White House Texted Top-Secret Yemen War Plans to Journalist
The Guardian - Tue Mar 25, 2025
In extraordinary blunder top Trump cabinet members added Atlantic editor to chat discussing strikes on Houthis. More»
First Female Coast Guard Commandant, Linda Fagan, Evicted from Home After 3-Hour Notice
Democracy Now - Sun Feb 9, 2025
This comes as the Trump administration on Tuesday evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home with three hours of notice — without enough time to even gather her personal belongings. More»
Musk Seizes Control of Social Security Check System
Daily Beast - Mon Feb 3, 2025
Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency team have reportedly gained full access to the federal payment system, which contains sensitive personal information on millions of Americans, according to a report. More»
Trump's FCC Chief Opens Investigation into NPR and PBS
NPR - Fri Jan 31, 2025
President Trump's new head of the Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation of NPR and PBS, with an eye toward unraveling federal funding for all public broadcasting. More»
UFO is "Moving at Hundreds of Miles an Hour Underwater," Republican Congressman Says
CBS - Fri Jan 24, 2025
Republican Representative Tim Burchett said in an interview Wednesday that an admiral — whom he did not identify — had told him of an unidentified craft moving at incredible speeds in the sea. More»
Trump Vows to End Birthright Citizenship
BBC - Mon Dec 9, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has said he will look at pardons for those involved in the 2021 US Capitol riot on his first day back in office next month. More»
FBI Arrest Florida Man Charged with Plot to Attack New York Stock Exchange
WXIA-TV - Thu Nov 21, 2024
WASHINGTON — A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the US government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI. More»
Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up
New York Times - Tue Mar 12, 2024
In the 1960s, secret test flights of advanced government spy planes generated UFO sightings. More»
Federal Lawsuit Accuses Virginia Police of Covering Up a Sex Trafficking Ring in Exchange for Sexual Services from the Victims
Insider - Wed Dec 22, 2021
A federal lawsuit alleges that several high-ranking police officers in Fairfax County, Virginia, shielded a sex-trafficking ring from justice for years in exchange for sex from the victims. More»
‘A terrible tragedy’: US Passes 800,000 Covid Deaths – Highest in the World
The Guardian - Tue Dec 14, 2021
The US death toll from Covid-19 has passed 800,000, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after vaccines became available last spring. More»
Pentagon Creates New Office to Probe UFO Reports
AFP - Wed Nov 24, 2021
ARLINGTON, Virginia - The Pentagon is creating a new office to investigate unidentified flying objects amid concerns that after broad probes it cannot explain mysterious sightings near highly sensitive military areas. More»
Trump adviser Steve Bannon indicted by federal grand jury for contempt of Congress
NBC News - Fri Nov 12, 2021
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday, charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions from the House Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot. More»
Colin Powell, first Black secretary of state, dies at 84 from COVID-19 amid cancer battle
CBS News - Mon Oct 18, 2021
Washington — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell died Monday morning due to complications from COVID-19, his family announced, amid an ongoing battle with cancer. More»
U.S. Navy engineer, wife charged with selling submarine secrets
Reuters - Sun Oct 10, 2021
WASHINGTON - A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with selling secret information about nuclear submarines to an undercover FBI agent who posed as an operative for a foreign country, the Justice Department said on Sunday. More»
Pentagon To Require COVID Vaccine For All Troops By September 15th
Associated Press - Mon Aug 9, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will require members of the US military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by September 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. More»
Capitol Police Officer Testifies To The Racism He Faced During The Jan. 6 Riot
NPR - Tue Jul 27, 2021
As pro-Trump insurrectionists poured into the US Capitol on January 6, a Black Capitol Police officer passionately testified Tuesday that he faced racist epithets, the likes of which he had never heard while serving in uniform. More»
Biden fires Trump-appointed Social Security Administration chief
NBC News - Fri Jul 9, 2021
President Joe Biden on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul after he refused a request to resign, a White House official told NBC News. More»
Half of US cosmetics contain toxic chemicals
Associated Press - Tue Jun 15, 2021
WASHINGTON — More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada likely contain high levels of a toxic industrial compound linked to serious health conditions, including cancer and reduced birth weight, according to a new study. More»
Cyber Criminals Compromised Congress Weeks Ago
Daily Mail - Tue Jun 8, 2021
At least 60 members of Congress from both parties have been unable to access data for weeks in the latest ransomware attack to strike the United States. More»
Activists and ex-spy said to have plotted to discredit Trump ‘enemies’ in government
New York Times - Fri May 14, 2021
WASHINGTON - A network of conservative activists, aided by a British former spy, mounted a campaign during the Trump administration to discredit perceived enemies of President Donald Trump inside the government, according to documents and people involved in the operations. More»
Biden issues executive order following mounting cyberattacks
Axios - Wed May 12, 2021
President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to improve the country’s cybersecurity following a series of high-profile cyberattacks in both the public and private sectors. More»
Trump's DOJ secretly obtained phone records of Washington Post reporters
CNN - Sat May 8, 2021
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice secretly obtained phone records of multiple Washington Post reporters, the newspaper reported on Friday. More»
Why did the Washington Post ban a sexual assault survivor from reporting on rape?
The Guardian - Tue Mar 30, 2021
Felicia Sonmez had to flee her home. More»
White House staffers ousted due to marijuana policy
Politico - Fri Mar 19, 2021
The White House on Friday sought to downplay the number of staffers whose jobs have been derailed by their prior cannabis use. More»
Biden signs $1.9 trillion relief bill into law
The Hill - Thu Mar 11, 2021
President Biden on Thursday signed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package into law, marking a significant legislative accomplishment for the new president as he looks to shepherd the country through the pandemic. More»
Maryland Police Chief Accused of Attempted Murder, a Dozen Arsons
The Daily Beast - Thu Mar 4, 2021
A Maryland police chief retired after decades on the force only to spend much of the next 10 years unleashing a series of arson attacks on his perceived enemies, according to a bevy of charges revealed on Wednesday. More»
Citing March 4 security threat, House cancels Thursday session
Yahoo News - Wed Mar 3, 2021
The House of Representatives decided Wednesday to cancel its scheduled session on Thursday due to what authorities deemed credible reports of a second possible attack on the Capitol. More»
Air Force Investigating After Man Sneaks Onto Plane At Joint Base Andrews
Huffington Post - Fri Feb 5, 2021
CAMP SPRINGS, Maryland - Officials at Joint Base Andrews say they are investigating after a man gained unauthorized access to an aircraft parked on base Thursday. More»
"We All Just Got Played" - QAnon followers lose hope after inauguration
NBC News - Wed Jan 20, 2021
Some QAnon conspiracy theorists, in public and private internet forums and chat rooms, were despondent Wednesday as their prophecy of an Inauguration Day coup to keep Donald Trump in power failed again as President Joe Biden was sworn into office. More»
The Capitol riot wasn't a fringe 'uprising'. It was enabled by very deep pockets
The Guardian - Mon Jan 18, 2021
While law enforcement officials in Washington ought to be held accountable for their alleged culpability in the deadly violence at the US Capitol earlier this month, and the off-duty cops and members of the military who participated in it ought to be disciplined, the attempted auto-coup cannot solely be understood through the lens of policing and security. More»