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Local Virginia police responded to a swatting call Wednesday night at the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Police radio traffic confirmed that law enforcement received a report describing a “suspicious noise of gunshots” at Barrett’s suburban Virginia address. The call prompted an immediate law enforcement response to the residence, drawing officers to…
The United Kingdom’s spy chief has made a striking claim about the staggering human cost of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Nearly half a million Russian soldiers have been killed since the Kremlin launched its invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago, according to the UK’s top intelligence official. The figure represents one of…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered a pointed warning to Oman on Thursday, escalating tensions over the critical waterway known as the Strait of Hormuz. The warning came after President Trump publicly stated that Oman should “behave or we’ll have to blow ’em up,” raising the stakes in an already tense diplomatic standoff. Bessent took to…
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) reported first-quarter fiscal 2027 non-GAAP earnings per share of $3.88, up 50 percent year on year and well ahead of the analyst consensus of $3.13, alongside revenue of $11.1 billion, up 13 percent, as the company posted what it described as record first-quarter financial results after Wednesday’s close. The headline beats were…
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending legislation, cleared Congress earlier this year after one of the most tense legislative sessions in recent memory, passing the Senate on a 51-50 vote only after Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking ballot to force it over the line. The three…
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) broke ground on a new Munitions Production Center in Troy, Alabama on May 21, adding 87,000 square feet of production space to support Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors and work on the Next Generation Interceptor programme. The facility represents one element of a broader plan by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)…
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) reports first-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings after Wednesday’s close with the stock sitting approximately 38 percent below its January levels, making this one of the more consequential software prints of the summer for investor sentiment across the entire enterprise AI sector. Analysts are forecasting earnings per share of $3.13 and revenue of roughly…
Beijing has issued a stern warning to Washington over its arms sales to Taiwan, with the Chinese Embassy in the United States urging the Trump administration to exercise restraint as a multibillion-dollar weapons package remains under consideration. Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told Congress.net that Beijing’s position on the matter leaves no room for ambiguity….
A new Congress.net poll of 1,142 registered Republican voters shows President Donald Trump retaining majority support within his own party, with 57 percent expressing approval of his performance, even as soaring oil prices and the resulting inflation crisis emerge as the defining anxiety across the Republican base. The survey, conducted this week, puts Trump’s standing…
BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT), the mid-cap nuclear technology and government services firm, has attracted renewed analyst attention following a combination of strong first quarter 2026 results, over $1.4 billion in freshly awarded naval contracts, and a Deutsche Bank upgrade that lifted the bank’s price target to $255 from $203 while moving the stock from Hold…