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LONDON (AP) – All four people aboard a small plane that crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport are dead, police said Monday. Essex Police said work continued to formally identify the victims of Sunday’s crash. “At this stage, we believe all four are foreign nationals,” Police Chief Superintendent Morgan Cronin told reporters. Britain´s national news agency, PA, reported that a document listing passengers indicated that two Dutch pilots and a Chilean nurse were among those aboard. The Beechcraft B200 Super King Air operated by Dutch firm Zeusch Aviation had flown from Athens, Greece, to Pula in Croatia…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has asked the central bank’s inspector general to review the ballooning costs of the ongoing renovation of the Fed’s Washington, D.C. headquarters—a project that has drawn sharp criticism from the Trump administration. Powell requested that Inspector General Michael Horowitz examine both the $2.5 billion budget and any additional issues he deems relevant, according to people familiar with the matter. Horowitz, previously the inspector general at the Justice Department, was appointed by Powell last month. He is known for his investigation into the FBI’s handling of the 2016 Russia probe, a report that was widely praised…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is taking heat for, once again, calling President Donald Trump a rapist. In a social media post on Friday, the Democrat wrote, “Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?”: However, social media users were quick to show her they were not happy with her statement. “Lawyer up – you’re going to need it,” one person wrote, while another said, “Who would have thought AOC would be stuoid enough to post that Trump was a rapist… …when he has NEVER been convicted of rape I hope…

Government insiders are resisting efforts to rein in their power, the US director of national intelligence has said US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has voiced frustration over what she described as a slow-moving effort to dismantle entrenched “deep state” elements within the federal government. Long-standing bureaucratic interests are actively obstructing President Donald Trump’s agenda, according to her.Gabbard’s remarks came after the Trump administration’s controversial decision not to release the ‘Epstein list’. Officials have denied the existence of any document naming alleged high-profile associates of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The decision has drawn criticism…

Credit: Aurora Police Department Colorado’s 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has decided to drop charges against Solomon Galligan, a 33‑year‑old registered sex offender who brazenly attempted to abduct an 11‑year‑old boy from Black Forest Hills Elementary School during recess in April 2024. The Gateway Pundit reported last year that parents received an urgent message from the school administration detailing how an unidentified adult male trespassed onto the school’s field, approached a group of fifth graders, and briefly engaged with them before leaving the premises. According to the Aurora Police Department (APD), the suspect appeared to attempt to grab one of…

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) posted its lowest polling numbers since 2012 on Monday, a grim omen of the ruling party’s fortunes heading into this Sunday’s elections for the upper house of the National Diet, the Japanese parliament. According to a survey from Japanese public broadcasting company NHK, the LDP lost 4.1 percent support in a single week, bringing its approval rating down to 24 percent. LDP Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru fared somewhat better, notching a 31 percent approval rating. LDP’s hopes lie in the fact that no single opposition party drew as much support in the NHK survey. The…

Dating app companies are making huge investments into AI features, but these companies may be missing the mark with their key Gen Z demographic according to a recent Bloomberg Intelligence survey. A new Bloomberg Intelligence survey has found that Generation Z, broadly defined as those born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, is less comfortable with AI-powered features in dating apps compared to their millennial counterparts. The survey, which polled nearly 1,000 US respondents between May 15 and 29, 2025, was conducted by Attest on behalf of Bloomberg Intelligence. The findings suggest that Gen Z users are more wary of…

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that people were dying because of “fear and terror” caused by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics. Host Dana Bash said, “We learned overnight that a migrant farm worker died after he fell from a roof during ice raids in Ventura County, in your state. Have you been able to talk to the family?” Padilla said, “I haven’t spoken with the family directly, but I have been in touch with, you know, president of the United Farm Workers Union. I’ve known her for a long time. We’ve been…

President Trump has cracked down on illegal immigration since returning to office More than 8,300 undocumented immigrant children, aged 11 or under, were issued deportation orders in the US in April, the highest monthly figure on record, The Independent reported on Sunday, citing court data. Many face immigration judges alone, without lawyers or guardians, according to the outlet.US President Donald Trump has made immigration a central policy since returning to office, accusing his predecessor Joe Biden of enabling mass illegal migration.Since Trump’s inauguration in January, immigration judges have reportedly ordered the removal of more than 53,000 minors, most of them…

President Trump on Monday spoke to reporters in the Oval Office during a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to discuss Ukraine. A reporter asked President Trump about the Biden autopen scandal after the New York Times confirmed Biden did not sign off on all pardons. Joe Biden defended the use of an autopen in an interview with the New York Times. The New York Times also reviewed some of the emails that the National Archives handed over to the Trump DOJ as part of their investigation into the autopen scandal. The emails revealed that Biden’s staffers made…