WASHINGTON: In the eyes of his critics, he could not have done better if he had handed out handcuffs to law enforcement and held out his hands. Under the headline “The Stupidest Crimes Imaginable,” one commentator said “we knew it would be bad,” but no one imagined it would beContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated General Charles Brown for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lauding the Black career pilot as a hero who’d not only survived ejecting from a fighter jet into a swamp but fought against racism.If confirmed by the Senate, “CQ” Brown, asContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The three still-unidentified aerial objects shot down by the US in the past week likely had merely a “benign purpose,” the White House acknowledged Tuesday, drawing a distinction between them and the massive Chinese balloon that earlier traversed the US with a suspected goal of surveillance.“The intelligence community isContinue Reading
The highest-ranking military officer in the US has warned it will be “very, very difficult” to eject thousands of Russian forces from war-ravaged Ukraine, as the devastating conflict enters its 12th month. US General Mark Milley reiterated concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression would not end this year, onContinue Reading