March 19, 2024

Pentagon: We Waited to Strike Houthis Because Yesterday Was When We ‘Felt the Most Comfortable’ It Would Work

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said that the U.S. waited until now to strike the Houthis because “last night’s strike is when we felt the most comfortable that we would be able to effectively disrupt and degrade Houthi capabilities” that are targeting ships in the Red Sea.

Anheuser-Busch, Teamsters reach labor agreement that avoids US strike

Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has reached a contract agreement with the Teamsters union that avoids a strike at its US plants. The union had threatened a strike at the brewer’s 12 US plants if an agreement on a new five-year contract wasn’t reached by 11:59 p.m. Thursday. The Teamsters union represents 5,000 Anheuser-Busch workers who brew […]

US and Britain strike 18 Houthi sites in Yemen to answer surge in Red Sea attacks on ships

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Britain struck 18 Houthi targets in Yemen, answering a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, including a missile strike this past week that set fire to a cargo vessel. According to U.S. officials, American and British fighter jets on Saturday […]

JESSE WATTERS: Why did Hamas decide to strike?

FOX News host Jesse Watters breaks down the chaos in the Middle East on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”  JESSE WATTERS: Tonight, another war in the Middle East. The Islamic terror group Hamas, backed by the Iranians, caught Israel by surprise in the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. Since Saturday morning’s assault, over a thousand […]

Watch: ‘Indiana Jones’ Stunt Performer Lights Himself on Fire in Support of Hollywood Strike

A stunt performer who featured in the latest Indiana Jones film set fire to himself Monday while participating in an Hollywood strike rally. Mike Massa, a stunt coordinator who has worked on Stranger Things, 1923 and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, lit himself up while holding aloft a SAG picket sign while standing atop a mobile stage

Breitbart Business Digest: Can Republicans Meet the UAW Strike Challenge?

A Choice Not an Echo on the UAW Strike Think of tonight’s debate as test of whether the GOP will offer the American people a choice for which party can defend workers best or an echo of a misremembered past. The Republican Party has talked a very good game in recent years about representing the

UAW to Strike All Big Three Automakers at the Same Time for First Time in History

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images The United Auto Workers (UAW) union will go on strike against all of Detroit’s big three automakers at the same time for the first time in the union’s history, after General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis failed to reach a labor agreement with the union before their contracts expired Thursday night.  “Tonight for

Hollywood Stars Go on Strike: Celebrities Walk Off the Job Bringing TV and Movie Production to a Historic Halt

Hollywood stars will walk off the job en masse Thursday night after the screen actors’ union SAG-AFTRA failed to reach a new contract with studios, effectively bringing scripted TV and movie production around the country to a screeching halt. The actors’ work stoppage comes as Hollywood writers are in the third month of their own

Republicans squeeze Democrats on labor as UAW strike explodes in Michigan

United Auto Workers members attend a rally in Detroit on Sept. 15, 2src23. | Paul Sancya/AP Photo Republicans are testing whether they can widen the Democratic Party rift exposed by the United Auto Workers strike as they try to reclaim the Senate and the White House. The GOP sees the UAW walkout as a potential

Health of Muammar Qaddafi’s son deteriorating 3 days after starting hunger strike to protest detention

The health of a son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Qaddafi was deteriorating three days into a hunger strike to protest his detention in Lebanon without trial, his lawyer said Tuesday. Hannibal Qaddafi was suffering from headaches, muscle pain and difficulties moving around, his lawyer Paul Romanos said. He started his hunger strike Saturday. He […]

‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Champions delayed after players object amid strike

“Jeopardy!” producers will delay taping of the much-anticipated Tournament of Champions after several former contestants stated they would not participate amid the ongoing Hollywood writers strike. However, new “Jeopardy!” episodes will be produced in the fall with material penned by Writers Guild of America (WGA) members before the strike began in May. “Jeopardy! never had […]

Exclusive: Writers Guild of America Leaders Warn of Shrinking Hollywood Middle Class as Writers Strike

Hollywood went on shut down this week when the Writers Guild of America (WGA) enacted an industry-wide strike on both coasts after negotiations failed with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Breitbart News attended the second day of picketing this week to hear from the writers on exactly what they hoped to

‘Best’ Russian general killed in Ukraine missile strike during counteroffensive

A top Russian general has been killed in a Ukrainian missile strike during Kyiv’s escalating counteroffensive, a report said Tuesday. Prominent pro-Russian war correspondent Yury Kotyonok revealed on his Telegram channel that Major-General Sergei Goryachev, Chief of Staff of Russia’s 35th Army, had been killed Monday on the Zaporizhzhia front, where Ukrainian forces have been […]

Congressional leaders pledge to avert rail strike, negotiate year-end spending deal

Congressional leaders and top appropriators could meet as soon as Wednesday about the so-called omnibus spending package, which would boost federal agency budgets for the current fiscal year. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Congressional leaders left a meeting with President Joe Biden on Tuesday resolving to both quickly avert a national railroad strike in the coming

GREG GUTFELD: We’re talking large breasts here

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! What a gorgeous Thursday it is. And not just because Pete Hegseth is here. Yeah, he’s so hot, AOC wants to ban him along with gas stoves. He’s so hot, he could be my twin brother. I’m exaggerating. Anyway, I’m way hotter. We’re going to tackle the […]

