The DOJ hyped the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s address book. B-17 saw one years ago.
Jeffrey Epstein’s address book was one of the documents released by the DOJ. The saga of Jeffrey Epstein continues. The Justice Department under the Trump administration promised to release documents related to the Epstein investigation. Its first delivery left some disappointed, however. Most, if not all, of the information was previously known to the public.…
Here’s how Trump’s pick to lead the US Navy wants to fix the submarine shipbuilding problem
During his confirmation hearing, John Phelan, Trump’s pick for Navy secretary, said he has a plan to get submarine construction back on track. President Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of the Navy offered up his vision for fixing the sea service’s submarine construction shortfalls on Thursday. A bunch of Navy shipbuilding projects are delayed, with…
US Navy secretary nominee says Trump texts him in the middle of the night about rusty warships
The USS Stout returned from a record-breaking deployment in 2020 covered in rust. It’d spent 215 days at sea. President Donald Trump’s pick for US Navy secretary said multiple times on Thursday that he receives late-night texts from the president about rusty warships. “I jokingly say that President Trump has texted me numerous times very…
Brands feel like ‘collateral damage’ after Trump delayed closing the de minimis tax loophole
Juliana Casale, owner of the Canadian seltzer brand Balloon, said tariffs and the end of de minimis are a looming threat to her business. Some brand owners feel like “collateral damage” in a global trade war after the Trump administration temporarily reversed its decision to end de minimis shipments. The sudden reversal was just the…
The USS Tripoli, the Navy’s newest F-35 ‘lightning carrier,’ is headed to the Indo-Pacific, bolstering US air power near China
The USS Tripoli in the East China Sea. The US Navy is stationing its new “lightning carrier” in the Indo-Pacific to counter China’s growing military influence. The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli is replacing the first-in-class USS America at Sasebo Naval Base in Japan as the forward-deployed amphibious flattop in the region. Both the…
A US Air Force general said long-range strikes are ‘game-changing,’ but America will lose if it relies on them too much
The B-21 Raider program at Northrop Grumman’s manufacturing facility on Edwards Air Force Base, California. The US Air Force relying on a “massive punch” from afar would be a war-losing mistake, said its general in charge of shaping the service’s future capabilities. “What we have found, if you go to an all-long-range force, it doesn’t…
An under-the-radar import rule means Trump’s China tariffs could hurt the US more than expected
Experts told B-17 that the targeted and calibrated nature of China’s response suggests they want to leave room for negotiations with the US. Doing away with an under-the-radar rule governing some imports could make US tariffs on products from China hit harder than expected, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New…
Denmark’s biggest retail group is adding ‘European’ labels to products, as locals sour on buying American goods
A Netto supermarket, with fresh produce stalls and baskets outside, in Denmark. The CEO of Denmark’s largest retailer said that his company will start marking its goods to indicate which ones are made by European companies, in what he described as a response to customer demand. Anders Hagh, CEO at Salling Group, wrote in a…
I went to a virtual influencer’s sold-out concert and the fan base was unlike anything I’d seen
Virtual influencer Mori Calliope performed at the Hollywood Palladium on February 26. Inside Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium, red and purple penlights glowed. Fans waved the electronic instruments popular in the anime community, danced, and cheered on a digital avatar while its creator performed from behind the stage. The virtual influencer who sold out the 4,000-person…
