Bloody Sunday controversy: British Army prosecutes paratrooper for murder of civilians

Almost half a century after the event, the British Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has decided to prosecute a former British paratrooper for the murders of two people during the infamous Bloody Sunday incident in Derry, Northern Ireland. More specifically, Soldier F – for obvious security reasons, the authorities are withholding his full name – is […]

Could Trump face a Republican challenger in the primaries? Jeb Bush says he should

Prior to the 2016 presidential election, Jeb Bush, son and brother to two former U.S. presidents, was among the Republican Party (GOP) lawmakers pursuing the GOP’s presidential nomination. Name recognition may have been on his side had another man with TV notoriety not entered into the race. Donald Trump would go on to secure the […]

YouTube bans Navy SEAL who exposed stolen valor cases

The online video platform YouTube decided to suspend the account of a retired Navy SEAL known for exposing numerous cases of stolen valor. Known for his direct manner and incisive humor, retired Senior Chief Petty Officer Don Shipley used his YouTube account, tagged Buds131, as a hammer against military imposters, specifically Navy SEAL imposters. His […]

How the rich and famous scammed colleges to get Johnny or Jane into Yale

By now, you’ve heard about the wealthy parents bribing people in positions of power in order to get their children accepted into prestigious universities. The list of those accused includes actresses, businessmen, lawyers, physicians, and other “high society types.” According to a report from the New York Times, these parents spent hundreds of thousands of […]

SEAL and Marine Raider seek plea deals in exchange for Melgar murder information

In an interesting development in the murder trial of Special Forces Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, two of the four accused special operators are negotiating plea deals with the government in exchange for information about the murder. According to the Military Times and the Daily Beast, these men are Navy SEAL Chief Special Warfare Operator Adam […]

Trump and Jong-un talks collapse in Hanoi with no new deal

The recent meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un, which took place in Hanoi, Vietnam, has reportedly resulted in no deals or agreements regarding denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. According to Reuters, President Trump blamed the dissolution of talks on North Korea’s unrealistic demand to lift all U.S.-implemented sanctions […]

Republicans and Democrats came to fight, but Cohen hearing yields no clear winners

President Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday, in what proved to be an unusual combination of politics and theater. While President Trump may have been the hearing’s intended target, Cohen himself proved to be the focal point. For those who question my motives for […]

Reports of suicide instructions being spliced into kids’ YouTube videos are real

While debate rages on about YouTube and other social media platforms censoring content in a way many conservatives claim represents a clear political bias, the video-sharing platform again made headlines this week for content it didn’t censor: namely, explicit instructions on how best to commit suicide being spliced into popular children’s programming. It may sound […]