| 02.10.2023 19:52
Criminal trial of US Senator Bob Menendez set for May 6
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez's trial on corruption charges will begin in May, a federal judge in New York said on Monday. The Democratic senator for New Jersey has pleaded not guilty and resisted calls for his resignation following his indictment last month on charges of taking bribes from three New J...
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| 02.10.2023 16:18
Fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island cause smoky haze, prompting calls for people to work from home
Dry weather has complicated government efforts to extinguish raging fires on the island of Sumatra. PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) - More than 300 forest and peatland fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island caused hazy skies across the region on Monday, prompting government officials to ask people to work f...
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| 02.10.2023 15:28
White House bans top officials from events boosting fossil fuels: report
The White House has barred senior administration officials from attending international conferences that promote fossil fuel production . The National Security Council prohibits US officials from pursuing any "carbon-intensive engagements" for oil, natural gas and coal, according to a Sept. 15 memo...
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| 02.10.2023 15:24
After Monastery Shootout, Residents Say Kosovo Villages Feel Like a 'Jungle'
After ethnic Serbian gunmen stormed the small village of Banjska in Kosovo last week and fought a deadly battle with Kosovar forces, Serbia deployed thousands of military forces along Kosovo's border, and the White House denounced the move as "destabilizing." The violence raised fears that this tro...
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| 02.10.2023 14:00
If you want to fix foster care, here's where to start
Most Americans don't understand the pressure the border crisis puts on our foster-care system. It's not a partisan statement to say our immigration system is broken . Republican presidential candidates from Donald Trump to Ron DeSantis to Will Hurd are calling for major reforms to stem the flood of...
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| 02.10.2023 09:56
Iran official admits country's role in terror bombing that killed 241 US military members: report
The Islamic Republic of Iran's representative in Lebanon issued the first public announcement of the Iranian regime's role in the mass murder of American military and diplomatic personnel in the early 1980s in Beirut. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) first located and translated the...
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| 02.10.2023 05:00
What Haley Is Doing Right and Christie Needs to Do, According to New Hampshire's Governor
We saw a crowded Republican debate stage of seven candidates last Wednesday night - the kind of big field that worries New Hampshire's governor, Chris Sununu, who has argued that candidates need to drop out if one or two strong rivals emerge to stop former President Donald Trump from winning the G....
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| 02.10.2023 05:00
The Secret Memo From the General Who Foresaw Black Hawk Down
The Battle of Mogadishu in early October 1993 shocked most Americans. U.S. forces had been deployed to Somalia to support a U.N. humanitarian mission, and had helped end a famine, saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Ten months later, there was pitched street-fighting in Mogadishu, 18 dead Americ...
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| 02.10.2023 04:07
UK awards $4bn contract to build AUKUS nuclear submarines
The United Kingdom has awarded three UK companies a 4 billion pound ($4.9bn) contract to design and manufacture a nuclear-powered attack submarine as part of the country's AUKUS programme with Australia and the United States. The UK Ministry of Defence, in a statement on Sunday, said the contract w...
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| 02.10.2023 04:00
Former Democrat offers advice for Texas mayor under fire for ditching Dem Party to join GOP
Rep Jeff Van Drew, R-NJ, encourages Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson to 'follow his heart and his brain'. EXCLUSIVE: A Democrat-turned-Republican congressman has advice for Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson , who also decided to switch parties and become a Republican last week: Follow your "heart" and your "brain...
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| 02.10.2023 04:00
Marine Corps relaxes uniform standards due to camouflage shortage
Marine Corps recruits and members will be allowed to wear desert camouflage and deployment gear for the near future. A camouflage shortage in the Marine Corps will lead to service members wearing less regulated uniforms in the near future. In an Instagram video, Commandant Gen. Eric Smith addressed...
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| 02.10.2023 04:00
White House prohibiting official travel to fossil fuel conferences, internal memo shows
Biden admin officials must get approval before attending any 'international energy engagement': memo. EXCLUSIVE: The White House is prohibiting senior administration officials from traveling for international energy engagements that promote carbon-intensive fuels, including oil, natural gas and coa...
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| 02.10.2023 03:47
Nato confirms 600 British soldiers will be deployed in Kosovo
It comes as Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's president, denied reports Belgrade was increasing the number of troops near the Kosovo border. Some 600 British soldiers will be deployed in northern Kosovo amid concern over violence and the build-up of Serbian military in the region, Nato has confirmed. It c...
