Pentagon officials have discussed firing longtime Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer before his planned retirement, according to CBS News. Lederer cited fundamental differences with Defense Department leadership as the Trump administration seeks to reshape the military-funded outlet.
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Two Milligan University cycling team members, sophomores Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rogers, were killed when a vehicle struck cyclists training on a rural eastern Tennessee highway. Seven others were injured, and driver John Benfield, 69, was charged with vehicular homicide by recklessness and aggravated assault by vehicle by recklessness.
The U.S. national debt has surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, after roughly doubling since January 2017. The milestone comes amid rising deficits, tariff refunds, growing interest costs and a congressional standoff over government funding.
Mike Lindell says he will personally fund a full hand recount and audit after losing Minnesota’s Republican primary for governor by roughly 11 percentage points. State officials estimated the recount would cost about $825,000, and Lindell says total expenses could exceed $1 million.
President Trump is promoting a Census Bureau report that says 24,000 noncitizens voted in 2020, a figure experts say is tiny and based on unclear methods. Data specialists and former bureau officials raised concerns about the report’s anonymity, matching process and potential effect on public trust.
Treasury Department data show the U.S. national debt has topped $40 trillion, more than double its 2017 level. Rising interest costs, spending growth and lower revenue are driving warnings from fiscal policy experts, though analysts differ on the economic risk.
A safari helicopter crashed in northern Kenya’s Samburu County, killing all seven people on board. Officials said the dead include five Americans, Ecuador’s intelligence chief and his wife, and Telemundo executive José Alberto Suárez.
Sen. Darline Graham drew scrutiny in a South Carolina GOP Senate runoff debate after saying she was “not that informed on national security” when asked about Taiwan and the South China Sea. She and Rep. Ralph Norman will face off in the Aug. 25 runoff for the Republican nomination.