Author: Press Room
Many white collar American voters are so enraged by their hate for President Donald Trump they do not recognize the growing economic threat of the H-1B visa program, says pollster Brent Buchanan, founder of Cygnal, a polling firm. “College-educated voters are too blinded by their Trump hate to realize what’s happening to them,” he told Breitbart News. “They’re afraid of AI, but they have no clue that H-1B visas are more damaging to their prospects and their earning potential.” Many of the college graduates are intensely suspicious of companies’ intentions and actions, and Trump could make an outreach to them…
No Muslims will be allowed to enter the holy site for one of the main Islamic holidays for the first time since 1967 The Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest Muslim sites in Jerusalem, has been kept closed by the Israeli authorities, despite Muslims all over the world marking Eid al-Fitr, the final Friday of Ramadan.The compound was closed over the Iran war, and worshipers have not been allowed to mark the holiday at the site for the first time since 1967.Scores of people gathered in Jerusalem on Friday to pray, but their attempts to approach the gates of the…
The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a national AI framework that it hopes Congress will codify into law. The AI framework seeks to create a regulatory environment that would not hamper AI innovation and allow America to better compete against countries such as China, while also ensuring that there is no bias in AI systems and that there would be protection for children and teenagers that go online. The framework calls on Congress to overrule and preempt state AI laws that the White House believes would “impose undue burdens” and instead foster a “minimally burdensome” federal regulatory environment. The proposal…
Venezuela’s deposed socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on Thursday reiterated before a federal court in New York that they do not have the financial means to fund their defense in the ongoing drug trafficking case, outlets reported. Maduro and Flores have remained detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after President Donald Trump authorized a law enforcement operation in Caracas to arrest the pair on January 3. They are facing drug trafficking charges are due back in federal court for a hearing on March 26. The trial is being presided by District Judge Alvin Hellerstein.…
Iranian lawmaker Somayeh Rafiei told the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) on Thursday that her colleagues are considering a plan to impose tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has been blockading by launching wanton attacks on international shipping since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury. “We in parliament are pursuing a plan under which countries will pay tolls and taxes to the Islamic Republic if the Strait of Hormuz is used as a secure route for transit, energy and food security,” Rafiei told ISNA. “The security of the strait will be established with strength, authority…
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) responded to a question on the prospect of relief or a bailout for farmers by saying that “we’ve got to do everything we can to help our farmers and help our citizens.” And “we’ve got to look at what’s necessary.” Host Blake Burman asked, “So, as yourself, as your colleagues, as Washington considers this possible $200 billion package, whatever it may or may not look like, does there need to be some sort of relief, some sort of bailout for the farming community as well?” Scott answered, “I think…
Speaker Mike Johnson is planning to put a stalled Homeland Security funding bill on the House floor a third time next week, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss private plans, as the GOP moves to further pressure Democrats to end the five-week closure. Two versions of the bill have already passed the House, each time with just a few House Democrats breaking from party lines to back it. But the bill is still held up in the Senate, where Democrats have refused to approve DHS funding without adding new restrictions on immigration enforcement. The House will also vote…
Iran appears to be allowing certain vetted vessels to pass the chokepoint and is reportedly working on a standardized process Iran has signaled that it is ready to allow passage through the Strait of Hormuz to vessels from certain countries. Media reports and tracker data also suggest that a handful of pre-vetted tankers have already sailed smoothly through the “safe” corridor, with at least one shipping company allegedly paying Iran $2 million.The development comes as more than 15 tankers have been hit by drones and projectiles in the strait since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran in…
A group of protesters inside a mosque in Sydney heckled leftist Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke on Friday morning. Australia’s ABC News reports Albanese and Burke visited the Lakemba mosque in western Sydney as it held a ceremony to mark the end of Ramadan. The mosque is owned by the Lebanese Muslim Association. The pair were sitting while a speech was being delivered when a group began booing and shouting at the prime minister amid increasingly chaotic scenes. “Boo Tony Burke, boo Albanese,” “genocide supporters,” and “get them out of here” where some of the things…
The sole survivor of a fatal Cybertruck crash in Piedmont, California, has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s Tesla, claiming the vehicle’s electronic door system malfunctioned and trapped him inside the burning wreckage. The Los Angeles Times reports that Jordan Miller has amended his lawsuit to include Tesla as a defendant, alleging that defective door mechanisms prevented his escape from a flaming Cybertruck following a November 2024 collision that killed three college students. The incident occurred on November 27, 2024, when the driver lost control while speeding and crashed into a tree at the intersection of Hampton Road and King Avenue…