The vistas are sprawling and unspoiled. Mountains rim blue-sky horizons, and scrub brush scattered across the rocky desert hills sustain mule deer, bighorn sheep and other wildlife. Known as Whispering Pines, this roughly 2-square-mile wildland within the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park was once dotted with rustic vacation cabins. Most are gone now, wiped…
Elite U.S. Special Forces soldiers arrived in Mexico this week, ostensibly on a mission to train the country’s armed forces. Representatives of the U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces Group and the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) confirmed the cross-border assignment in emailed statements shared with FreeBase News on Feb. 18. Those officials insisted this cross-border…
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has reportedly been using MQ-9 Reaper drones to conduct surveillance missions against drug cartels in Mexico. Fox News reported that a senior U.S. official confirmed that the CIA has been using drones to gather surveillance on Mexican drug cartels and fentanyl laboratories. The anonymous official said that the MQ-9…
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on Tuesday to federal agencies directing the leaders of executive departments to display “radical transparency” regarding “wasteful spending” by the federal government. The White House released Trump’s “Radical Transparency About Wasteful Spending” memorandum on Tuesday with a warning that the U.S. government is currently spending “too much money on…
An egg farmer recently described the “nightmare” his egg production company experienced after losing three major flocks of chickens to the deadly bird flu outbreak. The farmer’s story comes as egg prices continue to increase across the United States amid the bird flu outbreak. According to Fox Business, outbreaks of bird flu, also known as…
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) van caught on fire in Philadelphia on Tuesday. While officials reported that the cause of the fire currently remains “unknown,” the agency indicated that the fire was not caused by “foul play.” A video shared on X, formerly Twitter, by Libs of TikTok shows the ICE minivan engulfed…
