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One of President Donald Trump’s former Border Patrol goons has been on a tirade against his administration, claiming officials are retreating from the mass deportation crackdown that was initially promised. Greg Bovino retired as Border Patrol “commander-at-large” earlier this year amid backlash for his leadership in Minnesota, where two protesters were shot dead by federal agents.

The federal judge in the Luigi Mangione murder trial ruled Monday that a gun and notebook allegedly linking him to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson can be shown to the jury. The ruling is a blow to the defense, who argued the items were seized illegally because police had not obtained the required search warrant. CNN’s Kara Scannell reported from the New York City courthouse: “This was a key ruling in this case. And it came after the suppression hearings occurred in December,” Scannell said, continuing: The judge saying that the search of Mangione’s backpack at the McDonald’s...

WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey taunted Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to “bone up on the rules” as he stares down the second indictment against him and once again stood by his decision to reopen the Hillary Clinton email probe in late 2016. Comey, who was indicted late last month for allegedly threatening to kill President Trump in a May 2025 Instagram post calling for “86 47,” chided Blanche for telling the public the case is about more than that social media post. “I don’t talk about the case because the federal court rules require you not,” Comey...

Russia has unleashed rare attacks on international civilian shipping approaching Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea on Monday, hitting at least two vessels in the Odesa region, including a cargo ship owned by a Chinese company and crewed by Chinese nationals, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine’s navy said one strike hit the KSL Deyang, a Chinese-owned cargo ship with a Chinese crew sailing under a Marshall Islands flag, as it approached ports in the region and posted images showing scorch damage to the ship’s hull. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X that a Russian drone had struck a vessel owned by...

THIS is the shocking moment a UK phone shop worker offered to take £3,000 in cash in exchange for a small boat migrant crossing. Criminals are using a network of UK-registered businesses to receive payments for smuggling, a BBC Local documentary has found. The Smuggling Business: Undercover, available on BBC iPlayer from tonight, has exposed a network dealing with illegal Channel crossings. These businesses included a mobile phone shop in South-East London, alongside firms in Newcastle upon Tyne and Cambridgeshire. Going undercover to film staff at the shop in Woolwich, the BBC found that nearly £3,000 in cash could be...

Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo agreed with analyst Ryan Payne’s take that the Federal Reserve may now have to raise interest rates to combat persistent inflation in a striking assessment given President Donald Trump’s public months-long campaign to pressure the central bank to cut rates. Bartiromo had just rolled back a clip from her interview with investor Jeffrey Gundlach on Sunday Morning Futures in which she floated whether newly-appointed Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh might raise interest rates, to which he replied that a “hike” was an “odds on bet.” Trump had berated and attacked Warsh’s predecessor Jerome Powell for...

Describing the city as a 'very homogenous place by national standards', Howison noted that New Ulm trails behind state and national averages for its diversity. 'They’re somewhat out of step with the larger demographic trends,' Howison said.

Last week, in the wake of the Democrats losing the redistricting battles, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said, “We will beat the far-right extremists. We’re going to win in November, and then we’re going to crush their souls as it relates to the extremism that they are trying to unleash on the American people.” To Politico, this is a sign that Democrats had “ditched the niceties,” calling it “a marked reversal from years of high-minded Democratic rhetoric.” MS NOW reports that “Democrats say they are done playing defense.” “Niceties”? “High-minded rhetoric”? “Playing defense”? When have Democrats ever been like that?...

"I hoarded a large database of something valuable, just not what you expect… 150k stools images." The poop database comes from an app called PoopCheck, an app made by a company called Soft All Things that purports to use AI to analyze images of one’s stool in order to give you a “daily gut health score.” With that in mind, here there is an estimation of pricing options: • 10,000 unreviewed images (AI-validated) — $3,000 • 5,000 fully human-reviewed & annotated (on top of AI validation) — $4,000 The appliance giant Kohler endured a security ****show when a researcher showed...

I currently have a credit union account I’ve had for 20 years. Within the last year they are scamming us members with this SAVVY MONEY crap. Back in November my account started to get emails welcoming me. They claim I signed up. Had to threaten credit union managers to get rid of this invasion of my trust. Then in Feburary I had to reset my wife’s password online. Within 30 minutes, she started getting the welcome messages. It took 3 heads to roll to stop this. What can be done ? This is Florida SACFCU.

Apparently, there are a lot of Biblical things happening these days, according to people knowledgeable about the topic. One of those things has to do with the declining water levels of the Euphrates River. According to a biblical prophecy being discussed by some Christian groups, the apocalypse will occur if the Euphrates River, which flows through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, dries up. The Book of Revelation mentions the river drying up before significant end-time events. The Euphrates also appears in the Book of Genesis and the Book of Jeremiah. Unfortunately, the longest river in Western Asia is shrinking fast, according...

