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A city ordinance in Democrat-controlled Boston, Massachusetts, may cost food delivery companies thousands of dollars. The ordinance went into effect over the weekend and applies to companies including DoorDash, Uber Eats, and GrubHub, NBC Boston reported Tuesday. Far-left Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) proposed the regulations in February 2025, claiming they are about safety, the outlet reported at the time. She said: This ordinance is an important step toward making app deliveries safer for our city’s pedestrians and drivers on our streets, and toward ensuring delivery app drivers have insurance coverage from the large, national companies they work for. As…
President Donald Trump criticized Pope Leo XIV, labeling him as “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” and added that he does not want a Pope who opposes the actions of the Trump administration. In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated that he likes Pope Leo’s brother “much better” than he likes the Pope. Trump also noted he does not want a Pope “who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon,” or who “thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela.” “Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” Trump wrote. “He talks…
House Republicans are looking to bring their farm bill for a floor vote the last week of April, according to four people close to the talks who were granted anonymity to discuss them. The timing is still fluid and could be bumped to after the chamber’s one-week recess at the beginning of May as lawmakers continue high-stakes negotiations over immigration enforcement funding as well as a potential second reconciliation package. Republicans have been privately whipping votes since the House Agriculture Committee advanced the farm bill in a 34-17 vote last month, putting pressure on GOP colleagues to help deliver what…
The crew is in limbo amid conflicting statements from Iran and the US regarding the Strait of Hormuz, Raman Kapoor has told RT The captain of one of the civilian vessels stranded in the Persian Gulf has told RT in an exclusive interview that his crew has been languishing in uncertainty for over a month as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed to navigation.Around 25% of the world’s seaborne oil trade passed through the strategically important waterway before the start of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran in late February, according to the International Energy Agency.Over the weekend,…
The Bank of France has just completed a major restructuring of its gold reserves, selling 129 tonnes of gold previously stored at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and replacing it with newly refined, internationally compliant bullion now held entirely within its vaults in Paris. This operation represented roughly 5% of France’s total gold reserves and was not a reduction in holdings but a transformation in form and location. By taking advantage of the surge in gold prices, the central bank realized a capital gain of approximately €13 billion, reversing a €7.7 billion loss in 2024 into a reported profit of…
New official information from Spain’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) revealed 20 percent of the people living in Spain was born in another country, with foreign-born population surging over the past few years, the newspaper El País reported on Tuesday. El País explained that Spain now has ten million foreigners living in the country — which translates to one in five individuals. INE’s statistics, quoted by the newspaper, confirm that foreign-born population in Spain has dramatically grown from 2002 onwards. The amount of foreign-born in Spain increased by two million just in the past three years alone. The statistics reportedly indicate that…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg could soon have an AI clone of himself to interact with and provide feedback to employees, according to a report from the Financial Times. The Financial Times reports that the $1.6 trillion company has been working on photorealistic, AI-powered 3D characters that users can interact with in real time, according to four people familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, Meta has begun prioritizing a Zuckerberg AI character, three of those people said. The Meta chief is personally involved in training and testing his animated AI double, which could hold conversations with employees and offer them…
Stephen Cloobeck, the billionaire and former California governor hopeful who dropped out of the race to fund disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-CA) gubernatorial campaign, has kicked the congressman out of his mansion and reportedly wants his $1 million in donations back after multiple women accused him of sexual assault and misconduct. While Cloobeck called Swalwell his “little brother” in a March interview with Politico and “scoffed” when previously asked by the New York Post about the lawmaker’s rumored behavior with female staffers, the timeshare mogul told the outlet on Sunday that he is cutting ties with Swalwell — and the…
Sen. Ruben Gallego said his former close friend, Rep. Eric Swalwell, “betrayed” his trust following revelations of sexual assault allegations and denied having any knowledge of the serious accusations lodged against the California Democrat. “Eric Swalwell lied to all of us — lied to the most powerful people in this country — and they trusted him,” Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, told reporters Tuesday afternoon in his office. “I fell for it,” Gallego said, adding that Swalwell “became very good at being a predator.” Swalwell, who served with Gallego in the House, has withdrawn his bid for California governor and announced…
RT’s Charlotte Dubinsky speaks to Basel Adra about the killing of a ‘No Other Land’ contributor by a Zionist activist Israel is using the rare prosecution of a single settler over the 2025 killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen as propaganda to project itself as the Middle East’s only democracy, Oscar-winning filmmaker Basel Adra has told RT’s correspondent Charlotte Dubinsky.Hathaleen, who was killed in his village last July, contributed to Adra’s film No Other Land, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature last year. The incident, captured on video, drew international attention. The suspect, Israeli settler Yinon Levi,…