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George Glezmann (C) has been freed from the Taliban/Image: @HouseForeignGOP/X On Thursday, George Glezmann, 66, an American citizen who spent more than two years being held by the Taliban while Joe Biden was in Office, was released from detention in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shared the news in a statement. “Today, after two and a half years of captivity in Afghanistan, Delta Airlines mechanic George Glezmann is on his way to be reunited with his wife, Aleksandra,” Rubio said. Finally, back in the United States, Glezmann shared his appreciation for his freedom and had high praise for President…

Singer, songwriter, musician, director, and author Michelle Zauner is shown performing on stage … More during a live concert appearance with Japanese Breakfast on May 29, 2022 in Allston, Massachusetts.Getty Images For years, many Japanese Breakfast fans were only familiar with the band’s music fronted by singer Michelle Zauner, and in 2021, Zauner invited readers in to her most personal moments in her New York Times bestselling memoir Crying in H Mart, released just a few weeks before Japanese Breakfast’s third album Jubilee. With those two experiences now in the rearview mirror, Zauner has been able to spend the last…

Foreigners now make up at least one in three people considered long-term unemployed in Germany after soaring by over 40 per cent since 2018. Despite longstanding claims that migrants are necessary to fill job positions, figures from Germany’s Federal Employment Agency (BA) have found that 33 per cent of long-term unemployed — those remaining jobless for over a year — people in the country last year did not hold German citizenship. Broadcaster NTV reports that in 2024, around 972,000 people in the country were long-term unemployed, around 317,000 of whom did not hold a German passport. This represented a significant…

Swedish buy now, pay later (BNPL) fintech giant Klarna has landed a significant deal with food delivery service DoorDash, further solidifying its position in the U.S. market as the company gears up for its upcoming IPO. Thanks to the deal, Americans with no financial literacy can now finance their meal delivery purchases. CNBC reports that Klarna, a leading player in the rapidly growing BNPL industry, announced on Thursday that it has partnered with DoorDash, marking the food delivery company’s first BNPL alliance in the United States. This partnership will provide DoorDash customers with flexible payment options, allowing them to split their…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is a “loser” who would be in trouble, President Donald Trump said on Friday reacting to a reporter’s question on Walz remarking that he could kick the “ass” of conservatives. “Oh boy, he’d be in trouble,” Trump responded, adding, “Well, he’s a loser.” “He lost an election. He played a part. You know, usually a vice president doesn’t play a part, they say,” Trump continued. “I think Tim played a part. I think he was so bad that he hurt her,” he said, referencing former Vice President Kamala Harris’s failed 2024 campaign for president. “But…

Lawyers and law firms that engage in actions that violate the laws of the United States or rules governing attorney conduct must be efficiently and effectively held accountable. Accountability is especially important when misconduct by lawyers and law firms threatens our national security, homeland security, public safety, or election integrity.Recent examples of grossly unethical misconduct are far too common. For instance, in 2016, Marc Elias, founder and chair of Elias Law Group LLP, was deeply involved in the creation of a false “dossier” by a foreign national designed to provide a fraudulent basis for Federal law enforcement to investigate a…

Early voting begins today for a pair of special elections.In one race, Jimmy Patronis and Gay Valimont are facing off to become the new representative of the 1st Congressional District after former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz vacated the seat in November.In a second race, voters will be asked to choose from eight Republican candidates vying to become their party’s nominee to represent District 3 in the Florida House of Representatives seat vacated by former state Rep. Joel Rudman. The winner of the Republican primary will advance to face the lone Democratic candidate in a June 10 special election. Florida is…

The idea that Moscow would attack NATO is “preposterous,” Steve Witkoff has said Russia has no desire to invade other European countries, US special envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff has said, dismissing such fears as “preposterous.”He made the remarks in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson on Friday.Asked to comment on the UK’s declaration that it is ready to send troops to Ukraine to help guarantee a potential peace deal between Moscow and Kiev, Witkoff suggested that British policymakers want to be “like Winston Churchill,” who warned that “the Russians are going to march across Europe.”Asked by…

Bradley Bartell with his wife Camila Muñoz (GoFundMe) A Wisconsin man is standing by his vote for Donald Trump, even after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained his Peruvian wife as the couple returned home from their long-overdue honeymoon. Bradley Bartell, a lifelong Wisconsin resident and Trump supporter, watched in disbelief as federal agents took his wife, Camila Muñoz, into custody at a U.S. airport following their trip to Puerto Rico. But despite this incident, Bartell is holding the line: “I don’t regret the vote,” he told Newsweek. According to the news outlet: In 2019, Muñoz arrived in Wisconsin…

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – MARCH 20: McNeese State student manager Amir “Aura” Khan (R) looks on … More during the second half in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Amica Mutual Pavillion on March 20, 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)Getty Images McNeese State men’s basketball student manager Amir Khan turned a fun, viral Internet clip into double-digit NIL deals worth a collective six figures. In late Feb., the 22-year-old, Lake Charles, La. native walked out of the team’s tunnel holding a boombox around his neck and rapping to Lud Foe’s “In…