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EGG HARBOR CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim implored a standing-room-only town hall on Thursday to get involved in politics as a way to push back against President Donald Trump’s agenda.The freshman Democrat opened a three-day tour of GOP-held House districts on Thursday, visiting a town in the southern New Jersey district not far from where Trump’s casino empire in Atlantic City rose and fell decades ago.“Please, I just — I am here to just say please stay engaged, stay with me, stay with others and help me try to build the kind of movement that we…

More than three decades after he murdered a Seminole County woman and her 8-year-old granddaughter, Edward James was put to death by lethal injection Thursday night at Florida State Prison.James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. and became the second person executed in Florida this year. Earlier Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected attempts by James’ attorney to halt the execution.Family members of the victims, Betty Dick and her granddaughter Toni Neuner, watched the execution from a viewing room and spoke to reporters later about the losses they suffered in the 1993 murders.“We have been dealing with this for…

Since the overthrow of the old regime, the new Damascus government has seen bloody sectarian violence and an economy in ruins It has been one hundred days since Ahmed Ash-Sharaa came to power, yet the hopes of his supporters for a swift establishment of peace in Syria have not been realized. The country continues to face serious challenges: a significant portion of Western sanctions remain in place, while ethno-sectarian divisions still fracture society, sometimes escalating into open armed clashes.The new leadership is attempting to pursue a policy of reconciliation, seeking to start anew and leave past grievances behind. However, the…

O’Keefe Media Group MGM Resorts A casino marketing director for the MGM Resorts in Springfield, Massachusetts, said he openly discriminates against whites during the hiring process. “No matter how great they [Whites] look on paper, they don’t fit well with my team,” Albie Velarde, the Director of Casino Marketing at MGM Springfield told an undercover OMG journalist. “I will purposefully look for those diverse-based hires,” he admitted. Albie Velarde also revealed that MGM closely tracks the racial makeup of its workforce with HR providing monthly reports. Velarde said, “At a [MGM] property level, HR sends us, every month when they…

Topline The Trump administration is considering plans to have the U.S. military control a buffer zone along the southern border and temporarily hold migrants who enter the country illegally, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, as President Donald Trump has moved to accelerate his push for immigration enforcement in recent weeks. The zone would stretch west from Texas to the Pacific Ocean in Southern California. Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Key Facts The plans would establish a military-controlled, 60-foot-deep buffer zone along the southern border that could extend from west Texas near El Paso to the Pacific Ocean…

Prosecutors in South Korea announced on Wednesday that they have indicted a 42-year-old man identified as Ahn Byeong-hee for attempting to attack the Chinese Embassy in Seoul and breaking a glass gate at a local police station while wearing a Captain America costume. Multiple South Korean news agencies published a photo of the man sporting the superhero costume and his iconic American star shield. The Yonhap News Agency, which identified the man only by his last name, described him as a “known” supporter of embattled South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is currently not acting in the head of state…

Former UFC Champion Conor McGregor announced on Thursday that he intends to run for Ireland’s presidency, and he is making immigration one of his top issues. McGregor made his announcement in a post on X. “Ireland must fully implement the EU Migration Pact by June 12, 2026,” McGregor noted in his post. “So between now and 12 June 2026, several pieces of legislation have to be passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas & then signed by the President,” he continued, adding that the next presidential election will be held on November 11. “Who else will stand up to Government…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus and the United Nations agency for refugees on Thursday clashed over allegations that the east Mediterranean island nation continues to engage in so-called pushbacks against boats loaded with migrants departing from neighboring Syria or Lebanon.The clash, which unfolded on the state broadcaster Thursday, came a few days after Cypriot authorities recovered two survivors and seven bodies in international waters off Cyprus after their boat apparently sank in rough seas.Emilia Strovolidou, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commission for Refugees, told the state broadcaster that Cypriot police intercepted three boatloads of migrants inside Cypriot territorial waters on…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said late Thursday that he would be meeting with billionaire Elon Musk at the Pentagon Friday to discuss “innovation, efficiencies & smarter production.”Musk, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, and his Department of Government Efficiency have played an integral role in the administration’s push to dramatically reduce the size of the government. Musk has faced intense blowback from some lawmakers and voters for his chainsaw-wielding approach to laying off workers and slashing programs, although Trump’s supporters have hailed it.A senior defense official told reporters Tuesday that roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs…

A pair of measures that would replace the Gulf of Mexico in state laws and educational materials are headed to the House floor.The Republican-controlled House State Affairs Committee voted along party lines Thursday to advance bills aimed at carrying out President Donald Trump’s move to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.”One of the measures (HB 549), sponsored by Miami Republican Rep. Juan Carlos Porras, would require state agencies to update geographic materials to reflect the name change.Also, county school boards and charter school governing boards would have to begin acquiring instructional and library materials that reflect…