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A 20-year-old man pleaded for his life during a desperate 911 call as he remained trapped inside his burning Tesla Model Y after a crash, unable to escape due to the vehicle’s electrically powered doors. The transcript of the call is part of a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s EV giant over the man’s death. Bloomberg reports that Samuel Tremblett made a frantic emergency call in October after crashing his Tesla Model Y SUV approximately 30 miles outside of Boston. The transcript of his 911 call, included in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Massachusetts federal court, captures his final desperate moments as…

The success of the United States’s three-phase plan toward stabilizing Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro depends on neutralizing Iran’s military presence in the country as well as Russia and China’s encroachment, the Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS) warned this week. Venezuela is presently undergoing the first steps of a three-phase stability, recovery, and transition program toward restoring democracy following the January 3 U.S. law enforcement operation in Caracas that led to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined the program to Congress last week. WATCH — Trump: “We’re in Charge” in…

Actress Halle Berry doubled down on her view that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) “probably should not be the next president.” “It’s disturbing when people say they’re going to do things and then they don’t,” Berry said of Newsom in an interview with The Cut, referring to the governor failing to contact the actress to address her concerns after he suggested he would. In December, the Die Another Day star called Newsom’s credibility as a future presidential candidate into question at the New York Times‘ Dealbook Summit, where she asserted that the governor has “overlooked” and is currently “devaluing” women. “Back in my great state of…

Senate Republicans are weighing whether to bow out of a major international gathering next week as GOP leaders press them to stay in Washington and hammer out a Homeland Security Department funding deal. This year’s Munich Security Conference — a marquee transatlantic gathering that begins Feb. 13 — has taken on new urgency in the wake of President Donald Trump’s threats to invade Greenland, a Danish territory, and tariff core NATO allies over the dispute. Trump backed down, but dozens of lawmakers planned to go in order to shore up ties and reaffirm America’s commitment to NATO. Sen. Lindsey Graham…

The issue was reportedly discussed on the sidelines of the Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi Moscow and Washington are working on a deal to continue the New START nuclear reduction treaty, Axios reported on Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the issue. The strategic arms control agreement officially expired on February 5.Signed in 2010, the treaty put caps on the number of strategic nuclear warheads and launchers that can be deployed and establishes monitoring mechanisms for both Russian and American arsenals. It was initially set to expire in 2021 but was extended for five years at the time.According to…

Fifty-five suspects were arrested during a massive drug trafficking bust in Georgia involving fentanyl and linked to communist China. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced Wednesday that special agents with its Atlanta branch joined forces with law enforcement agencies across Georgia and other states to indict 55 of 56 suspects. The drug trafficking operation was based in Glynn County and St. Simons Island, the FBI announcement read: The FBI Atlanta investigation, led by the agents in the Brunswick Resident Agency, found that members of the group were traveling to Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta, and Jacksonville to source the drugs.…

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae took a gamble by holding early parliamentary elections as a referendum on her agenda, but the gamble looks like it will pay off as her enormous personal popularity is set to sweep more members of her governing coalition into the Diet. Takaichi is especially popular with young voters who have been rushing to stores to buy her favorite foods, accessories, and even her signature pink pen. Reuters on Wednesday cited polls that show Takaichi set to capture up to 300 of the 465 seats in Japan’s lower house due to “Sanamania.” Sanakatsu in Japanese, a…

President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has announced the drawdown of several hundred federal agents from Minnesota after the administration secured “unprecedented cooperation” between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and local jails. During a press conference on Wednesday, Homan announced the drawdown of about 700 federal agents from Minnesota — citing talks between the Trump administration and Gov. Tim Walz (D), Attorney General Keith Ellison (D), and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), which have secured increasing cooperation between ICE agents and local jails. Homan said: I had productive discussions with state and local officials, including the governor, the…

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is pitching fellow Republicans on expanding who can sue over the now-defunct Jack Smith investigation — and Graham claims he has a key supporter in Speaker Mike Johnson. Graham said in a statement to POLITICO that he had spoken with Johnson about his push to allow lawsuits from people he claims were improperly targeted by the former special counsel during his probe of the 2020 election. Johnson, he said, is amenable to expanding who can sue beyond just the handful of GOP senators who had their phone records seized. “I had a very good conversation…

Rotana Atiya Al-Reqeb has told RT about hours-long interrogations by Israeli forces at the Rafah crossing Palestinians returning to Gaza via the Rafah border crossing have said they face major challenges and intimidation from occupying Israeli forces. Seized by Israeli troops in May 2024, the Rafah entry point – the war-ravaged enclave’s key gateway – had been largely shut for almost two years.RT spoke to Rotana Atiya Al-Reqeb, a woman who had spent a year in Egypt, about her returning ordeal.“Only after the Palestinian and European authorities stamped our passports did the Israelis take us to their area,” Al-Reqeb said,…