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| 01.10.2023 23:55
Civil war brews in Brooklyn Dem Party over claim white areas are dodging migrant shelters
The Brooklyn Democratic Party is embroiled in a civil war after its leader suggested whiter neighborhoods in the borough are not shouldering their fair share of migrant shelters. City Councilman Justin Brannan likened Brooklyn Democratic Party Chairwoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn to his "MAGA Repu...
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| 01.10.2023 23:22
GOP contender Mike Sapraicone has $500K to topple Rep. George Santos
Retired NYPD detective and private security honcho Mike Sapraicone has $500,000 in his campaign treasury in a bid to topple indicted Rep. George Santos in the 2024 GOP primary for New York's wealthiest congressional district. Sapraicone, 67, generated $580,000 in revenue - about half in donations f...
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| 01.10.2023 21:18
Schumer says Fire Island shores washing away from erosion, blames feds
Sen. Chuck Schumer warned that parts of Long Island's prized beaches and nature reserves have been literally washing away and the Biden Administration has done nothing to replenish the beaches and stem the erosion. Schumer, the Senate Democratic majority leader from New York, blasted the Army Corps...
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| 01.10.2023 15:15
Wall Street's Most Hated Regulator Faces a Fundamental Threat
Rohit Chopra became one of the most powerful financial regulators by pairing bark with bite. As director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he has attacked - often with a hammer - the perpetrators of what he considers injustices against everyday Americans. When the bureau slapped Wells Fa...
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| 01.10.2023 13:22
US Political Infighting Intensifies, Even as Government Stays Open
Washington - The U.S. government stayed open Sunday, with funding assured through mid-November, but the political infighting among Republican lawmakers surrounding the votes to keep it operating only intensified. Renegade Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida told news talk shows that he wou...
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| 01.10.2023 10:27
Robert Reich on the narrowly-avoided government shutdown: Republicans holding America hostage
Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown last night. Still, that doesn't mean the problem has gone away. We have thoughts this morning from economist Robert Reich: We averted a government shutdown, for now. But this kind of last-minute and temporary "Perils of Pauline" drama is itself harmfu...
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| 01.10.2023 10:21
Queen Elizabeth I's only surviving dress is on display in London, plus other royal attire and treasures
Royal regalia as well as theatrical costumes, military attire, embroidery and more are featured in new museum exhibit. The only surviving dress worn by Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) has gone on display in London in a new museum exhibit . Also, a glove worn by Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation in...
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| 01.10.2023 10:16
"Trust" author Hernan Diaz on his love for "the music of English"
Hernan Diaz writes in longhand, covering every square inch of every page in his notebooks. "I prefer to write with this pen," he said, "because if one can feel love for objects, I feel love for this pen. There is the sensual experience of writing longhand. There is something about the murmur of the...
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| 01.10.2023 10:02
Shutdown near-miss illustrates Washington dysfunction
The U.S. narrowly dodged its fourth partial government shutdown in a decade on Sunday, but the past week exposed the depths of political dysfunction in Washington and particularly within the splintered House Republican caucus. A last-minute decision by Republican House of Representatives Speaker Ke...
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| 01.10.2023 10:00
I also think of Rome and here's the important thing I learned
Whether in Roman times or now, public life entails risks. We can't let that stop us. The cycles of history move faster today than in the past - and they may not repeat, but they do rhyme. The Roman Republic lasted almost 500 years. But the assassination of Julius Caesar in the Roman Senate in 44 BC...
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| 01.10.2023 09:24
Is Colin Kaepernick nuts? FTC versus Amazon, and more from Fox News Opinion
In a recent news item, Fox News Opinion provides the latest updates from various Fox News programs and opinion pieces. One of the shows highlighted is GUTFELD, where the host, Greg Gutfeld, labels certain individuals as the "worst people on earth." The article offers the option to continue watching...
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| 01.10.2023 06:30
'Dog and pony show': Veterans struggle to obtain cancer benefits one year after massive burn pit legislation
Two veterans exposed to burn pits overseas said Veterans Affairs denied their cancer claims even after the PACT Act. A lot has surprised Robert Johnstone in the past few years - breaking numerous ribs during a physical therapy session meant to help his back pain, losing three inches of height from...
