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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth faced sharp bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill Wednesday after a U.S. military strike involving a Hellfire missile failed to neutralize an unidentified flying object (UFO) off the coast of Yemen.

Washington, D.C. — Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today announced the dismissal of the entire senior leadership team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The decision marks the most dramatic shake-up at the nation's top public health agency in its history and signals a sharp pivot in the Department of Health and Human Services’ relationship with federal health science institutions.

Houston - President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Wednesday that drastically curtails federal oversight for commercial spaceflight companies, with billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX positioned as the directive’s main beneficiary. The order also directs NASA to transition all scheduled government space launches onto SpaceX rockets, marking a transformative shake-up in both regulation and federal launch contracting.

Austin - Florida Congresswoman and Trump ally Anna Paulina Luna told Joe Rogan she possesses proof that jackrabbits with tentacles are the result of secret U.S. government experiments using alien spacecraft technology.

Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience, Luna claimed she has seen classified materials and spoken with former military personnel who worked at undisclosed black sites where "bioengineering projects" were allegedly conducted on animals using technology salvaged from crashed extraterrestrial craft.

Seattle - A powerful 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, prompting immediate tsunami warnings along the Pacific coastlines — including the west coast of the United States. The quake, centered approximately 50 miles off the eastern coast of Kamchatka, was felt as far as northern Japan and parts of Alaska, though no fatalities have been reported as of press time.

BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. — Former Congressman George Santos has begun a new chapter of his ever-unpredictable career — this time as a marine biologist.

Santos, 37, who was expelled from Congress in 2023 following multiple ethics violations and criminal fraud charges (many still pending), announced this week that he has joined a shark-tagging research team operating off the coast of New Jersey. The project, operated under the Atlantic Apex Predators Initiative (AAPI), focuses on tracking migratory patterns and breeding behaviors of great white sharks in the region.

Austin, Texas - Elon Musk issued a rare public apology Monday for the sweeping cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS) enacted by his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), acknowledging the agency’s previously strong record of accurate flood warnings and expressing regret over the consequences of the reductions.

Buga, Colombia — What was first hailed as a possible extraterrestrial encounter may now have a down-to-earth explanation. A mysterious metallic sphere discovered in the outskirts of Buga has sparked intense speculation in recent weeks, with theories ranging from a crashed satellite to a visitor from beyond the stars. But a new theory, proposed by an Italian researcher, is turning heads—and raising eyebrows.

Washington, DC - In a  move that has reignited global debate over space governance and resource exploitation,  President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order Friday asserting the right of U.S. companies to explore and extract oil resources on the Moon.

Washington, D.C. — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ignited a national debate by asserting that petroleum-based synthetic food dyes are contributing to what he calls an "autism epidemic" in the United States. Kennedy’s claims, made during a series of press briefings and public events this week, accompany sweeping new federal measures to phase out eight artificial food dyes from the nation’s food supply by the end of next year.