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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) used his official Spanish-language response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night to make unsubstantiated claims that Trump is preparing to use Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to “manipulate” the midterm elections. Sen. Padilla’s address was one of two official responses to the State of the Union on Tuesday, alongside that of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger. While Padilla’s was intended to be the Spanish-language response, he veered into English on several occasions and used strange grammatical constructions in others, attempting to identify with his audience by referencing Puerto Rican musician Bad…

Paris is upset over Washington’s reaction to the murder of a right-wing activist in France US Ambassador to France Charles Kushner has pledged not to “interfere” in French internal affairs after a diplomatic row over the killing of a right-wing activist.The US described the incident as a manifestation of rising “violent radical leftism” in France. Paris took offense, taking the statements as interference in its domestic politics.The French Foreign Ministry summoned Kushner over the remarks, but the envoy failed to show up. In retaliation, the ministry said the diplomat would “no longer be allowed direct access to members of the…

Feb. 25 (UPI) — Warner Bros. Discovery announced Tuesday that Paramount Skydance has raised its purchase offer to $31 per share, which may top Netflix’s offer. WBD last week said it would reopen talks with Paramount, and Netflix granted a 7-day waiver that ended Monday to allow shareholders a chance to get clarity on the offer. Netflix kept matching rights. Netflix and Paramount have been trying to buy WBD since October. After a bidding war between Netflix and Paramount, WBD accepted Netflix’s bid on Dec. 5. Soon after, Paramount launched a hostile bid to buy WBD, but the board didn’t…

Two environmental activists on Wednesday heckled Australia’s left-wing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, interrupting his speech at an event in Melbourne. The incident occurred at the Future Victoria Summit, a one-day event by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Herald-Sun newspaper. Sky News Australia chief anchor Kieran Gilbert served as the event’s host. Sky News reports Albanese had just started his speech when he was interrupted by a young man who yelled at him over gas companies. Footage of the incident published by local outlets show the young man holding a small sign that read, “No new coal or gas.”…

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday evening to grant the military unrestricted access to its AI model or face significant penalties, according to sources familiar with the matter. Axios reports that the ultimatum was delivered during a tense meeting on Tuesday, where Hegseth informed Amodei that the Pentagon would either terminate its relationship with Anthropic and designate the company as a supply chain risk, or invoke the Defense Production Act to compel the company to customize its model for military requirements without safeguards. The confrontation represents an escalation in the ongoing dispute between…

President Donald Trump blasted Democrats for refusing to acknowledge the parents of slain Ukraine refugee Iryna Zarutska during the State of Union address on Tuesday evening. “How do you not stand?” the president asked. “Unleashing America’s promise requires keeping America safe. We have made incredible strides, yet dangerous repeat offenders continue to be released by pro-crime Democrat politicians again and again,” President Trump said. Watch Below: “We are honored to be joined tonight by a woman who’s been through hell, Anna Zarutska,” the president continued. “In 2022, she and her beautiful daughter, Iryna, fled war-torn Ukraine to live with relatives near Charlotte, North…

President Donald Trump wants Congress to sidestep internal debates and extend a key surveillance program — and he has made the demand directly to key Hill Republicans. At issue is the foreign spy program known as Section 702, which is set to lapse on April 20. Lawmakers in both parties want to impose new restrictions to prevent the intelligence community from searching program data for Americans without a warrant. Trump has instead asked for a straight extension with no changes, according to Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton and three other senior lawmakers who were granted anonymity to discuss the…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Beijing on Wednesday aiming to attain “fair” cooperation with China and deepen economic ties with the Communist dictatorship. Merz and his roughly 30-people delegation will conduct a two-day agenda to China that will run through Thursday and includes encounters with dictator Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. The BBC reports that Merz, before leaving to Germany, said that Germany wants “a partnership with China that is balanced, reliable, regulated and fair.” “China has risen to the ranks of the major powers,” he told reporters in Berlin on Tuesday before departing, as per Bloomberg. “Our…

Google has issued an apology after a computer-generated news notification about the recent BAFTA Film Awards controversy contained the N-word. The tech giant claims AI is not to blame for the racial slur being sent out to to unsuspecting users. Deadline reports that the tech giant distributed a notification about the recent BAFTA Tourette’s controversy that link to a Hollywood Reporter article on the incident. The alert’s headline read “How the Tourette’s Fallout Unfolded at the BAFTA Film Awards,” but the company’s computer-generated text inviting users to “see more on” the topic contained the N-word, shocking users who received the…

During President Donald Trump’s State of the Union (SOTU) address on Tuesday evening, he honored 6-year-old Dalilah Coleman, who has been left with life-altering injuries as a result of a crash allegedly caused by an illegal alien semi-truck driver released into the United States under former President Joe Biden. “Dalilah Coleman was only 5 years old in June 2024 when an 18-wheel tractor-trailer plowed into her traveling at 60 miles an hour or more,” Trump said. “The driver was an illegal alien let in by Joe Biden and given a Commercial Driver’s License by open borders politicians in California.” “Doctors…