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A gunman identified as an Antifa member convicted of wounding a police officer during an attack on a Texas immigration detention facility last July 4 was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison on Tuesday.
The successful prosecution of the terrorism-related charges was seen as a victory for the Trump administration and a deterrent for violent extremist groups that could pave the way for future prosecutions.
“It was never intended that anybody get hurt. It was never intended that any shots would be fired.”
Meanwhile, no terrorism-related charges were announced on June 16 by the federal government in connection with a Minneapolis case with alleged Antifa ties.
Fifteen Minnesota suspects are charged
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the murder conviction for 64-year-old Pedro Hernandez, who was found guilty in the 1979 killing of six-year-old Etan Patz in New York City. (snip) The article said, “In a 6-3 decision, the justices granted an appeal from Manhattan prosecutors, undoing a lower federal court’s ruling that had previously overturned the verdict against Pedro Hernandez. The court’s three liberal justices dissented.”
President Trump said Tuesday that Iran had "fully and completely" agreed to allow nuclear inspections, but Tehran said there were "no plans" for IAEA inspectors to return to its bombed enrichment sites. Vice President JD Vance said Monday that U.N. inspectors could return as soon as this week, though Mr. Trump said Tuesday there was "no rush."
Michael Lotito discusses the National Labor Relations Board’s decision on joint-employer classification.
The next three weeks are interesting times for amateur and professional skygazers with at least two events that would have astronomers using their telescopes more often.
Heart failure is one of the most common medical conditions in the United States, accounting for approximately 5.1 million cases of affected individuals throughout the country. Heart failure is a condition characterized by the weakening of the heart, due to which the heart fails to pump the amount of blood needed to meet the body’s requirement.
The Forth bridge is likely to join the wine cellars of Champagne and the Uruguayan birthplace of Fray Bentos tinned pies in being welcomed into the hallowed ranks of Unesco world heritage sites, following the 39th session of the UN’s heritage committee in Bonn this week.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, has blocked the Trump administration’s steps toward banning the purchase of soda with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, more commonly known as food stamps. (snip) A USDA spokesperson told the Hill that “the idea that taxpayer funds should not be used to purchase junk food should not be controversial.”
“USDA will not be backing down from the fight to Make America Healthy Again, including for families and communities reliant on SNAP,” the spokesperson continued.
Volkswagen will recall almost 500,000 vehicles released from 2009 to 2015 in the United States after the carmaker allegedly violated the law by using illegal software, which helped it go past environmental restrictions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released startling data Thursday on suicide rates among young people.
The report looked at men and women ages 10-24 and compared data from 1994 through 2012. Some of those key points include:
Elmerelda Rossi of Chandler, Arizona, clad only in a towel when police arrived at her home, says she felt "helpless and violated" during the episode, which was filmed by her teenage daughter and posted online.
Larry Krasner ‘finds out’
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District Attorney Larry Krasner is something of a bargain for Philadelphia. According to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, he has not only been serving as the city’s prosecutor but effectively as its top public defender.
Krasner’s record is the subject of a scathing new opinion, which accuses him of leading a dishonest effort to undermine major criminal cases to engineer new trials for defendants. (snip) In Commonwealth v. Brown, Justice Kevin Dougherty (joined by Justices Sallie Updyke Mundy, Kevin Brobson, and Daniel McCaffery) denounced Krasner and his office for a pattern of misleading and mendacious filings to undermine the criminal cases of murderers and other convicts.
In his second term in office, President Trump has initiated a D.C. makeover, attempting to leave his mark on the capital and prompting multiple legal battles.
WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Tuesday that the feds have charged hundreds of defendants in recent weeks for seeking to bilk taxpayer-funded programs out of $6.5 billion. “This announcement marks the greatest combined federal and state effort in combating health care fraud in history,” Blanche told reporters at the Department of Justice’s headquarters in DC. “These individuals participated in health care fraud schemes involving over $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care programs.”
Prescient Mark Steyn
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I previously saw an interesting discussion with NVIDEA Jensen Haung where in the context of AI he was asked: who is the smartest person you ever met?Jensen Haung paused for quite a few moments thinking about the question before he answered.
Haung then redefined the word “smart.”
‘Smart’ is a word we have historically used in reference to ‘intelligence’. If a person was intelligent, we say that person is smart.
(snip)This interview about the ramifications of cultural change in Europe was given in 2010, sixteen years ago, centered on a book written by Mark Steyn and the context within the questioning is looking forward over a period of about 20 years.
Democrats Party Like It’s 1911
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By the end of this year, there could be 10 socialist mayors in the U.S. That’s the most since the 1910s, when socialism was the shiny new object embraced by educated elites.
