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Dozens of US soldiers want to overthrow government – Pentagon

An annual report on extremism in the American military has revealed a rise in suspected cases. The report, released this week, also showed that 44...

Spanish aristocrat arrested on US warrant

Alejandro Cao de Benos has been accused of helping North Korea evade sanctions by using cryptocurrency. A Spanish man accused of helping North Korea use...

History-making American judge dies

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, has passed away at 93. Retired US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day...

Trump can be sued for Capitol riot, court rules

Presidential immunity will not protect the former leader from lawsuits over the January 6, 2021 riot. Former US President Donald Trump is not immune from...

US politician George Santos expelled from Congress

Representative George Santos has lost his House seat after being accused of deceiving supporters and misusing campaign funds. Disgraced US lawmaker George Santos has been...

US Senator Rand Paul saves colleague from choking

Senator Rand Paul used the Heimlich maneuver on fellow Republican Joni Ernst at a luncheon. US Senator Rand Paul may have saved the life of...

Henry Kissinger dies at age 100

The former US secretary of state passed away on Wednesday. Former US Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger passed away at...

Key witness in Ghislaine Maxwell trial dies of ‘accidental overdose’

Carolyn Adriano was a child-trafficking victim of Jeffrey Epstein and a witness in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. Adriano was found dead in a West...

George Floyd’s killer stabbed in prison

Former police officer Derek Chauvin is serving a 22.5-year sentence for the 2020 killing that sparked BLM riots. Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis cop convicted of...

Study reveals how overturning Roe v Wade affected US births

The US Supreme Court ended five decades of abortion legislation in June 2022. Tens of thousands of babies were born in states that have enacted...

The US is leading its allies into an elaborate Middle Eastern trap

Uncritical support for the American stance on the Israel-Hamas war will prove to be some Western governments’ downfall. Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is on the...

Mystery canine disease spreading across US

The unknown respiratory illness has infected dogs in at least nine states, leading to deaths in rare cases. A mystery respiratory illness sickening dogs across...

Watch: Explosion on US-Canada border

Footage reportedly shows the vehicle deliberately speeding up to ram a building. Surveillance cameras at a US-Canada border crossing captured the moment a speeding vehicle...

Joe Biden’s Washington Post op-ed shows the US never learns its lessons

The obvious policy proclamation masquerading as a personal take has all the hypocritical tropes of American neocon elites. The president of the United States, Joe...

How Biden proved his incompetence at summit with Xi

Even his own Secretary of State couldn’t help but cringe at the US President’s statements. Recently, the 2002 'Letter to America' by then-Al-Qaeda leader Osama...

MH370 mystery: Leaked US military video shows airliner disappear into ‘portal’, researchers say

Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on March 8 2014 while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The cause of the disappearance has not been...

Letter from Osama Bin Laden goes viral

The late jihadist’s justifications for attacks on America have drawn praise on on TikTok amid the Israel-Hamas war. More than two decades after the attacks...

Xi and Biden meet in California

The Chinese and US leaders held a summit on the sidelines of APEC. US President Joe Biden hosted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in San...

US court clears Trump for White House run

A Michigan judge has ruled the ex-president can contest the Republican nomination, rejecting an “insurrection” lawsuit by activists. Former US President Donald Trump is eligible...

Biden claims hostage deal with Hamas is ‘going to happen’

The US president has said that he’s in daily contact with parties involved in talks to free the captives in Gaza. US President Joe Biden...

Ousted US House speaker accused of assaulting colleague

Kevin McCarthy faces an ethics complaint after allegedly elbowing a fellow Republican lawmaker in the back on Capitol Hill. Former US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy...

Security team for Biden’s granddaughter open fire at car thieves

The thieves attempted to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in Washington, DC’s Georgetown neighbourhood. A Secret Service agent protecting Naomi Biden, a granddaughter...

How the Israel-Hamas war poisons US politics

The censure of congresswoman Rashida Tlaib over her statement on the conflict in the Middle East exposes a dangerous and dishonest rhetoric. On November 7,...

Pro-Trump ‘shaman’ to run for US Congress

The costumed man had served time in prison for being present at the January 6 Capitol riot. Jacob Chansley, dubbed the ‘QAnon Shaman’ of the...

Trump vows ‘a gallon’ of enemy’s blood for one American drop

“Evil” only respects “unyielding strength,” the GOP presidential frontrunner says, in a new advert featuring the conflict in Gaza. A fresh campaign advert for Republican...

US House Panel subpoenas Hunter & James Biden as impeachment inquiry heats up

The US House Oversight Committee announced Wednesday that Chairman James Comer issued subpoenas for Hunter and James Biden, Rob Walker and others to appear...

US debt to top $50 trillion – BoA

The country’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling was exceeded in January, and later scrapped altogether until 2025. The US national debt could surge by $20 trillion...

US launches new ‘self-defense’ strike in Syria – Pentagon

The latest bombing run has hit a facility used by “Iran-backed groups,” the US military claims. US President Joe Biden has ordered an airstrike against...

Nashville school shooter professed hate for ‘white privilege’ – media

Transgender mass killer Audrey Hale was “excited” to shoot privileged white kids, according to the document. Three pages of the hate-filled “manifesto” purportedly written by...

Trump beating Biden in swing states – NYT poll

Most respondents said the current president's policies had personally hurt them and predicted financial ruin if he won a second term. US President Joe Biden...

New US bomb can kill 300,000 in Moscow – Newsweek

The planned weapon would be 24 times more powerful than the one used in Hiroshima, according to an estimate. America’s new nuclear bomb currently planned...

The US and Hezbollah want the same thing from Israel-Hamas war

The “dueling” speeches of Hassan Nasrallah and Antony Blinken show both understand the Middle East escalation ladder. The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, delivered a...

Ex-CIA Analyst: Biden needs Israel and Ukraine conflicts to avoid jail time

US President Joe Biden has gone all-in on the proxy war in Ukraine and the Gaza conflict to distract the American public from his...

UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn US embargo of Cuba

The US and Israel were the only two out of 190 UN members to oppose the document’s adoption. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted...

Ally teases Biden with beach invitation

The Dominican president invited his US counterpart to Punta Cana in 2025. President Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic put his US counterpart Joe Biden...

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried convicted

Former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried still faces a second trial for bribery and bank fraud charges. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty on seven...

FBI chief frets over possible Hamas-inspired attacks in US

Christopher Wray has warned lawmakers that the crisis in Israel is heightening the risk of Americans being targeted. FBI Director Christopher Wray has told US...

Civil war 2.0? A troubling number of Americans believe political violence is acceptable

A recent poll shows democracy isn’t cutting it for a lot of US citizens anymore. A new poll shows that Americans from both sides of...

Iran warns US of ‘new fronts’ in Middle East

Washington’s reluctance to change course could lead to a region-wide escalation, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said. The US could face dire consequences in the...

State officials confirm Maine shooting suspect found dead

Earlier unconfirmed reports indicated that the body of the gunman, identified as Robert Card, had been found near the Lisbon, Maine, woods in an...

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