Underwater Bomb Discovered at Base of Dam Holding Entire City’s Drinking Water Supply… Sparking Massive Federal Response

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An explosive was discovered underwater at the base of a dam in Alabama that supplies the City of Mobile and the surrounding region with drinking water.

The explosive was discovered on Wednesday by divers contracted by the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS), who were surveying the Converse Reservoir dam in Mobile County for routine maintenance and repairs.

The divers immediately reported the device, which MAWSS described as ‘a grenade-type IED (improvised explosive device).’

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office was notified, and a huge, multi-agency response involving federal partners ensued.

Those agencies included the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, FBI Bomb Squad, Mobile Police Department Explosive Ordnance Detail, ALEA Bomb Squad and the Daphne Search and Rescue Team.

The explosive was retrieved and safely detonated on land away from the dam. No one was harmed. (Read more from “Underwater Bomb Discovered at Base of Dam Holding Entire City’s Drinking Water Supply… Sparking Massive Federal Response” HERE)

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Dem Senator Asks Why ICE Can’t Simply ‘Pick Up’ Illegals From Jail

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Democratic Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin on Thursday asked why Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents cannot “pick up” illegal aliens from jail, failing to mention that Democratic elected officials put barriers in the way of agents.

Raskin asked this question during the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing, though he did not mention that members of his own party have banned cooperation with ICE. The hearing featured Fairfax County Commonwealth’s attorney Steve Descano and Sheriff Stacey Kincaid who testified about sanctuary policies.

“But I’m curious, why can ICE not pick up, with its massive resources, why can they not pick up the prisoners while they are still being held, or right before they’re about to be released or at the point of discharge?” Raskin asked.

However, Democrats have repeatedly sought to prevent authorities from cooperating with ICE. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in January that he would rather detain illegal aliens in California jails than cooperate with ICE agents. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger banned her state’s cooperation with ICE when she entered office in January.

Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro invoked the 10th Amendment to challenge the legality of ICE operations and called for theme them to cease. He argued ICE’s actions were “outside the bounds” of the Constitution and represented illegal overreach by federal authorities. Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called ICE the “modern-day gestapo” during a commencement speech in May 2025. (Read more from “Dem Senator Asks Why ICE Can’t Simply ‘Pick Up’ Illegals From Jail” HERE)

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Poll: 3 in 10 Believe at Least One of the Assassination Attempts on Trump Was Staged

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Three in ten Americans believe at least one of the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump was “staged,” a recent NewsGuard/YouGov survey revealed.

The survey examined Americans’ sentiments on the attempts to take President Trump’s life. It asked 1,000 Americans if they believed any of the three attempts of Trump’s life – including the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting in 2024, the incident at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course that same year, and more recently, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner just weeks ago – was legitimate.

For the Butler shooting – which saw the bullet narrowly miss Trump’s skull – a plurality, 47, percent, said they believe it was a real attempt. However, 29 percent said they wee “unsure,” and 24 percent believe it was completely staged.

Similarly, a plurality, 48 percent, believe the attempt on Trump’s life at the Trump International Golf Club in September 2024 was a real attempt to take his life, followed by 36 percent who are “unsure,” and 16 percent who believe it was staged. That thwarted attempt resulted in the arrest of Ryan Routh, who was convicted for the attempted assassination.

More recently, 45 percent believe that the WHCD attempted shooting was legitimate, followed by 32 percent who are not sure and nearly a quarter, 24 percent, who believe it was staged. (Read more from “Poll: 3 in 10 Believe at Least One of the Assassination Attempts on Trump Was Staged” HERE)

US Senators Vote to Withhold Own Pay in Government Shutdowns

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US senators agreed unanimously Thursday to suspend their own pay during government shutdowns, in an effort to force Congress to share the financial pain after a series of funding standoffs that upended the federal government.

The measure reflects growing political sensitivity around shutdowns after federal agencies were at least partially shuttered for much of the past eight months, disrupting services, delaying benefits and intensifying frustration with Washington dysfunction.

Sponsored by Republican John Kennedy of Louisiana, it directs the upper chamber to withhold senators’ salaries whenever funding lapses for at least one federal agency or department. Lawmakers would receive the withheld pay only after the shutdown ends.

