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Secret Service investigates reports of gunfire near Lafayette Park across from the White House

Secret Service said Sunday it was investigating reports of overnight gunfire near Lafayette Park, which is across the street from the White House.No injuries were reported and no suspect was found after a search of the park and the surrounding area after midnight, the agency said in an online post.President Donald Trump was spending the weekend at the White House, which had no immediate comment on the incident. White House operations remained as normal but security in the area was increased, acc

Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone

<block>If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, then you likely beheld at some point the <a href="https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/history-of-the-world-factbook/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CIA World Factbook,</a> a map and reference manual of Planet Earth and its inhabitants upon which nearly everyone could agree. Maybe you read parts of it from a floppy disk or a CD-ROM for that social studies project due tomorrow. Or scanned its list of countries for Latvia, because that is the country you are representing next week in Model U.N. Even better, you wandered the earth in your imagination as you held the physical Factbook in your own hands, unfolding its maps and understanding, perhaps for the first time, that the thumbs-up gesture your friends flash each other is considered an obscene insult in parts of the Middle East, Europe and Argentina. Who knew? The Factbook and its readers did, for more than six decades. Its authors — some of the world’s best intelligence-gatherers, who contributed thousands of their own photos — kept the curated database updated and online for public use at no charge. The reasons stated were geopolitical and philosophical. But since we are talking about facts, it also is true that the Factbook went public in 1975 with lofty statements of purpose at a time when <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/church-committee.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress was revealing abuses</a> by U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA.“We share these facts with the people of all nations in the belief that knowledge of the truth underpins the functioning of free societies,” the CIA itself explained in its pages.The spy agency is not sharing them anymore. On Feb. 4, the Trump administration <a href="https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/spotlighting-the-world-factbook-as-we-bid-a-fond-farewell/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abruptly shuttered</a> this widely accepted account of humanity and its flags, nations, customs, militaries and borders. The CIA framed the move as one of progress for an agency whose core mission has changed. A great wave of grief rose from Factbook fans. Many said they mourned an America that valued knowledge for its own sake. Some saw darker forces at work under a president whose administration has promoted — in times of war and peace — “alternative facts.”“Stay curious,” the CIA advised in its “fond farewell” to the Factbook.And, it might have added: Good luck figuring out what’s true from the wild and frequentlyinaccurate world of the internet and artificial intelligence.<hl2>The Factbook’s origin story</hl2>Decades before Google became an everyday verb, there was the Factbook. Its origin story is rooted in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, a U.S. intelligence failure that inspired a more coordinated approach to gathering and organizing information on America’s enemies. The Joint Army Navy Intelligence Studies was born, the country’s first interdepartmental basic intelligence program. But by 1946, national security experts agreed that “the conduct of peace involves all countries, all human activities — not just the enemy and his war production,” in the words of one, George S. Pettee. The job of gathering basic intelligence on other countries was assigned to the newly minted CIA in 1947, according to the agency’s website. The Cold War exposed the ongoing need for a one-stop source of basic intelligence — and an opportunity for what in 1971 became the unclassified Factbook. It was released to the public four years later. In addition to becoming useful to students, it held geopolitical influence. The Factbook showed off American intelligence capabilities to the former Soviet Union and other enemies. Being included in it could confer legitimacy upon a nation or an opposition party. And it was ironic that an agency founded on the need to know and keep secrets was sharing so much data — called “basic intelligence” — with the public.The Factbook also likely served as a boost to the CIA’s public image and put distance between it and other intelligence agencies tarnished by congressional investigations. In 1975, U.S. Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, convened a panel that held more than 100 public hearings, many televised, of the most significant oversight of intelligence agencies since World War II. In 1976, the Church Committee reported widespread abuse by the CIA, IRS, the National Security Agency and FBI, including the revelation of the <a href="https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0001451843.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CIA’s “Family Jewels.”</a> That was an <a href="https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/family-jewels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">internal account</a> of illegal CIA activities, such as spying on American activists and an assassination plot against Cuba’s Fidel Castro.Also in 1975, what would become the CIA World Factbook went public, ascending as a reliable research tool often recommended in class projects. There was never confirmation that the bad press inspired the wide release of the Factbook, but doing so around the same time fit the CIA’s need to rehab its brand. In 1981, the CIA renamed the publication The World Factbook, and in 1997, it leapt online. The CIA has described it as representing “a tremendous culmination of efforts from some of our country’s brightest analytic minds.”<hl2>The jolt of its Trump-era demise </hl2>News of the Factbook’s end shocked more than just U.S. students and researchers. It was picked up by news outlets abroad. The story shot across social media, with Reddit users pointing each other to archived Factbooks and racing to set up and identify other sources of unbiased information that might suffice. Isabel Altamirano, chemistry librarian assistant professor at Auburn University in Alabama, said the information is still out there, but “it’ll be harder to find.” University libraries, for example, offer similar resources to students, who get access through their tuition.“It was so easy, because it was all in one place,” she said in an interview, noting that on Feb. 4, when she saw the news, she rushed to delete the Factbook from a list of resources for her students in a business communications class. Fundamentally, one analyst said, a Factbook assembled by a government agency with secret agendas and shadowy methods might never have been unbiased in the first place.“The compilers aren’t, nor can they be expected to be, neutral,” said Binoy Kampmark, a professor of global, urban and social studies at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. Mourning its loss, he wrote in an email, would be “misplaced.”The Factbook, he added, might be better saved as a historical document. Its last publication on Feb. 4 is already outdated, according to an archived version: Under Iran, the country’s head of government is still listed as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Khamenei was reported killed March 1 in U.S. and Israeli strikes. And the world changed once again, this time without the Factbook to note it.</block>

