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Argentina has launched a fresh bid to take over the 'illegally occupied' Falkland Islands in a move branded 'extraordinary' by a former head of the Royal Navy. The announcement came during President Javier Milei's speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. The firebrand Argentinian leader told the summit that his country's claim to the South Atlantic island was 'legitimate' and 'unrenouncable'. In a fiery speech that could outrage leaders in Downing Street, Milei called on the UK to open 'bilateral' talks over the 'sensitive and crucially important issue' of the so-called 'Islas Malvinas'. 'I wish...

The 2023 Supreme Court decision Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard was an earthquake for college admissions. After nearly 50 years, the affirmative-action regime that governed most universities’ admissions processes was declared unconstitutional. Racial preferences in college admissions have never been popular among Americans. A 2023 Pew Research Center poll taken a few months before the Students for Fair Admissions decision was released found that only 33 percent of adults approved of affirmative action in college admissions. In California, affirmative action in education has lost at the ballot box twice, most recently in 2020. Even when the cultural and political...

Pregnant women are filming themselves taking Tylenol in defiance against Donald Trump's shaky claim the painkiller causes autism in children. The president announced that doctors in the US will begin advising expectant mothers against taking the drug because of an apparent link. Trump, 79, claimed that taking Tylenol 'is no good', adding that pregnant women should 'fight like hell' to avoid taking it, except for in cases of extreme fever. Several moms have gone viral on TikTok for posting videos of themselves taking Tylenol in protest. 'Here's me, a PREGNANT woman, taking TYLENOL because I believe in science and not...

Australia would reverse its decision on Palestinian state recognition if there is a change of government in Australia, the country’s Opposition Leader and Liberal Party head, Sussan Ley, told Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Sa’ar later revealed in a X/Twitter post on Monday. Ley, believing that Australia’s decision rewards Hamas, noted her disappointment at “this break with bipartisanship and reiterated the Coalition’s long-held position that recognition must only come at the end of a genuine two-state process,” she wrote, also in a X/Twitter post. “Now is the wrong time while Hamas holds hostages and while conflict still rages. The Australian...

The decision, which hinges on an exception to the Gun-Free School Zones Act, does not say whether that law is consistent with the Second Amendment. A couple of years ago, Gabriel Metcalf was charged with a federal felony because he stepped onto the sidewalk in front of his house in Billings, Montana, while holding a shotgun. Metcalf, who had armed himself because of a dispute with a neighbor who was subject to a restraining order, was not violating state law. But because Metcalf lives across the street from an elementary school, prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District...

Tylenol has come under fresh scrutiny after a 2017 post resurfaced in which the brand appeared to warn pregnant women against using its products. The tweet, now being widely shared, stated: 'We actually don't recommend taking any of our products while pregnant.' It has been seized on by the White House just days after President Donald Trump claimed the common painkiller — known as generic paracetamol in Britain and generic acetaminophen in the US — may cause autism. His remarks provoked outrage from doctors, who said there is 'no robust evidence' for such claims. Britain's regulator, the MHRA, also stressed:...

NORWEGIAN GRANNIES STRIKE AGAIN! Over two dozen masked robbers steal an estimated $1 million worth of jewelry from Heller Jewelers in San Ramon, California. The robbers accidentally locked themselves in the store and ended up firing multiple rounds at the glass door to escape. The thugs arrived in six vehicles and parked 100 feet from the store entrance. After they left, the police engaged in a high-speed pursuit but called it off due to "public safety concerns." Seven of the 25 suspects have been arrested, ranging in age from 17 to 31. They were all from Oakland, California, and are...

A Virginia mother filed a federal civil rights complaint Sept. 24 against Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), alleging administrators allowed a male student with facial hair to repeatedly enter the girls’ locker room at her daughter’s high school and watch female students change. Filed with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the complaint says the 14-year-old daughter first encountered the sophomore boy Sept. 2 in the locker room at West Springfield High School (WSHS). She and other students alleged he stood and watched them undress. According to the filing, administrators said the male student identifies as female....

FREMONT, Calif. (WKRC) - A man allegedly used a sex offender registry to find a pedophile, disguised himself as an accountant to kill him, then told police he thought "it should be cool" because "everyone hates pedophiles." The Fremont Police Department announced on September 18, police were called to a residence regarding a "violent altercation" between two people that resulted in one being "gravely injured." Officers discovered an unresponsive 71-year-old man at the scene suffering from "significant stab wounds," per the release. He was soon pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect, 29-year-old Varun Suresh, was found outside of the...

