N.C. Medicaid Scammers Sentenced To Over 14 Years In Prison For 'Somali-Style Fraud' Scheme

The reaction to Joe Kent’s principled, patriotic resignation from the Office of National Intelligence—and the numerous MAGA obituaries that appeared shortly thereafter—seem to share in common the idea that Donald Trump’s decision to go to war on behalf of Israel is both (a) surprising and (b) will cause a fissure within the Republican Party from […]

The Nigerian military announced on Monday that about 100 US troops have arrived in Nigeria to help train Nigerian soldiers as the Trump administration continues to deepen US involvement in the country. The 100 troops are the first to arrive as part of a deployment of 200 US soldiers to Nigeria, which was announced by […]

"Escalation Trap": Robert Pape Blasts Bessent's "Economic D-Day" Targeting Iran University of Chicago professor Robert Pape tore into Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's so-called "Economic D-Day" campaign against Iran, branding it a dangerous "escalation trap" that history shows will not force Tehran to fold, and may instead drag the United States deeper into war. Appearing recently on the "Breaking Points" podcast, Pape, a longtime scholar of air power, blockades and sanctions, argued that Bessent is selling maximum economic pressure as an alternative to more fighting. "That's not what it is," Pape told "Breaking...