Pentagon reports more than 600 Iran war casualties in quiet database update

Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded The Pentagon updated its official war casualty database over the weekend, adding more than 140 wounded service members. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) also introduced a new casualty category labeled “Overseas Operations” for personnel killed and … Read more

‘Not standard’ for Taylor Farms to ask White House to delay cyclospora recall, ex-FDA head says

Scott Gottlieb responds to report that company contacted the White House seeking to delay a recall announcement Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb said on Sunday that it was “not standard operating procedure” for Taylor Farms to ask the White House to intervene as the company prepared to announce a recall tied … Read more

This red state is strengthening its grip as America’s next economic heavyweight

The race to become America’s next economic heavyweight may already have a frontrunner. The latest Internal Revenue Service (IRS) migration data show billions of dollars in taxpayer wealth flowing into Texas, while Census figures show the state’s largest metropolitan areas continue to outpace much of the country in population growth, strengthening a decades-long shift in … Read more

Everyday Revolutionary War heroes take center stage in Trump’s ‘Spirit of ’76’ exhibit

EXCLUSIVE: Beneath a towering 23-foot bronze figure holding the Declaration of Independence aloft, designer Matthew Taylor stopped beside an equestrian statue that many Americans have likely never seen, or even heard of. “Most Americans have never heard of Caesar Rodney,” Taylor told Fox News Digital during an exclusive tour of the new Spirit of ’76 … Read more

Trump ‘border czar’ says ICE officer in Maine killing should not have cleared vetting

Tom Homan comments on officer’s eligibility to serve after reports that agent’s two ex-wives had accused him of abuse Tom Homan, the Trump administration “border czar”, on Sunday said he did not believe the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer at the center of a recent fatal shooting in Maine “should have ever cleared vetting”. … Read more

New Jersey governor signs law banning surveillance pricing to protect shoppers

New law prohibits retailers from using personal data to charge different prices for identical products New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill recently signed a new law prohibiting businesses from using shoppers’ personal information to charge different prices for identical products, making her state the third in the US to ban the practice. The Fair Price Protection … Read more

The Guardian view on a US-Saudi nuclear agreement: an offer that further erodes international safeguards | Editorial

Even if no reactors are built, Donald Trump’s announcement of a double-standards deal with Riyadh has wrought further damage in a new era of proliferation Even as he threatened to escalate an unlawful war sold in part as preventing Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, Donald Trump opened the door to proliferation in the region … Read more