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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Monday wrote to National Security Agency (NSA) Director Joshua Rudd about multiple instances of “deeply troubling abuses of power” by NSA analysts who have misused Section 702 of FISA to search private communications, including a person met through a dating service and a potential tenant. “I write to demand answers about a deeply troubling abuse of power by a National Security Agency analyst who exploited one of our nation’s most sensitive surveillance authorities to spy on Americans met through an online dating service,” Boebert wrote to the NSA. She recounted an incident that was disclosed…
Electoral authorities in Peru extended Sunday’s election process throughout Monday after a series of delays and logistical issues left several voting stations closed, thousands unable to vote, and uncertainty in the final results. While the final results remain uncertain at press time, preliminary results from Peru’s National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) indicate that, with about 52.7 percent of the votes counted as of Monday morning, conservative former first lady and former Senator Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party is leading the race with 16.9 percent, followed by conservative former mayor of Lima Rafael López Aliaga of the Popular Renovation party with 14.6…
The Iranian regime on Monday denied charging a “toll” to Indian ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, following President Donald Trump’s threat to prevent any ship that paid ransom to Iran from using the strait. “You can ask the Indian government if we have charged anything up to now,” Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Fathali insisted at a press conference from the Iranian embassy in New Delhi. “In this difficult time, we have good relations. We believe Iran and India share common interests and a common fate,” he said. Fathali said Iran is keeping in “close communication” with India,…
Rheinmetall’s FV-014 loitering munition is reportedly behind smaller rivals despite preferential government treatment German defense giant Rheinmetall is reportedly falling behind smaller competitors in the race to develop a new kamikaze drone, which in its current state is “not dangerous even to inflatable tanks,” according to the Berliner Zeitung.The newspaper cited classified documents and insider accounts as saying that the arms maker is being given preferential treatment from the government, even as its FV-014 drone has encountered multiple issues during testing. Rheinmetall is competing with startups Helsing and Stark Defence as Berlin pours billions of euros into a military buildup…
A tech company is leveraging Americans’ desire for a deeper connection with God by offering an AI-generated avatar of Jesus Christ that charges by the minute. The New York Post reports that the Southern California-based company Just Like Me allows users to join video calls with an AI-generated avatar of Jesus Christ. Like other religious AI tools emerging in the marketplace, the platform offers words of prayer and encouragement across multiple languages. The avatar remembers previous conversations, though its lip movements do not always synchronize perfectly with its speech. Chris Breed, CEO of Just Like Me, described the attachment users…
A survey conducted by Datafolha and published by local outlets on Sunday found that a majority of Brazilians believe that conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro should serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest over a prison cell. Bolsonaro, 71, is presently serving a 27 year prison sentence for alleged “crimes against democracy” after the nation’s top court, the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) found him guilty of allegedly conspiring with others to stage a purported “coup” to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election that he narrowly lost against current socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The former president had…
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is investigating Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) after multiple women alleged he sexually assaulted them, according to a report. In a statement to CNN, the Manhattan DA’s Office called for “survivors and anyone with knowledge of these allegations” to come forward and contact the office’s Special Victims Division. “We urge survivors and anyone with knowledge of these allegations to contact our Special Victims Division at 212-335-9373,” the office said. “Our specially trained prosecutors, investigators and counselors are well-equipped to help you in a trauma-informed, survivor-centered manner.” The statement from the Manhattan DA’s office comes after a…
Critics have slammed government’s ads urging drivers to remove roof racks and use public transport to save petrol A multimillion-dollar Australian government advertising campaign urging motorists to inflate tyres and remove roof racks to reduce fuel consumption has drawn political backlash, with critics describing it as “ridiculous.”Titled ‘Every Little Bit Helps’, the campaign cost AU$20 million (US$14 million) and rolled out on Monday across television, radio, online platforms, billboards, and posters. The ads promote steps such as “driving smoothly” and “unloading excess weight,” while urging motorists to cut car use by walking or cycling where possible and maintaining tire pressure,…
The Molly Rose Foundation (MRF), a British-based group that generally favors online safety measures for children, published research on Monday that found about 60% of Australian teenagers are evading their country’s landmark ban on social media accounts for children under 16. MRF’s report was entitled “Australia’s Social Media Ban – Is It Working?” The report concluded it wasn’t, not really, although the ban has significantly impacted the online activity of Australian youth. “There are significant questions about the effectiveness of Australia’s social media ban. Three fifths (61%) of 12–15 year-olds who previously held accounts on restricted platforms continue to have…
English street organiser Tommy Robinson has chosen to reveal the Islamic State publication calling for his assassination that saw him go into hiding and flee the United Kingdom earlier this year. Tommy Robinson, the anti-grooming gang activist and organiser who founded the now long-defunct English Defence League (EDL), who has lately turned to what is called citizen journalism, has made public two pages from one of the handful of glossy magazines published in the fundamentalist Islamic world dedicated to inspiring terrorism. These magazines have long been an area of concern for European counter-terror professionals, with earlier incarnations of Islamic State…