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| 01.10.2023 06:00
'Dumb Money' Exposes the Baffling Allure of Bad Investment Advice
The new movie "Dumb Money" dramatizes the true story of an unlikely messiah named Roaring Kitty who decides to sink his life savings into shares of the video-game seller GameStop and then praise the stock to his fans. So many people buy GameStop shares that the company's valuation soars, crushing t...
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| 01.10.2023 05:01
To Many Americans, Government Dysfunction Is the New Normal
As the nation's capital seemed to be barreling toward another debilitating federal government shutdown this weekend, America, well, did not exactly seem to be on the edge of its collective seat. Judging by Google search trends, at least, Americans in the days leading up to the shutdown-that-wasn't...
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| 01.10.2023 03:00
Menendez Co-Defendant's Curious Path From Bad Deals to a Meat Monopoly
Just five years ago, Wael Hana was reeling from a string of bad business deals in New Jersey, having tried to launch a truck stop, an Italian restaurant, a limousine service and other companies without ever hitting it big. Then, his friend started dating Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, one o...
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| 01.10.2023 01:57
Suzanne Morphew's body was dumped in remote Colorado area known as ‘The Boneyard' - where aspiring Marine was found months prior
The body of Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew was dumped in a remote area known as "The Boneyard," where an aspiring Marine was found dead earlier this year and another woman went missing in May. James Montoya, 26, disappeared in early April after leaving a bar with two men the night before he was slate...
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| 30.09.2023 23:55
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Body Returns to San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned Saturday to her hometown for the final time when a military jet carrying the late Democratic senator's body landed at San Francisco International Airport. The long-serving senator and political trailblazer died Thursday at her home in Washington,...
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| 30.09.2023 18:44
King Charles' ‘terrible mistake' could spell ruin for the royals: expert
Royals watchers were shocked by the announcement earlier this year that an estranged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's offspring, Archie and Lilibet, would be given the royal titles of prince and princess. Now, one expert on the Sussex saga is speaking out - saying that King Charles, even if well-in...
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| 30.09.2023 18:42
Decorated Army vet says he was duped into murdering old flame's husband: ‘I became her weapon'
He got played - or so he says. A distinguished US Army veteran wants Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to knock time off his 62-year sentence for killing his high school sweetheart's husband in 2020 - claiming she lied to him about being the victim of violent domestic abuse. Darrin Lopez, 51, who was convicte...
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| 30.09.2023 18:01
Erectile dysfunction ruining your love life? There's one easy fix, scientists say - and it's free
Struggling between the sheets? Experts say sleep quality could be where the blame lies. A recent Stanford University study uncovered a possible link between erectile dysfunction and insomnia - saying that 58% of men suffering from lack of shuteye were also struggling with repeated failure to launch...
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| 30.09.2023 14:00
Memories of Vietnam from a military physician who treated all
"I had no illusions about my military role in the Special Forces," writes Captain Lanny Hunter in "Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy" (Blackstone). "I was not a two-fisted, grenade-heaving, knife-fighting, tunnel-blasting, cliff-rappelling, bush-busting, snake-eating, steely-eyed warrior. "I was suppose...
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| 30.09.2023 12:10
Hunter Biden's legal bills could run more than $1M per month as first son pursues ever-growing array of litigation
Hunter Biden's legal bills could be costing him $1 million a month, legal experts said. The first son - and his fleet of top-shelf attorneys - have launched at least four lawsuits in addition to their ongoing fight against special counsel David Weiss. "Today the top, top lawyers in New York and Was...
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| 30.09.2023 11:15
CENTCOM confirms successful helicopter raid on ISIS collaborator
Following the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the netowrk has operated as an ecosystem of terrorist cells. A high-ranking ISIS collaborator was captured in northern Syria during a raid, U.S. Central Command confirmed Saturday. Mamduh Ibrahim al-haji Shaykh was captured on Thursday after...
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| 30.09.2023 11:09
Modi's Hindu Nationalism Stokes Tension in Indian Diaspora
Lecture halls at Canadian and American universities have become battlegrounds for critics and defenders of Hindu nationalism, punctuated by threats of violence and even death. Temples of Sikhs and Hindus in Canada and Australia have been defaced with slogans harking back to India's timeless divisio...
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| 30.09.2023 11:00
Thousands of workers leave the VA amid a flood of new cases and quota demands
Claims processors with the Department of Veterans Affairs say they have strained to keep up with a flood of new cases brought on by the PACT Act and an existing quota system that pits their livelihoods against the veterans they signed up to help as a growing number of the processors leave the job....
