A scandal-plagued Republican congressman was illegally running an arms-export business to foreign countries while serving in the House of Representatives, reporter Roger Sollenberger revealed in an investigative Substack post — and his company to do so was run into the ground and is now in foreclosure.

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) has faced a series of other allegations and controversies this year, including a physical abuse claim from a woman he was involved with; an eviction from his Washington, D.C. penthouse after defaulting on $85,000 in rent; an ongoing Congressional ethics investigation into unprofessional conduct, stolen valor, and failure to disclose gifts; and accusations he hired sex workers during a 2021 trip to Afghanistan.

This new controversy involves PACEM, a security contracting company that Mills and his wife co-founded in 2014.

Congressional inquiry into Mills involves "roughly $2 million in 'personal loans' Mills gave his 2022 congressional campaign," noted Sollenberger. "But according to legal experts and a review of court records, campaign filings, and personal and corporate financial statements, those 'personal' funds appear more likely tied to a different source: tens of millions of dollars in corporate loans Mills secured from a foreign lender to bail out his moribund weapons dealing business."

"The amount of PACEM’s debt is existential. Today, PACEM owes a whopping $66 million, according to recent court filings. That’s anywhere between six and 33 times what Mills’s disclosures say the company is worth," wrote Sollenberger. Making matters worse, Mills, who serves on the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees, has never disclosed any of this debt on his ethics forms, despite the fact that since 2019, he has been personally liable for the debt, requiring it to be disclosed.

Over the summer, Ninepoint Partners, a Canadian asset management firm that serves as PACEM's lender, terminated their debt fund and moved to foreclose on PACEM's factory.

Even further complicating all this, PACEM was not just a federal contractor but also exporting arms to foreign governments, including Ukraine, as it fights to defend itself from Russian invasion. "Legal and industry experts, citing federal statutes, told me that, as with PACEM’s government contracts, Mills’s ownership means those exports are likely illegal in the first place," said the report.

Sollenberger, who has conducted a nine-month investigation into Mills, has promised more revelations about the embattled congressman are coming.

A top military official undercut a key claim made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the now infamous "double tap" bombing operation on an alleged drug boat in September, according to a new report.

During a briefing with lawmakers, Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley said that the survivors of the Sept. 2 bombing were "in no position to make a distress call," according to a report by CNN, citing three sources familiar with the situation. The survivors' boat had capsized, and other reporting indicates they were working to turn it back over when the U.S. military struck them a second time.

The report adds that Bradley and his colleagues debated for more than 40 minutes about what to do with the survivors.

"Ultimately, Bradley told lawmakers, he ordered a second strike to destroy the remains of the vessel, killing the two survivors, on the grounds that it appeared that part of the vessel remained afloat because it still held cocaine, according to one of the sources," the report reads. "The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went."

One source with knowledge of the strike described the rationale as "f------ insane," according to CNN.

Hegseth previously claimed that the strike was necessary to "eliminate the threat," The Guardian reported.

Read the entire report by clicking here.

CNN's chief data analyst, Harry Enten, borrowed one of President Donald Trump's favorite phrases on Thursday night to describe the president's precipitous fall in support from a key part of his coalition.

Over the last couple of months, Trump's approval rating among young men aged 30 years and under has dropped by more than 56 points, Enten said during CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront." Enten called the plummeting support "stunning."

"I think the word of the day, to borrow a phrase from the current president, is yuge!" Enten exclaimed.

"I spend my days in the spreadsheets," he added. "You just don't see drops like that. It's stunning."

Trump's success with young voters was one of the contributing factors to his success during the 2024 election, Enten pointed out. Between 2020 and 2024, Trump won 43% of voters under the age of 30 during the 2024 election compared to 31% of those voters during the 2020 campaign.

The significant drop in support among this group could prove disastrous for Trump in the 2026 midterm election.

"This is hugely important to Trump," Enten said.