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An alleged former girlfriend of Maine Democrat Senate nominee Graham Platner claimed that he cheated on his fiancée with her and that he defended his Nazi tattoo as a reminder that the “U.S. was the evil bad guy overseas.” The ex-girlfriend told the New York Post that Platner knew about the Nazi origins of his Totenkopf skull and crossbones tattoo, adding that he hurt her reputation by cheating on his fiancée with her. “As a person who is a leftist, I immediately looked at him and asked him, ‘Is that a Totenkopf?’ and he told me a whole, ‘he will hold this…

The suspect died following a standoff with officers, according to the Midland Police Department At least one person has been killed and 11 others wounded after a gunman went on a shooting spree in Midland, Texas, Mayor Lori Blong said in a press briefing on Friday.“We do have 11 known victims at this time,” she said. “There’s at least one victim that is dead on the scene.”The police have confirmed that the gunman is also dead.Officers initially responded to reports of an active shooter in the southwestern part of the city on Friday morning, according to the Midland Police Department.“Officers…

The Trump administration has moved to restrict foreign access to some of the most advanced artificial intelligence technology developed in the United States, according to a report published Friday. Axios reported that the administration is restricting foreign governments, companies, and individuals from accessing Anthropic’s most powerful AI models, known as Mythos 5 and Fable 5. According to the report, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent a letter on Friday to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei informing him that the two models will be subject to export controls. The administration reportedly asked Anthropic to delay releasing the models, but was unsuccessful. The restrictions…

Russia is operating extensive influence and misinformation networks across 13 Latin American nations to exploit anti-U.S. and anti-Europe resentment in favor of Moscow, a new study by the Brazilian independent news agency Agência Lupa revealed this week. The study, titled, “Russian Influence Operations in Latin America,” contains a compilation of dozens of incidents of Russian disinformation, espionage, and influence operations documented over the past across Latin America. The report was made public on Thursday in both Portuguese and Spanish by Agência Lupa in collaboration with the journalist network LatamChequea and the European Commission’s Foreign Policy Instruments. The study alleges that Russia built a “sophisticated influence…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that illegal employment schemes generated more than $2.5 billion in suspicious activity tied to payroll tax fraud in 2025. Speaking at an event with Texas bankers in Houston, Bessent said financial institutions reported more than $2.5 billion in suspicious activity linked to payroll tax fraud schemes this year alone. He connected those schemes to unlawful employment practices, labor brokers, shell companies, identity theft, and other forms of financial exploitation. “In 2025 alone, financial institutions reported more than $2.5 billion in suspicious activity associated with payroll tax fraud schemes,” Bessent said. “These schemes hurt law-abiding…

Thursday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D) said both his opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) were in no position to tell anybody what a real man is. Host Jen Psaki said, “Ted Cruz basically said he wouldn’t use the word masculine to describe you. It seems pretty clear what they’re trying to do here, at least to me. Not only are you they going after you, but they’re really trying to attack groups of people you’ve defended in the past and including trans people and others. What do…

The more than 2,700-foot skyscraper shone in white, blue, and red for Russia Day celebrations on June 12 Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, was illuminated in the white, blue, and red colors of the Russian flag on Thursday in honor of Russia Day.The public holiday commemorates the Declaration of State Sovereignty adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, then part of the Soviet Union, on June 12, 1990. The Soviet Union was formally dissolved the following year in December. The current version of Russia’s tricolor flag was adopted in 1993.People across Russia celebrate the holiday by displaying…

The Together for Peru far-left coalition on Thursday filed a request to have nearly 90 percent of all the foreign votes cast by Peruvians in the United States in the June 7 presidential runoff nullified — alleging a purported “irregular intervention” by the Peruvian Foreign Ministry in favor of conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori. The request would eliminate a sizable amount of the total foreign votes cast by Peruvians around the world — highly favorable for Fujimori and crucial for the conservative candidate in the yet-to-be defined razor-thin vote count. As of Friday, Peruvian electoral authorities are still counting the votes…

Thursday, on MS NOW’s “All In,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) claimed President Donald Trump had “lost it.” Van Hollen said, “This is a war that President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu should never have started. We should end it as soon as possible. When you’re digging a hole, stop digging. But as you said, one day, Donald Trump says, you know, a deal is around the corner. It’s tomorrow. The next day he says, we want a bomb. And of course, weeks and weeks ago, he told the country that we’d already won. So what the hell are we…

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa has overturned the country’s pro-Palestine policies Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa has lifted an embargo on arms sales to Israel after allegedly enlisting the help of an Israeli private intelligence firm to oust his left-wing, pro-Palestine predecessor.Jansa’s government announced the decision on Thursday, adding that it would also overturn an entry ban on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.“This will restore the conditions for a normal political dialog with Israel,” the Slovenian Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that the move would help “strengthen…