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From Venezuela to Iran: How America’s missile push is running into a solid rocket motor supply crisis -explained

As conflicts from Venezuela to West Asia drive a renewed surge in US demand for missiles and munitions, a less visible but increasingly critical bottleneck is emerging deep inside the American defence supply chain. The problem is not a lack of missile designs or prime contractors, but a growing shortage of solid rocket motors and, […]

Man says it’s ‘extremely possible’ his father was behind America’s only unsolved plane hijacking |

Artist rendering depicts D.B. Cooper hijacker who parachuted away after ransom, vanished. / FBI On the afternoon of November 24, 1971, a man using the name Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305 in Portland, Oregon. He paid cash for a one-way ticket to Seattle, wore a business suit, and carried a briefcase. Forty-two minutes […]

Three members of America’s ‘most inbred family’ are now missing after state intervention | World News

From the left: Lorene, 79; Timmy, 46; Betty, 73; Ray, 72; and Larry, 69 (with Ray, Lorene and Timmy later seperated by the state)/ Image: YouTube/Soft White Undderbelly The dirt road into Odd, West Virginia, bends gently between tree lines and a seam of rusted fencing before opening onto the Whittaker property, a scatter of […]

Dick Cheney passes away: What was the net worth of America’s most powerful Vice President | World News

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney, who passed away on 3 November 2025 at the age of 84, leaves behind a towering political legacy and a fortune that mirrors his decades at the intersection of power, politics and private enterprise. Cheney’s influence stretched from the corridors of Washington to the boardrooms of global energy giants, […]

Dick Cheney Dead: How 9/11 shaped the ‘Cheney Doctrine’ and created America’s ‘war on terror’ | World News

FILE – Vice President Dick Cheney is seen during a medal ceremony and rally with troops at Camp Speicher, Iraq, Thursday, May 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file) Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and the architect of the “war on terror”, has died at 84. His death closes a turbulent chapter in […]

America’s fifth president daughter finally returns home: How Eliza Monroe Hay died alone in France and will be laid to rest 200 years later | World News

Source: The New York Post Eliza Monroe Hay, the eldest daughter of James Monroe, America’s fifth president, will finally be laid to rest in Virginia, almost two centuries after her lonely death in France. On Thursday, her remains will be interred at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, reuniting her with her father and other family members, […]

America’s 250th birthday: Is US getting a $1 Trump coin? Here’s what Treasury said

The US Treasury is considering a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump to mark the country’s 250th anniversary, a Treasury spokesperson said on Friday. In a post on X, Treasurer Brandon Beach shared a coin draft and said that the first drafts, photos shared by a user on X, honor America’s 250th Birthday. “No fake […]

‘Charlie has become the America’s greatest martyr to free speech’: Charlie Kirk’s X handle mourns his death | World News

Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated on September 10, 2025, while participating in a debate on free speech at Utah Valley University. Shot in the neck during an exchange on gun violence statistics, Kirk was rushed to the hospital but later died of his injuries. The following […]

Explained: How America’s biggest bank enabled Jeffrey Epstein — and why it matters now | World News

JPMorgan Chase, America’s biggest bank, kept Jeffrey Epstein as a prized client for more than a decade even after he was a convicted sex offender, processing over a billion dollars in transactions and repeatedly ignoring internal alarms about suspicious activity. Executives debated, compliance officers warned, yet the bank continued to provide him with loans, accounts […]

Burn a flag, get a year in jail’: Donald Trump’s executive order challenges 1989 Supreme Court ruling; what is America’s new flag-burning order? | World News

Donald Trump’s new order dodges 1989 Supreme Court ruling; what is America’s new flag-burning order? (Pic credit: AP) US President Donald Trump took a fresh jab at individuals who burn the American flag during protests in an executive order signed on Monday, directing federal prosecutors to pursue criminal cases against such individuals.Donald Trump’s remarks came […]