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Democrats have denounced the plans to restore the notorious maximum-security complex in the San Francisco Bay as a “waste of taxpayer dollars” The administration of US President Donald Trump has requested $152 million from Congress to restore the Alcatraz prison. Democrats have slammed the plans as “lunacy” and vowed to block their implementation.Originally a fortress sitting on the eponymous island in the San Francisco Bay, the correctional facility housed inmates from 1934 until 1963, when it was closed due to high operating costs. Among those held at Alcatraz were notorious criminals such as mobster Al Capone and George ‘Machine Gun’…
Pope Leo XIV made history this Good Friday by being the first pontiff in decades to carry a wooden cross for all 14 Stations of the Cross. Flanked by two torchbearers, video showed the Holy Father carrying the cross throughout the hourlong procession held inside the Roman Colosseum that carried on out through the crowd outside before ending with a final blessing on Palantine Hill. Take a look: “I think it will be an important sign because of what the pope represents, a spiritual leader in the world today, and for this voice, that everyone wants to hear, that…
U.S. special operations forces rescued the second crew member from a downed F-15E fighter jet in Iran after a “heavy firefight,” successfully extracting both airmen and all rescue personnel from the country, according to multiple reports. U.S. officials told Axios and Fox News the high-risk combat search-and-rescue mission recovered the weapons systems officer more than a day after the aircraft was shot down, concluding a complex operation that unfolded behind enemy lines. Officials described the shootdown as a “worst-case scenario,” with U.S. forces racing to recover the crew before Iranian units could capture them. The second crew member was located…
Former Vice President Kamala Harris warned that President Donald Trump must not be allowed to pick two “additional justices” for the Supreme Court, adding that Democrats “must be clear-eyed about what is at stake.” In a post on X, Harris — who lost the 2024 Presidential election against Trump, shared an article from the New York Times about how a “liberal organization” was “preparing a multimillion–dollar effort to oppose potential Trump Supreme Court appointees before they happen.” The New York Times reported that Josh Orton, who serves as “the president of Demand Justice,” predicted that “the project would cost $3 million…
American forces have recovered a crew member from a downed F-15 as clashes with Iranian forces were reported during the operation Welcome to RT’s live coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran, a conflict spanning the Middle East in which both sides are exchanging missile and drone strikes across multiple countries.Iran hit several energy sites in Kuwait, including the headquarters of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, which was reportedly struck by a drone. The barrage came after US President Donald Trump warned that “all hell will rain down” on Iran unless the Strait of Hormuz is unblocked within 48 hours.Iran has closed the…
Friday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) said President Donald Trump is losing the military operation in Iran because he’s in “over his head.” Moulton said, “Iran is gaining leverage over us as this war goes on. And I’ve been saying for over a week that Iran is winning the war. We’ve had a bunch of tactical successes, taking out various military equipment. They’ve had a strategic win closing the Strait of Hormuz, which the president of the United States is begging our biggest adversary in the world, China, to help him open up. And now, just a…
LONDON (AP) – London police are urgently investigating how armed protection officers guarding Mayor Sadiq Khan left a bag of guns outside his home. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement late Friday that five officers had been removed from front-line duties while inquiries were being carried out. The weapons cache, which according to The Sun newspaper included an MP5 semiautomatic Heckler & Koch carbine, a Glock pistol, Taser and ammunition, were found in south London Tuesday by a couple, who then informed the Metropolitan Police. Scaffolder Jordan Griffiths told the newspaper that his girlfriend found the bag by the…
Thursday on CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said he would not support any nominee for attorney general who makes excuses for the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Host Kaitlan Collins said, “Do you think the president made the right decision to fire Pam Bondi today?” Tillis said, “I’m not really sure what the basis for it was will be saying, potentially another nominee come in before the Judiciary Committee. A little bit too early for me to understand the rationale behind it. I had a good relationship with General Bondi. I hear some of the reports may be a…
The US president has said the military “pulled off one of the most daring” operations in history Both crew members of the US F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Iran on Friday have been rescued, President Donald Trump has announced.The aircraft was shot down during a combat mission over Iran’s southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province; officials had until then remained tight-lipped about rescue efforts. According to US media, one crew member was recovered shortly after the incident, while the search for the weapons systems officer continued throughout Sunday.“WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United…
On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weekend,” Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) commented on an F-15 being shot down over Iran by saying that the way President Donald Trump “bloviated and bragged about the destruction of Iran’s ability to compete in this war…seemed like he was just going to incite such an attack on our military.” Dean said, “On Iran and about foreign affairs, we have not gotten an update. I am reliant upon all of you and the reporting that you have. I depend upon and count on the excellence of our military, but I decry what the President…