BMW driver reaches speeds close to 130 mph during I-5 pursuit from Federal Way to Lakewood

A driver who thought he could outrun state troopers by driving 130 miles per hour across the King-Pierce County line will have some time to think about his reckless actions, after police arrested him in Lakewood.Early Saturday morning, a Washington state trooper based in King County observed a grey, four-door BMW sedan at a high rate of speed on southbound I-5 in the Federal Way area.The driver passed the trooper at an estimated 120 miles per hour.He was also weaving across several lanes of the

Trump administration asks appeals court to pause order halting White House ballroom construction

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is arguing that a judge’s order to halt construction of a $400 million ballroom creates a security risk for President Donald Trump as it asks a federal appeals court to pause the ruling.In a motion filed Friday, National Park Service lawyers say that the federal judge’s order to suspend construction of the new facility is “threatening grave national-security harms to the White House, the President and his family, and the President’s staff.”“

Junior high school in Puyallup damaged by fire

A fire that broke out Saturday morning damaged a junior high school in Puyallup.The flames broke out at Ferrucci Junior High on Wildwood Park Drive, about a mile east of South Hill Mall.Fire crews say no one was inside the school at the time.<div id="attachment_4224837" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4224837" class="size-full wp-image-4224837" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2.jpg" alt="Fire engines respond to a smoky fire that damaged a junior high school in Puyallup Saturday. (Photo: Central Pierce Fire & Rescue)" width="900" height="506" srcset="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2.jpg 900w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2-300x169.jpg 300w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2-700x394.jpg 700w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2-420x236.jpg 420w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2-600x338.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></a>Fire engines respond to a smoky fire that damaged a junior high school in Puyallup Saturday. (Photo: Central Pierce Fire & Rescue)</div>The fire triggered an alarm, which then caused a sprinkler system to deploy, as it is designed to do.Photos posted by Central Pierce Fire & Rescue shows firefighters checking for damage as they walk down a smoke-filled hallway.<div id="attachment_4224838" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4224838" class="size-full wp-image-4224838" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3.jpg" alt="Heavy smoke could be seen in an area near the school's electrical panel. (Photo: Central Pierce Fire & Rescue)" width="900" height="506" srcset="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3.jpg 900w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3-300x169.jpg 300w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3-700x394.jpg 700w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3-420x236.jpg 420w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3-600x338.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></a>Heavy smoke could be seen in an area near the school’s electrical panel. (Photo: Central Pierce Fire & Rescue)</div>Another image showed heavy smoke that appeared to be emanating from an electrical panel.One photo also shows water on the floor of an interior hallway, apparently from the sprinkler system.Fire crews say there was some smoke and water damage to the building.Fire Marshals with Central Pierce Fire & Rescue are investigating the cause of the fire.

