Day: February 27, 2025

NPR reaffirms DEI commitment after chief diversity officer announces retirement

3:30 am February 27, 2025

The chief diversity officer at National Public Radio (NPR) has announced that he will retire amid widespread backlash to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The organization announced Wednesday that its Chief Diversity Officer, Keith Woods, would retire on May 2 after 46 years in journalism, spending the last 15 years at NPR. According to […]

Kyle Rittenhouse returns to speak at university where angry mob led to canceled speech

3:29 am February 27, 2025

Nearly a year after his speech was disrupted by an angry mob of student protesters, Kyle Rittenhouse will return to the University of Memphis on Wednesday evening to talk about the Second Amendment and his controversial 2021 trial. The University of Memphis chapter of Turning Point USA re-invited Rittenhouse to speak after the university and […]

‘No time to waste’: Navy’s ousted top officer speaks out after DOD leadership shakeup

3:25 am February 27, 2025

Former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti is speaking out after the Trump administration ousted her and other top leaders at the Pentagon Friday, asserting that the Navy’s mission will continue “unabated and undisrupted.” Franchetti, the first woman to serve as the chief of naval operations and on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described […]

House unanimously passes bill to quadruple the pensions of Medal of Honor recipients

3:23 am February 27, 2025

Legislation that would quadruple the pensions of Medal of Honor recipients passed the House with unanimous bipartisan support on Wednesday. The bill sailed through the House 424-0. If passed by the Senate and signed by the president, it would boost pay for those who receive the nation’s highest military award from $16,880 per year to $67,500 […]

Iran can manufacture 6 nuclear weapons with newly enriched uranium, UN Atomic agency report says

2:39 am February 27, 2025

JERUSALEM: The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency announced on Wednesday that Iran has produced dramatically more uranium that can be used in six atomic bombs and stressed that Tehran has made no progress on resolving outstanding issues. “The significantly increased production and accumulation of high enriched uranium by Iran, the only non-nuclear weapon state to […]