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WASHINGTON—White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday said the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a “criminal organization,” according to a grand jury indictment, and that the allegations the Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought against it should be front-page news nationwide. Leavitt responded to Breitbart News’s question about the White House’s reaction to the SPLC indictment and the DOJ’s allegations. “Yeah, I saw the indictment yesterday. I saw the acting attorney general and FBI director do a press conference on it. It was quite shocking to me to learn of the egregious violations of the law the Southern…
Jim Himes wants to reauthorize a controversial surveillance law. He knows it comes with big risks. The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee has been seeking a bipartisan deal to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act while Republicans are busy fighting among themselves over how to prevent the government spy power from expiring April 30. Fearing a lapse would be an existential crisis, he’s been empowered by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to share his perspective with fellow Democrats who are skeptical of reauthorizing Section 702 without guardrails to protect Americans from being targeted by the…
Airlines have started raising costs and cutting routes, increasing the risk of last-minute cancellations and disruption before the summer holiday season Europe’s summer getaway is under threat as airlines slash thousands of flights amid a deepening jet fuel crunch, raising alarm among holidaymakers. Lufthansa alone is scrapping 20,000 services through October to conserve fuel, the carrier announced on Tuesday, while airlines across the continent trim schedules as costs surge and supplies tighten.Why is this happening?The jet fuel squeeze is being driven by disruption in one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints – the Strait of Hormuz – amid the US-Israeli war…
The government of Argentine President Javier Milei on Wednesday submitted a bill to Congress aiming to overhaul the nation’s elections — urging the need to “fix a system that is fundamentally flawed” and make it more transparent and less costly. One of the main reforms presented in the bill seeks the elimination of Argentina’s notoriously questioned PASO open primary system, a process that the Argentine presidency described as a “failed experiment.” In addition to sweeping reforms to Argentina’s economy seeking to overturn nearly two decades’ worth of socialist policies, President Milei has spearheaded efforts to overhaul Argentina’s electoral system. Thanks…
The French public is overwhelmingly in favour of the government cutting fuel taxes amid the growing energy crisis across Europe, a survey has found. A CSA poll conducted on behalf of broadcasters CNews, Europe 1 and Le Journal du Dimanche found that 82 per cent of French voters support reducing taxes on fuel to lower pump prices for consumers. Perhaps reflecting the particularities of the French political landscape, voters on the left were more likely to favour a reduction in the fuel tax than those on the right, by a margin of 80 per cent to 66 per cent. However, supporters…
A Virginia judge issued a ruling blocking Virginia from moving forward with certifying the results of a special election regarding a redistricting referendum that could possibly allow Democrats to gain four congressional seats. In the ruling from the Tazewell Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurtley, issued on Wednesday, the judge explained that “the process underlying the referendum broke several state laws and that certifying the vote would harm” Republican lawmakers in the state, WTVR News reported. “The Tazewell Court ruling does the following,” Tyler Englander, a Virginia state Capitol reporter for ABC8 News wrote in a post on X. “DECLARE that…
A special envoy for Washington has revealed his pressure campaign targeting FIFA to ditch the Islamic Republic Italian officials have rebuked a US proposal for their national football team to replace Iran at the upcoming FIFA World Cup.Italy lost the chance to participate at the World Cup for a third successive time after a humiliating penalty shootout defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina in a playoff last month, triggering widespread backlash at home and leading to the resignation of the head of the national football federation.However, an American proposal to give Italy Iran’s spot at the World Cup, which will be…
Ambassadors from Lebanon and Israel were scheduled to meet for a second round of talks in Washington on Thursday, with the Lebanese hoping to enlist the Trump administration’s assistance in ending the massive Israeli offensive against Hezbollah. “For the first time, the Lebanon file is returning to the American table,” Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Thursday. Aoun was hopeful that the new round of talks would lead to “economic recovery, reconstruction, and more.” He is not present for the talks himself, but said he hopes to meet with President Donald Trump soon to discuss the impact of the war…
Reality TV star Savannah Chrisley declared that “Charlie Kirk would have been the greatest president of our lifetime” during a Turning Point USA event at Ohio State University on Tuesday. “I know some of you have walked into Turning Point events since Charlie’s death and you felt lost, because I have too,” Chrisley said during Turning Point USA’s “This Is the Turning Point Tour” at Ohio State on Tuesday. “Charlie was the face of Turning Point. He was the guy who walked on to a hostile campus by himself, sat on a folding chair, and said, ‘Prove me wrong,’” she continued.…
A Telegraph investigation has uncovered numerous illegal listings online revealing widespread discrimination in the UK housing market Landlords across London and the south-east of the UK have been illegally advertising properties exclusively for Muslim tenants, in an apparent breach of Britain’s equality laws, according to an investigation published by The Telegraph on Wednesday.Listings on Facebook and Telegram posted across multiple groups were found to include phrases such as “Muslim only,” “only for Muslims,” “for 2 Muslim boys or 2 Muslim girls,” and “suitable for Punjabi boy.” Some adverts also demanded Punjabi or Gujarati speakers, or tenants from specific Indian regions.As noted by…