Fire damages junior high school in Puyallup

A fire that broke out Saturday morning damaged a junior high school in Puyallup.The flames broke out at <a href="https://fjh.puyallupsd.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ferrucci Junior High</a> on Wildwood Park Drive, about a mile east of South Hill Mall.Fire crews say no one was inside the school at the time.<div id="attachment_4224837" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4224837" class="size-full wp-image-4224837" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2.jpg" alt="Fire engines respond to a smoky fire that damaged a junior high school in Puyallup Saturday. (Photo: Central Pierce Fire & Rescue)" width="900" height="506" srcset="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2.jpg 900w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2-300x169.jpg 300w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2-700x394.jpg 700w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2-420x236.jpg 420w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire2-600x338.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></a>Fire engines respond to a smoky fire that damaged a junior high school in Puyallup Saturday. (Photo: Central Pierce Fire & Rescue)</div>The fire triggered an alarm, which then caused a sprinkler system to deploy, as it is designed to do.Photos posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/189eXPhoqa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Central Pierce Fire & Rescue</a> shows firefighters checking for damage as they walk down a smoke-filled hallway.<div id="attachment_4224838" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4224838" class="size-full wp-image-4224838" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3.jpg" alt="Heavy smoke could be seen in an area near the school's electrical panel. (Photo: Central Pierce Fire & Rescue)" width="900" height="506" srcset="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3.jpg 900w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3-300x169.jpg 300w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3-700x394.jpg 700w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3-420x236.jpg 420w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/puyallupschoolfire3-600x338.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></a>Heavy smoke could be seen in an area near the school’s electrical panel. (Photo: Central Pierce Fire & Rescue)</div>Another image showed heavy smoke that appeared to be emanating from an electrical panel.One photo also shows water on the floor of an interior hallway, apparently from the sprinkler system.Fire crews say there was some smoke and water damage to the building.Fire Marshals with Central Pierce Fire & Rescue are investigating the cause of the fire.

US revokes green cards and visas of several Iranian nationals connected to Tehran government

Neither are still in the U.S.In early December, well before the surge of anti-government protests in Iran and the start of the war, the State Department revoked or declined to renew visas of several Iranian diplomats, including the deputy ambassador, and staffers at Iran’s mission to the United Nations.The department said Friday that action had been taken on Dec. 4 but declined to comment further “for privacy and security reasons” except to note that it was unrelated to either the protests or th

Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges to show they aren’t considering race in admissions

<block>BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions. The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV in Boston granting the preliminary injunction follows a lawsuit filed earlier this month by a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general. It will only apply to public universities in plaintiffs The federal judge said the federal government likely has the authority to collect the data, but the demand was rolled out to universities in a “rushed and chaotic” manner. “The 120-day deadline imposed by the President led directly to the failure of NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) to engage meaningfully with the institutions during the notice-and-comment process to address the multitude of problems presented by the new requirements,” Saylor wrote. President Donald Trump ordered the data collection in August after he raised concerns that colleges and universities were using personal statements and other proxies to consider race, which he views as illegal discrimination. In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in admissions but said colleges could still consider how race has shaped students’ lives if applicants share that information in their admissions essays.The states argue the data collection risks invading student privacy and leading to baseless investigations of colleges and universities. They also argued that universities have not been given enough time to collect the data.“The data has been sought in such a hasty and irresponsible way that it will create problems for universities,” a lawyer for the plaintiffs, Michelle Pascucci, told the court, adding that the effort seem was aimed at uncovering unlawful practices.The Education Department has defended the effort, arguing taxpayers deserve transparency on how money is spent at institutions that receive federal funding. The administration’s policy echoes settlement agreements the government negotiated with Brown University and Columbia University, restoring their federal research money. The universities agreed to give the government data on the race, grade-point average and standardized test scores of applicants, admitted students and enrolled students. The schools also agreed to be audited by the government and to release admissions statistics to the public.The National Center for Education Statistics is to collect the new data, including the race and sex of colleges’ applicants, admitted students and enrolled students. Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said the data, which was originally due by March 18, must be disaggregated by race and sex and retroactively reported for the past seven years.If colleges fail to submit timely, complete and accurate data, the administration has said McMahon can take action under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which outlines requirements for colleges receiving federal financial aid for students.The Trump administration separately has sued Harvard University over similar data, saying it refused to provide admissions records the Justice Department demanded to ensure the school stopped using affirmative action. Harvard has said the university has been responding to the government’s requests and is in compliance with the high court ruling against affirmative action. On Monday, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights directed Harvard to comply with the data requests within 20 days for face referral to the U.S. Justice Department. </block>

Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon as they seek to break Apollo 13’s record

<block>HOUSTON (AP) — Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts were toasted by Canada on Saturday as they prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. The three Americans and one Canadian will reach their destination Monday, photographing the mysterious lunar far side as they zoom around. It’s the NASA’s Apollo program left off.“The Earth is quite small and the moon is definitely getting bigger,” reported pilot Victor Glover.Artemis II is poised to set a distance record for humans, traveling more than 252,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) from Earth before hanging a U-turn behind the moon and heading home without stopping or entering lunar orbit. The record is currently held by Apollo 13. The Canadian Space Agency celebrated the country’s role in the mission, speaking from Quebec with astronaut Jeremy Hansen as he headed toward his lunar rendezvous. Hansen is the first non-U.S. citizen to fly to the moon.“Today he is making history for Canada,” said Canadian Space Agency President Lisa Campbell. “As we watch him taking this bold step into the unknown, let his journey remind us that Canada’s future is written by those who dare to reach for more.”In the live televised linkup, Hansen said he’s already witnessed “extraordinary” views from NASA’s Orion capsule. Hansen, Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch are the world’s first lunar astronauts since Apollo 17’s crew of three in 1972. Koch and Glover are the first female and first Black astronauts to the moon, respectively.Their nearly 10-day mission — ending with a Pacific splashdown on April 10 — is the first step in NASA’s bold plans for a sustainable moon base. The space agency is aiming for a moon landing by two astronauts near the lunar south pole in 2028. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.</block>

‘$325 for what?’: Jake, Spike question Bumbershoot’s value with unfamiliar artists

Bumbershoot, one of Seattle’s longest-running festivals, just announced its 2026 lineup — and the release has been met with strong criticism due to the unfamiliarity of some of the artists.Jake Skorheim and Spike O’Neill, co-hosts of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, questioned the high admission price for a festival that includes acts they can’t even name, and reminisced about years prior when global icons headlined the event.“I noticed the cost for gene

‘It’s expensive as heck here’: Gee blames cost of living for 35K people leaving WA yearly

We can’t even afford to park downtown Seattle.”RELATED STORIES'I'm glad you see it now': Gee responds after Jonathan Choe admits Vegas arrest changed his view on policing'Frustrating and angering': King County Councilmember Dembowski says 'serious missteps' led to DCHS fraud investigation'We treat them like the enemy': Angela Poe Russell says Seattle is failing its businessesIncreased tech layoffs spur cross-state moveGee noted that the ever-growing number of tech workers who have be

‘It’s really bad news’: DCYF asks for more money after $2M in overpayments found

A recent audit of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families revealed $2 million in overpayments from the $10 million that was audited.Senator John Braun joined “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio to reiterate that the overpayments could extend further, possibly even to hundreds of millions of dollars, due to 20% being overpaid in the small sample size being audited.“What the auditor found, and frankly, good for them, but it’s really bad news. They found that on

‘A game-changer for our community’: New 10-court pickleball club brings the heat to Fremont

A massive indoor pickleball club just opened in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, and it’s free to play all day Saturday.The Picklr, a North American pickleball club franchise, has officially expanded to Seattle, opening The Picklr Fremont at the former Theo Chocolate at 124 North 35th Street.The 27,000-square-foot indoor facility features 10 courts, including one championship-sized, fully fenced, indoor court, outdoor-style court surfacing, a full pro shop, and private event space, ac

In rural Virginia, excitement and dread grows over Democrats’ redistricting referendum

Helmer is now one of at least four Democrats running in the 7th District.Helmer said Republicans “think that in red areas like Louisa and in rural areas, that people don’t know what’s going on. But I’m looking around right now, I see strong, proud patriots who know exactly what is going on, who know that we have an aspiring dictator who is trying to take away our democracy.”Jennifer Lee, who has lived in Louisa for 33 years, said she was eager to support the new district lines. Lee said she felt

Can Kennedy lineage and hype over ‘Love Story’ help send JFK’s grandson to Congress?

