59 Chinese military aircraft conduct flights near Taiwan in response to ‘separatist’ actions.

The Chinese military sent 59 warplanes and conducted military exercises near Taiwan on Monday. Chinese officials claimed that the military exercises were executed as a punishment for the “separatism” promoted by Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te. In a Monday statement on X, formerly Twitter, the Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan said, “59 PLA aircraft and…

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Fresh strategies and pathways empower Haitian gangs, with Florida playing a crucial role in the illegal trade of firearms and ammunition.

The Miami shipper’s list of 134 items headed for the Caribbean looked pretty tame: tires, bicycles, refrigerators and mattresses. But buried inside the container were a military-grade Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle with silencer and an Uzi machine gun, along with dozens of other high-powered weapons and tens of thousands of bullets of different calibers….

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“‘I was shattered’: Veteran advocates for the therapeutic effects of psilocybin at Roundhouse”

After being injured during combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Chris Peskuski returned to civilian life damaged both physically and emotionally. Even before deciding to leave the U.S. Marine Corps in 2011, the Albuquerque resident said he was starting to spiral due to alcohol abuse, a brain injury and post traumatic stress disorder. “It took me a long time to admit this to myself,…

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Trump Questions Judges and Shares Disturbing Video of Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador

“These are the monsters sent to our country by cheater Joe Biden and the far-left Democrats.” This is how Donald Trump comments on the shocking video he posted last night on Truth showing the arrival, at an airport in combat gear, of over 200 Venezuelan migrants, considered by Washington to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang, classified as a terrorist…

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Researchers Indicate Certain CT Scans Expose Patients to Excessive Radiation; Regulators Seek Additional Information

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most valuable tools, computerized tomography scans, can sometimes cause cancer. Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT…

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