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Kiev is trying to sell its wartime experience for support because it has little else to offer Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s recent diplomatic activity in the Middle East is an attempt to find new political and financial oxygen at a moment when his usual supporters are becoming less reliable. For several years, the Ukrainian leadership built its strategy on the assumption that the US and Europe would continue to provide weapons, money, intelligence, and diplomatic protection for as long as necessary. But now, American support is increasingly politicized, European societies are visibly tired of the Ukraine issue, and the situation…

CLAIM: A mysterious X account using the screen name “Henry Martinez” posted the name of alleged White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooter Cole Allen in December 2023, the only tweet made on the account. VERDICT: TRUE. Social media users discovered the tweet shortly after authorities identified Allen as the suspect arrested at the Washington Hilton. The account, identified as @HenryMa79561893, posted the message at 6:07 p.m. on December 21, 2023, and has remained inactive since that date. The mysterious nature of the post has divided internet users into two camps. Some dismiss it as pure coincidence, while others believe there may…

LONDON (AP) – Police in Northern Ireland have declared a security alert in the town of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, after reports that a car bomb exploded near a police station. Homes in the vicinity have been evacuated and members of the public are advised to avoid the area, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said on Sunday. “It is distressing and disturbing to wake up to the news that a car bomb exploded outside Dunmurry police station last night,” said Sorcha Eastwood, a member of the U.K. Parliament who represents the Langan Valley, southwest of Belfast. “A…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it was including the use of firing squads as an approved method to be used in carrying out the federal death penalty. In a press release, the DOJ explained that the agency was taking several “actions” in order to “restore its solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences.” The actions taken by the DOJ included “readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized” during President Donald Trump’s first administration, and “expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad.” “The prior administration failed in its duty to…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – At least 16 people have been killed in strikes over the weekend across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia, local authorities said, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted fresh warnings about the risks posed by attacks near the plant during Russia’s more than four-year invasion of its neighbor. The death toll from Russian drone and missile strikes on the city of Dnipro rose to nine, regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said Sunday. One man was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the port city of Sevastopol, In Russian-occupied Crimea, Moscow-installed authorities said Sunday.…

Friday on Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt described the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “criminal organization, run by fraudsters.” Host John Roberts said, “I want to ask you about the DOJ going after the Southern Poverty Law Center, which was at one point in its history, a very reputable Civil Rights organization fighting the KKK, according to the DOJ. All of that has changed. And I guess the thing that’s probably most relevant to President Trump is that they were paying the person who was involved in that Unite the Right Rally in…

Judit Lannert is also known for her pro-Ukraine views and has been a critic of the previous government Incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar has appointed the country’s “first LGBT activist” as education minister, according to local media.The Tisza Party leader, who defeated Viktor Orban’s Fidesz earlier this month, unveiled 12 cabinet ministers in a Facebook post on Friday as he prepares to form a new government.Judit Lannert was named minister of education and child care affairs, despite expectations that Rita Rubovszky, the headmistress of a Cistercian Catholic school, would take the role. Lannert is known as a critic of…

Friday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” network host Al Sharpton said President Donald Trump having the nuclear codes was scary because he could go “absolutely berserk.” Sharpton said, “It ought to be frightening to the public because we’re not just talking about a normal guy that is diminishing because of age or mental capacity, we’re talking about the president of the United States who has access to nuclear codes, who we just saw a story this week that they said they stopped him from doing something, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is there nobody there to stop…

The Finnish government has recently cut social and healthcare benefits and significantly raised financial support for Kiev Finnish Finance Minister Riikka Purra has warned of growing pressure on the country’s public finances. The warning comes just days after the government unveiled a multi-year fiscal plan that combines increased military aid to Ukraine with domestic spending cuts.The government’s fiscal plan for 2027–2030 was presented earlier this week. It includes cuts of €240 million to social and healthcare spending but €300 million in increased military support for Ukraine.“The state of public finances is extremely difficult, and the debt-to-GDP ratio is approaching 90%,”…

World leaders were quick to show their solidarity and condemn the apparent assassination attempt against U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday evening. President Trump was set to make his first appearance while in office at the annual gala at the Hilton Hotel on Saturday, when the glitzy D.C. insiders event was shut down as multiple gunshots rang out from the hall. The Secret Service safely escorted the President, First Lady Milania Trump, and Vice President JD Vance from the stage. One Secret Service officer was shot during the incident; however, he is reportedly in…