In February, Katy Talento — a “recovering epidemiologist” who served as a White House health policy advisor from 2017 to 2019 — wrote a remarkable Substack attacking American hospitals. Talento drew on her personal experiences seeing family members suffer to illustrate her broader concerns. The headline gives a subtle hint where she stands: Hospitals are Soviet-style Hellscapes Unfit for Humans Despite her anger, Talento is no fool. The reality of her views is more nuanced. As she explains near the end of the piece: When you have a bullet in your belly, a third-degree burn… [or] a heart attack, an...

The Republican National Committee is escalating its election integrity war ahead of the 2026 midterms. RNC Chairman Joe Gruters announced that Republicans have already launched 130 lawsuits across 32 states aimed at blocking Democrat efforts to “cheat every single day” in U.S. elections. The announcement comes as President Donald Trump recently vowed to unleash a much larger “Election Integrity Army” than the one Republicans used in 2024, signaling that the GOP is preparing for an all-out legal and ground-game fight over ballot security, vote counting, and election procedures in battleground states. Gruters laid it all out in no uncertain terms,...

MADISON, WI - Gas prices are up more than 50% since the war with Iran began, pushing more Americans to rethink how they get around. Public transportation is seeing a noticeable bump: Amtrak reports a 5% increase in passengers in March compared to a year ago. With jet fuel costs climbing and airfares rising about 15%, long-distance travelers are especially drawn to bus trips right now. Trailways, the largest network of bus companies in the U.S., saw a 5% increase in March year-over-year. Trailways President Alex Berardi confirms the increase is related to gas with the accelerated numbers in April,...

...The Associated Press published a story ahead of the weekend with the headline: “Trump Administration to participate in controversial prayer gathering on National Mall.” What’s controversial about eight hours of prayer? According to critics, the gathering is “an attempt to ‘hijack’ U.S. history by advancing a Christian nationalist narrative … potentially undermining the constitutional separation of church and state.” Praying for the nation and rededicating it to God is now considered Christian nationalism?.....

In recent weeks, Cuba has increased its hostility towards the United States, and it appears that hostility has heightened. A classified intelligence report that was obtained by Axios reveals the Cuban government has bought more than 300 military drones and has begun discussions on possibly using them against the United States. The new report comes as President Trump has warned on several occasions that the United States will “take over Cuba.” Read Axios‘ exclusive report here: Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay,...

A police source told AFP on Tuesday that the judge had received threats and was killed in retaliation for the release of gang members. At least 16 judges or prosecutors have been killed in Ecuador since 2022, according to Human Rights Watch. Last October, a gunman on a motorbike killed a judge in Ecuador while he was walking his children to school. Around 70 percent of the drugs produced by Colombia and Peru, the world's largest and second-largest cocaine producers, respectively, are shipped through Ecuador. President Daniel Noboa, one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies on the continent, has prioritized...

🚨 JUST IN: RNC Chair Joe Gruters announces 130 LAWSUITS across 32 states to block Democrats from cheating in the elections — and MORE are coming President Trump has also said he's sending out an ARMY of election lawyers to stop the steal Pair it with the SAVE AMERICA ACT and the rigging will stop! "The Democrats are trying to cheat every single day. That's why we have to have 130 lawsuits. We're bringing the hammer wherever we can. 32 states, we have lawsuits because the Democrats are trying to cheat every single day." "It doesn't matter if it's redistricting....

According to a report from Gizmodo, OpenAI has launched a preview of a new personal finance feature that lets select U.S. ChatGPT Pro users link their bank accounts directly to the AI chatbot. The rollout, announced on Friday, May 16, 2026, enables connections to accounts at more than 12,000 financial institutions. Users can now access a dashboard of recent activity and query ChatGPT with questions informed by their actual financial data. The company also partnered with Intuit to allow scheduling of sessions with local tax experts inside the chatbot interface, with plans to expand the tool to a broader audience...

U.S. special envoy Jeff Landry, appointed by President Donald Trump last year to push for American control ​of Greenland, arrived in Nuuk on Sunday, local ‌media reported. Landry, the governor of Louisiana, has previously backed Trump's goal of making the vast Arctic territory a part of the United States. The ​ambition has been strongly opposed by both the Greenlandic ​and Danish governments, which have repeatedly said Greenland ⁠is not for sale. Footage from Nuuk published by public ​broadcaster DR showed Landry exit a plane. He is scheduled to ​attend the 'Future Greenland' business conference on May 19-20 and will be...