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However, the legislation’s sponsors admit it faces near-certain defeat in the Senate and a likely Trump veto The US House of Representatives has passed a bill on imposing new sanctions on Russia and expanding Ukraine aid, with the move being largely driven by Democrats and 18 Republicans breaking party ranks. However, even the bill’s supporters conceded that the legislation was more of a symbolic gesture as it is facing an uphill battle in the Senate and a likely veto from US President Donald Trump.The so-called Ukraine Support Act, introduced by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) in April 2025, passed Thursday with…

The owner of a Border Collie named “Chutou” who had built up a formidable fanbase on China’s Tiktok equivalent Douyin denounced this week that thieves stole his dog and sold it to a restaurant for $27, where it was butchered and eaten. Chutou became popular online for accompanying his owner on road trips across the vast Chinese heartland, described in Chinese media reports as a docile and friendly dog. In statements shared online, which some reports claim have since been deleted, the owner claimed that the thieves, when confronted, said that Chutou was quick to follow the strangers, making it…

Global cloud software company Teradata has told its 5,100 employees they will not receive annual salary raises this year as it redirects funds toward AI investments. Business Insider reports that Teradata has informed its workforce that the company would be reallocating the budget typically reserved for annual salary adjustments to instead invest in AI talent and expertise. This marks the second known instance of a company openly prioritizing AI spending over traditional employee compensation. In the memo, Teradata CEO Steve McMillan stated that the company’s focus for 2026 is to “win in the market with AI.” To achieve this goal, the…

Several women who previously dated Graham Platner have described “unsettling” and controversial behavior by the Democrat looking to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). The New York Times profiled several women who shared a romantic past with Platner, further piling onto the controversies that have plagued the candidate since discussions about his Nazi tattoo. In one interview, conservative commentator Lyndsey Fifield, who dated Platner between 2013 and 2015, said that he would often be rough with her while discussing violence, clarifying that he never physically assaulted her. “He said this a lot: If anybody ever broke in here, I would rape them,”…

Automated bot and AI agent traffic has overtaken human-generated web traffic for the first time ever, reaching this milestone earlier than industry experts anticipated, according to data from major internet hosting service Cloudflare. Automated bot and AI agent traffic now accounts for the majority of internet activity, marking a historic shift in how the web is being used. Cloudflare, one of the world’s largest internet hosting services, reports that 57.4 percent of requests to websites it hosts are now automated bot requests, while only 42.6 percent originate from human users. Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, expressed surprise at…

A report drafted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the status of Iran’s nuclear program reportedly asserts that the U.N. agency has no way of verifying the status or location of the country’s illicit enriched uranium stockpile, multiple news outlets reported on Thursday. The IAEA has a global responsibility to inspect and approve the nuclear activities of countries that are parties to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), such as Iran. The Iranian terror regime has historically obstructed the IAEA’s ability to monitor its activities, however, particularly its high levels of uranium enrichment, which experts agree are not consistent with…

Thursday on MS NOW’s “All In,” Democrat Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner said the new allegations made in The New York Times regarding abusive physical behavior and his knowledge of a Nazi-linked tattoo were “not true” and “politically motivated Partial transcript as follows: CHRIS HAYES: There’s some serious stuff I want to go through with you, and I think voters have a right to know about it. And I want to, with what Ms. Fifield says about being “rough,” is the term in the . And I’m going to just read you the account so you have it. This is from the…

Lionsgate Studio Vice Chairman Michael Burns says using artificial intelligence to make films will save his company “tens and tens of millions of dollars a year.” Burns even added that an AI company may soon become powerful enough to buy Lionsgate out — the studio has been “long considered a ripe acquisition target,” according to Deadline. “It’s like Moore’s law on crack,” Burns said during a discussion at the Gabelli Sports & Media Symposium in New York on Thursday. “It is going so fast. If you own the existing IP, you get a lot of different ways to monetize it.…

Colombia’s national soccer team experienced an awkward moment on Thursday during the team’s official FIFA World Cup sendoff ceremony, presided over by outgoing Marxist President Gustavo Petro. The ceremony triggered an ongoing controversy for the team’s captain, soccer star James Rodríguez, amid accusations that he allegedly “snubbed” Petro’s youngest daughter, Antonella Petro, by refusing to take a photo with her. Colombia is one of the 48 nations competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament, jointly hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico and scheduled to take place from June 11 to July 19.  President Petro, who is in the final…

Markwayne Mullin’s Department of Homeland Security has arrested two managers and almost 50 illegal migrants at a manufacturing site in South Carolina. “Good stuff by @ICEgov,” said Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project. “This is what we should see at scale, daily to solve the illegal alien problem.” South Carolina Public Radio reported:  South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced six people were indicted and another 48 people detained on immigration charges after a raid at a plant in Abbeville. The investigation, dubbed “Ghost Story,” began in fall 2024 with cooperation from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, U.S. Immigration…