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A UAV “aggressively” approached the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, the US military has claimed The US military shot down an Iranian drone on Tuesday after it “aggressively” approached the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, Reuters has reported, citing US officials.An Iranian Shahed-139 drone was flying toward the carrier “with unclear intent,” Reuters wrote, citing the US military.The reported incident comes as a US ‘armada’ led by the Abraham Lincoln is positioning itself in the region and diplomatic efforts to arrange nuclear talks between Iran and the US are underway.“An F-35C fighter jet…

NASA announced Tuesday it is delaying its highly anticipated Artemis II mission to send four astronauts around the moon after engineers encountered hydrogen fuel leaks during a critical launch rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A very similar problem caused a six month delay to an Artemis mission in 2022. NBC News reports that NASA announced Tuesday it is delaying its highly anticipated Artemis II mission to send four astronauts around the moon after engineers encountered hydrogen fuel leaks during a critical launch rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The space agency was conducting what is known as a…

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) introduced legislation on Tuesday that would set a 25-year moratorium on immigration from Somalia, citing a failure to assimilate in the United States as well as the rampant abuse of federal benefits programs and fraud. “Mass Somali immigration makes the United States weaker, poorer and erodes social trust,” Gill said in a written statement to Breitbart News about his legislation, the Somalia Immigration Moratorium Act. “The sole aim of our immigration system is to benefit American citizens, not facilitate mass migration from corrupt, failed societies. The recent fraud scandal in Minnesota highlights the acute dangers of…

The DOJ and multiple states have filed notices to appeal a federal court ruling in the Google Search antitrust case that imposed limited restrictions on the internet giant’s conquest of the search and AI market. The verdict was so friendly to Google that one analyst called it “a home run for the status quo.” Bloomberg reports that the DOJ and a coalition of states announced Tuesday they will appeal a September 2025 federal court decision that is widely considered to be the best case scenario for Big Tech following a landmark antitrust case. The appeal targets a ruling by US…

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations holds a hearing investigating Medicare and Medicaid fraud on Tuesday, February 3. “The goal of this hearing is to understand current trends in fraud schemes targeting Medicare and Medicaid nationwide—how taxpayer dollars are being wasted, how beneficiaries are affected, and how transnational crime organizations are increasingly involved—and explore ways to better prevent and detect fraud,” Reps. Brett Guthrie (R – KY) and John Joyce, M.D. (R – PA) said in a joint statement announcing the hearing. “As fraud schemes are being perpetrated across the United States, it’s important we recognize…

Fulton County is headed to court to seek the return of its 2020 election ballots seized in an FBI raid last week, county commission Chair Robb Pitts told reporters Wednesday. It’s the county’s latest bid to defend its elections against intensifying attacks from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies. “Last week, I committed to the voters of Fulton County, and the world for that matter, that we will use every resource at our disposal to fight for their vote, and that we will fight, using all resources, against those who seek to take over our elections,” Pitts said at…

The former CEO of potash giant Uralkali, Vladislav Baumgertner, went missing in early January The remains discovered on a UK military base in southern Cyprus earlier this year have been identified belonging to Vladislav Baumgertner, the former head of Russian potash giant Uralkali, TASS reported on Wednesday.The businessman’s body was identified through DNA analysis, British military police told the outlet.“We have no information about the cause of death,” a police spokesperson said. “This means that the cause has not yet been determined.”Baumgertner went missing in early January in the Limassol area. A week later, police found a body in a…

Savannah Guthrie’s mother was taken from her home in Arizona against her will, according to law enforcement US authorities are investigating alleged ransom notes in the disappearance of the mother of NBC News’ Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, officials said on Tuesday.Nancy Guthrie went missing in Arizona over the weekend, and police believe she was taken from her home at night against her will.A note received by a local Arizona news station on Monday, which it agreed not to report on, contained specific details about the home and what the 84-year-old woman was wearing that night, according to Pima County…

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. Penny the Doberman Pinscher was crowned Best in Show on Tuesday night as the 2026 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show reached its finale. AP reports veteran handler Andy Linton couldn’t be happier to bag another win after nearly four decades. Linton got best in show in 1989 with another Doberman, named Indy, and his dogged determination has finally paid off with another victory. Penny “is as great a Doberman as I have ever seen,” Linton told a supportive crowd at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Despite health problems, he guided his four-year-old charge through…

On Monday, on CNN’s “OutFront,” political commentator Van Jones claimed a backlash against President Donald Trump was starting to build. Wednesday on the Kim Iversen Show, Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “I think people are realizing it was all a lie. It was a big lie for the people. What MAGA is really serving is and this administration, who they’re serving, is their big donors. Those are the people. They get the special favors. They get the government contracts, that gets the pardons or somebody they love or one of their friends gets a pardon.” Political commentator Gretchen Carlson said, “It’s…