Donald Trump Announces Plan for a “Space Force”
Sipa USA/ AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s long been a priority of the White House to ramp up space travel and, along with it, the military industrial complex needed to combat any threats to the United States’ presence in space. On Monday, President Donald Trump gave a directive to…
John Oliver Explains What the Hell Has Happened to Rudy Giuliani
Last week, Rudy Giuliani shocked the country—and even Sean Hannity—with the revelation that President Donald Trump’s money paid for the $130,000 hush agreement involving adult film star Stormy Daniels. The subsequent clean up efforts by Trump’s newest lawyer appear to only have added to the confusion, and perhaps even the president’s mounting legal troubles. If the…
The Pentagon Considers This Russian Sniper Rifle a Big Threat to US Soldiers. The NRA Helped Promote It.
In late 2016, the US Army released a report noting that the Russian military, through experience gained during fighting in Ukraine, was undergoing a transformation and becoming a more potent battlefield threat to American forces. One troublesome development identified by the report’s authors was the increased proficiency of Russian snipers. “The capabilities of a sniper…
Trump Just Blew Past Two Deadlines for Reporting How Many Civilians The US Kills
Smoke rises from Mosul, Iraq, following a US-led coalition airstrike in February 2017. Khalid Mohammed/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, the same day that 23 civilians were killed in suspected US-led coalition airstrikes in Syria, the Trump administration missed two deadlines for reporting civilian casualties from Ameican military…
Steve Mnuchin Spent Nearly $1 Million in Taxpayer Dollars on Eight Flights
Michael Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new set of documents obtained by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington shows that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spent nearly $1 million in taxpayer dollars on eight trips, opting for military aircraft over commercial flights. Through a Freedom of Information Act…
Donald Trump’s Nukes Plan Puts the Whole World in Peril
Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This article first appeared at TomDispatch.com. If you’re having trouble sleeping thanks to, well, you know who, you’re not alone. But don’t despair. A breakthrough remedy has just gone on the market. It has no chemically induced side effects and, best of…