Grenade-Type IED Found At Alabama Dam Raises Alarm Over Critical Infrastructure Threats

Divers recovered and safely detonated a grenade-type improvised explosive device at the J.B. Converse Reservoir dam in Mobile, Alabama, a federally designated critical infrastructure site that supplies the region’s drinking water. Local outlet Fox10TV reports that the Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team retrieved and detonated the grenade-type IED at the 3,600-acre artificial […]

Midsize City Population Growth Remaining Steady: Census Bureau

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),Population growth in medium-sized cities largely remained steady even as the national population barely grew, Census Bureau officials said on May 14.An aerial view of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, August 4, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesMidsize cities grew by an average of 0.7 percent from […]

Murders Down Roughly 20% In 2025, FBI Preliminary Data Show

Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The FBI on Sunday published an early glimpse at annual crime data, releasing preliminary 2025 data alongside first-quarter 2026 numbers that together show that violent crime has dropped sharply. FBI personnel enter a building in Portsmouth, Va., on May 6, 2026. Peter Casey/The Virginian-Pilot via […]

DHS Shakeup Continues: Border Patrol Chief Banks Resigns

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks announced his resignation from the agency effective immediately. Banks’ abrupt departure is the latest of several high-ranking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials to leave the agency in recent months. Banks, appointed by President Trump upon his inauguration, was formerly the Border Czar for the State of Texas. Breitbart […]

Star-Spangled Banner in China: America’s National Anthem Played During Trump’s Visit

The Star-Spangled Banner could be heard playing in the background during President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated visit to China – a notable showing ahead of meetings with the adversarial communist country. Video shows President Donald Trump walking alongside Chinese Dictator Xi Jinping. Both leaders stop and the Chinese military band begins to play America’s national anthem […]

Kash Patel Revamps the FBI’s Tech Infrastructure for the ‘AI Age’

FBI Director Kash Patel explained the major AI overhaul at bureau under the Trump administration, and its concrete public-safety results, especially protecting children and stopping attacks, as well as efficiency and savings gains. “From child exploitation cases to mass shooting prevention, the bureau’s AI overhaul is delivering record-breaking results,” Patel wrote in an op-ed for […]