Baldera, Frederick Baldera, Frandi Ledema, Diego Tejada and Parfraimy Antonio — were arrested Monday when officers […]
Deconstructing the Deal: A Breakdown of Trump’s Plan…
Middle East Eye deconstructs the 181-page plan here to give you a broad sense of what it proposes along with lingering questions over exactly how it plans to attain those aims. We’ll be adding to this as we scour the deal. After a two-year wait for Donald Trump’s Middle East plan to address the Israel-Palestine […]
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US Charges Harvard Professor, 2 Researchers with Aiding Chinese Regime…
Federal authorities have charged a Harvard professor, a Chinese military official, and a Chinese researcher, in three unrelated cases, with offenses related to aiding the Chinese regime, the Justice Department announced on Jan. 28. In one case, Charles Lieber, chair of the department of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University, was arrested on Jan. […]
Donald Trump and the Mythmakers…
For the past 40-odd years, two narratives have guided American Middle East policy. Both were invented by the Carter administration. One relates to Iran. One relates to Israel. Both narratives reject reality as the basis for foreign policy decision-making in favor of delusion. Over the past two months, President Donald Trump has rejected and disavowed […]
Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Deny Green Cards for Immigrants Likely to Abuse Welfare…
The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled on Monday by a narrow 5-4 decision that the Trump administration can lawfully deny green cards to immigrants who are likely to get on the dole and abuse welfare benefits as legitimized U.S. citizens. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented from the […]
Trump Administration Reveals Details of ‘Birth Tourism’ Crackdown…
The Trump administration on Thursday imposed new visa rules aimed at restricting ‘birth tourism,’ in which women travel to the United States to give birth so their children can have U.S. citizenship. Applicants will be denied a tourist visa unless they can prove they must come to the U.S. to give birth for medical reasons […]
Pentagon: 34 US Troops Suffered Concussions, Traumatic Brain Injuries in Iranian Missile Strike…
Thirty-four U.S. service members suffered concussions and traumatic brain injuries following the Iranian missile attack on American forces at two Iraqi military bases earlier this month, said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman on Friday. “Eight service members who were previously transported to Germany have been transported to the United States” for more treatment, Hoffman said in […]
Ike Was Right by Eric Margolis…
Congress just passed a near trillion dollar military budget at a time when the United States faces no evident state threats at home or abroad. Ike was right. Illustrating Ike’s prescient warning, Brown University’s respected Watson Institute just released a major study which found that the so-called ‘wars on terror’ in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and […]
Pentagon Confirms ISIS Resurgent in Libya at Moment Turkey Transfers 2,000 Syrian Fighters…
This might come as a surprise to the broader American public and a mainstream media which has largely ignored recent escalating events in Libya, but guess who’s back? – “The Donald Trump administration is seeing a “small” resurgence in the Islamic State’s numbers in Libya since strongman Khalifa Hifter began a bloody march on the […]
The Military and State Can’t Handle the Trump Truth by Larry C Johnson…
An excerpt from a soon to be released book, “A Very Stable Genius” (which appeared in Saturday’s edition of the Washington Post) apparently was written with the intent of presenting Donald Trump as a crazed, unstable individual. The authors of this hit job (two Washington Post reporters) clearly relied on Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn and […]
AMERICANS – LOCKED AND LOADED – PEACEFULLY ASSEMBLE TO PROTEST DEMOCRATS ANTI-GUN LAWS…
More than 20,000 people converged in the streets of Richmond, Virginia, on Monday to protest their right to bear arms in the face of swingeing state gun control laws set to be enacted later this year. They started arriving before dawn – army veterans, stay-at-home-moms, attorneys, welders, democrats, republicans – united under banners defending the […]
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US Admits 11 Troops Injured by Iranian Retaliatory Missile Strike…
It looks like the Iranian government wasn’t the only one hiding critical details about the aftermath of the Islamic Revolutionary regime’s ‘retaliatory strike’ from the public. According to several media reports, eleven US service members were flown out of Al Assad Air Base in Iraq and treated for concussion symptoms after Iran’s rocket attack targeting […]
CONFIRMED: Israeli Supplied the Key Intelligence for U.S. Assassination of Iran’s Soleimani…
This latest revelation should not surprise anyone who has been actively following the exploits of the current Trump Administration and its partner organization, Israel’s Netanyahu government. According to a recent report released by the Times of Israel, it was officials in Tel Aviv who provided the White House with the key intelligence details leading to […]
Apple Rejects DOJ Claims That It Did Not Assist in Unlocking iPhones Used by Pensacola Shooter…
Apple has pushed back against the Justice Department’s (DOJ) claim that it did not provide “substantive assistance” to investigators to help them unlock two iPhones used by a shooter who opened fire at members of the U.S. armed services at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, last month. “We reject the characterization that Apple […]
Gen. John Raymond Sworn in As First Space Force Chief…
Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond was sworn in Tuesday as the first chief of space operations for the newly established U.S. Space Force, putting the service on equal footing with other branches of the military and giving it an influential seat at the Joint Chiefs of Staff table. In a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive […]
House Democrats Launch Investigation into Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program…
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee announced that they are investigating the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols initiative, calling into question the program’s legality. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship delivered a letter to acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Tuesday, announcing its investigation into the administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols program…
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