NATO aircraft were scrambled after Russia launched large-scale missile strikes on Ukraine overnight on Thursday. The Polish Armed Forces wrote on X‚ formerly Twitter: ";Please note that Polish and allied aircraft operate in the airspace‚ which may result in increased noise levels‚ especially in the southeastern part of the country. ";Tonight‚ intense long-range aviation activity of the Russian Federation is being observed‚ related to missile strikes against objects located on the territory of...

Two years ago‚ the capital of Colorado was overwhelmed by illegal migrants bussed up from the southern border to the self-declared sanctuary city . Now neighboring communities are passing ordinances to manage the overflow into nearby suburbs. In December 2022‚ then-Denver Mayor Michael Hancock declared a state of emergency as the city braced for the crisis arriving on Coloradans doorstep after fewer than 250 illegally present foreign citizens turned up at local homeless shelters. Let me be...

Israel';s senior commanders and political leaders‚ including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‚ were not consulted before a military strike killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza‚ Israeli media reported Thursday. Neither Netanyahu nor Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had been told in advance of the airstrike‚ which was coordinated by the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet intelligence service‚ Walla news agency reported‚ citing senior Israeli officials. The report said Amir‚...

In a bid to claw back $2.15 billion‚ the struggling pharmaceutical giant Bayer CEO is doing away with middle managers and 99% of the companys 1‚362-page corporate handbook‚ allowing nearly 100‚000 employees to self-manage. Bayer‚ the 160-year-old German company known for inventing aspirin‚ has been stuck in a rut; Its market cap has plunged to two-decade lowsspurred by its so-far disastrous acquisition of Monsantoand its CEO Bill Anderson believes that flatting hierarchy and slashing...

The attacks on legal abortion in the last two weeks alone have been staggering. Since the beginning of April‚ state Supreme Courts in Florida and Arizona have both issued rulings that will effectively ban abortion care in the third and 14th most populous states. While both states already had curtailed abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade‚ now Floridas Supreme Court ruling will trigger a six-week ban (before many people know theyre pregnant) beginning on May 1. And Arizonas Supreme...

Okay‚ my Trump-shy friends‚ its time to put aside your fussy principles about how icky Donald Trump is. This is serious‚ and we need all hands on deck to throw Biden overboard before he gets a whole lot more Americans killed. I get that you dont like Trump. Lets agree that hes icky for the purposes of this discussion. Lets agree that his tweets are mean‚ that hes not a conservative ideologue‚ that he says dumb things and gets into useless fights‚ and that he does many other unseemly and...

What inflation means for the Fed and Biden U.S. inflation jitters are being felt around the world this morning‚ after the latest Consumer Price Index report showed inflation ticked up for a third straight month. The dollar spiked overnight and traders slashed their bets on when or whether the Fed would cut interest rates this year. Such uncertainty could last for months and complicate President Bidens bid for a second term. Traders this morning were pricing in less than two rate cuts for...