Author: Nate
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FBI Fires Husband-and-Wife Analysts Who Refused to Join Georgia 2020 Election Probe
FBI Fires Husband-and-Wife Analysts Who Refused to Join Georgia 2020 Election Probe The FBI fired two Atlanta-based intelligence analysts, a husband and wife, after they refused to participate in the bureau’s expanding investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, Georgia. The pair told colleagues they did not believe the assignment was justified under…
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Trump Donor’s Firm Got a No-Bid Reflecting Pool Contract — and a Troubled Track Record
Trump Donor’s Firm Got a No-Bid Reflecting Pool Contract — and a Troubled Track Record The Interior Department awarded Greenwater Services, also known as Green Water Solutions, a $1.7 million no-bid contract in April to install a “NanoBubble Ozone Technology” system to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, citing a contracting rule for projects of…
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Lindsey Graham Dies at 71, Igniting a Frantic GOP Scramble for His Senate Seat
Lindsey Graham Dies at 71, Igniting a Frantic GOP Scramble for His Senate Seat Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina died Saturday evening, July 11, hours after returning from a trip to Ukraine, following a “brief and sudden illness.” The District of Columbia medical examiner’s office released preliminary findings Sunday attributing his death to…
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McConnell Finally Explains His Hospital Stay: A Fall, Blackout, and Pneumonia
McConnell Finally Explains His Hospital Stay: A Fall, Blackout, and Pneumonia Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, R-Ky., issued his first detailed public statement Sunday about the health scare that hospitalized him last month, ending weeks of silence and speculation. McConnell said doctors “confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have…
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U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes for a Third Straight Weekend Over the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes for a Third Straight Weekend Over the Strait of Hormuz The United States and Iran exchanged fire for a third consecutive weekend, days after President Trump declared the prior ceasefire between the two countries “over.” The latest escalation began after Iran fired on a Cyprus-flagged container ship attempting to transit…
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Nine Dead in Overnight Russia-Ukraine Barrage as Allies Head to Paris to Talk, Not Fight
Nine Dead in Overnight Russia-Ukraine Barrage as Allies Head to Paris to Talk, Not Fight Russian and Ukrainian forces traded drone and missile strikes overnight into July 12, killing nine people across the two countries. Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region killed three people, including two at an industrial site in Kryvyi Rih, while a…
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Israeli Panel Fast-Tracks Bill Shielding Ultra-Orthodox Draft Dodgers From Arrest
Israeli Panel Fast-Tracks Bill Shielding Ultra-Orthodox Draft Dodgers From Arrest Israel’s Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee approved on Sunday, July 12, a bill granting ultra-Orthodox men who refuse military service temporary immunity from arrest, with the measure formally running through November 30 but effectively lasting six months due to automatic extension provisions in Israel’s…
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Jimmy Kimmel’s AI Joke About Mitch McConnell’s Hospital Photo Ignites a Very 2026 Firestorm
Jimmy Kimmel’s AI Joke About Mitch McConnell’s Hospital Photo Ignites a Very 2026 Firestorm Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., issued a statement Sunday revealing he had fallen last month and was briefly unconscious, leading to his hospitalization since June 14 and a subsequent mild case of pneumonia; he said tests ruled out broken bones, a concussion,…
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US and Iran Trade Fresh Strikes as Five Gulf Nations Get Dragged Into the Crossfire
US and Iran Trade Fresh Strikes as Five Gulf Nations Get Dragged Into the Crossfire The United States and Iran exchanged their heaviest fire in months over the weekend after Iran attacked a commercial container ship in the Strait of Hormuz and declared the waterway closed. U.S. Central Command launched a third round of strikes…
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“Love Island USA” Crowns Its Winners — But Fans Say the Finale Got Robbed of Its Best Twist
“Love Island USA” Crowns Its Winners — But Fans Say the Finale Got Robbed of Its Best Twist “Love Island USA” Season 8 crowned Trinity Tatum and Bryce Dettloff as its winners during Sunday’s finale, with the pair splitting the show’s $100,000 grand prize after being voted the season’s favorite couple. Host Ariana Madix announced…