The resolution applies only to senators and does not require approval from the House of Representatives or President Donald Trump. Because of constitutional restrictions on changing congressional pay, it will not take effect until after the November midterm elections.

The vote came after an extraordinary stretch of funding crises since President Donald Trump returned to office. (Read more from “US Senators Vote to Withhold Own Pay in Government Shutdowns” HERE)

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Senior White House Official Placed On Leave After Trashing Trump In Sting Operation

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The White House placed a top administration official on leave after an undercover sting operation revealed his deep disdain for President Donald Trump.

Benjamin Ellisten, a senior budget analyst and funding manager for the White House, told James O’Keefe’s undercover journalist that Trump is a “madman” who is “f*cking it up for everybody.” Ellisten, who has worked at the White House since 2024, according to O’Keefe’s reporting, has since been placed on administrative leave, a White House official told the Daily Caller.

“He has no direct access to the President or Senior Staff, and does not work on the White House campus,” the official told the Caller. “Such views expressed by the individual are not reflective of patriots who admirably serve in the Administration.”

Ellisten was caught telling O’Keefe’s reporter that Trump is a “mess,” saying they “gotta get rid of him.”

“He’s a madman,” Ellisten told the undercover journalist. “Literally. He’s invincible. Nothing can stop him, and that’s dangerous.” (Read more from “Senior White House Official Placed On Leave After Trashing Trump In Sting Operation” HERE)

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Juror in Alex Murdaugh Double Murder Trial Speaks out on Court’s ‘Crazy’ Decision to Toss Convictions

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A juror who helped convict Alex Murdaugh in the killings of his wife and son was left stunned by the South Carolina Supreme Court’s “crazy” decision Wednesday to overturn the verdict.

Juror Ami Williams insisted she was never swayed into convicting the disgraced legal scion in the grisly 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul, after the state’s top court unanimously found that a court clerk improperly influenced his dramatic six-week trial.

Judges ruled that Colleton County court clerk Becky Hill tainted the 2023 trial by meddling with the jury.

“I never felt that the clerk of court was pushing an agenda or trying to push me to come to a certain verdict,” Williams told NBC News Wednesday. “Never felt that way about her at all.”

The shocked juror blasted the court’s decision to toss the murder convictions as “crazy” while hailing Hill – who oversaw the jury – for being “so gracious” and “super helpful.” (Read more from “Juror in Alex Murdaugh Double Murder Trial Speaks out on Court’s ‘Crazy’ Decision to Toss Convictions” HERE)

CIA Whistleblower Alleges Cover-Up Of Lab Leak Intelligence

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Spy scientists repeatedly concluded that a lab accident caused the COVID-19 pandemic but more senior bureaucrats watered down and suppressed their conclusions, a CIA senior operations officer testified to Congress on Wednesday.

The CIA officer and whistleblower, James E. Erdman III, described under oath in a hearing called by Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday a pattern of obstruction that promoted the conclusions of a tight knit group of virologists close to Anthony Fauci while downplaying the conclusions of the intelligence community’s own biological experts. Erdman recently departed from a task force organized by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to dig into whether the CIA violated its own analytic standards in its assessment of the cause of the deadliest pandemic in a century. Even from that perch — Gabbard’s office ostensibly oversees the CIA — Erdman faced continued bureaucratic stonewalling from the spy agency.

As Erdman and Gabbard dug into the apparent cover-up, the CIA denied the task force documents, illegally surveilled its members and fired one of its witnesses the day after the committee interviewed that witness, the whistleblower testified.

“Coincidentally, whenever the CIA investigates itself it never finds any wrongdoing,” Erdman said. “The accountability piece has to happen or this is just going to keep happening.”

Fauci and the CIA didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. (Read more from “CIA Whistleblower Alleges Cover-Up Of Lab Leak Intelligence” HERE)

Trump Tells Reporter He Doesn’t ‘Think About’ Americans’ Finances In Waging Iran War; Cost Of Iran War Balloons To Nearly $30,000,000,000

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By Daily Caller. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the deteriorating financial situation of Americans is not playing any role in pushing him to make a deal with Iran.

The Daily Caller’s White House Correspondent Reagan Reese pressed the president on whether increasing inflation — including energy and food prices — is influencing the White House’s decision to seek a deal to end the ongoing war with Iran. Trump dismissed the idea, declaring, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation.”

