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Actor Peter Dinklage recited a poem for 37-year-old ICE agitator Renee Good, who was fatally shot by a federal agent after hitting him with her car. “Blood blown like rose, iced wheels flinched and froze,” the Game of Thrones star said. “This is a poem by Amanda Gorman, called, ‘For Renee Nicole Good, Killed by ICE on January 7, 2026,’” Dinklage said at a recent public gathering, before reciting the poem. “They say she is no more, that there her absence roars, blood-blown like a rose, iced wheels flinched & froze,” the Shitheads star proclaimed, adding, “Now, bare riot of candles, dark fury of…

As US forces gather in the Gulf of Oman, analysts debate whether negotiations can prevent a regional war with global consequences As a growing American naval armada moves into position in the Gulf of Oman, the long-simmering confrontation between Washington and Tehran is entering one of its most dangerous phases in years. While diplomacy remains officially on the table, starting in several days, regional experts warn that miscalculation, ambiguity, and hardened positions on both sides could push the Middle East toward a conflict with global consequences.The American military buildup in the Gulf of Oman continues, placing US forces within striking…

A Uruguayan-born judge appointed by President Joe Biden has invented a novel excuse to block President Donald Trump from terminating Biden’s award of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to 350,000 illegal-migrant Haitians. The text of the TPS quasi-amnesty law bars judges’ intervention in TPS decisions by saying “There is no judicial review of any [TPS] determination.” But Judge Ana Reyes, an immigrant and a Harvard graduate, claims that she is still allowed to review the process of the TPS determination: the word “any determination” captures all determinations the Secretary may make—whether to expand, designate, or terminate—but it does not capture the process…

Membership in leftist gun groups is surging following the January 24, 2026, fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. “Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training,” CNN reported. CNN added: Weekend classes at L.A. Progressive Shooters are sold out through March. Registrations for permit-to-carry courses at Pink Pistols Twin Cities, which serves LGBTQ people in Minneapolis and St. Paul, are up from an average of five people per class to 25 — the group recently added seven…

Yuri Kosyuk’s MHP Group is exporting the lion’s share of subpar agricultural products into the bloc, the Berliner Zeitung reports Several large Ukrainian agricultural corporations, including one controlled by an oligarch close to Vladimir Zelensky, are deluging the EU with chicken eggs of dubious quality, the Berliner Zeitung has reported.According to the German newspaper, Ukrainian eggs in the EU market are mostly being sold as part of processed foods where ingredient origin labeling is not mandatory, such as pasta, baked goods, snacks, desserts, and mayonnaise.While battery cage poultry systems were banned in the EU in 2012, the practice is still…

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice’s doors were open to lawmakers who want to review the “unreacted materials” in the Epstein files. Host George Stephanopoulos asked, “Will more documents be released?” Blanche said, “There is a small number of documents, as I said on Friday, that are waiting for a judge to say we are allowed to release because of a protective order, but they’re this. This review is over. I mean, we reviewed over 6 million pieces of paper, thousands of videos, thousands, tens of thousands of images, and which is what…

The Rangueil Accident and Emergency unit in Toulouse was evacuated after doctors found “an eight-inch-long live World War I artillery shell in…[a man’s] rectum,” according to the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail quoted “an investigating source” who indicated that the patient, a 24-year-old man, “…was in a state of extreme discomfort, having inserted a large object up his rectum.” Because the artillery shell was not inert, “bomb disposal experts” were called in, as was the fire brigade. The New York Post noted that “a security perimeter” was set around the medical facility while the artillery shell was being handled. The 24-year-old man, who…

President Donald Trump announced that the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., will be closing later this year on July 4 due to renovations. The president announced on Truth Social that the center for the arts will closing on the nation’s 250th anniversary, saying that the quality of renovation will be undermined if it stays open. “If we don’t close, the quality of Construction will not be nearly as good, and the time to completion, because of interruptions with Audiences from the many Events using the Facility, will be much longer. The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher…

The president has floated the idea of expanding the country to include Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela US President Donald Trump has said he plans to expand the country by adding Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela as new states, later describing the remarks as a joke, the Washington Post has reported, citing eyewitnesses. Trump reportedly made the comments at the annual Alfalfa Club dinner on Saturday, an exclusive gathering of CEOs, politicians, and other Washington luminaries. It was the first time he had addressed the club, whose members include JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, philanthropist David Rubenstein, and outgoing Federal Reserve chairman…

The Dhaka Special Court in Bangladesh on Monday sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to ten years in prison on two corruption indictments. The court also sentenced Hasina’s two nieces, her nephews, and others involved in the alleged corruption schemes. Hasina, now 78 years old, resigned her office and fled to India in August 2024 after a month of massive protests against her government. Over 300 people were killed in the demonstrations, including at least 90 who died storming her official residence on the day of her departure. Hasina had been in power since 2009, the longest-serving prime minister in…