Day: January 29, 2024

Ex-IRS contractor who leaked Trump’s tax returns sentenced to 5 years in prison

5:08 pm January 29, 2024

Charles Littlejohn, the ex-IRS contractor responsible for leaking former President Trump’s tax returns, was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday. Judge Ana Reyes condemned Littlejohn’s actions when handing down the sentence, saying the leak was “an intolerable attack on our constitutional democracy.” “The press tells us Democracy dies in darkness. It also dies in […]

Moonquakes and faults near lunar south pole result of shrinking, study says

5:02 pm January 29, 2024

A shrinking moon is causing moonquakes and faults near the lunar south pole, data from a NASA-funded study shows. The study, published Thursday in the Planetary Science Journal, took a closer look at seismic activity near and within some of the areas identified as candidate landing regions for Artemis III, the first Artemis mission planned […]

Biden needs to ‘wake up’ on Iran, regional conflict is already here: Jack Keane

4:13 pm January 29, 2024

The Biden administration’s diplomatic strategy toward Iran has failed and it needs to “wake up” on what the Islamic Republic is trying to do in the Middle East after the deaths of U.S. troops this weekend, retired Gen. Jack Keane said Monday. Three U.S. troops were killed and dozens were injured in a drone attack […]

IDF announces killing of terrorists behind ramming, knife attacks targeting soldiers in 2 locations

4:06 pm January 29, 2024

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say troops have killed terrorists behind knife and ramming attacks targeting soldiers at two different locations on Monday. In the most recent incident, a “terrorist armed with a knife attempted to stab IDF soldiers who were guarding a military post in the area of Tekoa” in the West Bank, the […]

Southeast Asian nations meet to discuss Burmese civil war, South China Sea conflicts

4:03 pm January 29, 2024

China’s increasingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Burma topped the agenda for Southeast Asian diplomats at their meeting in Laos on Monday, with the Laotian foreign minister expressing guarded optimism that progress could be made this year on both acrimonious issues. Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith told reporters that […]