Hegseth and Caine holding briefing on Iran war

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine are holding a briefing for reporters Thursday on the latest developments in the Iran war, their first since Israel carried out strikes killing Iran’s top security chief Ali Larijani and Esmail Khatib, its intelligence minister. Despite U.S. and Israeli strikes against senior Iranian leaders, Director of National … Read more

Gabbard, Trump intel chiefs to testify at second hearing on worldwide threats

  Updated 34m ago Gabbard told Senate that Iran had not resumed enrichment activities One of the more notable moments from Wednesday’s Senate hearing stemmed from an omission during Gabbard’s opening remarks.  According to her written testimony, Gabbard was supposed to say that Iran’s nuclear enrichment program was “obliterated” during last year’s strikes on three … Read more

All the best deals from the Wayfair Spring Cyber Week Sale

Spring often brings a lot of things to get excited about. Outside of more daylight hours, warmer weather and the annual Amazon Big Spring Sale, there’s also Wayfair’s annual Spring Cyber Week Sale, which kicked off today. Spring Cyber Week sale is one of the best events to save money on furniture, home decor, and … Read more

Darren Indyke, Epstein’s lawyer and key associate, to testify to House committee today

A lawyer who worked closely with Jeffrey Epstein for decades before becoming an executor of his estate will be questioned Thursday by the House Oversight Committee.  Darren Indyke was perhaps Epstein’s closest associate dating back to the 1980s. He was involved in assembling Epstein’s complex web of businesses, properties and legal teams for a voluminous … Read more

Beirut photographer puts himself in the firing line to capture Israeli strikes

Fadel Itani is no stranger to Israeli strikes in his hometown. The 39-year-old photographer from Beirut captured a stunning sequence of images in the early hours of Wednesday morning, showing an IDF missile demolishing a tower block in one fell swoop. Itani, a freelance photograher with more than 16 years experience, told NBC News that … Read more

Rapper Afroman wins lawsuit against Ohio police over mocking their raid of his home in viral music videos

The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home. “We did it, America! Yeah, we did it! Freedom of speech! Right on! Right on!” the 51-year-old rapper, born Joseph Foreman, shouted … Read more

Belarus leader hosts US envoy for talks, latest step in his effort to improve ties with Washington

TALLINN, Estonia — TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West. Lukashenko met with President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Coale, according to the presidential … Read more

Some DHS contractors told White House officials they were asked to pay Corey Lewandowski

More than a year ago, The GEO Group founder George Zoley asked for a meeting with Corey Lewandowski, a close ally of President Donald Trump who had just started a powerful position as a top adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. As a titan of the private prison industry, GEO Group stood to benefit … Read more

Iran war shows U.S. and allies were

London — The war in Iran has highlighted the threat relatively cheap drones pose to both human life and crucial infrastructure. It has also highlighted a seeming unreadiness to counter the weapons among the militaries of the U.S. and some of its major allies in the Middle East.  As President Trump sharply criticizes America’s longtime NATO … Read more