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A well-connected former Washington, D.C.-area attorney and globetrotting executive, Richard Graham Foote O’Donoghue, was arrested upon reentering the United States and charged with serious tax crimes and lying to federal investigators, the Department of Justice announced Friday. The indictment accuses O’Donoghue of evading taxes on nearly $1 million in income and attempting to defraud the IRS through a coordinated pattern of deception, including filing false returns and fabricating his job title to a tax preparer. O’Donoghue, who currently resides in the United Kingdom, previously served as CEO of a foreign defense contractor based in Dubai, raising eyebrows about the extent…

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 14: Oliver Oakes, Team Principal of Alpine F1 and Flavio Briatore, … More Executive Advisor of Alpine F1 in the Pitlane during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on March 14, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Mark Sutton – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)Formula 1 via Getty Images The Miami Grand Prix may have marked the end of an era for Alpine, who replaced Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto less than a day after team principal Oliver Oakes abruptly quit. The team, which counts NFL…

President Donald Trump Announced on Friday that he will establish the National Center for Warrior Independence at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Campus. The center will provide much-needed assistance and services to homeless veterans, including housing. The president orders that funds previously allocated for housing and other services for illegal aliens be redirected to supporting our veterans. “During my first term, I signed legislation to increase accountability and expand benefits and choices for veterans in accessing care, and my second term will build on those efforts,” President Trump said in the statement announcing the center. “The VA campus in…

Michael O’Leary, CEO of Cinema United — the largest exhibition trade organization in the world, representing more than 31,000 movie screens in all 50 states — is praising President Donald Trump’s recent announcement about instituting a tariff on foreign film imports. O’Leary says he is prepared to consult with the White House and Congress to help the industry regain its footing in America. “It is important to recognize that theatrical exhibition is not a Hollywood industry, but a Main Street industry,” O’Leary said, according to The Wrap. O’Leary added that his organization is “encouraged by recent efforts to bolster the…

Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA) said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that the Trump administration’s arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center was “shameful.” Guest host Antonia Hylton said, “I need to ask you two, if you’ve seen the images coming out of Newark, of the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka, and some of your colleagues were there on the ground with him in this incredible scene. You know, we see a congressman right there in the center, sort of stuck in, in this tug of war with officials on the ground there. What’s your…

North Korea earlier helped Moscow expel Ukrainian troops from the border Kursk Region North Korean leader Kim Jong-un paid a visit to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang on Friday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. He used the occasion to reaffirm North Korea’s alliance with Moscow and promised to defend the country from any Western-backed attack, including by “the Kiev neo-Nazis.”Kim placed flowers at the Eternal Flame monument to honor the Soviet soldiers, calling it a tribute to the “heroic lives and feats of the unknown soldiers,” according to the…

Frio County Texas Judge Rochelle Lozano Camacho was booked on Friday and charged with three counts of vote harvesting during her 2022 primary campaign. On Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of six individuals, including public officials in Frio County, for participating in an illegal vote harvesting scheme. The individuals were arrested on the previous Friday excluding the Frio County Judge Rochelle Lozano Camacho who was not processed at the time. On Friday, Judge Rochelle Lozano Camacho turned herself in to police and charged with vote harvesting during her primary election. Camacho had been dealing with medical…

Spike Lee Directing Edward Norton on the set of “25th Hour” in New York City.WireImage Spike Lee movies brazenly examine critical pieces of society through film, shining a spotlight on issues of race, identity and social justice that are frequently overlooked. They have become some of the most sought-after cultural and Black movies of all time because Lee’s storytelling is not just distinct; it is raw and unflinching. Spike Lee’s Films In Release Order Lee’s repertoire has made him one of the most provocative filmmakers of our time over the course of his four-decade career. Here are all the films,…

User-generated AI chatbots posing as licensed therapists on Instagram are providing mental health advice without proper qualifications, an investigation by 404 Media has found. 404Media reports that Instagram users seeking mental health support through the platform’s AI Studio chatbots are being misled by bots falsely claiming to be licensed therapists, according to a recent investigation by 404 Media. When probed for credentials, many of these AI-powered “therapists” provide fabricated license numbers, practices, and educational backgrounds in an attempt to establish credibility and authority. The investigation involved extensive testing of various therapy-themed chatbots created by Instagram users through the AI Studio feature.…

Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight” that “nobody is safe” because President Donald Trump had “weaponized law enforcement.” Discussing witnessing Newark Mayor Ras Baraka being arrested at the Delaney Hall Detention Center, Watson Coleman said, “Our rights are being taken away and if they can do what they did to Mayor Baraka and that they do what they did to the three of us, LaMonica, Rob and me, then they can do it to anybody, and they are doing it to anybody and everybody.” She continued, “Even though we had the authority to be there, even though we…