REDSTATE (RedState) - Free Fallin': Hollywood Takes Another Body Blow As American Idol Sings a Low Note
STRIPES (Alison Bath) - US ‘forcefully’ deters 2 Iranian boats from taking Navy drone in Middle East | Stars and Stripes
U.S. forces stopped an Iranian attempt to steal an American surface drone patrolling waters in the Middle East.
STRIPES (Gary Warner) - USS Ronald Reagan completes maintenance, rejoins fleet | Stars and Stripes
The USS Ronald Reagan has finished its 18-month maintenance at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and “returned to the fleet capable and mission-ready.
STRIPES (Matthew Adams) - Republican Massie moves to impeach Hegseth | Stars and Stripes
Rep. Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of illegally continuing the Iran war.
STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - Former Navy sailors admit to deadly fentanyl sales tied to USS Abraham Lincoln | Stars and Stripes
A married couple who sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to fellow Navy sailors pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego.
STRIPES (Chad Garland) - Iran war exposed US munitions shortfalls and production bottlenecks, Pentagon IG says | Stars and Stripes
The most persistent bottlenecks involve the production of solid rocket motors and the availability of high-grade explosives, the report said.
STRIPES (Alex Wilson) - 5,000 DOD civilian dependents in Japan gain access to health care assistance | Stars and Stripes
About 5,000 dependents in Japan will gain access to a Pentagon program that helps Defense Department civilians find and pay for medical care off base.
STRIPES (Julie Masson, Yoojin Lee) - South Korean activists protest potential Hormuz deployment outside Camp Humphreys | Stars and Stripes
South Korean activists gathered outside Camp Humphreys to protest a potential deployment of South Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz.
AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Maduro's 'bag man' pleads guilty to laundering $195 million skimmed from Venezuelan food program
Alex Saab, the Colombian-born businessman U.S. officials call Nicolás Maduro's "frontman," pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to money laundering tied to a bribery scheme that looted a food program meant for Venezuela's poorest citizens. Saab, 54, entered his plea Tuesday before Judge Kathleen Williams in the Southern District of Florida on a single count […] The post Maduro's 'bag man' pleads guilty to laundering $195 million skimmed from Venezuelan food program appeared first on American Almanac .
Alex Saab, the Colombian-born businessman U.S. officials call Nicolás Maduro's "frontman," pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to money laundering tied to a bribery scheme that looted a food program meant for Venezuela's poorest citizens. Saab, 54, entered his plea Tuesday before Judge Kathleen Williams in the Southern District of Florida on a single count of money laundering. He agreed to forfeit $195 million and to cooperate with continuing federal investigations, a deal that could make him a key witness against Maduro himself, who sits in a Manhattan jail awaiting trial on drug charges after a U.S. military raid captured him in January. U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones attended the proceedings alongside more than a dozen…Open