“What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal?” Reese asked.

“Not even a little bit. The only thing that matters, when I’m talking about Iran, they can’t have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said. “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation, I don’t think about anybody.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for April revealed that inflationary pressure in the U.S. economy has been rising, with prices for energy and groceries heavily contributing to the spike. The cost of everyday goods rose 0.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis in April, after increasing 0.9% in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported. (Read more from “Trump Tells Reporter He Doesn’t ‘Think About’ Americans’ Finances In Waging Iran War” HERE)

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Cost Of Iran War Balloons To Nearly $30,000,000,000

By Daily Caller. The estimated cost of the war in Iran has now hit nearly $30 billion, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Department of War Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer Jules W. Hurst III said during a congressional testimony on Tuesday that the Iran war has cost about $29 billion in total thus far, citing an “updated repair and replacement of equipment cost and also just general operational cost” as the main reasons for the increase. The announcement comes after the Pentagon estimated on April 29 that the total cost of the war was roughly $25 billion, Reuters reported.

Hurst also said during the hearing that “at the time of testimony… it [the estimated cost of the Iran war] was $25 billion dollars,” in reference to War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s cost estimate from April.

However, the total cost of the Iran war may actually be closer to $50 billion, CBS News reported on April 30, citing anonymous U.S. officials familiar with internal assessments.

The Pentagon requested $200 billion from Congress to fund the war in March. (Read more from “Cost Of Iran War Balloons To Nearly $30,000,000,000” HERE)

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Marine Vet With Concealed Carry Permit Helped Halt Felon’s Brazen Shooting Spree

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A Marine veteran helped Massachusetts State Police halt a gunman’s brazen shooting rampage Monday, the Cambridge Police Department said in a release.

Cambridge Police received word at 1:00 p.m. EDT Monday from the Boston Police Department that a person acting erratically armed with a rifle might be in the area. State Police came upon what was described as “an active shooter scene,” and confronted the gunman alongside the military veteran who had a concealed carry permit.

“After being confronted, the suspect allegedly continued to fire the weapon striking the State Police Cruiser,” Cambridge police said in the statement. “Both the civilian and the Trooper fired their weapons and the suspect was struck multiple times in the extremities. The suspect was treated on scene by police officers and transported to a Boston hospital.”

Video obtained by CBS News Boston showed the gunman brazenly firing a rifle while on Memorial Drive, with authorities saying at least 60 rounds were fired. The civilian who aided law enforcement has been described by multiple media outlets as a former Marine who had a concealed carry permit.

The suspect, 46-year-old Tyler Brown, had a lengthy criminal record, including receiving a five-to-six-year prison sentence for firing multiple rounds at police officers in 2020, according to a 2021 release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office. (Read more from “Marine Vet With Concealed Carry Permit Helped Halt Felon’s Brazen Shooting Spree” HERE)

REPORT: AI Giant Resisted CCP Infiltration As US Extends Tech Lead Over China

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AI giant Anthropic rebuffed an attempt from a Chinese think tank to gain access to its newest AI model, Claude Mythos, during a private meeting in Singapore, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Anthropic unveiled Mythos in April, but has limited its release to around 40 American companies, which include Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, over concerns that it is so powerful it could threaten national security systems and potentially disable companies that use it. During the April meeting organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a representative from a Chinese think tank asked Anthropic officials to loosen their stance and give Beijing access to the AI model, The New York Times reported.

The request was not an official ask from the Chinese government, The Times reported, but Trump administration officials at the National Security Council were nevertheless alarmed. Some officials saw it as a daunting sign that Beijing will try to infiltrate American companies by any means possible to gain access to new and powerful AI models, according to the report.

China is meanwhile scrambling to build out an AI model as powerful as Claude that is focused on cyber defense and can compete with American products, according to a report from the South China Morning Post.

“Our assessment is that China’s own Mythos will definitely emerge, though currently the overall capabilities of its cybersecurity models are far from those of Mythos,” Austin Zhao, senior research manager at International Data Corporation (IDC) China, told the outlet. “But the overall trend is inevitable because the capabilities of China’s models are also rapidly increasing.” (Read more from “REPORT: AI Giant Resisted CCP Infiltration As US Extends Tech Lead Over China” HERE)