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Pentagon’s UAP Caseload Tops 2,000 as Hegseth Doubles Down on Trump’s Disclosure Pledge — and the FY2026 NDAA Forces a Reckoning

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says his team is 'digging in' on releasing UAP records. AARO's open caseload has crossed 2,000. The fiscal-2026 National Defense Authorization Act would compel the Pentagon to brief Congress on every UAP intercept by NORTHCOM-aligned commands going back to 2004. The disclosure question is no longer hypothetical.

Trump-Putin May 9 Ceasefire Floated as Ukraine Hits Tuapse for Third Time and Strikes Perm Pipeline

After a 90-minute Trump-Putin call, Russia signaled openness to a temporary May 9 ceasefire timed to V-E Day. Ukraine, meanwhile, hit Russia's Tuapse Black Sea oil refinery a third time in two weeks and claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Perm pipeline facility — even as Odesa took its heaviest residential strike in months.
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Texas Supreme Court Now Holds the Onion–Infowars Question as Alex Jones Calls Thursday His ‘Last Show’

The satirical site The Onion's bid to acquire Alex Jones's Infowars has bounced from a Houston bankruptcy court to the Fifth Circuit and now to the Supreme Court of Texas. A receiver has stopped paying Infowars's rent and internet. Jones told viewers Thursday's broadcast was his last 'official' show.

The Fed’s ‘Great Illusion’ Meets the Debt Doom Loop: Why ZeroHedge Says the Math No Longer Works

Two ZeroHedge analyses dropped on the same day argue the Federal Reserve's reputation for foresight is a marketing exercise — and that the U.S. sovereign-debt arithmetic has crossed a threshold from which there is no graceful exit. NewsRescue walks through the numbers behind the alarm.

Big Tech’s $665 Billion AI Bet: Alphabet Soars, Meta Slides as Q1 Earnings Reveal Capex Reckoning

Four hyperscalers spent $130 billion on AI infrastructure in a single quarter — more than three times the inflation-adjusted cost of the Manhattan Project — and project up to $665 billion for the full year. Investors rewarded Alphabet, punished Meta, and noticed that nearly half of Google's record profit came not from search or cloud, but from its Anthropic stake.

CENTCOM Briefs Trump on ‘Short and Powerful’ Iran Strike Plan as Hormuz Crisis Hits Day 60

Adm. Brad Cooper presented President Trump with a menu of new military options Thursday — from a compressed strike package to a ground operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — as a War Powers Resolution deadline closes in and Brent crude pulls back from a four-year high.

Comey Indicted Over ’86 47,’ ‘Murder Trump’ Seashell Post

A federal grand jury has indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges of threatening President Trump. The case rests on a May 2025 Instagram photo of seashells arranged into '86 47'.

UN Warns of Global Food Emergency – Hormuz Chokepoint

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that the Hormuz closure has triggered a global food emergency. Roughly one-third of world fertiliser shipments transit the Strait.