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Some House Republicans spent weeks warning against a drastic redraw of Florida’s congressional map. Now that it’s out — with Gov. Ron DeSantis targeting as many as four Democratic seats for a GOP takeover — they’re mostly keeping any criticism to themselves. “I think they did a pretty good job,” said Rep. Gus Bilirakis, who said he was one of the Florida Republicans whose district changed “quite a bit.” “But I think they could touch it up a little bit, too,” he added. Rep. Scott Franklin said he is set to represent his third constituency in four terms. He still…

Cole Allen allegedly breached security at a presidential press event on Saturday while armed with a shotgun and pistol The armed suspect who allegedly tried to storm past security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday has been charged with the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump.Cole Allen, 31, a teacher from California, was allegedly armed with a 12 gauge pump action shotgun, a .38-caliber semi-automatic pistol and three knives when he was arrested after his attempt to rush the high-end event on Saturday, Assistant US Attorney Jocelyn Ballantine told a federal court in Washington on Monday.Federal prosecutors…

The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced on Sunday that U.S. forces carried out a “lethal kinetic strike” against a drug-trafficking vessel in Eastern Pacific waters, killing three male narco-terrorists. SOUTHCOM informed in an official statement that the operation was carried out by Joint Task Force Southern Spear at the direction of Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the statement read. “Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed,” the statement concluded. SOUTHCOM shared unclassified footage of…

During an interview with “The Joe Pags Show” that took place on Thursday and was released on Friday, Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) addressed his vote in favor of extended TPS for Haitians and said that he thinks some Haitians, like those who came across the border illegally, should lose TPS, but “I’m asking for individual consideration of people who came here in good faith, who never broke the law, who are working, who are not a burden to our society.” And “you can’t lump everybody together in this rule. And, unfortunately, when Kristi Noem announced this, that’s exactly what she…

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Kiev had not provided evidence that the Jewish state was buying “stolen” grain from Russia Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has rebuked his Ukrainian counterpart on social media, saying Kiev has not provided evidence that Israel was buying “stolen” grain from Russia.On Monday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga condemned Israel for what he described as facilitating Russia’s “illegal trade in stolen Ukrainian grain.” Ukrainian media earlier reported that the cargo vessel Panormitis, carrying grain from Russia’s new regions, was approaching the Israeli port of Haifa.“It is difficult to understand Israel’s lack of an appropriate response…

Establishment oracle George Will has reversed himself after a career of praising mass migration, dating back to the Reagan administration. Will’s sudden renunciation of establishment orthodoxy after 50 years of support for mass migration was signaled with a single adjective in his April 24 column, as he lamented slow population growth under President Donald Trump’s low migration policy: There is one promising solution. Increasing skilled immigration into our nation [emphasis added]. Not “mass migration,” not even just “migration.” Will is now backing only “skilled migration.” The shift to “skilled” is a big change for 84-year-old Will, whose carefully written nationwide…

A shooting reportedly took place at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday evening, according to multiple reports. Gary M. Collins, a reporter with the Baltimore Sun shared that there appeared “to have been a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner.” Collins added that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were escorted out of the ballroom. Real America’s Voice also reported there had been a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner and that Secret Service cleared the room. Cabinet secretaries were reported to have been cleared from the room. Read the full article here

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, following a briefing Monday from U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran, said he saw “no indication” of a security lapse at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “It’s a challenge to bring that many people, 2,500 or whatever the number was … but they gave us a good explanation,” the Illinois Democrat told reporters of Curran’s presentation to himself and the panel’s chair, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). Curran is currently making the rounds on Capitol Hill after a shooter attempted to blow past the magnetometers outside the hotel ballroom where President Donald…

Estonia’s Alar Karis has reportedly proposed appointing an EU envoy to Moscow to prepare for the end of the Ukraine conflict Estonian President Alar Karis has said the EU should be prepared for talks with Russia in case the Ukraine conflict ends suddenly, media outlets have reported. The remarks, made in an interview with the Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat and published on Monday, come after four years during which the EU has refused to engage in dialogue with Moscow.  The Estonian president also dismissed claims that Russia could attack the Baltic state, arguing that they are driven by those seeking to…

Spending on defence is surging in Europe while it falls in the United States, suggesting the Trump effect driving European engagement with NATO remains alive and well. Analysis of global military spending found that in 2025, $2.8 trillion or 2.5 per cent of worldwide Gross Domestic Product was directed towards militaries. Spending rose by 2.9 per cent and has increased every year for 11 consecutive years, leaving defence budgets worldwide 41 per cent higher today than in 2015, so found the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in their annual report. Incredibly while global defence spending showed healthy growth, it did…