news2shortsCourtney Williams accused of sharing material with reporter examining deaths and drugs at US military base The FBI has arrested a former military special operations employee accused of providing classified information to the media, the agency’s director Kash Patel announced on Wednesday. The US Department of Justice said in a press release that the former … Read more
US and Iran can’t seem to agree on much of their fragile two-week ceasefire agreement – key US politics stories from Wednesday 8 April at a glance The two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, brokered by Pakistan within hours of Donald Trump’s threat of civilization-level destruction, is hanging by a thread – and possibly … Read more
Courtney Williams was named in a magazine article that included details of her allegations of being harassed and retaliated against while working in a covert unit.
Two Democrats seeking to flip a Republican-held Senate seats spent Wednesday evening at a forum in Iowa, appealing to progressive activists and voters who could influence the June primary. But it was a Democrat from 1,100 miles away who emerged as a tension point.
USC student Tucker Collins’s attorney accuses homeland security of ‘overt act of repression’ at Los Angeles protest A freshman at the University of Southern California has lost an eye after he was shot last month with a “less-lethal” projectile by a Department of Homeland Security agent at a No Kings march, according to his attorney. … Read more
Customers make hundreds of thousands of dollars as records show substantial bets made before announcement A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the US and Iran would reach a ceasefire on Tuesday, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for these new customers. … Read more
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is facing heat for attempting to discredit a user on X who said sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who is running for governor, will end up “kick[ing] his a–.” Gallego, who has been friends with Swalwell for many years, also defended Swalwell for being “targeted” in a separate … Read more
Steve Kornacki joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the latest results from a special congressional election in Georgia for former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R) seat.
The top Senate Democrat argued that President Donald Trump’s war in Iran has left the U.S. worse off, and plans to force another vote to handcuff the president’s war powers as a fragile ceasefire begins. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced that Senate Democrats will again force a vote on a war powers resolution … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the federal government could stop processing customs at airports in sanctuary cities as a way to pressure them on immigration enforcement. Such a move could effectively lock out global travelers from major cities like New York, New Orleans and Philadelphia, placing a damper on incoming commerce and economic benefits … Read more
