Alex Horton

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Alex Horton

Biden’s Gaza pier was more dangerous and costly than previously known (washingtonpost.com) Biden’s Gaza pier was more dangerous and costly than previously known By Alex Horton 2025050621122900 The Biden administration's failed humanitarian mission in Gaza was more dangerous and costly than the Pentagon has publicly acknowledged, causing dozens of injuries to U.S. personnel and resulting in tens of millions dollars in equipment damage, according to a newly released watchdog report. The 2024...

1 month ago | dailyherald.com | Olivia George |Alex Horton

President Donald Trump’s long-held hopes of soldiers marching and armored vehicles rolling down the streets of the nation’s capital are moving closer to reality, as the White House confirmed Friday that he intends to host a military parade this summer to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday. The parade is scheduled for June 14, the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army and, coincidentally, Trump’s 79th birthday.

1 month ago | postguam.com | Ellen Nakashima |Alex Horton

He was a Dylan-loving peacenik who wanted to save the environment, a young man, his father said, who “would not hurt a flea.” Last April he was killed in Donetsk - one of the few Americans to have fought with Moscow’s forces in the war against Ukraine. How Michael Gloss found himself on a Ukrainian battlefield is even more unusual. The 21-year-old was the son of a senior CIA official and an Iraq War veteran, raised in a comfortable Washington suburb.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Ellen Nakashima |Alex Horton

CIA official’s son killed fighting with Russian army in Ukraine (washingtonpost.com) CIA official’s son killed fighting with Russian army in Ukraine By Ellen Nakashima; Alex Horton 2025042523462600 He was a Dylan-loving peacenik who wanted to save the environment, a young man, his father said, who "would not hurt a flea." Last April he was killed in Donetsk — one of the few Americans to have fought with Moscow's forces in the war against Ukraine.

1 month ago | detroitnews.com | Alex Horton

The search party fanned out to scout for any sign of four American soldiers — and their 70-ton vehicle — who last month vanished in the night deep in the woods outside Pabrade, near Lithuania’s border with Belarus. It was 1st Sgt. Matthew Riley who discovered the tread marks that had gouged the soft earth along a firebreak trail. They led to a wet patch, barely 30 feet in diameter, but did not continue on the other side. Afloat on the surface was a soldier’s satchel and a bottle of weapon lubricant.