Former President Donald Trump’s mug shot was released after he turned himself into a Georgia jail. And the Department of Justice sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Donald Trump responds after mug shot released Donald Trump’s mug shot was released by Fulton County Jail…

Two months after his involvement in an armed mutiny against Russia’s military leadership, Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed to be dead. The leader of the Russian mercenaries, known as the Wagner Group, was reportedly on the passenger list of a plane that crashed in Russia. It is yet to be verified whether Prigozhin had indeed boarded…

Call it a sign of the times for the Russian economy. A shopping mall is being turned into a factory to make kamikaze or suicide drones. At the same time, teenagers are being forced to build the weapons of war. Russia is using unmanned aerial vehicles like the Lancet and Shahed-136 in Ukraine to a…

Two months after Yevgeny Prigozhin led his mercenaries in an armed mutiny against Russia’s military leadership, the head of the Wagner Group appeared to be in Africa. The on-again, off-again Putin ally was back to his old ways of using social media to further the Russian cause. In the video, translated by Reuters, Prigozhin said,…

The U.S. dollar’s global dominance has been a sure thing for about a century. Now emerging economies are looking to dethrone it. Foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, nations known collectively as BRICS, have recently discussed using alternative currencies to challenge U.S. global influence. Representatives from the bloc gathered in Cape…

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced a Russian warship fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the Black Sea. The ministry said the Palau-flagged Sukru Okan vessel was heading north to the Ukrainian Danube River port of Izmail. According to the ministry, Russian forces fired shots from automatic small arms to force it to stop after the…

The Maui wildfires have now become some of the deadliest in United States history, and cameras captured a plane crashing during an air show. These stories and more highlight The Rundown for Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Maui wildfires deadliest in U.S. in more than a century The wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui are…

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide an additional $13 billion in emergency defense aid and $8 billion in humanitarian support for Ukraine. The request also includes $12 billion for the domestic disaster relief fund and costs a total of $40 billion.  Congress is actively debating how much money it’s willing to spend on…