us news Under fire, Trump says 'Stars and Stripes' funding won't be cut Xeni Jardin

guns Have you seen this gun? The U.S. Army is missing 31 of them Rob Beschizza

arrests MAGA lovebirds arrested for beating police at Capitol on Jan 6 Mark Frauenfelder

hammer The Daily Show shares a commercial for the "The Patriot Hammer" Jason Weisberger

AI GOP icons sashay into spotlight with AI-assisted drag makeover Mark Frauenfelder

Funny The way of the Nardwuar Devin Nealy

Brother Ali's "Uncle Sam Goddam" Elías Villoro

Comics Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi died while attempting to save the lives of people drowning David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Be the life of the party everywhere you go with the Muff 'Spender Boing Boing's Shop

ancient art Special Operations soldiers attacked by 'ninja,' call local police for help Jason Weisberger

Capitol insurrection An actual Army PsyOps officer led a group of 100 people to the "Stop The Steal" rally in Washington Thom Dunn

military US Navy bans hemp shampoos, lotions, and soaps David Pescovitz

insects The Pentagon is training an army of bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts. Thom Dunn

Environment Rare snow in Iraq turns Baghdad into winter wonderland Xeni Jardin

pizza Pizza honoring September 11 gets surprise online response Xeni Jardin

tabloids Brad Pitt's brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week's dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan

army U.S. Military bans GPS-enabled fitness trackers Séamus Bellamy

usausausa American airbase personnel sent erroneous "Missile inbound — seek shelter" warning Cory Doctorow

mistakes Actually make America great again by wearing 3D Eagle Crotch underwear Rob Beschizza

picks The U.S. Navy now has an unmanned drone warship. Could it be hacked at sea? Xeni Jardin