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Senate Majority Leader John Thune said most Republican senators “feel pretty satisfied” with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s comments renouncing the Justice Department’s planned “Anti-Weaponization Fund” and that he’s “hopeful” that will allow the Senate to start voting on the GOP’s stalled immigration enforcement bill Wednesday. Thune, however, did not explicitly say that he has secured the votes to defeat amendments related to the fund, which critics fear could be used to reward political allies of President Donald Trump. Two GOP aides, granted anonymity to discuss private conversations about the bill, cautioned that multiple Republican senators are still likely to…

The lifting of reporting restrictions has made public for the first time that 15 members of a grooming gang have been jailed for the rape and sexual abuse of a young girl in Bradford, England, between 2007 and 2011. The West Yorkshire Police disclosed on Wednesday that the 15 men had been sentenced to a combined 188 years in prison over their sexual exploitation of one Bradford girl from when she was 14 to 18 years old. The police force said that the victim had been approached by officers in 2015 after being identified as a possible former victim of…

Comedian and HBO late-night host Bill Maher shared that he felt that reality star and Republican candidate for Los Angeles mayor Spencer Pratt was “authentic,” stating that he had him “at hello.” During an episode of Maher’s podcast, Club Random, Pratt explained that he “never planned” to run for mayor of LA, adding that he “ran to have a bigger platform to expose all the negligence” under current LA Mayor Karen Bass (D) and Democrats such as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA). Pratt added that the Democrats “failed” him. When asked if he was “strong enough to buck the unions,” Pratt…

Marla-Svenja Liebich was previously convicted of multiple offenses, prompting a debate about professed gender and prison choice A Czech regional court has ordered a transgender neo-Nazi fugitive convicted of multiple offenses to be deported back to Germany, according to Reuters and Agence France-Presse (AFP).Marla-Svenja Liebich, formerly known as Sven Liebich, had previously sparked an uproar over prison placement in Germany after undergoing a legal gender change. Liebich was sentenced to 18 months in prison on multiple counts in 2023, including incitement to hatred, insult, trespass, and defamation. The former member of the banned far-right group Blood and Honor appealed the sentence but lost.In…

As many as 35 percent of enrollments in the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” might “not be legit,” according to the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Dr. Mehmet Oz. Oz laid out the eyebrow-raising projection during Tuesday’s White House press briefing while filling in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is out on maternity leave. When asked about expired Obamacare subsidies and whether there are any policy adjustments he would like to see, Oz emphasized that the number of people on Obamacare has more than doubled over the last decade. “Let’s take a…

Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to discuss a developing House framework for a bipartisan bill regulating artificial intelligence companies when he meets with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday. Johnson is among a number of Washington dignitaries Altman is meeting with as he makes the rounds on Capitol Hill and at the White House. “He comes in on occasion to provide updates, and we’re going to talk about AI and the regulatory framework,” the speaker said in a Wednesday morning interview. Johnson said he was referencing a discussion draft that Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) is working with Rep. Lori…

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum lashed out against U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson, telling him to butt out of her country’s domestic issues. The comment came in response to Johnson’s earlier statement that the fight against cartels was not political. The scuffle comes at a time of great tension between both countries, as Sheinbaum has been fiercely In her most recent morning news conference, Sheinbaum criticized Johnson, claiming that he needed to stay in his lane and that Mexico’s issues were for Mexicans to handle. Sheinbaum’s rebuke came after Johnson posted on social media a message claiming that the fight…

Businesses in the U.S. added more jobs than expected in May, a signal that the economy’s demand for labor is accelerating. Private-sector payrolls rose by 122,00, ADP Research said Wednesday, the biggest increase since January of 2025.  The prior month’s estimate was revised down by 4,000 to 105,000. The median estimate in an Econoday survey of economists called for a 120,000 increase. The data on the growth of private payrolls follows Tuesday’s JOLTS report showing far more job vacancies than expected and a low level of layoffs. Both point to a growing appetite for workers even as the Iran war…

Phoenix Pride, a prominent organization behind Arizona’s largest LGBTQ+ gathering, announced on the eve of “Pride Month” that it has filed for bankruptcy.  “The filing, submitted Thursday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona, showed that Phoenix Pride was seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, allowing time to continue operations while restructuring its debts under court supervision,” the Tucson Sentinel reported.  The organization’s board of directors said in a press release that the decision “was not made lightly.”  “Rising operational costs, economic uncertainty, shifts in sponsorship and fundraising partly due to the current political climate and administration, and…

President Donald Trump’s pick of a political ally as acting director of national intelligence could jeopardize the passage of a key government spy powers renewal just as lawmakers were closing in on a deal. Trump’s choice of Bill Pulte on Tuesday evoked the outrage of Democrats and skepticism of some Republicans on Capitol Hill. Pulte has no intelligence background and has used his current perch as a housing finance regulator to push for investigations into Trump’s perceived political enemies. “His supposed elevation as the acting director of National Intelligence will jeopardize the effort to pass surveillance legislation that was already…