A person has been arrested in connection with vandalism at The World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., according to an announcement made Friday by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro. The suspect was identified by her Kentucky driver’s license as Melissa L. Farris, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Pirro … Read more
To spotlight his achievements concerning public safety and crime, President Donald Trump is scheduled to head to the Nassau County Police Academy in suburban Long Island on Friday, where the White House announced he will unveil fresh FBI crime figures demonstrating a drop in violent crime for 2025. According to the White House, the data … Read more
According to Yemeni authorities, missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels at a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait killed six people, representing the initial known fatalities resulting from Houthi assaults on shipping near Yemen during the current round of conflict in the Arab nation. At the same time, U.S. forces fired on a Panamanian-flagged ship … Read more
President Donald Trump was secretly whisked away from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while a carefully managed decoy operation made it appear he was still flying aboard Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post. The covert flight swap, executed on July 8, 2026, was … Read more
The U.S. military completed a heavy wave of strikes against Iran, according to a U.S. Central Command social media post, following an Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jordan. The military action killed at least 20 fighters and six Iranian advisers after American and Saudi forces targeted Iran-backed militias in neighboring Iraq. U.S. … Read more
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries kicked off the 100-day countdown to the midterm elections on Sunday by unveiling the party’s Fighting for an Affordable America agenda in battleground Pennsylvania, according to the Associated Press. Joined by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro at a steelworkers’ union hall in the Lehigh Valley’s 7th District, Jeffries rallied support for … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated Thursday that the Trump administration is poised to help end the war in Ukraine, though diplomacy will require sustained effort and new ideas as past U.S.-mediated talks have stalled. According to Rubio, previous efforts proved unsuccessful or unfruitful, but President Donald Trump remains committed to the work if … Read more
Health advisers convened by the Food and Drug Administration are reviewing more than a half-dozen peptides, unproven substances that have gained popularity in wellness trends despite limited safety and efficacy data. Kennedy Jr. FDA Panel Weighs Compounding Safety for Popular Peptides Federal regulators are evaluating whether to allow seven popular peptides to be added to … Read more
The United States has engaged in nine consecutive nights of airstrikes against Iranian military infrastructure, responding to the death of an American service member in Iraq. As the conflict intensifies, Iran has retaliated with strikes on U.S.-allied nations Kuwait and Bahrain, while global energy prices have surged, with Brent crude trading above $86 per barrel … Read more
Southeast Asian diplomats are gathering in Manila this week to address a dual-front crisis: the escalating threat of a war between the United States and Iran and the persistent regional instability in Myanmar and the South China Sea. According to the Associated Press, the 11-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will use these meetings … Read more