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May 5, 2025The first day of Combs’ sex trafficking trial began with the selection process for 12 members of the jury and six alternates who will be vetted for impartiality and remain anonymous throughout the trial. May 1, 2025Combs turned down a plea deal from federal prosecutors, confirming his decision with federal Judge Arun Subramanian four days before he was scheduled to stand trial on five federal charges including sex trafficking and racketeering, all of which he has pleaded not guilty to. April 25, 2025At a pre-trial hearing in New York court, Subramanian said the defense failed to prove a…
A top diplomat representing the Taliban terror organization ruling Afghanistan demanded representation for the group at the United Nations this week, insisting the Taliban’s participation in the global organization was a “necessity and a right.” Suhail Shaheen, who has represented the Taliban in negotiations with the U.N. in the past and now runs the group’s embassy in Qatar, noted that the Taliban has been the uncontested government of Afghanistan for nearly four years and insisted that the group deserves some say in the operations of the United Nations. “The presence of a representative from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan at…
An illegal alien, released into the United States by former President Joe Biden’s administration, is accused of killing a 58-year-old man in the sanctuary state of Illinois while he was crossing a street in his wheelchair. Fernando Lorenzo-Raymundo, a 36-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested by the Champaign, Illinois Police Department and charged with the fatal hit-and-run of 58-year-old James McCammon in early March. According to police, Lorenzo-Raymundo hit and killed McCammon as he was crossing the street in his wheelchair. Lorenzo-Raymundo has pleaded guilty to battery. “Jim McCammon was the kindest man with the biggest heart, he would do anything for…
Israeli airstrikes have “fully disabled” the international airport in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa and hit other targets, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Tuesday.The IDF has launched a series of strikes on Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen following the rebel group’s ballistic missile attack on Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on Sunday.”The fighter jets struck and dismantled Houthi terrorist infrastructure at the main airport in Sanaa, fully disabling the airport,” the IDF said. It added that several power stations and a concrete plant were also targeted.Footage circulating online showed thick black smoke rising over Sanaa.Tuesday’s strikes killed at…
Hanna Trudo, a journalist who covers Congress for The Hill, is considering running for a House seat in New Hampshire and you’ll never, ever guess which party she will be running with. She’s going to run as a Democrat. Isn’t that a huge surprise? Are you not shocked? Of course you’re not. It’s just another reminder and confirmation that our media is made up of Democrat party activists, probably by a margin of about 99.9 percent. NewsBusters reported: MASK OFF: Longtime Capitol Hill Reporter Considering Run for Congress as a Democrat Monday morning’s Politico Playbook dished a hilarious exclusive that…
Tina Fey in “The Four Seasons.”Netflix Tina Fey’s new Netflix comedy series The Four Seasons — starring Fey and Steve Carell — is a big hit on the streamer. Is there are chance it will come back for a second season? The Four Seasons, which began streaming on May 1, is based on the classic 1981 movie of the same name from writer-director Alan Alda. ForbesMet Gala 2025: More Photos Including Aimee Lou Wood, Jenna Ortega And OthersBy Tim Lammers The official summary for the series reads, “Six old friends head for a relaxing weekend away only to learn that…
India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday ordered several states, including the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region and areas close to the Pakistani border, to conduct civilian defense drills amid rising tensions with Pakistan. India and Pakistan have yet to engage in open hostilities beyond some ineffectual small-arms fire exchanged by border guards, but each has imposed a raft of sanctions and penalties on the other following the deadly April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, the Himalayan tourist haven of Indian-controlled Kashmir. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to pursue the perpetrators of the terror attack “to the ends…
President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly deporting illegal aliens from Ireland, says a lament from several immigration lawyers in the Irish Star news site. “It’s not happening just to Latinos, it’s happening to the Irish [and] Italians,” mourned a New York immigration lawyer, Brian O’Dwyer. “Every country is being treated the same,” border security chief Kristi Noem told a House hearing on May 6. Many of the illegal migrants were being allowed to stay under the “Deferred Action” mini-amnesty, according to O’Dwyer: “These are people that, in good faith, show up at the [ICE] office to comply with their obligations and boom, they…
Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, refused to answer questions about her fear of cartels in order not to go against previous comments made by U.S. President Donald J. Trump. During her morning news conference, Sheinbaum fielded a question from a reporter who asked about Trump’s comment that she was afraid of cartels. Trump’s comment came after he discussed a phone call with Sheinbaum, during which he offered to send U.S. troops to Mexico to help fight drug cartels, but she refused. Trump complimented Sheinbaum but claimed that she is so afraid of cartels that she can’t think straight. Sheinbaum avoided the…
Hungarians will decide whether to support Kiev’s accession to the EU without external influence, according to the prime minister Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky would like to see a pro-Kiev government in Budapest that will approve his country’s accession to the EU, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. He has vowed to ensure that Hungarians have their say without external pressure.Ukraine formally applied to join the bloc in February 2022, following the escalation of hostilities with Russia. Membership requires the unanimous approval of all current EU member states.In a post on X on Monday, Orban’s spokesperson, Zoltan Kovacs, quoted the Hungarian…