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The continent’s expenditure has risen by an estimated 14%, according to SIPRI, as Russia accuses the EU of reckless militarization European military spending helped to propel global defense expenditure to a record high of almost $3 trillion in 2025 despite the US decreasing its outlay, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released on Monday.Worldwide military expenditure rose 2.9% in real terms last year to reach $2.887 trillion, marking the 11th consecutive annual increase and lifting the global military burden to 2.5% of GDP, the report said. SIRPI experts explained the trend by citing several…

Aven’s new bitcoin-backed card has interest rates that vary depending on how much collateral you pledge.AvenAven, a Silicon Valley fintech with more than 100,000 customers that offers a credit card grafted onto a home equity line of credit (HELOC), is launching a bitcoin-backed card. The new card lets consumers pledge bitcoin as collateral to access a credit line of up to $1 million over a term of up to 10 years. Its average percentage interest rates (APRs) range from 7.99% to 11.99%, notably lower than the average U.S. credit card rate of 21.52%, according to the Federal Reserve.To use Aven’s…

Spain’s Correos state postal office processed mass amnesty applications for illegal migrants without requiring arrivals to prove they have no criminal record — one of the allegedly indispensable requirements listed by the leftist government in Madrid. Correos‘ offices across Spain are being used by the Spanish socialist government in its ongoing process to grant mass amnesty to half a million illegal migrants, with over 370 Correos locations currently serving as amnesty application reception centres per the Spanish Inclusion Ministry. The Spanish postal service, on its official website, explicitly states that illegal migrants seeking to benefit from the amnesty must present proof that…

The suspect at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner reportedly charged a magnetometer and took a shot at a Secret Service agent, according to reports. Speaking to Fox News, Sean Hannity detailed what they know about the reports of shots fired and subsequent evacuation of President Donald Trump and Cabinet officials at the Saturday night dinner. Noting that he spoke with top White House officials, Hannity said that the shooter “charged the magnetometer closest to the front door [and] took a shot at a uniformed division service agent.” “The shooter took a shot at a secret service member just at…

The Trump administration is urging lawmakers to fund the Department of Homeland Security after a gunman breached security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner over the weekend. President Donald Trump on Monday took to social media to press Republicans to forge ahead with a party-line budget maneuver called reconciliation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol by June 1 despite Democrats’ objections. “The Senate passed this Blueprint last week on Thursday morning, and now, House Republicans must UNIFY, and pass the same Blueprint to get the Bill done,” the president said in a post on Truth Social. “I’ve…

An explosion outside a police station near Belfast has been linked to the dissident republican splinter group and is being treated as “attempted murder” Police in Northern Ireland have foiled a suspected car bomb attack, evacuating residents moments before an explosion outside a station in Dunmurry, southwest of Belfast. The authorities suspect the New Irish Republican Army (New IRA), a dissident republican splinter group, was behind the blast.The incident occurred late on Saturday, when a hijacked vehicle carrying a gas cylinder device was parked outside the station. At a press conference on Sunday, PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said…

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon announced a major win for American artificial intelligence (AI) dominance after her department intervened in a lawsuit challenging a new Colorado law that prohibits “algorithmic discrimination” during an interview on Breitbart News Saturday. Speaking with Breitbart News political editor Bradley Jaye, Dhillon revealed details on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent success at getting the state of Colorado to agree not to enforce SB24-205, which requires AI developers and deployers to satisfy certain disclosure, reporting, and prevention requirements when creating algorithm products designed for services like mortgage lending, student admissions, and job-candidate…

Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez condemned Saturday’s apparent assassination attempt against President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. On Saturday, a man identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen attempted to attack the White House Correspondents Dinner at the Washington Hilton, which Trump was attending for the first time as President of the United States in the company of his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other senior members of his administration. A Secret Service official received a gunshot round to his bulletproof vest, but is presently in “great shape,” President Trump later detailed. A senior…

A bill to fight against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) discrimination by prohibiting federal agencies from awarding contracts on the basis of race or sex has been introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who stated that his goal is to “restore merit-based partnerships” in government contracting. The legislation, titled the “Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act,” would eliminate existing quotas, mandates, and programs that steer government contracts to companies based on the race and/or sex of the company’s owner. Specifically, federal DEI programs like the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and the Minority Business Development Act of 2021 would be eliminated, along…

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that authorities directed him and other officials to leave the venue “consistent with protocol,” adding that he would address the public within 30 minutes from the White House Press Briefing Room and that all senior officials, including the first lady and Cabinet members, were safe. Trump posted on Truth Social: Law Enforcement has requested that we leave the premises, consistent with protocol, which we will do, immediately. I will be giving a press conference in 30 minutes from the White House Press Briefing Room. The First Lady, plus the Vice President,…