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Virginia Democrat Rep. Suhas Subramanyam says federal authorities monitored phone conversations he had with a state senator as part of a corruption investigation.Subramanyam, who previously served as a state lawmaker in Virginia, said in a statement Thursday that the FBI and Department of Justice informed him that they monitored conversations he had with state Senator L. Louise Lucas as part of their investigation of her.The first-term member of Congress noted what he called the “extremely suspicious” timing of the wiretap between March and May, when Virginia Democrats were at the peak of campaigning for a referendum to enable mid-decade redistricting…

At least one in six members of the next Congress are all but certain to have made it there with the backing of the crypto industry or artificial intelligence interests. A smattering of super PACs representing factions from those sectors spent a whopping $127 million across more than 100 primaries this year in an effort to shape the future of Congress — and won roughly 90 percent of them. It’s a major influence play from a set of political players that went from not existing four years ago to being among the biggest spenders so far this cycle. But behind…

Two Bulgarian citizens have been detained after an incendiary device ignited near the headquarters of Rohde & Schwarz and Helsing in Munich German police have launched an investigation into a suspected arson attack near the Munich premises of defense contractors Rohde & Schwarz and Helsing, detaining two Bulgarian nationals in connection with the incident.Two incendiary devices were thrown from a car at a construction site around midnight on Thursday, Bavarian police said. One ignited and was extinguished by officers, while a bomb disposal team defused the second. No injuries or significant damage were reported.Police shortly afterward detained a 28-year-old woman…

Cedartown, Georgia Police Department Officer Trenton Garner and HeeHaw the donkey. Credits: Facebook and Hannah Israel’s GoFundMe The cowardly Georgia police officer who killed a poor baby donkey has been officially revealed, and he is sharing his excuse for pulling the trigger. The Daily Mail reviewed an incident report on Thursday, which stated that Cedartown Police Department Officer Trenton Garner was the ‘man’ who fatally shot a donkey named Heehaw. He had been called to assist a bloodhound team that was searching for a missing 12-year-old girl. The report goes on to say that due to the “exigency of locating…

The DOJ announced it has seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations that it says were meant for Hamas, and also derailed the terrorist organization’s online recruitment network. Authorities also discovered the identities of thousands of people they say tried to give money to Hamas. “My office just struck a massive blow against foreign terrorism in seizing over $560,000 in crypto and dismantling Hamas’ online recruitment by seizing their servers and their domains,” U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Tuesday. Watch Below: “We were able to directly intercept money that was going to be used by the military wing…

Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards gathered in the streets of Spain’s major cities Wednesday evening to peacefully protest against the Socialist government of Pedro Sánchez and in support of embattled Ceuta locals amid the unresolved migrant invasion of the city. The massive nationwide protests were organized by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP). The local governments association chose September 2 as it is the day Ceuta marks every year to celebrate its day. According to Spanish outlets, over 300 Spanish cities attended FEMP’s call, including the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Much like the protests that have taken place in…

U.S. manufacturing productivity was substantially stronger in the second quarter than previously estimated, with the largest upward revision coming in durable-goods industries, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Manufacturing labor productivity rose at a 2.4 percent annualized rate from April through June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said, up from its preliminary estimate of 1.9 percent. The agency also revised first-quarter manufacturing productivity higher, to 2.2 percent from 1.9 percent. The second-quarter revision reflected stronger estimates of factory output as well as a smaller upward adjustment to hours worked. Manufacturing output is now estimated to have surged at a 5.4 percent…

Actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal complained about a lack of female directors at the Venice Film Festival after directing one of this year’s biggest bombs. “I guess it’s finally become clear that men make better movies than women do,” she said. “There’s a systemic problem. It’s harder for women to get films financed,” Gyllenhaal said during a press conference at the Venice Film Festival, responding to a question about the lack of female directors in this year’s competition lineup, according to a report by Variety. “Could it be possible that women, having had a different experience of being alive in the world, want…

House Republicans’ national campaign arm is joining with embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller to buy TV airtime as allegations of domestic abuse against him put the previously safe north Ohio seat into play.The NRCC is planning a joint three-week ad buy with Miller’s campaign starting Sept. 7 and totaling more than $150,000. Miller, who represents parts of the Cleveland suburbs, is not among the NRCC’s “Patriots” — the most vulnerable members who typically get the bulk of its spending.”Democrat Brian Poindexter backs a radical far-left agenda that’s completely out of touch with northeast Ohio,” NRCC spokesperson Zach Bannon said in…

Federal agents have arrested Los Angeles-based leftist podcaster Benjamin Azariah Southworth at his Westlake home Thursday on a grand jury indictment charging him with threatening to kill President Donald Trump, cyberstalking, and making harassing interstate telephone calls. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced that the 40-year-old is accused of posting videos calling for the president’s assassination, then targeting the family of Trump’s personal attorney by publishing a home address and phone numbers and leaving voicemails that justice would “come to your door.” Benjamin Azariah Southworth, 40, of Los Angeles has been indicted by a grand jury on federal charges…