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Troy Jackson, one of the Maine Democrats vying to replace Graham Platner on the Senate ticket, quietly removed posts about Platner from his X account Wednesday, a POLITICO review discovered. “Troy rescinded his endorsement and just wanted to make that clear,” said Christine Kirby, a spokesperson for Jackson, after POLITICO inquired about the deleted posts. Jackson, a progressive who ran for governor this cycle with Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) endorsement, filed paperwork exploring a run this week, POLITICO reported Tuesday Our Revolution, a Sanders-aligned group that previously endorsed Platner, flipped its endorsement to Jackson on Tuesday. But as some Maine…

The Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company has been plagued by failures that cannot be linked to “external” factors, a leaked letter says One of Ukraine’s biggest shipping companies has been plagued by decades-long corruption and mismanagement to the point where it began losing market share and assets even under highly favorable conditions, the Kiev Independent has reported.The Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP), a state-owned enterprise that operates cargo transportation along the Danube River and carries out shipbuilding and repairs, has been reporting poor performance figures and losses over the past years, even though the river itself turned into a major export…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated readiness to host a new round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks, saying Türkiye remains committed to pursuing a diplomatic settlement. “We are ready to bring the sides together at the negotiating table once again,” Erdogan said, adding that there would be “no losing side” in a just and lasting peace.  Türkiye has repeatedly acted as a mediator between Moscow and Kiev, hosting the first direct talks in 2022 and several more rounds in Istanbul last year, including trilateral discussions involving the US. The negotiations produced major POW exchanges and other humanitarian agreements, but no decisive…

A longtime social studies teacher in the Chicago suburb of Libertyville has been ordered held in jail after prosecutors allege he secretly recorded students and used AI to create sexually explicit images of them. Lake & McHenry County Scanner reports that Marshall Sheffer, 44, of Libertyville, faces eight counts of child sexual abuse material charges, including two Class X felonies and six Class 1 felonies. The investigation began when students at Highland Middle School in Libertyville reported to school staff that they believed their teacher was video recording them. The Libertyville Police Department obtained Sheffer’s phone and conducted a forensic examination…

Argentina secured a 3-2 victory over Egypt in the World Cup on Tuesday, with many critics accusing FIFA of rigging the game after referees disallowed a goal from Egypt due to a highly questionable call. Egypt had an incredibly strong start against the favored Argentina when the team secured a 2-0 lead with an impressive goal from Mostafa Ziko following a pass from Mo Salah at the 58-minute mark. However, the moment of victory took a dark turn when video-assisted replay (VAR) appeared to show Egypt’s Marwan Attia getting entangled with Argentine defender Lisandro Martinez on the whole other side of the pitch.…

The Trump administration’s top tier priority of bringing a halt to the flow of illegal immigration — which ran rampant throughout former President Joe Biden’s single term — has brought U.S. home prices down, Vice President JD Vance pointed out this week. “From day one, President Trump and I have said this very thing. Stopping the flood of illegal migrants into this country will bring down home prices and make housing affordable again for young Americans who are trying to start a family,” Vance said, pointing to a recent paper published by the Feds showing that Biden’s inflow of illegal…

Five people, including two St. Johns County commissioners and a St. Augustine Beach commissioner, were charged Monday in connection with an alleged scheme to distribute counterfeit Republican voter guides during the 2024 primary election. County Commissioners Sarah Arnold and Christian Whitehurst, St. Augustine Beach Commissioner and former Mayor Dylan Rumrell, political consultant Briana Jordan, and Jamie Lynn Johnson were each charged with one count of creating an unauthorized voter guide and one count of conspiracy. Jordan was also charged with felony tampering with physical evidence after prosecutors alleged she destroyed or concealed voter guides while an investigation was pending. The…

Vladimir Zelensky’s decision to name a military unit after a group that killed thousands of ethnic Poles in WWII is “not in line with European values,” lawmakers say The European Parliament has rebuked Kiev over its decision to rename an elite military unit after World War II-era Nazi collaborators, a move that has fueled a weeks-long diplomatic row with Poland.Militants from the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the armed wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), killed at least 100,000 ethnic Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia – now largely part of Ukraine – between 1943 and 1944. Known as…

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has suggested that the federal government may bar state officials from the populist Alternative for Germany party from accessing classified documents. Despite frequent accusations against the AfD of being anti-democratic, it appears that the establishment coalition government in Berlin is so concerned with how German citizens may vote in state elections this autumn that it is willing to take special measures to undermine elected officials if they happen to be from the wrong political party. When pressed by the Bild newspaper on whether he would ban AfD officials from receiving classified information if they win…

Far-left Muslim Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing renewed scrutiny after newly surfaced audio revealed him explicitly supporting efforts to defund police departments. In his previous interviews, El-Sayed has denied ever calling to defund the police, arguing that his old social media posts were misrepresented after being taken out of context. But recordings from 2020 tell a different story. In one interview from June 2020, El-Sayed said he believed police funding should be reduced while more taxpayer dollars should be directed toward schools, mental health services, and anti-poverty programs. “We are in a moment when a lot of our…