The U.S. Army’s first openly transgender officer is now under house arrest. Dr. Jamie Lee Henry, and his wife, are both accused of trying to pass private military health records of U.S. soldiers to a person they thought was working for Russia. Henry came out as transgender in 2015 but used male pronouns during his…

There is no sign of let up in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Russia increased their attacks on the battlefield overnight Thursday ahead of the annexation of Ukraine territories on Friday. Missiles, rockets and suicide drones were all deployed on Ukraine in one of the more intensified recent shows of power. One of the…

22-year-old Mahsa Amini was detained last week by Tehran’s morality police, accused of not wearing her hijab properly. The hijab, a head covering worn by some Muslim women, has been mandatory in Iran since 1979. The United Nations Human Rights Council said Iran’s morality police have been cracking down on women they accuse of not…

More than 1,000 people in Pakistan have died in historic rushing flood waters. Hundreds of children are included in the death toll. It’s the most rainfall the region has recorded in a monsoon season in more than 30 years. “I appeal on behalf of the government of Pakistan, on behalf of the people of Pakistan,…

The war in Ukraine has not gone the way Russia intended. One U.S. official now pegs Russian casualties somewhere between 700,000 to 800,000 and the U.S. recently announced another $1 billion in military aid. Just yesterday, the New York Times reported an explosion at a Russian military base in annexed Crimea, likely at the hands…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will travel to Taiwan and meet with government officials, according to numerous reports citing people familiar with the matter both in the U.S. and in Taiwan. Pelosi arrived in Singapore Monday as part of her Asian trip. The potential visit to Taiwan is not on the Speaker’s itinerary and there…

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser sent a request to the secretary of the Army to activate the D.C. National Guard. She wants help with the growing number of migrants being shipped to the nation’s capital on buses from Texas and Arizona. She describes it as a humanitarian crisis that will only get worse. “We need…

More than 60,000 Army soldiers may lose their pay and benefits for refusing the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The deadline to comply with the mandate was last Thursday. On Friday, the Army announced 40,000 National Guard and 22,000 Reserve soldiers who refused to be vaccinated were no longer allowed to participate in their military duties, according…

The Army has gotten rid of its requirement saying potential recruits must have a high school diploma or GED certificate in order to enlist, according to a report from military website Military.com. The report said the service announced the decision last Thursday. There are caveats to the new policy, including: Recruits must ship to basic…

Colonel Gail Curley, the Supreme Court marshal, has begun investigating the leaked draft opinion regarding Dobbs v. Jackson. The final ruling in this case could overturn precedents that protect abortion rights, including Roe v. Wade. As part of that investigation, officials have required law clerks to provide their phone records, according to a CNN report.…