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Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was fired on Wednesday. The move comes in the middle of a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell announced the dismissal in a brief statement on X, offering no explanation. “Secretary of the Navy John C Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately,” Parnell wrote. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox Phelan reportedly had clashed with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who has sought to shake up the Pentagon. Hung Cao, the under-secretary of the Navy, will temporarily succeed Phelan on an acting…

From McVeigh v. Kelly, decided last week by Chief Judge Allen Winsor (M.D. Fla.): The facts come from the complaint, and at this stage I accept all well-pleaded factual allegations as true. McVeigh worked for the Department as a financial administrator. Shortly after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, McVeigh posted a photograph of Kirk on his private Instagram account with the caption, “At least this racist just didn’t get a nicked ear. Where were all the good guys with guns though? THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. LET’S NOT MAKE THIS POLITICAL etc.” Only McVeigh’s friends could access the private Instagram account, which did not…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy acquired 13,927 Bitcoin for $1 billion last week, funding the purchase through STRC share sales, lifting the company’s holdings to 780,897 BTC. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin, added a large haul of Bitcoin to its stash last week, edging toward 800,000 BTC in total holdings. Strategy acquired 13,927 Bitcoin for $1 billion between April 6 and 12, according to an 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The purchases were made at an average price of $71,902 per coin, marking another purchase below the company’s average acquisition price of $75,577.…

The Strait of Hormuz is at the center of the world’s attention, and you may be wondering what exactly the U.S. military is doing to reopen it and ratchet up the pressure on the Iranian regime. Let me fill in some gaps. I am a No Labels board member who spent 34 years in the U.S. Navy, led U.S. Pacific Command, and later served as Director of National Intelligence. I co-founded No Labels because I believe our greatest national threat is not a foreign adversary but the dysfunction at home that prevents us from dealing with those adversaries effectively. We…

Trump Destroyed Iran's Nuke Program That Obama Legitimized Source link

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair No matter how much Teflon Trump seeks to let nothing stick, it is now quite clear that the United States has suffered an ignoble defeat in Iran. His promise of an “unconditional surrender” is more empty that his campaign promises “not to start a war” and to be a “peace president.” Thrashing around for a way to claim victory, Trump simply declares the US the winner. So desperate is he for global acquiescence to his mendacity, he has opened attacks on world leaders who do not support his madness (including some of his own MAGA…

Pittsburgh is where football was born. And now, with the NFL Draft, the sport and town that have come to define American grit are once again reunited. Source link

Russia Is Building Tomorrow's War Machine Source link

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In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. STEVE WASSERMAN  In January, I wrote for the Winter 2026 issue of LIBERTIES quarterly journal a lengthy consideration of the state of American publishing. LIBERTIES was founded five years ago by Leon Wieseltier, the former longtime literary editor of The New Republic, and my essay is reprinted by ScheerPost with permission. You can access LIBERTIES website at: https://libertiesjournal.com I’ve been invited by Robert Scheer to write a monthly column. This inaugural essay will give you a sense…