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Friday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said he was “tired” of a Democratic Party that throws immigrants under the bus. Host Kasie Hunt said, “When you did this interview with The Bulwark, you said this, quote, ‘No one who voted for the Laken Riley Act should have any role in the future leadership of the Democratic Party in this country. It’s disqualifying just like the Iraq War vote.’ Now, some of the people that voted for the Laken Riley Act — Ruben Gallego, Mark Kelly, Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock, Elissa Slotkin, you think all of those leaders should…

The US secretary of war has said America needs “partners, not protectorates,” amid a dispute over the military bloc’s burden sharing The US will no longer “subsidize” the defense of “wealthy” allies, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said, reviving a long-running dispute between Washington and NATO’s European members over military spending.The remarks were made at a major security summit in Singapore on Friday. Hegseth linked the Trump administration’s push for higher allied defense spending to its broader strategy of shifting resources toward the Indo-Pacific and countering what he described as Chinese “hegemony” in the region.“The era of the United…

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, lamented in remarks on Thursday that the United Nations, of which the IAEA is part, has been “absent” from the world’s greatest conflicts. Grossi made the remarks during an event in London, within the context of his candidate to run the United Nations. The term of current Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expiring this year, prompting the somewhat convoluted and backdoor process of various successor candidates making their pitches to the body. First, the Security Council, the most powerful body of the U.N., nominates a candidate, whom the General Assembly…

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows invalidated a proposed ballot measure that would ban transgender-identifying males from female sports and spaces in the state, but she finalized the wording of the measure in case a court ultimately reverses her decision. “On May 26, Bellows accepted a staff recommendation finding that supporters of the initiative had submitted 67,150 valid signatures, short of the 67,682 required to qualify for the ballot. The office found 12,542 signatures invalid out of petition forms filed with the state,” WMTW reported. “That decision remains final unless successfully appealed.” The ballot measure, which is backed by Protect…

Brazilian Senator and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro thanked President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the U.S. designating the dangerous Brazilian gangs Comando Vermelho (Red Command) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (First Capital Command, or PCC) Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) and Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). As Breitbart News exclusively reported on Thursday, Sec. Rubio announced that effective June 5, Red Command and PCC will be designated terrorist organizations by the United States. Both group are among Brazil’s deadliest criminal organizations — each with an extensive, decades-old list of violent narco-terrorism and criminal activities all throughout South America.…

Arkansas Democrat Hallie Shoffner’s Senate campaign reported tens of thousands of dollars in payments to Good Influence, the Louisville-based digital and influencer firm also used by radical Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner, according to FEC data. Federal Election Commission (FEC) data provided to Breitbart News shows Hallie Shoffner for Arkansas made four 2025 payments to Good Influence for “online consulting,” totaling $47,500. The entries list Good Influence in Louisville, Kentucky, with payments of $10,000 on August 8, $12,500 on September 19, $12,500 on October 14, and $12,500 on November 12. The committee listed in the records is Hallie Shoffner…

US forces disabled a vessel attempting to breach the blockade near the Strait of Hormuz, Central Command said A US aircraft fired a missile at a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman while enforcing the blockade of Iran, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said.According to CENTCOM, the Gambian-flagged M/V Lian Star ignored more than 20 warnings on Friday while sailing toward an Iranian port.“A US aircraft disabled the vessel by firing a Hellfire missile into the ship’s engine room after Lian Star’s crew failed to comply. The ship is no longer transiting to Iran,” CENTCOM said on X on…

Israeli Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman said on Wednesday that renewed military action against Iran is possible if Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities are not neutralized by a prospective peace deal with the United States. Newman told Iran International that Israel is “in favor” of talks, “as long as they attain the objectives.” “We cannot compromise on the objectives,” he continued. “As I said, the objectives are removal of the nuclear capability, zero enrichment, zero enriched uranium in Iran.” “Also, the fact of the ballistic missiles and stopping their support of the proxies which cause unrest in the entire…

Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico, who is running against Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton, claimed during an interview released on Monday that the Bible is “silent on abortion.” Talarico, who claims to be a Christian and is a Presbyterian seminarian, used his faith to defend the killing of unborn babies through abortion, telling Jamie Kern Lima he does not believe the issue is “a place for politicians.”  “I don’t believe it’s a place for the state,” Talarico said. “And that’s a belief I hold not despite my faith, but because of my faith. Jesus never talks about abortion. The…

An AI firm has reportedly struck a major deal with Stan Lee Universe to add the late Marvel Comics mogul’s voice and likeness to its collection of celebrities that companies can license for commercial use. ElevenLabs — an AI company specializing in generative audio, AI voice generation, and music creation — will be resurrecting Stan Lee, who died in 2018 at the age of 95, via artificial intelligence by adding the late writer to its Iconic Marketplace, according to a report by Variety. The company announced the deal Wednesday. “You know what they never tell you about legends?” an AI-generated synthesis depicting Stan…