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…

Congressional Republicans want David Weiss to testify about his investigation into Hunter Biden. But now that he’s been appointed special counsel, that is unlikely to happen.  It is Justice Department policy not to comment on ongoing investigations, meaning Weiss is off limits for congressional testimony as long as he is special counsel.  The chairmen of…

Whether its fighting China in the Pacific or Russia in the Baltics, the U.S. and its allies are looking for ways to win wars without runways. Air bases are obvious targets, and aircraft carriers can be sunk, but planes will still need to fly if the U.S. wants to have a chance at victory. The…

An encouraging step takes place in a plan to get detained Americans home from Iran. And a 300,000-year-old skull is raising new questions about humans. It’s time for The Rundown for Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.    Americans moved to house arrest in Iran under planned prisoner swap Five Americans imprisoned in Iran have been placed…

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee released bank documents they said show Hunter Biden and his business partners received millions of dollars from oligarchs in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine when Joe Biden was vice president. The committee memo stated they identified more than 20 million dollars in payments from foreign sources to Biden-owned businesses.  The…

As a show of force at the edge of the world, 11 warships from China and Russia were spotted carrying out a joint naval patrol near Alaska. The bold move in early August is just the latest provocation in a region known for chilly receptions. “There’s really critically important elements of the geostrategic importance of…

Ukraine’s slow, methodical and effective counteroffensive is accomplishing what it needs to: bleed Russian forces across the more than 600 miles of frontline. Still, critics in the West are growing uneasy about how long this “death by a thousand cuts” approach is taking. Ukraine is responding to those critics essentially by saying, “If you want…