Pentagon to deploy ‘land-based’ firepower and additional troops to counter Iranian threats
The Pentagon announced on Friday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered an increase in U.S. soldiers, ships, fighter jets and “on the ground” firepower to counter Iranian threats in the Middle East region. The US military “posturing” comes as Israel prepares for retaliatory attacks by Iran and its proxies in connection with the recent […]
Morgan Stanley tells financial advisers they can pitch Bitcoin ETFs as crypto bets big on Trump presidency: report
Morgan Stanley is reportedly getting involved in a Bitcoin ETF. Morgan Stanley’s roughly 15,000 advisors can reportedly guide clients in buying shares in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust and Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund. CNBC reported the story based on anonymous sources.. Reports of a policy shift by Morgan Stanley, the sixth-largest U.S. bank, come as […]
Tesla’s ‘Full Self Driving’ System Implicated in Fatal Motorcycle Crash
Authorities in Washington state have confirmed that a Tesla car operating on Elon Musk’s “Full Self-Driving” system was involved in a fatal crash with a motorcycle. AP News Reports In a recent development, Washington State Police investigators determined that a 2022 Tesla Model S that struck and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle in April was […]
How Trump Can Save Western Forests from Wildfires
In 2020, Americans could only sit back and watch their cities burn because of Black Lives Matter. After my daughter, Meadow, was killed in the Parkland school shooting, and because of policies inspired by Black Lives Matter, I decided to move to the countryside. But this summer, I can only watch as the countryside around […]
Theo Johnson can be QB-friendly tight end that Giants need
I was standing in the middle of the Giants’ practice field after another muggy practice, looking up and staring at 6-foot-6, 259-pound Theo Johnson. He’s a freshman tight end out of Penn State who is bigger than Mark Bavaro and Jeremy Shockey, and Daniel Jones must be dreaming for a while that Johnson can be […]
Inspector general J6 report unmasks ‘culture of failure’ at US Secret Service, lawmaker says
The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general report concluded that the U.S. Secret Service did not conduct dog sweeps of the brush at the Democratic National Committee building on January 6, 2021, did not have an explosives disposal team on site, and did not use two “primary explosive detection capabilities for security sweeps.” The long-awaited […]
Morgan Moses steadily returning to form in Jets training camp
Morgan Moses is 33 years old and a veteran of 10 NFL training camps and 152 games. Still, he admitted to being a little nervous before showing up to practice with the team on Friday, in the midst of his 11th training camp, giving the Jets their full offensive line for the first time this […]
Ilona Maher’s authentic body positivity
Growing up in Burlington, Vermont, Ilona Maher played softball, basketball and field hockey, but it wasn’t until she discovered rugby at age 17 that she found her groove. “The sport was just right for my body,” she recalled in a June interview. interview. Maher has long been made to self-identify as to what “fits” her […]
Jets want — and need — to see one player much less
By all accounts, Jets punter Thomas Morstead is loved and respected by his teammates. When you look at what he’s accomplished so far in his career, few Jets players have had as long a tenure as Morstead. That being said, for the Jets to be successful in 2024, Morstead will need to punt significantly less […]
Olympic judge dismissed from Games after photo with athlete, coach surfaces on social media
A surfing judge in Tahiti was removed from the Olympics this week after a photo of him alongside a competitor went viral. Australian judge Benjamin Lowe, Australian surfing team member Ethan Ewing and coach Bede Durbidge posed for a group photo on a break from competition during the competition, which attracted attention. The International Surfing […]