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A Democrat state representative in Michigan said she is not running for public office again because of her Christian faith, citing the party’s moral decay as a major reason behind her decision.  “I will not be seeking re-election for this office, and I will not be running for any office ever again. This is not a political calculation—it’s a spiritual decision,” State Rep. Karen Whitsett announced on Monday, ClickOn Detroit reported.  Whitsett said she will continue to civically engage and will support leaders across the political spectrum who act according to God’s Word, according to the report.  “I don’t have…

The projectile was shot down as it approached Turkish airspace through Syria, the country’s Defense Ministry has said NATO anti-aircraft systems in the Eastern Mediterranean have shot down an Iranian ballistic missile headed for Türkiye’s airspace, the country’s Defense Ministry has announced.The projectile was detected traveling through Iraq and Syria and was destroyed in a “timely manner” by the US-led military bloc’s defenses, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.Debris from the interceptor missile used to destroy the incoming projectile fell in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, although it inflicted no damage on the ground, the ministry noted.“We urge…

The former director of an anti-Breitbart censorship group has resigned from British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government amid reports he spread fake Russiagate-style allegations against journalists critical of the organisation he ran. Labour MP for Makerfield, Josh Simons, resigned from his post as a junior Cabinet Office minister over the weekend, conveniently timed while the British and international media turned its focus to the conflict in the Middle East. Simons, once tipped as a rising star in the Labour ranks, had come under fire in recent weeks amid a flurry of reports exposing the mud-slinging way of the Labour…

NBA coaches Steve Kerr and Doc Rivers have signed on to an open letter blasting what they call the “political interference” in college sports. “College sports unite us as a nation, drawing out team spirit and shared values of fair play,” the letter states, according to ESPN. “Campuses – big and small, public and private, two- and four-year – are a bedrock foundation for the role sports play in American life. Protecting university independence safeguards this proud tradition.” “Right now, at both the federal and state levels, acts of political interference threaten the independence of our colleges and universities,” the…

Congressional investigators have found “a substantial reason to believe” that Rep. Tony Gonzales had a sexual relationship with a subordinate — an apparent violation of House rules. POLITICO exclusively reviewed the report made by the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Conduct and delivered Wednesday to the House Ethics Committee, which has separately announced it is investigating the matter. The board of the OCC— an independent investigative body of the House — recommended in a 6-0 decision that the Ethics panel, which handles member disciplinary matters, further examine the allegations against Gonzales, a Texas Republican. The OCC report and announcement from the…

Slovakia will terminate an emergency electricity supply contract with Ukraine, state-owned energy operator SEPS has announced.The move comes amid the continuing row between Kiev and Bratislava over the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline, which carried crude from Russia to Slovakia and Hungary. The pipeline went offline in late January, with Kiev claiming it was damaged by Russian long-range strikes, which Moscow has denied. Slovakia and Hungary have echoed Russia’s stance, accusing Ukraine of deliberately disrupting the supply for political reasons and threatening retaliation.Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico ordered a halt to emergency electricity supplies from his country to Ukraine last week while…

Top tech companies are heading to the White House on Wednesday to sign President Donald Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge to ensure that prices for data center energy demand are not passed on to American consumers. Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI will sign the pledge during an event scheduled for 3:00 p.m. ET, a White House official told Breitbart News. By signing the pledge, the companies are also committing to onboarding and training talent in the communities where they build and operate data centers, which is projected to create thousands of jobs. “President Trump’s ratepayer protection pledge will…

Britain should not become a destination for refugees fleeing conflict in Iran, but helping the country turn a corner would see Iranian expatriates already here wanting to return to their homeland, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said. The United Kingdom should not allow itself to become a magnet for new Iranian refugees, but should instead “help” the country become so attractive it instead pulls decades of dissidents who fled the Islamic theocracy back to start new lives in their homelands, Nigel Farage has said. Discussing the “wonderful Persian people”, whose exiled would-be leader Shah Reza Pahlavi Mr Farage has previously…

An investigation by Swedish newspapers has uncovered that private and intimate footage captured by Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses is being reviewed by contractors in Kenya who see uncensored content recorded by the smart glasses including bathroom visits, people undressing, and sexual activity. A joint investigation published by Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten has revealed troubling privacy concerns for users of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses. The investigation found that sensitive personal footage captured by these devices is being reviewed by contractors in Kenya who have access to uncensored content, including highly intimate moments that users likely never intended to share.…

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, on Wednesday was granted a Federal Reserve master account, which would enable faster and more efficient money transfers, as well as signal the greater integration between the cryptocurrency and banking industries. “This milestone marks the convergence of crypto infrastructure and sovereign financial rails. With a Federal Reserve master account, we can operate not as a peripheral participant in the U.S. banking system, but as a directly connected financial institution,” Arjun Sethi, the co-CEO of Payward and Kraken, said in a written statement. Kraken is a Wyoming-chartered Special Purpose Depository Institution (SPDI), or a…