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Taking part in pro-Palestinian protests and criticizing Israel online can reportedly be seen as disqualifying factors US green card applicants could be rejected for criticizing Israel and taking part in pro-Palestinian protests, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing internal Department of Homeland Security training materials. The guidance is reportedly part of the administration’s broader effort to vet applicants for ‘anti-American’ and ‘anti-Semitic’ views.In instructions to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reviewed by the newspaper, the administration treats participation in pro-Palestinian protests and public criticism of Israel as “overwhelmingly negative” factors when deciding on permanent residency applications.According…

Visa has just unveiled a new suite of artificial intelligence tools designed to overhaul how credit card disputes are handled, and once again this is being presented as a simple evolution toward efficiency and improved customer experience, yet when you step back and examine the scale of what is unfolding, this is clearly part of a much broader structural shift within the financial system toward centralization and automation. The numbers alone should make that obvious, with Visa processing over 106 million disputes globally in 2025, representing a 35% increase since 2019, and that type of exponential growth is not something that can…

Mexico’s government seeks to extradite a fugitive vice-admiral who is wanted in connection with a large-scale cartel-connected fuel smuggling conspiracy. The admiral allegedly attempted to flee to Argentina to avoid prosecution in Mexico. This week, law enforcement in Buenos Aires, Argentina, working with Mexican military and police, arrested Fernando Farias Laguna, a top-level vice-admiral with Mexico’s Navy who is listed as a fugitive on organized crime charges in relation to fuel smuggling. At the time of the arrest, authorities in Argentina revealed that Farias Laguna carried a false ID as he tried to hide out in the South American nation.…

The Senate Banking Committee next week will vote to advance Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to become Federal Reserve chairman. The Senate Banking Committee set a committee vote to advance Warsh’s nomination for Federal Reserve chairman of the Fed Board of Governors for next Wednesday. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) had also announced his support to advance Warsh’s confirmation after Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, DC, had said she closed an investigation into cost overruns in the renovation of the Fed’s D.C. headquarters, more formally known as the Eccles Building. He said in a statement on X:…

A large fire broke out at a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in west England on Sunday morning. In recent months, it was used by the US to launch operations against Iran, and was recently the target of anti-war protests.According to the Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, crews were called to RAF Fairford shortly after midnight on Sunday.“The fire involved a single-story industrial storage building. It was brought under control safely and there were no casualties,” the service said in a statement.Videos circulating on social media show a large blaze above warehouse buildings visible from the street, with an enormous…

An illegal alien is accused of beating a woman in a random attack and then biting her three-year-old daughter’s face in San Antonio, Texas. The San Antonio Police Department has arrested 24-year-old Atharva Vyas, an illegal alien, and charged him with injury to a child with intent to cause bodily injury, assault causing bodily injury, and illegal entry. Last weekend, police say 27-year-old Gabriella Perez and her three-year-old daughter were fishing at Espada Park in San Antonio when Vyas jumped out of a wooded area and started assaulting her. Perez told police Vyas punched her repeatedly, pulled her hair, and attempted to…

Kiev is trying to sell its wartime experience for support because it has little else to offer Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s recent diplomatic activity in the Middle East is an attempt to find new political and financial oxygen at a moment when his usual supporters are becoming less reliable. For several years, the Ukrainian leadership built its strategy on the assumption that the US and Europe would continue to provide weapons, money, intelligence, and diplomatic protection for as long as necessary. But now, American support is increasingly politicized, European societies are visibly tired of the Ukraine issue, and the situation…

CLAIM: A mysterious X account using the screen name “Henry Martinez” posted the name of alleged White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooter Cole Allen in December 2023, the only tweet made on the account. VERDICT: TRUE. Social media users discovered the tweet shortly after authorities identified Allen as the suspect arrested at the Washington Hilton. The account, identified as @HenryMa79561893, posted the message at 6:07 p.m. on December 21, 2023, and has remained inactive since that date. The mysterious nature of the post has divided internet users into two camps. Some dismiss it as pure coincidence, while others believe there may…

LONDON (AP) – Police in Northern Ireland have declared a security alert in the town of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, after reports that a car bomb exploded near a police station. Homes in the vicinity have been evacuated and members of the public are advised to avoid the area, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said on Sunday. “It is distressing and disturbing to wake up to the news that a car bomb exploded outside Dunmurry police station last night,” said Sorcha Eastwood, a member of the U.K. Parliament who represents the Langan Valley, southwest of Belfast. “A…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it was including the use of firing squads as an approved method to be used in carrying out the federal death penalty. In a press release, the DOJ explained that the agency was taking several “actions” in order to “restore its solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences.” The actions taken by the DOJ included “readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized” during President Donald Trump’s first administration, and “expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad.” “The prior administration failed in its duty to…