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Comedians are boycotting an upcoming comedy festival in Portugal over the headline appearance of Jerry Seinfeld. The Daily Telegraph reports the performers are refusing to attend because of Seinfeld’s long-running support for Israel and will boycott the Commedia a la Carte Fest, which the comedian is due to close on Nov 1 in Lisbon, his first ever performance in the European country. The outlet detailed some of the protests already made: Cebola Mol, a comedy duo, were among the first to withdraw, announcing the boycott on Instagram with a picture of themselves with a slice of watermelon, a symbol of…
A mayor in the central Mexican state of Puebla is in federal police custody in connection with his alleged leadership role in a criminal organization that carried out large-scale highway robberies. The robberies targeted tractor-trailers moving commercial goods. Authorities also arrested the mayor’s brother and the local police chief. This week, Mexican federal authorities carried out a series of raids throughout Puebla, where they arrested Isaac Rodriguez Ochoa, the mayor of the City of Esperanza, as well as his police chief Abigail (N) and several other men, including the mayor’s brother Manuel Rodriguez. The arrest comes just days after authorities…
Republicans are hoping President Donald Trump won’t make this week’s GOP midterm convention all about himself.The president — with his approval rating at record lows for his time in office amid the conflict in Iran, trade wars and inflation — is slated to be at the center of the two-day spectacle in Dallas beginning Wednesday.GOP lawmakers, candidates, donors and party officials said in interviews they are counting on Trump to draw a contrast with Democrats rather than prosecute his personal grievances.Rep. Riley Moore said in an interview the event is a “scene-setter” that should stay laser-focused on “what’s on the…
King Charles stated that Harry is still a private citizen Harry and Meghan are private citizens, the King made clear. The return of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to the United Kingdom continues to mobilize the press and public opinion in the country. Today (7), it arises that King Charles authorized a letter from Clarence House to senior British officials confirming that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan remain non-working royals despite their return to the UK. King Charles makes clear that Harry and Meghan are private citizens, not working royals, in letter sent on his behalf https://t.co/xKxUZyv4WJ —…
A baby and two teenagers are among the victims of the bombardment, RT’s Steve Sweeney has reported from the scene Dozen of civilians were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon over the weekend, RT’s Steve Sweeney has reported.Attacks by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on the neighboring country are continuing despite a US-mediated ceasefire, which has been in force starting late June. More than 4,000 people have been killed and over 12,000 wounded by the IDF in Lebanon since March, according to the authorities in Beirut.In his report from Lebanon’s Nabatieh area on Tuesday, Sweeney said a baby and…
President Donald Trump takes the stage with Erika Kirk at the Memorial Service for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Sunday, September 21, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok) Erika Kirk has reflected on the practical realities of life without her husband, Charlie Kirk, as the first anniversary of his murder approaches. In an essay published Sunday in The New York Times entitled “What I’ve Learned About Grief,” Kirk recalled returning home to her children on Sept. 11, 2025, the day after the Turning Point USA founder was shot and killed. She remembered sitting on…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced the creation of an “International Video Game Festival” in France, declaring video games a “cultural exception” of the republic. Macron made the announcement speaking at the Sommet Lumière, an international cinema and audiovisual conference hosted by France at the medieval town of Saint-Paul-de-Vence and co-chaired by Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. The French president said he firmly believes that video games are part of culture and that they should “in fact, be part of France’s cultural exception” just as cinema and other forms creative expression are. “So, we will create an international…
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Wake Up America Early,” former Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council Fred Fleitz said that we should “roll back offensive operations and concentrate on the economic strangulation” of Iran but the economic pressure is “going to take time.” Fleitz began by saying, “I don’t think the fall of the regime is imminent, but I think the Trump administration has the right approach to this, that is to strangle this regime.” He added, “When people say economic sanctions have not worked in the past, they have not…
Former Georgia state representative Vernon Jones (R) is defending House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) against racial comments from a leftist journalist. Jones, a conservative Democrat-turned-Republican, addressed the issue in a series of social media posts in which he also made it clear he does not agree with Jeffries politically. “I’m a Black Republican who disagrees with @RepJeffries on nearly every political issue — but I will not remain silent while @rulajebreal calls America’s highest-ranking Black member of Congress an ‘AIPAC monkey’ and an ‘errand boy.’ That is vile, dehumanizing racism,” Jones wrote Sunday. “Her pathetic ‘I didn’t mean it in a racist…
Rep. Lori Trahan’s decision last week to forgo a leadership bid to instead focus on developing artificial intelligence policy surprised some of her colleagues. It also left some of them wondering whether her thwarted attempt to work across the aisle on the subject was what doomed her prospects.In an interview Friday, the Massachusetts Democrat brushed off the idea that efforts to broker an AI deal with a Republican backfired. She said the opposite was true: Many House Democrats told her she should run for caucus vice chair because of her work in this complex policy space.“Look, I spent August really…