Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) workers were called to a U.S. Air Force base on Tuesday to wrangle an alligator that was discovered under an airplane on the military runway. According to The New York Post, the nearly 10-foot-long alligator was found basking on the tarmac at MacDill Air Force Base in Hillsborough County, Florida, on Tuesday. Despite the delays caused by the reptile, the airmen took the change in schedule with a sense of humor, posting a “caption this” contest on the base’s Facebook page along with a video of the removal. SEE YA LATER, ALLIGATOR: Watch Florida authorities wrangle an agitated reptile after it wandered onto a tarmac at an air force base. pic.twitter.com/AWv7YYbmBP — Fox News (@FoxNews) April 23, 2024 In the video, two agents from the FWC can be seen roping the alligator as it struggles and lunges against their attempts to capture and relocate it. However, the FWC agents eventually succeeded, and the alligator was transported to a nearby river without incident. The reptile, nicknamed Allie “Tiny” Gator by the airmen, earned an honorable appointment as “Airman” in the base’s “Chomp of the Week.” “Alli Gator, the vigilant guardian of the flight line, demonstrated remarkable bravery and prowess defending our KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from potential threats,” MacDill Air Force Base wrote in a Facebook post. “With lightning-fast reflexes and a keen sense of danger, Alli thwarted trespassers and other wildlife alike, ensuring the safety and security of the aircraft. Alli’s unwavering diligence and dedication to duty earned them the admiration and respect of fellow defenders.” READ MORE: Video/Pic: Alligator takes down huge python in Florida Alligators inhabit every county in Florida and are frequently encountered during the spring and summer months as male alligators search for mates, according to the FWC’s website. While these

Russia To Seize $440 Million From JPMorgan Seizing assets? Two can play at that game… Just days after Washington voted to authorize the REPO Act – paving the way for the Biden administration confiscate billions in Russian sovereign assets which sit in US banks – it appears Moscow has a plan of its own (let’s call it the REVERSE REPO Act) as a Russian court has ordered the seizure of $440 million from JPMorgan. The seizure order follows from Kremlin-run lender VTB launching legal action against the largest US bank to recoup money stuck under Washington’s sanctions regime. As The FT reports, the order, published in the Russian court register on Wednesday, targets funds in JPMorgan’s accounts and shares in its Russian subsidiaries, according to the ruling issued by the arbitration court in St Petersburg. The assets had been frozen by authorities in the wake of the western sanctions, and highlights some of the fallout western companies are feeling from the punitive measures against Moscow. Specifically, The FT notes that the dispute centers on $439mn in funds that VTB held in a JPMorgan account in the US. When Washington imposed sanctions on the Kremlin-run bank, JPMorgan had to move the funds to a separate escrow account. Under the US sanctions regime, neither VTB nor JPMorgan can access the funds. In response, VTB last week filed a lawsuit against the New York-based group to get Russian authorities to freeze the equivalent amount in Russia, warning that JPMorgan was seeking to leave Russia and would refuse to pay any compensation. The following day, JPMorgan filed its own lawsuit against the Russian lender in a US court to prevent a seizure of its assets, arguing that it had no way to reclaim VTB’s stranded US funds to compensate its own potential losses from