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An illegal alien has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse in April of last year. On Wednesday, United States Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the sentencing of 50-year-old illegal alien Mario Bustamante Leiva of Chile. Leiva, in November of last year, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud and one count of first-degree theft. Following his three-year prison sentence, Leiva will be deported to his native Chile. “Bustamante Leiva came to Washington illegally to prey on citizens of the District,” Pirro said in a statement. “He methodically targeted women…

Plans by Meta and Microsoft to cut up to 10% of staff reportedly come amid rising costs from heavy AI investments American tech giants Meta and Microsoft are set to cut up to 10% of staff as both companies face rising costs linked to their expensive investments in artificial intelligence (AI), the Financial Times has reported.The Facebook parent company is expected to lay off 10% of its workforce, or roughly 8,000 employees, and close about 6,000 open roles, according to an internal memo sent to staff and leaked on Thursday. Meta specified that the layoffs will start on May 20.The…

The move means London will lose access to a database of some 26,000 verified violations by West Jerusalem, The Guardian has reported The British Foreign Office has closed a special unit that had been keeping a record of breaches of international law by Israel in the Gaza Strip, The Guardian has reported.The shutdown happened despite UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper saying in a speech earlier in April that support for international law is a “core British value” and that it would be the focus of the department under her leadership.The termination of the operations of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL)…

Google announced this week that 75 percent of all new code created within the company is currently being generated by AI systems and subsequently reviewed by human engineers. Business Insider reports that Google announced this week that three-quarters of all new code created within the company is currently being generated by AI systems and then reviewed by human engineers. This represents a dramatic acceleration in the company’s adoption of AI-powered development tools over recent years. The percentage of AI-generated code at Google has increased substantially in a relatively short time frame. As recently as October 2024, approximately 25 percent of the…

An internal Pentagon email has outlined a possible suspension of Spain from NATO, Reuters reported on Friday. Reuters, citing an unnamed U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity, affirmed that the document, which is “circulating at high levels in the Pentagon,” also describes options that the United States could use to “punish” other NATO members that it believes to have failed to support the United States in the war with Iran — such as reviewing the U.S. position on Britain’s claim to the Falkland Islands, long contested by Argentina. The source claimed that the options allegedly outlined in the email…

Consumer sentiment fell in April compared to the prior month, hitting a record low, reflecting consumer concerns about gas prices and the economic impact of the Iran war. The University of Michigan’s final April sentiment index dropped to 49.8 this month from 53.3 in March. This is the lowest final reading for the measure in records going back to 1978. The preliminary mid-month reading, however, was even lower, so there has been some improvement in April. “After the two-week cease-fire was announced and gas prices softened a touch, sentiment recovered a modest portion of its early-month losses,” Joanne Hsu, the…

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) said he is “certain” that President Donald Trump will soon fire FBI Director Kash Patel. Jansing said, “I also want to ask you about Kash Patel. He has now responded, as you know, to a report from The Atlantic that he alarmed colleagues with his excessive drinking and unexplained absences. Here’s what he said yesterday at a press conference with Acting Attorney General d Blanche.” Patel said, “I can say unequivocally that I never listen to the fake news mafia, and that’s when they get louder. It just means…

This pre-IPO financial checklist is a guide for employees looking to manage their stock options or RSUs before an IPO.getty2026 is shaping up to be a major year for IPOs, with SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI, Databricks, Canva and Stripe all reportedly planning to go public. For many current and former employees with equity, it will be their first experience owning stock in a company as it goes public. With so many irreversible decisions to make around a major liquidity event, getting it right the first time is a must. This pre-IPO financial checklist is a guide for employees looking to manage…

My only loyalty is to humanity, and being on Team Human in today’s world means being against the US empire and against Israel. Reading by Tim Foley: ❖ I don’t mind admitting that I hope the US and Israel suffer a crushing, devastating defeat in Iran. I hope this war collapses the entire US empire. My only loyalty is to humanity, and being on Team Human in today’s world means being against the US empire and against Israel. I hope the empire falls. I hope the apartheid state of Israel is dismantled. I hope humanity is able to pry the…

Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, whose insults against Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni caused a diplomatic spat between Italy and Russia, lashed out against President Sergio Mattarella, local outlets reported. Solovyov is a television presenter that has been widely described as a Kremlin propagandist and a staunch supporter of Vladimir Putin. Earlier this week, Solovyov used his propaganda showPolnyj Kontakt (“Full Contact”) to attack Meloni with a barrage of insults, branding the Italian Prime Minister as a fascist, certified idiot, a nasty little woman” and referring to her as a “Whore.” His insults against Meloni prompted the Italian government to summon the Russian ambassador…