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san.com | Ally Heath |Ryan Robertson |Shianne DeLeon |William O. Jackson
Taiwan conducted its first live-fire test of the U.S.-supplied HIMARS on Monday, May 12, at the Jiupeng base in southern Taiwan. The system, formally known as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, has a range of approximately 200 miles and can strike targets across the Taiwan Strait in China’s Fujian Province if necessary. Taiwan has ordered 29 HIMARS launchers from Lockheed Martin, with 11 already delivered and the remaining units expected by 2026.
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san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Jack Henry |Mathew Grisham |William O. Jackson
Airlines and insurers are revising decades-old policies requiring a global grounding of flights following a nuclear detonation, according to The Telegraph. Initially based on the belief that any atomic explosion would signal the start of World War III, those policies no longer fit today’s shifting threats.
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6 days ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
A Colorado football fan has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the National Football League, claiming Shedeur Sanders’ fall to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft resulted from a coordinated effort to damage the quarterback’s reputation. The fan filed the civil suit in Atlanta under the pseudonym “John Doe,” accusing the NFL of collusion, defamation and violations of federal antitrust and civil rights laws.
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6 days ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
Ukraine’s government claimed Russia has repeatedly broken its three-day ceasefire, launching hundreds of attacks across the frontlines just hours after the truce began. The Russian military, meanwhile, accused Ukraine of continuing to strike inside Russian territory. The ceasefire, announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was timed to coincide with Russia’s May 9 Victory Day parade commemorating the end of World War II.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
President Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Casey Means as U.S. surgeon general, replacing his earlier pick, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, whose nomination was withdrawn days before her scheduled confirmation hearing. The decision marks another shift in the administration’s evolving health leadership team, now led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Nesheiwat, a former Fox News contributor, was initially set to appear before the Senate on Wednesday, May 8.
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san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to begin enforcing a ban on transgender military service while legal challenges continue in lower courts. In a brief, unsigned order issued May 6, the justices lifted a nationwide injunction blocking the policy. The updated policy bans most transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military, disqualifying those diagnosed with gender dysphoria or a transition history.
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san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
Top economic officials from the U.S. and China will meet in Switzerland this week to begin talks to ease tensions from the ongoing tariff war. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will sit down with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng from May 9 to 12 in Geneva, marking the first high-level engagement between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to office.
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san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
The Trump administration has asked a federal judge in Texas to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Missouri, Idaho and Kansas that aims to restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone. The Department of Justice argues that the states lack standing and filed their claims in an improper venue. Government attorneys said the case should not continue in the Northern District of Texas, as the three states have no direct connection to that jurisdiction.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the University of Washington’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Building on Monday, May 5, calling for the university to sever ties with Boeing over its military contracts. The protest, led by the suspended student group Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return (SUPER UW), began around 5 p.m. SUPER UW, a suspended student organization accused of promoting antisemitic content, claimed responsibility for the protest.
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1 week ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William O. Jackson
President Donald Trump announced plans to reopen Alcatraz as federal penitentiary, directing multiple agencies to rebuild and expand the former prison to house what he described as the country’s most violent and repeat offenders.
