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Report: US Military Exercise Likely Caused a Civilian Plane Crash
(José Niño, Headline USA) Four people died over the New Mexico desert this spring, seemingly because of a military electronic warfare drill, and specialists in the field expect more accidents to follow, according to a report by Jeff Wise of Wired. A Beechcraft King Air lifted off from Roswell Air Center shortly before midnight on…
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US Intelligence Assets Said To Descend On Cuba
(John Weeks, Antiwar.com) Writing in POLITICO on Tuesday, Dasha Burns and Nahal Toosi reported that in recent months the US intelligence community has “sent spies and assets” to Cuba. Specifically, they reported the CIA has increased its presence on the island, which sits approximately 90 miles south of Florida. Burns and Toosi based their reporting…
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Report: US Has Used ‘Virtually All’ of Its Missiles in Iran War
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US Army has used much of its stockpile of accurate long-range missiles in the Iran war, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the data. The report said that the missiles include the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), surface-to-surface missiles that are fired from HIMARS rocket systems, and the Precision…
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Man Arrested at Trump’s California Golf Course Faces Illegal Weapons Charges
(Headline USA) A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home, authorities said. Jeanine John Taele, 38, was due in court Wednesday on a federal…
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Yield Curve Twist Reveals Markets Losing Confidence in Fed’s Commitment to Slaying Inflation
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If you have a choice between believing the audio or the video, believe the video. In other words, trust what you see if it’s different than what you hear. Since Kevin Warsh stepped into his new role as chairman of the Federal Reserve, he’s been talking tough, insisting the…
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FBI Wants 158 Years to Disclose Records from Secret ‘Burn Bag Room’
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI wants roughly 158 years to produce nearly 1 million records from a secret room in the bureau’s headquarters, according to the transparency group Judicial Watch, which is suing for the records. The secret room at FBI headquarters was revealed by FBI Director Kashyap Patel and then-Deputy Director Dan Bongino last year, shortly…
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De-Dollarization Alert: China Set to Launch Alternative Global Payment System
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) In another move that could speed up de-dollarization, China is set to launch a payment system using digital currency. According to the Financial Times, the move could “reshape cross-border transactions, reduce reliance on the dollar, and draw Beijing closer to its ‘Belt and Road’ trading partners.” People familiar with the matter…
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A Federal Judge Lets DHS Proceed with a Border Wall Through a Small Texas Town’s Levee System
(Headline USA) A federal judge is allowing the Department of Homeland Security to go ahead for now with plans to build a border wall through a levee system protecting a small Texas town on the border with Mexico, rejecting arguments by the town that the wall could lead to flooding. The decision late Sunday marks…
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Authorities Seek a Motive in the Mass Shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger
(Headline USA) Investigators on Monday were trying to determine what led a 24-year-old man to open fire at an Idaho fast-food restaurant over the weekend, in an attack that left three people dead and seven others wounded before authorities say he killed himself. Police Chief Matthew Hicks said Sunday detectives are confident that the gunman,…
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Michigan Reports the First 2 US deaths Related to a Diarrhea-Causing Parasite
(Headline USA) Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday, the first deaths confirmed in the United States related to the microscopic parasite. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said both people had underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by the intestinal illness and…