Kamala Harris' recent memoir, "107 Days," has generated controversy due to her criticisms of prominent Democrats. Stephen A. Smith joins "CUOMO" to express his disappointment with her promotion of the memoir and to explain why he believes her "political career is over." Chris Cuomo hosts "CUOMO," a no-nonsense show featuring the day's most important news from all perspectives. "CUOMO" airs weeknights at 8p/7C on NewsNation. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. Kamala Harris' 'political career is over': Stephen A. Smith | CUOMO | 5:21 NewsNation | 2.37M subscribers | 92,150 views | September 23, 2025

he DOJ order was sent to U.S. attorney's offices in at least seven states. Multiple top federal prosecutors at U.S. attorney's offices around the country received a directive Monday to prepare to launch investigations into the Open Society Foundations, a group funded by the billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News. The order from Aakash Singh, a senior official in Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's office, was sent to U.S. attorney's offices in at least seven states, the sources confirmed, including California, New York, Illinois, Michigan and Maryland. The letter lists potential charges prosecutors could take...

More than 200 Border Patrol agents descended on a Chicago Home Depot parking lot early Thursday morning in a sweeping immigration enforcement action under President Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz. The operation marked one of the largest federal deployments yet in the crackdown on criminal illegal aliens shielded by Chicago’s sanctuary policies. The early morning sweep of the home improvement store parking lot was conducted like operations that have been underway in Los Angeles in recent months. The Border Patrol agents participating in the operation are volunteers from stations around the country. The agents are detailed for an undetermined amount of...

Donald Trump just pulled off a political maneuver that has Democrats reeling — and, frankly, they should be. With a potential government shutdown looming on September 30, the Trump administration has made it clear that if Congress can’t pass a clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government running, federal workers could be facing mass firings. Not furloughs. Firings. Real jobs on the line. For years, Democrats thought they could weaponize shutdowns as a way to extract concessions from Republicans. Now, Trump has flipped the script by putting the pressure right back where it belongs: on them.

A Kentucky congressman and senator are touring northern Kentucky together as the election season begins. “Is it the Republicans fault or the Democrats fault? And I just say ‘yeah,’” Sen. Rand Paul said humorously as he began remarks to a packed room at the Robertson County Community Center. It was one of four community forums held on Wednesday, co-headlined by Paul and Rep. Thomas Massie. Later in the day, both appeared at a coffee meet & greet and a “Massie for Congress” rally that staff said were campaign events. Both Republicans have taken national heat for their own independence from...

The sinking of the RMS Titanic is perhaps the most famous shipwreck in history, but its sister ship, the lesser-known HMHS Britannic, also suffered a tragic fate. During World War I, the luxury cruise liner was requisitioned as a hospital ship, the largest in the world at the time. As it was sailing through the Aegean Sea on November 21, 1916, it struck a mine and went down off the island of Kea in less than an hour. Thirty of the more than 1,000 people onboard perished when their lifeboats were hit by the ship's whirling propellers. The Associated Press...

Two Syracuse University students have been charged with burglary as a hate crime after one of them was alleged to have thrown a bag of pork into a Jewish fraternity house as people gathered to observe Rosh Hashanah, police said Wednesday. The two 18-year-olds were also charged with one count each of criminal nuisance in the incident at the Zeta Beta Tau house about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, police in Syracuse, New York, said. Allen Groves, the university’s chief student experience officer, called it a “deeply troubling incident" in a message to the campus community Tuesday night. “Tonight’s incident as reported...

Serial killer Robert Pickton, shown here during his murder trial in 2006, was fatally assaulted at the Port-Cartier federal penitentiary in May 2024. (Jane Wolsack/The Canadian Press)An inmate who has pleaded guilty to murdering Robert Pickton in prison last year says he did it for the serial killer's victims. Martin Charest admitted on Thursday morning to fatally assaulting Pickton with a broken broom handle at the Port-Cartier federal penitentiary in May 2024. Charest pleaded guilty to first-degree murder during a court appearance in Sept-Îles, Que., northeast of Quebec City. Pickton was convicted in 2007 of six counts of second-degree murder,...

SAN RAMON, Calif. (KGO) - Several people have been arrested following an armed robbery at a shopping center in Northern California. Police say nearly 25 people were involved in the brazen robbery, where they stole about $1 million worth of merchandise. San Ramon Police Department Lt. Mike Pistello said the robbery happened at Heller Jewelers at City Center Bishop Ranch on Monday afternoon. “They used crowbars and pick axes and basically took whatever jewelry was available,” Pistello said.

With the push of a button, the 540’ cooling tower in Hartsville, TN, safely came down this morning. The iconic structure was removed to make the Hartsville site safer and ready for tomorrow’s potential opportunities. ⚡🏗️ 0:30 VIDEO AT LINK.................VERY COOL!............

"Quite a few planes violate Russia's airspace, accidentally and not accidentally. No one shoots them down," Alexey Meshkov emphasizedPARIS, September 25. /TASS/. Russia’s ambassador to France Alexey Meshkov has warned that if NATO were shooting down Russian planes allegedly violating the airspace of the alliance's member countries, that would mean war. "There would be war. What else could there be?" Meshkov said on RTL radio, responding to a question about Russia's possible response. "Quite a few planes violate our airspace, accidentally and not accidentally. No one shoots them down," the ambassador added. Meshkov also stated that Europe has not provided...