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Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna tore into The Washington Post’s treatment of conservative minorities Friday, saying that the media outlet’s “completely false” report on her background had an “incredibly racist” undertone. “They did start out with saying that I basically made up the fact…
Read More Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Calls Washington Post Report ‘Completely False’
Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, announced Wednesday it will be restricting Ukrainian military use of its Starlink satellite service that’s been used for drones, according to Reuters. The U.S.-based company has been providing this internet service through its Starlink satellite system since February after the Russian invasion, which…
Read More Elon Musk’s SpaceX Restricts Ukraine From Using Its Satellites To Fight Russia
The U.S. military shot down a second “high altitude object” in American airspace, this time off the coast of Alaska on Friday, the White House announced. The mission occurred less than a week after a high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon was shot down off the coast…
Read More US Shoots Down “High-Altitude” Object In American Airspace Off The Coast Of Alaska
A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time Feb. 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The launch Pentagon was characterized by the Pentagon…
Read More VIDEO: US Conducts Nuclear (ICBM) Missile Test Launch
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents have seen a spike in attempts to illegally smuggle eggs across the Mexican border into the U.S. amid high egg prices, according o the LA Times. U.S. egg prices soared 60% from December 2021 to December 2022, and the U.S. Department…
Read More As Prices Of Eggs Skyrocket, Egg Smuggling Spikes At The Southern Border
MADISON HEIGHTS, MI. – A Madison Heights pharmacist was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison based on his convictions for conspiring to distribute over 25,000 opioid pills and for money laundering, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Yousef Kosho, 44, was sentenced…
Read More Michigan Pharmacist Sentenced For ‘Diverting’ Over 25,000 Opioid Pills
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed an amended complaint in its challenge of New Jersey’s revised gun permit law, adding one plaintiff and expanding its scope on so-called “sensitive places.” The case is now known as Koons v. Platkin. SAF and its lawsuit partners are…
Read More SAF Files Amended Complaint Challenging New Jersey Gun Law
The House voted unanimously Thursday to condemn China’s balloon surveillance program as a “brazen violation” of U.S. sovereignty. The 419-0 action comes as lawmakers seek more information about the white balloon that flew over American skies and were being briefed by U.S. officials in a classified session.…
Read More US House Votes To Condemn China Over Spy Balloon
A senior State Department official with the Biden administration told CNN that the Chinese surveillance balloon, which was shot down by an F-22 Raptor on Saturday, was operating with electronic surveillance technology capable of ‘monitoring’ US communications. The balloon “was capable of conducting signals intelligence collection…
Read More US Officials Say Chinese Spy Balloon Was Able To Monitor Communication Signals
New polls show Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot might lose her Feb. 28 reelection race in the windy city. Lightfoot trailed just behind former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, a Democrat, and Democratic Illinois Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García in a dead heat race, according…
Read More Polls Show Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Could Lose Reelection Bid