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United States Army

Land service branch of the United States Armed Forces

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Jan 27, 2026
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Eric Shwalm special forces warrant officer

A social-media account using the name describes itself as a “former ” and applies battlefield counterinsurgency framing to domestic events, but the reporting provided here contains no independent veri...

Oct 11, 2025
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How many US citizens have been deported without due process

The available reporting shows documented instances of U.S. citizens detained—and in some cases reportedly deported or separated from family—during immigration enforcement operations, but in the provid...

Oct 9, 2025
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Are ice agents arresting people for the way they LOOK

Ice agents have increasingly been accused of detaining people based on appearance or perceived ethnicity rather than confirmed immigration status; recent legal and on-the-ground developments show both...

Jan 14, 2026

Sasha Riley story about being with Trump

A set of audio recordings attributed to Sasha (also spelled Sascha) Riley has circulated widely claiming he was abused as a child within a network tied to Jeffrey Epstein and that high-profile figures...

Nov 15, 2025

What was the name and location of Erica Kirk's orphanage?

Available reporting identifies a Romanian orphanage referred to as "Orphanage Antonio" (also written as Antonio Placement Center) located in Constanța, Romania, as the facility linked to Erika (née Fr...

Jan 26, 2026

What types of directed-energy and acoustic weapons has the U.S. military publicly developed or tested?

The U.S. military has publicly developed and tested several categories of (DEWs)—notably (HELs), s/radio frequency systems (HPM/HPRF), and acoustic/non-lethal sound systems—primarily for counter-drone...

Jan 12, 2026

is trump sending more troops or ICE agents into Minioppolis

Multiple mainstream outlets report that the Trump administration is sending additional federal immigration agents to Minneapolis in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer, with...

Nov 10, 2025

What specific crimes is Tyler Boyer accused of committing?

Joshua Tyler Boyer is identified in multiple sources as having pleaded guilty to ten felony counts of animal cruelty for the torture and killing of at least ten cats, with allegations describing burni...

Jan 28, 2026

How many combat missions has senator tammy duckworth flown as a helicopter pilot?

Official biographies and contemporary reporting in the provided materials identify as one of the first women to fly during i Freedom and state she logged approximately 120 combat flight hours over eig...

Oct 18, 2025

What uniforms are required for ICE Agents?

Federal-level uniform requirements for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are not established in the provided documents: the materials supplied do not contain a definitive, comprehensive l...

Jan 26, 2026

russian losses

Multiple open-source trackers and repeated updates from the place in Ukraine at just over 1.2 million personnel by January 2026, while equipment counts show massive attrition in tanks, AFVs, artillery...

Jan 29, 2026

What are the official military findings or after‑action reports about the November 12, 2004 shootdown of Duckworth’s Black Hawk?

Official public reporting and own accounts describe her UH‑60 Black Hawk being struck by an insurgent rocket‑propelled grenade on , resulting in catastrophic injuries and an emergency medevac, but the...

Nov 15, 2025

How did Erica Kirk's orphanage operate during its active years?

Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) ran a small nonprofit, Everyday Heroes Like You, that between about 2012–2014 promoted a “Romanian Angels” project sending gifts, letters and visits to children in Romanian i...

Nov 16, 2025

What units did Wes Moore serve in as a US Army captain?

Wes Moore served as a paratrooper and captain in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and led soldiers in a combat deployment to Afghanistan in 2005–2006, according to multiple biographical profiles...

Nov 27, 2025

What defines a Gold Star Mom and does Tina Peters meet the criteria?

A Gold Star Mother is commonly defined as a woman whose child died while serving in the U.S. armed forces; official uses tie the term to deaths “in action” or “in the line of duty” and the Gold Star l...

Dec 14, 2025

Who has the authority to call up the national guard on January 6th?

Authority to call up the National Guard on January 6, 2021, was legally and practically split among multiple actors: the District of Columbia Mayor could request DC National Guard assistance, the Capi...

Jan 16, 2026

Hexachloroethane (HC) smoke grenades used in operation metro surge

The available reporting shows documented use of hexachloroethane (HC)–type smoke grenades by federal forces during U.S. protest operations in 2020—most thoroughly documented in Portland—while official...

Jan 19, 2026

Myths and facts about the security of Fort Knox gold

Fort Knox’s reputation as “as safe as Fort Knox” rests on real physical protections — remote siting on an Army post, reinforced construction, heavy vault hardware and a hardened guard presence — but t...

Dec 8, 2025

How many combat missions did Tammy Duckworth complete and what were their objectives?

Tammy Duckworth served as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 and is repeatedly described in official and reputable profiles as “among the first handful of Army women ...

Jan 26, 2026

How often are Sig Sauer P320 pistols identified in post‑shooting forensic reports and what controversies surround that model?

The P320 has appeared repeatedly in post‑shooting and forensic investigations — described in reporting as implicated in scores to hundreds of alleged uncommanded discharges — and that pattern has prod...