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The United Kingdom does not have a blasphemy law, but that didn’t stop the Criminal Prosecution Service trying their best, leading to something of a volte-face after backlash. 50-year-old Hamit Coskun was charged with acting with intent to cause “harassment, alarm or distress” against the “religious institution of Islam” by the UK’s Criminal Prosecution Service (CPS) this week after allegedly burning a copy of the Qur’an outside the Turkish consulate in London. Yet after a short campaign by free speech activists, including the Free Speech Union, which is supporting Coksun, and Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick, the charge has now been…
The U.S. has not had a president with a backbone to actually negotiate trade deals for “decades,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said during an interview on Breitbart News Saturday, discussing President Donald Trump’s nature as the ultimate dealmaker-in-chief. “You can go back to the last three decades, four decades. I don’t know how far you want to go back. We’ve never had a president be able to actually negotiate deals and have a backbone to actually structure it to where the United States is competing on a fair — on a fair playing field,” the senator began, noting that former…
A bill that will help fund the installation of baby boxes is head to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s (R) desk. The rescue boxes, like Safe Haven Baby Boxes, were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die. Baby boxes are temperature-controlled incubators often built into exterior walls of fire stations, police stations, and hospitals that can be accessed from inside. At-risk mothers can safely and legally place their newborns inside. Once the baby is inside the baby box the outside door locks and the mother has time to leave before an alarm goes off…
Bodycam footage of New Jersey Democrats assaulting ICE agents in Newark A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman on Saturday said that members of Congress bodyslammed a female ICE agent. Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, appeared on CNN to discuss the violent confrontation between New Jersey Democrats and ICE Agents at the Delaney Hall detention facility. Democrat members of Congress and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka stormed the ICE facility in Newark on Friday. Mayor Baraka was arrested and charged with federal trespass on Friday, however, more arrests are imminent, the DHS confirmed on Saturday. “There will likely be more…
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – DECEMBER 23: Derek Carr #4 of the New Orleans Saints leaves the field … More following a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on December 23, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers defeated the Saints 34-0. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)Getty Images In an abrupt turn of events, the New Orleans Saints will enter the 2025 NFL season with a new starting quarterback under center. According to sources close to NFL Insiders Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo, Saints quarterback Derek Carr announced his retirement from the NFL after an 11-year…
Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Silicon Valley darling Theranos who was exposed as a total fraud, has lost her bid to have an appeal of her 2022 fraud conviction reheard by the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. CNBC reports that the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has denied Elizabeth Holmes’ request for a rehearing before the original three-judge panel that upheld her conviction. The court also stated that no judge on the circuit court had requested a vote on whether to have the full court rehear the appeal. This decision leaves Holmes with only one remaining option…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine and its allies are ready for a “full, unconditional ceasefire” with Russia for at least 30 days starting on Monday, Ukrainian FM Andrii Sybiha said Saturday. His remarks came as the leaders of four major European countries visited Kyiv, amid a push for Moscow to agree to a truce and launch peace talks on ending the nearly three-year war. They followed what Sybiha said was a “constructive” phone call between them, U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Saturday also marked the last day of a unilateral three-day ceasefire declared by Russia…
“Steel spine” President Donald Trump is making “generational” deals, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said in an interview on Breitbart News Saturday. “It’s amazing to watch,” Moreno said of the trade deals Trump is working on in real time. “I mean, the President is obviously, this is his strong — strongest suit.” “The Democrats don’t know what to do about it, because they realize, over the last four years, they had an auto pen that was in charge of the White House — a guy who is basically a drooling incompetent, and now you have a president that’s deeply engaged. I…
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) was arrested for allegedly criminally trespassing at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in New Jersey. Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba revealed in a post on X that Baraka was taken into custody after trespassing at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center and ignoring “multiple warnings” from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to remove himself from the property. “The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon,”…
The former US president believes he could have beaten his successor in last year’s election had he not dropped out Former US President Joe Biden has criticized the first 100 days in office of his successor, Donald Trump, while dismissing widespread speculation about his own cognitive decline, which was widely seen as the key reason behind his decision to drop out of the race.In an interview with ABC News, Biden gave his take on Trump’s performance, saying “He’s had the worst 100 days any president’s ever had. And I would not say honesty has been his strong point.” His comments…