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A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire an opinion columnist who made social media posts that an editor at the paper found “beyond the pale” following the assassination of Charlie Kirk last September. The New York Times reported that Sarah Miller Espinosa, the arbitrator, said in a written decision Thursday that The Post “did not have good and sufficient cause” to terminate columnist Karen Attiah and “violated” its labor agreement. “The Washington Post failed to establish the grievant engaged in gross misconduct,” Espinosa wrote, according to a copy of the decision shared with the Times by Attiah’s…

Songs created with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been banned from Australia’s music charts as a new prohibition enforced by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) launched this week. ARIA’s decision to modify its Code of Practice and ban AI-generated tracks comes after a cover of Madonna’s 1989 hit song Like a Prayer by Queensland-based DJ Josh Fawaz hit the top of the Australian music charts in July after spending weeks in the top 20. The cover, released earlier this year, features AI-generated vocals and drums — prompting fierce backlash in Australia against the artist, who reportedly added an AI disclaimer…

WASHINGTON — North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski told Breitbart News exclusively that his country’s government is “strongly” supportive of American President Donald Trump’s government and policies on a number of fronts, from foreign policy to energy to geopolitics and more. Mickoski told Breitbart News that his government formally backed Trump even before his comeback in the 2024 election, hosting Trump-campaign-aligned officials in North Macedonia in mid-2024 and then sending a formal delegation to Trump’s inauguration in early 2025. “Macedonian citizens are supporting very decisively President Trump’s administration,” North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said during an exclusive interview with…

First Lady Melania Trump opted for chic resortwear to attend the NTT IndyCar Series at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix weekend. For the occasion, Mrs. Trump chose a striped cuff tunic shirt from Louis Vuitton’s 2018 Resortwear collection, pairing it with navy wide-leg piqué jersey trousers from Max Mara. The shirt retails for about $550 while the trousers go for $1,150. Mrs. Trump’s accessories include a thin navy belt and Roger Vivier’s Gommettine Ballerinas in navy. The flats retail for $945. US First Lady Melania Trump listens to the national anthem at the start of the race, during the Freedom 250 Grand Prix…

The US secretary of state previously excluded Brazil from the list of friendly countries and hinted that he would welcome a change in leadership Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is trying to “neutralize” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio by establishing a direct channel with President Donald Trump, CNN Brasil reported on Monday, citing sources.Rubio previously excluded Brazil from the group of countries he described as friendly and attacked Lula over trade. The Brazilian president accused him of being “anti-Latin America.”Tensions between the US and Latin America’s largest economy have been soaring for months, as Trump fiercely backed…

It’s time to pass the Roberts Requirement for women traveling to the United States. A new report from the Institute for Family Studies reveals a clear and growing ideological divide in American fertility rates, with conservatives averaging significantly more children than liberals. According to the survey of more than 7,000 Americans ages 18 to 54, conservatives report an average of 1.4 children while liberals report just 1.09. Fifty-one percent of liberals say they have no children at all, compared with 40 percent of conservatives. The gap remains statistically significant when researchers account for sex, religion, race, income, age, marital status,…

A series of comments by the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sparked new controversy in Mexico, as he pointed to “high-level officials” within the government as “working directly” with Mexican terrorist organizations such as Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel. Over the weekend, DEA Director Terrence Cole spoke with Univision, where he pointed to the most recent indictment against CJNG. In that indictment, Cole pointed to high-level government officials in Mexico working directly with drug cartels and said that the U.S. government was going to go after them. Cole also pointed to close cooperation…

Disney has been taking flack after it was reported that thousands of employee spouses will soon be kicked off the company health plans. According to the AV Club, the new plan comes part of “Disney’s employee loyalty program, ‘Total Rewards,’ a new internal benefits system.” Disney’s decision will kick “thousands” off the company’s plans and force them to pay more for inferior coverage, which will “likely impact lower-paid workers and hourly employees most.” It’s all part of Disney’s employee loyalty program, “Total Rewards,” a new internal benefits system that allows those who make that Disney magic possible to experience the…

The WNBA has ruled that former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are ineligible to enter the league’s draft or play in the women’s circuit after both men announced they identify as women and formally declared for the 2027 draft. The league has reportedly dismissed the moves as publicity stunts intended to mock the organization. According to reports from Front Office Sports, the WNBA stated it “is not going to give oxygen to efforts designed to mock the league or use this topic to demean and marginalize others” and “will not allow outside pressure or manufactured controversy to…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed Monday that Iran attempted to assassinate one of his two sons, publicly disclosing an alleged plot that had reportedly been known to Israel’s security establishment and barred from publication for months. “There is something here that is unbelievable. Iran targeted one of my sons. Iran tried to kill, to murder one of my sons,” Netanyahu told Channel 14 military correspondent Noam Amir during a phone interview. When Amir asked whether the attempted assassination was based on intelligence presented to the prime minister, Netanyahu declined to elaborate, instead repeating the extraordinary claim. “Iran tried to…