For the first time in its nearly 250-year history, the United States Marine Corps will have a female infantry officer after she graduates from an infantry officer course on Monday, a U.S. official confirmed. The Marine’s completion of the course was first reported by The Washington Post. Her identity is not yet public. The Marine […]
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Jose Rises To Hurricane Category Strength As It Heads Towards American Coast
Jose re-strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane this afternoon and could potentially bring Nor’easter-like conditions to New York and Boston next week. As of just before 5 p.m. ET, Jose — with winds of 75 mph — was located about 485 miles southwest of Bermuda. It’s expected to move between Bermuda […]
School Shooting Leaves Four Shot, One Dead
One student is dead and three others are injured after a school shooting near Spokane, Washington, police said. The shooter has been apprehended and is in custody, police said. The wounded were transported to a local hospital and are expected to survive, authorities said. Freeman Middle School and Freeman Elementary school, both located in Spokane […]
Governor Asks Nation To Pray For Florida As Irma Begins Assault
Hurricane Irma has begun its assault on Florida as a category 4 storm, lashing the area with winds near 130mph (215km/h) and drenching rain. Millions of people huddled in shelters or in battened-down homes in preparation as Irma’s northern eyewall – the area just outside the eye of the storm, where the most damaging winds […]
Florida Governor Says That Irma Is “Deadly, Deadly, Deadly”
Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, hit Cuba overnight as a rare Category 5 storm before being downgraded to a Category 3 Saturday morning. It is expected to strengthen again as it heads toward Florida. As of about 3 p.m. Saturday, Irma was 140 miles southeast of Key West with winds […]
1.3 Million Florida Residents Are Under Mandatory Evacuation Due To Irma
At least 1.3 million Florida residents are under mandatory evacuation ahead of Hurricane Irma, which is slated to strike the state as a Category 4 storm on Sunday morning. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who declared a statewide emergency earlier this week, said additional evacuations are expected to be issued as Hurricane Irma approaches the state. […]
Florida, Georgia And South Carolina Declare State Of Emergency In Advance Of Irma
As Hurricane Irma lashes the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, farther north, states of emergency have been declared in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, where residents are bracing for the monster storm. This afternoon, the Category 5 storm dubbed “extremely dangerous” by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), was battering the Caribbean, including the U.S. Virgin […]
Mattis Warns North Korea Of Overwhelming Military Response
North Korea on Sunday conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, which it said was of an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, prompting the threat of a “massive” military response from the United States if it or its allies are threatened. Speaking outside the White House after meeting with President Donald Trump […]
Trump Donates One Million Dollars To Hurricane Harvey Relief
President Donald Trump has pledged $1 million of his own money to Harvey relief efforts, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Thursday. She said Trump has not decided which organization he will donate to. The spokeswoman said Trump specifically told Sanders to ask journalists at the briefing for suggestions since they have […]
Trump Is In Texas To View Damage And Destruction Of Hurricane Harvey
Thanking local government officials and emergency response leaders in Texas Tuesday for their actions in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, President Donald Trump stopped short of offering his “congratulations” for a job well done, saying that there is still work left to do. “We won’t say congratulations. We don’t want to do that. We don’t […]
ACLU Sues Trump Over Transgender Military Ban
Transgender soldiers, sailors, airmen and other members of the military, along with others who want to enlist, sued President Donald Trump on Monday, hoping the federal courts will stop him from preventing their service. One federal lawsuit was filed in Baltimore by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland on behalf of six transgender individuals […]
GOP Leader Says “Zero Percent Chance” Debt Ceiling Does Not Get Raised
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday insisted the U.S. government will raise the debt ceiling and avoid defaulting on its debt. “There is zero chance — no chance — we won’t raise the debt ceiling. No chance,” McConnell said at an event in Kentucky with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. “America’s not going to default. […]