Conway, a lawyer who helped create the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, said he does think Schlossberg has a big advantage because of his family name and excitement around “Love Story.” But he believes voters will ultimately opt for someone who has more experience.“There’s something very appealing about a young, fresh face and I think he’s very smart to play that up,” Conway said. “But I also think there’s something to be said for an older, experienced fresh face and that’s wh

Orting City Council meeting video shows nude woman in blurred background

A nude woman could be seen on a live video feed of the Orting City Council’s study session on Wednesday. However, no one at the meeting was aware of this “brief embarrassing moment” until Friday afternoon, the city said.<div>Orting Deputy Mayor Jeff Sproul attended the meeting virtually. His background was blurred, but at one point, what appears to be a woman’s bare back can be seen in the frame. A short time later, the unclothed person appears again.“The councilmember had blurred their computer background, but it was insufficient,” the city said in a statement on its <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Hi8EfS9af/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> page Friday. “None of the staff or members of the community attending the meeting caught this moment.”<a href="https://piercecountytv.org/1284/Orting-Meeting-Player?clientID=1872740071&eventID=2026031024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Video of the meeting</a>, including the portion approximately 11 minutes in where the nude person is on camera, was posted on the city’s website as of Friday evening. However, it appears that the portion where they can be seen for the second time has been further blurred.</div><iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcityoforting%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0RX7a9kyaKFXL4uUqJrESjdtKowQ75bA1fjZuxuTjzpuvgCniNfz9b4fDx3eNJT32l&show_text=false&width=500" width="500" height="498" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>“We take this event seriously and will be taking measures to investigate it, as well as create additional guardrails around virtual attendance at our meetings,” the city’s statement read.KIRO Newsradio has reached out to Orting city officials, including Sproul, for further comment.<a class="twitter-follow-button" href="https://twitter.com/gotfederer" data-show-count="false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow @gotfederer</a><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Nearly a century of wondering: The American UFO saga, in reality and in fiction

More than 12,600 reported sightings were investigated between 1948 and 1969.1950: Hollywood jumps inRelease of the spy film “The Flying Saucer.”1952: Unexplained objects above WashingtonRadar operators, pilots and others pick up or see up to a dozen unexplained objects in the sky above Washington, D.C. in July.1955: Area 51 construction startsConstruction begins for what would become the Area 51 site northwest of Las Vegas as an Air Force facility. Area 51 becomes a hotspot for UFO conspiracy th

Hollywood’s narrative on UFOs and ETs reaches back many decades

Before zombies shambled about, ghoulishly feasting on the flesh of those too slow to flee, aliens from outer space ruled movie theaters, drive-ins and late Saturday night creature features on television.Even as Hollywood still drives how Americans envision little green men with big eyes and bigger heads, fiction soon could be separated from — or revealed as — fact if government agencies release secret files related to extraterrestrials and UFOs as called for in February by President Donald Trump

As Trump orders UFO data released, a question hangs: If aliens exist, what would they think of us?

UFOs, the term for unidentified flying objects, has in recent years given way to UAP — unidentified aerial phenomena or unidentified anomalous phenomena.“Absolutely, there are such things” as UAPs and UFOs, says Diamond, whose SETI — Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence — seeks to explore, search and understand the nature of life and intelligence in the universe.“People observe things in the sky that they can’t immediately identify or recognize as either human engineering such as planes or d

Moms for Liberty wanted a seat on the school board. Trump gave them a voice in the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump signed an executive order against transgender athletes last year, he took a moment to thank Tina Descovich, co-founder and CEO of Moms for Liberty.Descovich was back at the White House a few months later, seated alongside CEOs of Google and IBM to weigh in on artificial intelligence and education policy.Last month, when first lady Melania Trump hosted a global technology summit in Washington, Descovich was there, too.Her presence at the White House u