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Politicians promise immigration control while the economic and demographic forces driving migration remain firmly in place The European Union’s new migration rules, agreed upon in principle by lawmakers and state representatives, will allow EU countries to transfer rejected asylum seekers to third countries if they cannot be returned to their countries of origin. They also introduce stricter rules for dealing with illegal migrants, especially those considered a security risk.The media has called it “historic,” “hardline,” and the “strictest-ever migration law” as politicians behind their lecterns spoke of control and the defense of borders. Yet in truth, the EU has once again promised…

Israel secretly deployed elite military and intelligence personnel to Azerbaijan during the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran as part of a broader network of covert positions established across the Middle East to support operations against the Islamic Republic, according to a report published Friday. CNN, citing four sources familiar with the matter, reported that Israeli forces operated from multiple locations in southern Azerbaijan near Iran’s northern border, including positions roughly 60 miles from the city of Tabriz, which was later struck during Israel’s campaign against the regime. The deployment reportedly included special operations personnel, members of Israel’s elite air force rescue…

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials are clapping back at Democrats, particularly Sens. Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) as well as Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), for claiming that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities are unsafe and inhumane, arguing that New Jersey prisons are far worse. For weeks, Sherrill and other Democrats have called for the closure of Delaney Hall, the Newark-based detention facility operated by GEO Group for ICE. “I’m deeply disturbed by reports of the poor conditions at Delaney Hall. Unsafe, inhumane, and unconstitutional living conditions are completely unacceptable,” Sherrill said in a statement last…

The bipartisan Senate bill aimed at reforming and saving college sports, got the most powerful endorsement it could get on Thursday: President Trump himself. The president took to social media to endorse the Protect College Sports Act and praise its sponsors, Senator Ted Cruz (R, TX), Maria Cantwell (D, WA), and Chris Coons (D, DE). “After unending lawsuits and crazed rulings, there are virtually no limits anymore, and soon most Colleges won’t have Sports because each and every one of them will be bankrupt, never to be heard from again,” he wrote. “Women’s Sports, and the Olympics, itself, are in…

Existing reserves of spares are reportedly insufficient to maintain key military equipment as Berlin pushes a major buildup The German Armed Forces could see their operational capabilities severely limited by a growing repair backlog caused by a critical shortage of spare parts, according to media reports citing internal documents from a key military maintenance provider.The situation is particularly serious for heavy equipment, the newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and public broadcasters WDR and NDR reported this week, citing data from HIL, the state-owned company responsible for much of the Bundeswehr’s repairs.Only about half of Germany’s PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers, Marder infantry…

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt on Thursday rejected an European Commission request to drop internal border checks, emphasizing their continued necessity to fight illegal migration despite the commission’s claims. Presently, Germany is one of several European Union members that have active internal border checks to fight against uncontrolled illegal migration, terrorist threats, and other risks to their national security. Germany’s current controls have been active since 2024. Speaking to reporters at a meeting of E.U. Interior Ministers in Luxembourg, Germany’s Dobrindt rejected doing away with his nation’s border checks, reaffirming their efficiency, results, and necessary existence to keep curbing illegal migration.…

A K-8 school principal in Florida was suspended after a Fetty Wap lyric appeared under her name in the yearbook, although she denies involvement. Katie O’Connell, principal of Trout Creek Academy in St. Johns County, was placed on administrative leave as the school district investigates the appearance of the rap lyric, which is part of a song about drugs and strippers, the New York Post reported.  The district is specifically investigating allegations of “inappropriate conduct” after a parent complained about the lyric printed on the first page of the 2025-2026 yearbook, per the report.  “‘Everybody hatin’, we just call them…

Anthropic similarly agreed to pay Elon Musk’s tech firm some $45 billion for compute capacity last month Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $920 million per month for AI compute capacity through June 2029, according to the space-tech behemoth’s filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.The arrangement is worth almost $30 billion over the full period and covers the rental of “approximately 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, CPUs, memory, and other related components,” Business Insider reported on Friday.Google told the outlet that the contract is intended to meet demand for Gemini Enterprise, its agentic AI platform, and described SpaceX as a long-time…

The European Union could reduce the refugee status protections it grants to military age Ukrainian men because “the war needs to be fought and won”, and should crack down on Russians coming to the bloc for luxury shopping trips and beach holidays, ministers were told. A European Union Justice and Home Affairs summit in Luxembourg has discussed the need to reform the bloc’s open borders approach to the Ukraine War, with crackdowns on both Ukrainians and Russians proposed. While preventing Russians from enjoying their summer holidays in Europe is already widespread, a further proposal came from the Swedish government, with…

An illegal alien is accused of putting a state trooper in the hospital in a drunk driving crash in the sanctuary state of Massachusetts. Lucas Gustavo Dibenedetto, an illegal alien from Brazil, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week after having been charged with drunk driving, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and driving the wrong way. According to the Massachusetts State Police, on May 31, Dibenedetto was allegedly driving drunk when he began driving the wrong way down Route 1 and crashed into a state trooper. The state trooper was rushed to a nearby hospital and is…