About a month ago, with Los Angeles girding for a potentially crippling surge of coronavirus cases, a massive white Navy hospital ship chugged into port: a powerful symbol of the government’s response to the pandemic. The USNS Mercy, with 1,000 hospital beds and giant red crosses on its sides, was welcomed by California Gov. Gavin […]
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Wuhan Virus Lessons from USS Roosevelt Outbreak Helped USS Kidd…
The Navy destroyer USS Kidd was heading east across the Pacific from Pearl Harbor when it added an unusual twist to its transit — a quarantine-and-isolation drill. The practice was part of a new protocol built on lessons from a coronavirus outbreak aboard an aircraft carrier soon to be sidelined with sickness. “That … actually […]
Navy Says More Than 1,150 Roosevelt Sailors Have Tested Positive for Virus; Probe Is Launched Into Outbreak…
More than a fourth of the 4,000 crewmembers assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Navy’s latest update Thursday. After more than a month of isolating sailors, sanitizing the ship and testing every crew member, there are 1,102 active cases of coronavirus among Roosevelt sailors, […]
SEALS Tried to Locate U.S. Citizen Taken by Afghan Militants…
In the days following the January capture of an American contractor in Afghanistan, Navy SEAL commandos raided a village and detained suspected members of a Taliban-linked militant network, The Associated Press has learned. U.S. intelligence agents also tried to track the cellphones of the man and his captors, but the trail went cold. There has […]
15 Years in the Making, New Book Takes Terrifying Dive Into the Cocaine World…
As Toby Muse was conducting interviews in Colombia for his new book about the cocaine trade, he found himself in an uncomfortable position. He didn’t want his subjects telling him too much about their business. This was particularly true when talking to a narco-trafficker named Alex, who is central to the book — until he […]
‘Hollywood Has Been Complicit’: Ted Cruz Targets Hollywood and China with New Legislation…
Sen. Ted Cruz is drafting legislation that would prevent movie studios from receiving Department of Defense assistance if those studios censor their films in China. The Stopping Censorship, Restoring Integrity, Protecting Talkies Act would keep the Defense Department from participating with studios that censor movies for a Chinese audience. “The Chinese Communist Party spends billions […]
U.S. Navy Ship Asserts International Navigation, Pissing Off China…
A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer sailed through international waters Tuesday in the South China Sea to challenge unlawful restrictions imposed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam, the Navy told Just the News. “On April 28, the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law,” Lt. j.g. […]
High Profile Inmates from Michael Avenatti to Tekashin 6ix9ine Released from Prison Early Due to Wuhan Virus…
From 71-year-old federal fraudsters to Colombian drug lords, there has been a mad dash of high-profile prisoners petitioning the courts for a compassionate or restricted release in the wake of COVID-19. That means, while others are locked up in cramped over-crowded cells, they get to go home. Criminal justice advocates have rallied around the early […]
Reinstate Capt. Crozier to USS Roosevelt, Navy Tells Esper…
Senior Navy officials have recommended to Defense Secretary Mark Esper that Capt. Brett Crozier, the commander who was fired after warning that the crew of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt was in danger, be restored to command of the aircraft carrier. “Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday has presented recommendations to the Acting Secretary […]
Murder, Burglary Soars in New York City During Coronavirus Lockdown…
While New York City remains under lockdown orders from Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, major violent crime continues to soar. Cuomo implemented stay-at-home orders on March 20 that effectively force the closure of most businesses, except those deemed “essential,” to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Even with the lockdown, […]
‘Second Amendment rights have been gravely injured’: Judge Blocks New California Law Requiring Background Checks for People Buying Ammunition…
A US federal judge has blocked a California law that required background checks for people buying ammunition, saying it violated the constitutional right to bear arms. US District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday halting the law, ruling in favor of lobby group California Rifle & Pistol Association, which […]
President Trump: I’ve Ordered Navy to Destroy Iranian Ships if Provoked…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he had ordered the destruction of Iranian gunboats harassing American ships. “I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,” Trump wrote on Twitter. The president reacted to ongoing reports of Iranian gunboats […]
Governor Northam, Don’t Let Vincent Lamont Martin Be Released by James A. Gagliano…
America’s criminal justice system is bound by the durable implementation of institutions and norms known as the rule of law. As such, one of the expected hallmarks of the theory of retributive justice is that the response to a criminal act is proportional to the offense. Jaywalking is clearly viewed as less heinous than murder. […]
Trump Exempts Fortune 500’s Visa Workers from Immigration Curb…
President Donald Trump has exempted the Fortune 500’s international labor supply from his order for a temporary immigration shutdown. “This order will only apply to individuals seeking a permanent residency,” Trump said in an April 21 press conference at the White House. He said: It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by […]
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Russian Fighter Buzzes U.S. Aircraft for Second Time in Four Days…
A Russian fighter plane on Sunday cut within 25 feet of a U.S. military aircraft, marking the second time in less than a week that unsafe maneuvers by Russian pilots put Navy pilots at risk, the military said. The incident over the eastern Mediterranean Sea involved a Russian SU-35 fighter conducting two high-speed intercepts of […]
Air Force Picks Raytheon to Build New Cruise Missile…
The U.S. Air Force has chosen Raytheon Co. as the sole-source manufacturer to proceed with the service’s new nuclear cruise missile, which is intended to be launched from aircraft such as the B-52 Stratofortress. The service on Friday selected Raytheon’s design for the Long Range Stand Off weapon, known as LRSO — which is currently […]
160 Members of National Guard Step in at Massachusetts Veterans’ Home Where at Least 50 Have Died…
As investigations continue into how the coronavirus spread so quickly and throughout Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, the number of veterans who have died from the coronavirus has now grown to at least 50. The state Executive Office of Health and Human Services announced Sunday that two more residents at the state-run home had died in the […]
Here’s ‘Anonymous,’ Trump Aides Say. And Here’s How They Outed Her…
Ever since a “senior official in the Trump administration” penned an anonymous 2018 New York Times column attacking President Trump as unfit for office, Washington has been engrossed in a high-stakes whodunit. After an exhaustive investigation, the White House believes it’s cracked the case, identifying Trump’s turncoat as his former deputy national security adviser, Victoria […]
Dept of Defense-Wide Wuhan Coronavirus Cases Near 5,000…
Nearly 3,000 American service members worldwide had tested positive for the coronavirus by Friday, according to new Pentagon data that showed military-affiliated individuals infected by the virus nearing 5,000. The data released Thursday showed more than 22% of the 2,986 service members diagnosed with the fast-spreading virus have recovered from the disease. Forty-four troops are […]
Inmate Freed From Jail to Curb CCP Virus Spread Arrested Next Day for Murder…
A Florida man has been arrested on suspicion of committing a second-degree murder, just one day after he was released from jail over fears the CCP virus could spread in correctional facilities, authorities said on April 14. Tampa-based Joseph Edwards Williams, 26, was arrested on Monday on charges of second-degree murder in connection with a […]
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