FOX News, by Lawrence Richard: Russian President Vladimir Putin flew on a nuclear-capable strategic bomber on Thursday, in a likely move to flaunt Russia’s nuclear capabilities in defiance of the West. Moscow said Putin took a brief flight on a…

DNYUZ: American intelligence agencies have told their closest European allies that if Russia is going to launch a nuclear weapon into orbit, it will probably do so this year — but that it might instead launch a harmless “dummy” warhead…

FOX News, by Lawrence Richard: A drone attack late Sunday evening that struck a military base in eastern Syria, where U.S. troops are stationed, left at least six allied Kurdish soldiers dead, officials said. The attack hit a training ground…

Daily Mail, by Bethan Sexton: US and UK military forces have ‘successfully’ completed targeted strikes in Yemen used by Houthi to attack ships in waters near the Arabian Peninsula.  Joe Biden announced the airstrikes on Thursday night against the Middle Eastern…

AP News, by Joseph Krauss: In the last week alone, an Israeli airstrike has killed a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, Hezbollah struck a sensitive Israeli base with rockets and Israel killed a senior Hamas militant with an airstrike in Beirut….

Gallup, by Lydia Saad: Americans’ faith in major societal institutions hasn’t improved over the past year following a slump in public confidence in 2022. Last year, Gallup recorded significant declines in public confidence in 11 of the 16 institutions it tracks annually,…

Gallup, by Dan Witters: Key physical health metrics have notably worsened since before the COVID-19 pandemic, including obesity, diabetes and eating habits. The percentage of U.S. adults whom Gallup classifies as obese has reached an estimated 38.4%, up 6.0 percentage…

Center for Public Justice, by Stanley Carlson-Thies: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed a sweeping overhaul of its “Uniform Guidance”—rules that apply across federal agencies that describe how grants and cooperative agreements should be administered and audited….

Newsweek, by Jess Thomson: An invasive species of tick is creeping its way across the eastern U.S., killing livestock in its wake as it travels west. These Asian longhorned ticks, which were only found in the U.S. for the first…

Alarabiya News: Yemen’s Houthi militia released video footage on Monday showing armed men dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea. The footage was released by the militia’s TV channel Al Masirah a day…

Markets Insider, by Aruni Soni: Beef prices have spiked to a record high recently as a megadrought that slammed the US a few years ago shrank cattle supplies.  Retail prices hit $8 a pound, topping the previous record of $7.90…

AP News, by Lolita C. Baldor: The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region…