Biden Admin Tells Supreme Court Judges Cannot Strike Down Agency Decisions in Immigration Case

WASHINGTON, DC – The Biden administration argued in a Supreme Court immigration case Tuesday that states have no standing to sue the federal government over illegal immigration policies, and courts lack the power to strike them down anyway. Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas and Attorney General Jeff Landry of Louisiana sued the Biden administration

Dems strike pre-election deal on policing and public safety

The House is expected to vote on the package on Thursday, one of its final days in session before the November midterms. The four bills focus on grants for police training and recruitment; addressing mental health crises; preventing community violence prevention and solving gun crimes. Two bills from moderate members Reps. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and

Republicans Strike Out in New England

National Republicans targeted more than half a dozen races in New England as pickup opportunities this year, but they picked up none. Six congressional races, one Senate race, and one gubernatorial race all stayed Democrat despite Republicans’ financial investments, as well as polling and hype of a “red wave,” suggesting the GOP had a valid

Biden Offers to Send a ‘Strike Force’ Against Chicago Gun Crime

President Joe Biden offered to send a “strike force” into Chicago Thursday in order to help Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) stem the tide of shootings occurring daily in the city. ABC 7 reports that a “strike force” would focus on gun trafficking. Lightfoot responded to Biden’s offer by saying, “My hope and expectation is that…

Biden To Unveil Trade ‘Strike Force’ Targeting China

President Joe Biden’s administration is setting up a “supply chain trade strike force” focused on shoring up U.S. supply chains that are overly reliant on foreign nations, particularly China, Reuters reported Tuesday. The U.S. trade representative will reportedly lead the strike force, focusing on a number of key industries such as semiconductors and electric vehicle…

Anti-Eviction Activists Urge ‘Rent Strike’ in New York During COVID-19 Pandemic

An anti-eviction activist group is promoting a “rent strike” in New York state during the COVID-19 pandemic. The group claims the strikers will “cancel rent” in the state because they “cannot pay,” or are “in solidarity with those who cannot pay.” The group, Truthout.org, reports there are 57 properties in New York City where tenants…

Trump Delivers: U.S., Canada Strike Deal to Replace NAFTA Hours Before U.S.-Mexico Deadline.

The U.S., Mexico, and Canada came to a late-hours agreement Sunday to create a trilateral trade deal to replace NAFTA that is being deemed the USMCA, U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Senior Trump administration officials briefed reporters late Sunday night on the new deal, just one hour before the deadline set to send a U.S.-Mexico deal to Congress. […]

Trump Takes Out Top Taliban Leader in Drone Strike.

A picture from AFP of Fazlullah from 2008 Nearly three months ago, the US offered a $5 Million reward for information leading to the capture or killing of Mullah Fazlullah, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban. Fazlullah rose to power as the leader of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM)  following the capture of Sufi Muhammad in 2002, eventually […]

Iranians killed in alleged Israeli strike on military site in Syria.

A satellite image shows Syria’s T-4 military air base. (photo credit: GOOGLE MAPS) The target was reportedly an underground missile production facility and depot for surface-to-surface missiles. The Syrian army confirmed Sunday that several military bases in northern Syria were struck in an attack blamed on Israel by the Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al Akhbar. According to […]

WATCH: Syrian army says ‘enemy’ rocket attacks strike at military bases.

Israeli Air Force F15 planes fly during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel, December 27, 2017.. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS) An opposition source said one of the locations hit was an army base widely known as a recruitment center for Iranian-backed […]

China Joins Russia, Iran in Condemning U.S. Strike on Syria: ‘We Oppose the Use of Force’

China joined dictator Bashar al-Assad’s allies Russia and Iran in condemning the precision airstrikes by the United States, France, and Britain on Saturday. The airstrikes targeted regime scientific research centers in Syria in response to the recent chemical attack against civilians that the Pentagon has attributed to the Syrian regime. A day prior to the attack, […]

BATTLE ASSESSMENT: Here Is How The Devastating Strike On Syria Went Down.

The early morning coalition strikes on Syria’s chemical weapons infrastructure Saturday destroyed three critical targets, crippling the Syrian regime’s ability to create chemical weapons. “We sent a very clear message last night,” Pentagon spokesman Dana White explained Saturday, further commenting, “We hope he [Syrian President Bashar al-Assad] heard it.” Around 4 a.m. in Syria, American, […]

Trump Puts Off Syria Strike Decision, Will Consult with Allies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Thursday put off a final decision on possible military strikes against Syria after tweeting earlier that they could happen “very soon or not so soon at all.” The White House said he would consult further with allies. US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned such an attack carried […]

‘Russia, get ready’: Trump says ‘nice and new’ missiles will strike Syria.

In this file photo taken on March 13, 2018, US President Donald Trump gestures after speaking to military personnel at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California.(AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan/Alternative Crop) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Russia that “nice and new” missiles would be heading to Syria and Moscow should “get ready.” […]

Russia, Syria blame Israel for deadly strike on Syrian air base.

An Israel Air Force F-15 flies overhead during an exercise in the Golan Heights on February 23, 2014. (Gu Ashash/Israel Air Force/Flickr) In a rare move, Russia on Monday accused Israel of carrying out a predawn missile strike on an air base in central Syria that reportedly killed 14 people, among them Iranian nationals. Dictator […]

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