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Multiple victims of predominantly Pakistani-Muslim child rape grooming gangs in Rotherham have claimed that they were also sexually abused and exploited by local police, some of whom also engaged in efforts to cover up for the grooming gangs. Five female victims of the infamous grooming gangs in Rotherham have said that they were simultaneously being victimised by the very police who were supposed to protect them. The alleged abuses by the police are said to have occurred in the mid-1990s and the early 2000s against young girls, the BBC reports. One such victim, whose name has been withheld, alleged that she…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a Breitbart policy event event on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve could use a “little imagination” to lower interest rates. Bessent spoke with Breitbart News Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle as the Fed announced that it will keep interest rates at the same level. President Donald Trump has urged the Fed to lower interest rates to boost the economy and make it easier to pay off the debt. “I’m not expecting a rate cut today; the market is pricing in rate cuts, and what I’m hoping that we can see out of the leadership…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is taking a leading role in the ongoing war against terrorist drug cartels, said Secretary Scott Bessent. In a recent interview with Breitbart News, Bessent stated the Treasury Department is leveraging all the financial tools at their disposal to fight criminal organizations. “We are coming for them,” he stated. Bessent highlighted the recent sanctioning of three Mexican financial institutions — two banks and one brokerage firm. According to Treasury officials, the institutions had been helping various drug cartels launder millions. The institutions also helped wire money to China to pay for fentanyl precursors. The institutions…

The loss of many elite athletes has undermined the International Skating Union’s commercial revenue, the organization has said The suspension of Russian athletes from competitions globally is taking a toll on the finances of the International Skating Union (ISU), the global governing body for the sport has revealed in its 2024 financial report.Operating losses reached an equivalent of about $10.7 million, an increase of nearly $7.4 million from the previous year, according to the document, which was recently made public. “The ongoing conflict in Ukraine continues to have a negative impact on the ISU, with a key market closed off…

Screenshot of Mugshot of Darelle Bowers via Shelby County Sheriff’s Office   A manager of a Wendy’s in Memphis has been charged with first-degree murder after shooting a man outside the fast-food chain’s parking lot. Wendy’s general manager, Darelle Bowers, 37, was seen on video getting into a physical altercation outside the Wendy’s parking lot where he worked. The altercation quickly turned deadly after Bowers allegedly shot and killed the man with whom he was in a confrontation. After shooting the man, Bowers then allegedly slapped the man as he lay dying. WATCH: SHOCK VIDEO: Wendy’s manager in Memphis fatally…

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee observed Wednesday that the Arab world was tougher than Europe on Hamas terrorists, after Arab nations demanded that Hamas disarm and leave power in Gaza. Huckabee’s comments were prompted by news that Arab and Muslim countries had, for the first time, jointly condemned the terror attack of October 7, 2023, and made clear there was no future for Hamas in Gaza. Though the European Union also signed the statement, at a conference on a two-state solution that the U.S. and Israel did not attend, the EU has been obsessed in recent days with one-sided…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says President Trump’s “Trump Accounts” will transform financial literacy for working families and set up the next generation for prosperity by giving every American newborn a stake in the economy and a pathway to long-term wealth. Speaking with Breitbart News, Bessent asserted the initiative is a direct response to growing economic disenfranchisement. “Why are we on the verge of Caracas on the Hudson in New York? Young people are disillusioned with the system,” Bessent remarked, referring to rising socialist rhetoric among far-left politicians including Omar Fateh and Zohran Mamdani. The Trump Accounts initiative, launched as part…

Congressional Republicans must have the “backbone” to follow through on President Donald Trump’s goal of eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) said at a Breitbart News policy event on Wednesday.  “All the things that conservatives have talked about for decades, President Trump is making happen — like completely dismantling the federal role in education by eliminating the federal Department of Education. We gotta make it happen, and he needs legislative help to do that,” Banks said. “[Secretary of Education Linda McMahon] and the president are laying the groundwork for it, but Congress has to help.”  President…

The measure is aimed at addressing the alleged “threat” Brazil poses to America, according to the US president US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing a 50% tariff on all goods from Brazil effective August 1, claiming the country poses a threat to “the national security, foreign policy, and economy” of the US.Signed on Wednesday, the order hikes the existing tariff on Brazil by 40% and accuses the South American nation of various violations, including alleged “serious human rights abuses that have undermined the rule of law.”Trump singled out the persecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro,…

California’s latest “victory” in progressive policymaking is now measurable in lost jobs. The state’s $20 fast-food minimum wage law has reportedly cost nearly 18,000 jobs, according to a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research earlier this month. Researchers Jeffrey Clemens, Olivia Edwards, and Jonathan Meer found that fast food jobs in California dropped 3.2 percent after AB 1228 went into effect in April. “Our median estimate translates into a loss of 18,000 jobs in California’s fast-food sector relative to the counterfactual,” they wrote. So much for helping low-income workers. The law, passed in September 2023 and signed…