But what excuse do Democrats have today – after 100 years of socialism’s miserable, murderous failures – for embracing this toxic ideology?
Back in 1911, according to one historical count, members of the Socialist Party of America won office in 74 towns and cities, and another 32 in 1913.
Fast forward to today. As NBC News put it, “Democratic socialists are on the rise in Trump-era mayoral races … fueled by a backlash to Trump policies, economic strain
On Monday, I wrote about a mass shooting at a school in the Philippines. Most of the mass shootings I write about are, unfortunately, American, but when there is one outside of the United States, I try to talk about it if for no other reason than to remind people that these aren't "uniquely American," despite what some people claim. [snip] A civilian was also killed during the incident, though investigators have not yet determined by whom. It looks like he was killed by the female officer who seemed startled by his appearance. That startled reaction was right before the civilian went down,
MLB Commissioner Responds to Senator Josh
Hawley After Hawley Catches League in
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Hawley After Hawley Catches League in
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Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred responded to Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s congressional investigation on Friday, doubling down on the MLB’s decisions to bar players from wearing Bible verses on their uniforms while allowing pride-themed uniforms to be worn. Manfred further blamed the San Francisco Giants for “inadequate” communication with its players for the recent controversy.
This comes after Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp and relief pitchers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker stood up to the League’s liberal agenda being foisted upon players and fans by writing verses from Genesis on their hats.
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) appeared on Donald Trump Jr.'s podcast Triggered on Monday, and he had a lot to say about Sunday's election run-off in Colombia. Moreno, who is, of course, a Colombian immigrant, was back in his home country over the weekend as an international election observer. What he saw impressed him.
In case you missed it, the right-wing candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella (aka El Tigre), beat out far-left president Gustavo Petro's hand-picked successor, Iván Cepeda. Thankfully, El Tigre won. The numbers showed a tight race, a country divided. While it is a country divided, many say it's not that divided,
'Fast and Furious 2.0?’ Biden DEA let
1M fentanyl pills flow to streets, whistleblower
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1M fentanyl pills flow to streets, whistleblower
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent has evidence that his agency and federal prosecutors let more than 1 million fentanyl pills flow onto the streets of New Mexico during the Biden era and then tried to silence him from testifying after he blew the whistle, the agent's lawyer tells Just the News.
"DEA has a campaign that says one pill can kill, and so the DEA allowing this to happen was really significant. It was driven also by the US Attorney's Office in New Mexico," Attorney Tristan Leavitt, president of the Empower Oversight, whistleblower center, said in an interview Monday night.
As high-stakes negotiations to end the Iran war continue in Switzerland, the maritime industry’s message to the White House is clear: Don’t allow Iran to formalize its tolling racket over the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran wants all commercial shipping vessels to register with a newly formed Iranian agency in order to pass through the narrow entry to the oil-rich Persian Gulf — but Western insurance underwriters are refusing to comply, slamming the mandate as a sanctions trap, The Post has learned.
Senior sources say unless US negotiators force Iran to completely dismantle its unilateral insurance mandates and fully clear international waters of underwater mines, trade in the region will never truly recover.
Judge Who Donated to Immigrant Legal Aid
Group Blocks DOJ Immigration Probe of
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Group Blocks DOJ Immigration Probe of
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A federal judge in Minnesota, who has donated to an immigrant legal aid group, quashed several federal grand jury subpoenas of documents from Gov. Tim Walz and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul over compliance with immigration enforcement.
In a 29-page opinion issued Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz of the District of Minnesota accused the Trump administration’s Justice Department of seeking to “harass political opponents” by initiating a criminal investigation and using grand jury subpoenas to pressure state and local officials into changing their immigration policies.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) announced that he has issued a subpoena forcing Dr. Anthony Fauci to appear publicly before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee next month. The move comes after the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director abruptly backed out of a voluntary testimony agreement he had already made.Paul continues his quest as one of the very few members of Congress willing to hold Fauci accountable for his handling of the pandemic, if not for playing a significant role in unleashing it.
This subpoena sets the stage for what could be a highly anticipated COVID-era grilling,
Bill Pulte has begun firing Deep State intel officials just days into his role as Acting DNI.
“The Deep State firings have begun” a source told CNN on Monday.
It is unclear how many people have been fired.
It was previously reported that Trump wanted to reduce the size of the federal intel agencies. Federal housing regulator Bill Pulte showed up to work a day early last Thursday and asked for a list of all employees as he decided whom to fire.
According to CNN, Pulte met with lawyers last Thursday evening.