Supreme Court: Lisa Cook Keeps Job - For Now, Lets Trump Fire FTC Commissioners

US Treasury Classifies Hezbollah As Arm Of The IRGC, Not A 'Stand-Alone' Group The new US Treasury sanctions on Hezbollah unveiled Thursday do more than ever before in 'legally' classifying the Lebanese militant group as essentially an arm of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Treasury action - which is certainly not the first designation against the group - underscored that it operated in "service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps." A State Department official characterized the re-designation as specifying that Hezbollah is an "Iranian proxy, not a...

Military Contractor's Spy Aircraft Quietly Flying Southern Border On Mysterious Mission The Pentagon says it does not discuss contractor support to particular missions. The gear aboard mimics cell towers. Private military contractor Metrea has spent months quietly operating two surveillance-equipped aircraft along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the Arizona Mirror. Via the Arizona Mirror The planes have traversed Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, circling at high altitude over border cities including Bisbee and Douglas in Arizona, and Laredo and El Paso in Texas. Metrea holds multiple contracts with the U.S. military, including a $5.7...

CVS To Pay $315 Million Over Claims It Filled Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, CVS Pharmacy Inc. and related entities agreed Tuesday to pay $315 million to resolve Justice Department allegations that the company illegally filled opioid and other controlled-substance prescriptions and billed many of them to Medicare and other federal health programs. The sum settles claims that the company illegally filled such prescriptions from Oct. 17, 2013, through Dec. 2, 2025. The government alleged CVS knowingly filled prescriptions that lacked a legitimate medical purpose, were not...