CNN anchor Brianna Keilar appears to be walking back her swipe against Trump running mate Sen. JD Vance, insisting he “served honorably” after facing backlash for suggesting he embellished his military service. “Informed observers connected to politics or the military, myself included, have noted that the Trump campaign is ‘swiftboating’ Tim Walz. Attacks on JD...
An increasing number of government entities across the United States is looking for ways to improve cyberdefenses. The Florida Center for Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida, or Cyber Florida, is partnering with SimSpace to train the Sunshine State’s 1 million state and local employees in cyberdefense tactics, using military-grade cyber ranges. “One of...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issued a warning to the people of Lebanon as both Israel and Hezbollah consider first-strike options amid simmering tensions in the Middle East. Gallant stressed that Israel seeks “peace, prosperity and stability on both sides of the northern border” in contrast to Hezbollah, who have “taken Lebanon and its people...
A CNN correspondent harshly fact-checked Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., on Wednesday, declaring that “there is no evidence” he carried weapons in combat as the vice presidential candidate appeared to previously imply. Since Vice President Kamala Harris announced Walz as her 2024 running mate, his political and military record have come under intense scrutiny. Sen. JD...
Tom Schilling, a veteran who served in the same battalion as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, said Walz “ditched” him and other soldiers before they were deployed to Iraq in 2005. “We all did what we were supposed to do, we did the right thing,” Schilling said on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” Wednesday. “It’s dishonorable...
The Harris campaign has altered its biography of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on its campaign website, making a change to a reference to his military service amid ongoing scrutiny of the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee’s military credentials. Walz’s biography initially said he was a “retired Command Sergeant Major.” It has since been updated to...
The Justice Department announced an indictment Thursday against two Iranian brothers and a Pakistani national linked to a U.S. military operation off the coast of Somalia in January that resulted in the deaths of two Navy SEALs. Shahab and Yunus Mir’kazei — who federal prosecutors say work for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – and...
CNN’s Jim Acosta was forced to correct a top Harris surrogate who suggested GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance never served in the military on Wednesday. Sen.Tina Smith, D-Minn., who is working to help Vice President Kamala Harris defeat the GOP ticket, appeared on CNN and responded to Sen. JD Vance’s recent claim that Harris’...
Russia said on Wednesday that it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces which had penetrated the Kursk region near a major natural gas transmission hub in one of the largest incursions into Russia since the war began in February 2022. Russia has advanced this year after the failure of Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive to achieve...
The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to avoid traveling to Bangladesh due to escalating civil unrest, crime and terrorism after the South Asian country’s prime minister fled the country in a helicopter as a mob of protesters breached the palace. The State Department updated its travel advisory on Monday, which also ordered all non-emergency...
