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The Mexican military reportedly seized nearly 1.5 tons of methamphetamine headed toward the U.S. border. According to the Associated Press, the seizure took place at a checkpoint in the northern state of Sonora, which is bounded by New Mexico and Arizona. The country’s Defense Department said they conducted the search after receiving a tip about a truck transporting […]
Donald Trump received a not-so-warm greeting on Saturday when he arrived at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. As pointed out by The Guardian, a group of protesters gathered outside the 800-acre club hoisting signs that read “coward,” “traitor,” and “TRE45ON.” A number of the messages also referenced a recent report in which anonymous sources accused Trump of making disparaging […]
Donald Trump‘s attacks on military veterans have been well-documented over the years: He’s criticized John Allen as a “failed general,” referred to Sen. Richard Blumenthal as “a phony Vietnam con artist,” and called retired four-star general Jim Mattis “the world’s most overrated general”—just to name a few examples. On Thursday, The Atlantic published a report that laid out other alleged instances in which POTUS […]
At least 16 people are dead after a soldier opened fire in a Thailand mall, the New York Times reports. A soldier identified as Sgt. Jakrapanth Thomma went on a rampage at a military base and a shopping mall in northeastern Thailand on Saturday. Police say that Thomma armed himself with an assault rifle and shot a superior officer […]
The United States Space Force is officially the newest branch of the country’s military, ABC News reports. On Friday, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Not only did this approve the country’s 2020 military budget, but it also made the Space Force a branch of the military. “With my signature today, […]
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