ICE, DEA arrest criminal illegal aliens on idyllic Massachusetts island
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in New England executed a joint operation on Nantucket, Massachusetts, to arrest “illegal criminal aliens” on Tuesday. In a post on X, the DEA New England division said its agents assisted ICE and...
Safety board calls to end helo flights on route of fatal DC crash
The National Transportation and Safety Board has concluded that the separation distances allowed between helicopter and airplane traffic on the route where an Army helicopter and a commercial passenger jet collided midair on Jan. 29 near Washington “pose an intolerable risk to aviation safety,” according...
Military medical system unprepared for future conflict, experts say
When it comes to combat casualty care, “without urgent intervention, the Military Health System will continue to slide into medical obsolescence,” a retired Air Force trauma surgeon told senators Tuesday. The consequence of a military medical system that’s unprepared to handle a high volume of...
VA Secretary defends proposed 15% workforce reduction
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins has been steadfast in his commitment to shake up the department. And, despite firing at least 2,400 employees, Collins pledges to maintain the VA’s commitment to preserving and improving healthcare benefits for veterans. “VA’s biggest problem is that its bureaucracy...
China’s shipbuilding dominance a national security risk for US: Report
In only two decades, China has grown to be the dominant player in shipbuilding, claiming more than half of the world’s commercial shipbuilding market, while the U.S. share has fallen to just 0.1%, posing serious economic and national security challenges for the U.S. and its...
US agrees to resume military aid, intel sharing with Ukraine
The U.S. is resuming security and intelligence aid to Ukraine after talks between the two countries in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, ending a weeklong standoff that threatened to strengthen Russia’s battlefield position. In a joint statement published soon after the talks ended, the U.S. and...
Ukraine-US talks on ending war with Russia start in Saudi Arabia
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Senior officials from Ukraine and the United States opened talks Tuesday focused on ending Moscow’s three-year war against Kyiv, hours after Russia shot down over 300 Ukrainian drones. It was Ukraine’s biggest attack since the Kremlin ordered the full-scale invasion of its neighbor. The...
Pentagon clips civilian employees’ credit cards in line with DOGE cuts
The Defense Department effectively barred civilian employees from traveling or making taxpayer-funded purchases, according to new memos. The spending limit on government-issued travel and purchase cards for federal civilian employees was reduced to $1, according to instructions posted on the Defense Department’s website. “DoD civilian employees...
Man arrested in cargo ship crash with tanker carrying US military fuel
LONDON — British police arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter as they searched for answers about why a cargo ship hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England, setting both vessels ablaze. One sailor was presumed dead. Humberside Police said the...
GOP senators eye legislative guardrails as VA prepares mass job cuts
Key Republican lawmakers are working with Veterans Affairs leaders on legislative guardrails to proposed staffing cuts at the department, ensuring those moves are done “in a responsible manner” with minimal impact on patients and beneficiaries. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jerry Moran, R-Kan., said a...
