Israel‘s military has returned to northern Gaza to take on Hamas several months after claiming to have dismantled the group in the area. Israeli military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said on Jan. 8, the army has “completed the dismantling of Hamas’s military framework in the northern Gaza Strip,” and yet he told AFP on Friday, […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is picking a very public fight with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over a bill to compensate radiation victims in his home state of Missouri. The freshman senator, a loud critic of Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), is not known for holding his tongue when it comes to leadership. But he’s been […]
Of all 50 states, one surprisingly far surpasses the others in the percentage of registered independent voters: Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, a typically Democratic-leaning state, 62% of all registered voters are independents as of November 2023, outnumbering both major political parties. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 3-1 ratio; nearly 30% of voters are registered Democrats […]
China’s counterintelligence officers have “uncovered multiple espionage cases in the aerospace sector,” according to the regime’s spy agency. “Certain countries regard our nation as a major competitor in the space field and spare no effort to contain and suppress us,” China’s Ministry of State Security agency said Friday on social media, citing the cases as […]
The discovery of bird flu virus particles in the commercial milk supply has reignited public interest in the century-long debate over pasteurizing milk. Sales of raw milk, or milk that has not undergone the heat treatment process to kill harmful bacteria, have spiked in recent weeks since the Department of Agriculture announced in March that […]
The Air Force is promoting a policy shift that effectively goes against more than a hundred years of precedent, and is facing significant opposition to it. The crux of the policy change is that the relevant Air National Guard units would be folded into the U.S. Space Force, but governors are the heads of their […]
Multiple tornadoes battered Oklahoma on Sunday night, leaving a path of destruction across the Sooner State. The storms were first reported in western Oklahoma with one tornado touching down in Roger Mills County and another hitting the town of Custer City, according to News 9. A tornado destroyed a house in Blaine County late Sunday […]
Ed Dwight was named a candidate for NASA’s astronaut corps by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. On Sunday, he finally made it to space. Dwight, 90, traveled to space aboard a capsule with Blue Origin, the aerospace company owned by Jeff Bezos. The flight departed from West Texas and lasted about ten minutes, according […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — New Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te promised to provide stability for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific during his inaugural address, despite China‘s desire to unify the island with the mainland. “Democracy and freedom are Taiwan’s unwavering commitment,” Lai said, through a translator, during his inaugural address on Monday. “Peace is the only option. And […]
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is believed to be dead after a helicopter he was on crashed in the Islamic Republic’s East Azerbaijan province. Iranian state media reported Monday morning local time that there was “no sign of life” at the crash site. Raisi, 63, had been serving as Iran’s president since August 2021 and was […]
