sraeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, according to the US broadcaster ABC News. The Iranian state television reported explosions in Isfahan. Israel had promised to respond after Iran last Saturday launched a barrage of drones and missiles on the country.
A top leader of the national conservative group Turning Point Action, which has amplified false claims of election fraud by former president Donald Trump and others, resigned Thursday after being accused of forging voter signatures on official paperwork so that he could run for reelection in the Arizona House. Read more
The US again exercises its veto power in the UN Security Council to kill Palestine's widely supported bid for full UN membership. UN chief Antonio Guterres says six months of war has made Gaza a "humanitarian hellscape", and that a ceasefire would defuse tensions in the Middle East.
Conventional political wisdom regarding Donald Trump states that the people who voted for him in 2016 and 2020 aren't likely to go for any Democrat this time around--especially not Joe Biden. But a prominent group of anti-Trump Republicans believes those two-time Trump voters are best positioned to convince others in the GOP to vote to re-elect Biden. And they're ready to spend big to do so.
A radical raw food fanatic' has been jailed for eight years for killing his month-old son by feeding' him sunlight instead of food. Russian influencer Maxim Lyutyi, 43, wanted his baby boy Kosmos to be like Superman, a court heard. Instead the newborn died of pneumonia and emaciation.' Read more
More than 1,000 U.S. troops are effectively being held "hostage" in Niger with medical supplies running low " stuck between the military junta-controlled government's demands for them to leave and the Biden administration's refusal to let them go home after the end of their deployments. In addition, the report accuses Biden administration officials of trying to cover up the situation to lawmakers, as well as to troops deployed there and their families anxiously awaiting their return. Read more
Jen Hubbell became a real estate agent in Greenville, S.C., because she believed a good life started with a good home, and now her phone buzzed regularly with calls from out-of-state clients who believed they could find both things in her city. Many were staunch conservatives from deeply blue states like New York, Washington and California, fed up with the politics there. Could Ms. Hubbell, a conservative herself, help them find neighborhoods of like-minded people?
House Freedom Caucus members are signing up to take shifts to guard the House floor in order to prevent resolutions they'd consider unsavory from slipping through that could curb their power, per two R sources. This Floor Action Response Team ("FART") aims to guard against a voice vote or unanimous consent vote where action could be stealthily taken against them and their members.
Workers staged sit-in protests this week at the company's offices in Seattle, New York and Sunnyvale, California over Project Nimbus, a joint contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud and artificial intelligence services.
Conservation and ecosystem restoration will now get the same consideration as oil drilling, logging and grazing from America's largest land manager, according to a final rule published Thursday. The Bureau of Land Management's final Public Lands Rule, first proposed last year, confronts the agency's long legacy of prioritizing extraction on federal lands that every American shares an equal stake in.
Conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus are signing up to take shifts to monitor the chamber floor in order to prevent their own party leaders from making unilateral moves that could curb their power. The Freedom Caucus' Floor Action Response Team, shorthanded as "FART," aims to guard against an unannounced request to pass resolutions that would stealthily limit their leverage against leadership, according to two Republicans with direct knowledge, who were granted anonymity to speak candidly.
Donald Trump's main 2024 White House campaign fundraising operation sharply increased spending at the former president's properties in recent months, funneling money into his businesses at a time when he is facing serious legal jeopardy and desperately needs cash.
The US Air Force is putting AI in the pilot's seat. In an update on Thursday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed that an AI-controlled jet successfully faced a human pilot during an in-air dogfight test carried out last year. DARPA began experimenting with AI applications in December 2022 as part of its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program. It worked to develop an AI system capable of autonomously flying a fighter jet, while also adhering to the Air Force's safety protocols. Read more
Judge Merchan, in directing the press not to use physical descriptors to describe jurors, complained specifically about mentioning one of the jurors had an Irish accent. "We just lost" what would have been a good juror for the case, Merchan said, after one of the jurors was excused after she told the court that she had concerns about her ability to be impartial. Merchan added: She said she was afraid and intimidated by the press, all the press. The juror who withdrew was targeted by Jesse Watters, the Fox News host, on Tuesday evening. Watters said on his show: I'm not so sure about juror No. 2.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) thinks he's found the perfect job for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). Axios reporter Andrew Solender has flagged an amendment that Moskowitz filed that would make Greene the official representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the United States. "Whereas... Greene has repeatedly attempted to block aid to Ukraine, empowering Vladimir Putin's unlawful violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity," the amendment reads. "Whereas... Greene has reposed information from the Strategic Culture Foundation, a Russian based disinformation and propaganda channel... It is the sense of Congress that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14) should be appointed Vladimir Putin's Special Envoy to the United States Congress."
After the hearing, Gallagher spoke with reporters about the hearing and the end of his time in Congress.
This is more just me wanting to prioritize being with my family," he said at the gaggle. "I signed up for the death threats and the late-night swatting, but they did not. And for a young family, I would say this job is really hard.
WLUK reached out to Gallagher's office about his comments on death threats and late-night swatting calls. It is still unclear if any specific incident led to his early resignation.
However, WLUK did confirm through the Brown County Sheriff's Office -- which patrols Allouez, where Gallagher lives -- a case number was assigned late last year to a swatting incident related to the congressman.