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| 30.09.2023 07:16
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom's messy Carl Westcott estate trial timeline
She's a "California Gurl," but her "Teenage Dream" of landing this Montecito mansion is turning into a nightmare. Katy Perry, 38, and her fiance Orlando Bloom, 46, have been entangled in a lawsuit for the past three years, with 83-year-old dying war veteran Carl Westcott , over a spacious mansion i...
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| 30.09.2023 06:54
Outrage sparked as Trump threatens 'death' for General Milley
Former President Donald Trump is facing increased scrutiny from the Department of Justice (DOJ) as they seek a gag order against him due to his comments about the death penalty and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley. The DOJ prosecutors initially requested the gag order, citing conce...
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| 30.09.2023 06:30
'Technical breakthroughs': Next-gen fighter pilot helmets will give US aviators training edge, airman says
Red 6 is combining augmented reality and artificial intelligence to train pilots. Visors that allow pilots to simulate dogfights while they're actually flying will give the U.S. military a "transformational" advantage, a former Air Force aviator told Fox News. " When you combine the power of AI wit...
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| 30.09.2023 05:00
In an Israeli Oasis, a Model for Peace, if Messy and Imperfect
From a distance, the cemetery looks much like any other in Israel, but examine the tombs closely and a startling fact is revealed: Here are buried Jews, Muslims and Christians. The graveyard lies in the Oasis of Peace, a small village off the main highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and home to...
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| 30.09.2023 05:00
When a Drug Crisis Collides With the Campaign Trail
The official toxicology report states that Andrea Cahill's son died at 19 years old from an accidental fentanyl overdose. But more than three years after Tyler Cahill's death in his childhood bedroom, she doesn't believe that. It was a poisoning, she says, and there is no question about whom to bla...
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| 30.09.2023 04:38
US concerned by large Serbian military mobilisation near Kosovo
The United States has urged Belgrade to pull its forces back from the border with Kosovo after detecting what it called an "unprecedented" Serbian military build-up. Serbia has deployed sophisticated tanks and artillery near the frontier with Kosovo after deadly clashes erupted at a monastery in no...
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| 30.09.2023 04:00
'State-sanctioned swatting' allowed cop to assault teens in 'personal vendetta' for doorbell prank: lawyer
Delaware State Trooper Dempsey R. Walters allegedly beat two teens after a prank. A Delaware state trooper's "heinous attack" on two teenagers in response to a doorbell-ditch prank was "unspeakably violent," one of the teen's lawyers, Sam Davis, said. Trooper Dempsey Walters, 29, was indicted on se...
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| 30.09.2023 02:59
Elite US Navy SEALs, army special forces to be tested for drug use
The US military will begin random drug tests on its special forces, including the Navy SEALs and the Army's Delta Force, Green Berets and Ranger Regiment, for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November. US Rear Admiral Keith Davids, commander of Naval Special Warfare Comma...
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| 30.09.2023 02:32
Navy Implements Random Steroid Testing for Elite SEALs and Special Forces
The US military will begin implementing random drug tests on its special forces, including the Navy SEALs and the Army's Delta Force, Green Berets, and Ranger Regiment, starting in November. This decision was announced by Rear Admiral Keith Davids, commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, on Fri...
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| 30.09.2023 01:40
Serbian Military Mobilization Near Kosovo Raises US Concern
The United States has called on Serbia to withdraw its forces from the border with Kosovo following a significant military build-up. The White House has detected an "unprecedented" staging of advanced Serbian artillery, tanks, and mechanized infantry units near the frontier after deadly clashes eru...
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| 30.09.2023 00:39
NYC's JFK Airport slammed with 8 inches of rain Friday, setting new daily record
JFK Airport was walloped with 7.97 inches of rain on Friday - a new daily record dating back to 1948, when data was first collected, according to Fox Weather. Since the remnants of what was Tropical Storm Ophelia returned to the tri-state area Thursday night, the Queens airport has received a total...
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| 29.09.2023 23:12
What happens when the federal government shuts down?
Washington, DC is on the brink of a shutdown after 21 House Republicans helped vote down a measure to fund the government past 11:59 p.m. Saturday. If he is unable to strike a quick deal with Democrats, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will preside over the first federal shutdown since Decem...
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