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Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has created a legal defense fund after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) accused him of misconduct and referred the matter to the Senate Ethics Committee, while his office denies wrongdoing and says he is cooperating with the investigation. NBC News reported that Sen. Ruben Gallego has set up the “Senator Ruben Gallego Legal Defense Fund,” according to an IRS filing, to help offset the cost of responding to the allegations. “Senator Gallego is under attack from right-wing conspiracy theorists like Anna Paulina Luna, the Trump Administration, and their cronies. This White House has made clear it…

The bloc seeks to keep the threshold – which Moscow has dismissed as illegal – at below $60 per barrel, the report claims The EU is mulling a temporary freeze on its price cap on Russian oil as the US-Israeli war against Iran led to soaring energy prices and global economic shock, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing sources.The proposed measure is part of the EU’s 21st sanctions package against Russia over the Ukraine conflict, which is set to be discussed in early June. Under the current oil price cap mechanism, Western entities are barred from handling Russian oil above the…

A survey has found that over seven in ten people in France believe that crime is “out of control”, with fears that the country is sliding towards a “Mexinization” in which public authority is destroyed. According to a poll this week from CSA for Le Journal du Dimanche, 72 per cent of French people believe that crime is out of control. This belief is firmest among supporters of the centre-right Républicains at 92 per cent, followed by 83 per cent of National Rally, and 62 per cent of supporters of President Emmanuel Macron’s neo-liberal bloc. The sentiment was also held…

Thursday on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” network host Al Sharpton claimed the White House UFC event was meant to bring the country back to a time when there were fights for the slave masters. Sharpton said, “The fact is that 250 years ago, when they signed the Declaration of Independence, we were enslaved. Women couldn’t vote; only white male landowners could. So if we want to celebrate something, celebrate the people that corrected. Right. The, the insidious behavior of some of the Founding Fathers who extolled the right virtues but didn’t practice them for all people at all genders. I think…

Snapchat, YouTube, and TikTok have also agreed to settle the bellwether case brought by a Kentucky school district, while denying liability Meta and the parent companies of Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok have agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit accusing the social media platforms of contributing to mental health problems among students, Reuters has reported. The lawsuit, brought by a Kentucky school district, is one of many similar cases pending in US courts and is widely seen as a bellwether.Reuters reported on Friday, citing settlement documents, that Meta Platforms, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp,…

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Protesters at an anti-ICE demonstration at San Antonio City Hall circulated flyers calling for people to protest and disrupt the upcoming three-day Turning Point Women’s Leadership Summit. The plot to disrupt the event unfolded after a San Antonio man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly posting an online threat aimed at the Turning Point Women’s Leadership Summit that in part read, “I know where to bomb.” Saturday’s anti-ICE demonstration, primarily intended to protest Texas Governor Greg Abbott and ICE’s immigration enforcement activities across the state, served as the backdrop for organizers of a campaign to disrupt…

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a growing class of attacks that exploit AI chatbots through sophisticated conversational manipulation rather than traditional technical hacking methods. The Verge reports that the evolution of attacks against AI chatbots has transformed dramatically since the technology first became widely available. Early exploitation methods were remarkably simple, requiring no technical expertise or coding knowledge. Users could often bypass safety measures simply by asking the AI system to ignore its instructions or pretend rules did not apply. These attacks, known as jailbreaks, successfully extracted prohibited information such as instructions for creating explosives, malware, and other dangerous materials from…

Giants linebacker Abdul Carter wasn’t at the team meeting where quarterback Jaxson Dart discussed his decision to introduce President Trump at a recent rally in New York. Now, we understand why. On Friday, in Carter’s first public comments since he publicly criticized Dart on social media for his support of Trump, the second-year player not only declined to strike a conciliatory tone, he actually doubled down on his criticism of Dart, saying it was his “responsibility” to take the QB to task for supporting the president. “Some things are bigger than football, and this is one of those things,” Carter…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is shunning Sunday’s annual parade honoring Israel, breaking with a decades-long political tradition because of his fealty to the Jewish state’s sworn opponents. The parade, called Israel Day on Fifth, sees Jewish groups descend on Manhattan’s iconic Fifth Avenue in a cornerstone display by the area’s Jewish community, drawing in participants from around the city and the region. AP reports the Israel Day parade has always been a must-attend event for mayors, governors and other political leaders eager to embrace the throngs of flag-waving revelers who congregate on Fifth Avenue to celebrate Israel’s birth in…

The FBI had a successful week in taking down child predators, rescuing children across the country, FBI Director Kash Patel told agents in this week’s internal update. “The FBI has made significant strides in protecting children from online predators,” Patel said in the weekly update, highlighting how the agency has protected children from violent predators. FBI Dallas announced the results of Operation Setoria, Patel said, describing it as a joint operation with partners in the Lone Star State. He revealed they rescued 87 children and arrested 273 individuals. It does not end there, either. “FBI New Haven arrested an individual…