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How did Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the world’s favorite liberal mascot — a feminist man, with movie-star good looks, a 50 percent female cabinet and a political lexicon that has replaced “mankind” with “peoplekind” (making millions swoon) — end up looking silly, diminished and desperate on his trip to India this week? Trudeau’s eight-day India expedition has been an absolute fiasco. Hours before meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his journey hit a dead end when the Canadian high commissioner invited a Sikh extremist named Jaspal Atwal (who has been convicted of attempted murder and was previously affiliated with...

New York -- The US is “deeply concerned” about the allegations raised by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau against India on the killing of a Khalistani separatist in Canada, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said and Washington was "closely coordinating" with Ottawa on the issue and wants to see "accountability" in the case. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Blinken said the US has engaged directly with the Indian government on the issue and the most productive thing would be the completion of this investigation. “Let me say a few things about this. First, we are deeply...

Federal agents crushed the California arm of a vicious transnational organized crime syndicate in series of stunning raids Tuesday that saw the arrest of at least 11 accused criminals in the Golden State — and over a dozen more in the US, Canada and Europe. Los Angeles federal agents led the global takedown of the India-based Bishnoi Gang, a fearsome global mob blamed for extortion, drug dealing and the assassination of political figures, industrialists, actors and musicians in North America and India.

Charlie Kirk's accused killer, Tyler Robinson, is back in court this week as prosecutors begin presenting evidence during his preliminary hearing. Robinson is charged with assassinating Kirk, and the weeklong hearing is expected to include surveillance video, forensic evidence, digital records, and testimony aimed at determining whether there is enough evidence for the case to move to trial. Kirk's parents and widow are expected to attend the proceedings, while court officials have implemented heightened security for the high-profile case.

Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray announces charges against the accused killer of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and reads his recorded texts with his roommate on 'America Reports.'

A volunteer staffer for Wisconsin Democrat Congressional candidate Katrina DeVille, posted a shocking series of videos planning a “trans jihad” and urging social media followers to “kill your local Republican.” Teha Delaruelle, a transgender male, posted a deranged video to social media calling on followers to “kill your local Republican” and claiming that they had only “one month” to do so. In another disturbing video, Delaruelle pledged to start a “trans jihad” against “the oppressor, the bigots, the animals that make up MAGA.” “For decades, everyone else, all of the marginalized in house minorities, we’ve had to be the ones...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps discussed attacking a US military base using an explosive-laden boat. Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps discussed attacking a US military base, according to the Associated Press. The Fort McNair Army base is a 10-minute drive from the White House and is located in the US capital. The National Security Agency intercepted the communications in January and they include discussions of using some kind of explosive-laden boat as was used in a 2000 attack in Yemen against the USS Cole. “The intelligence also revealed threats to kill Gen. Joseph M. Martin and plans to...

Tyler Robinson’s lover, Lance Twiggs, has been granted limited “use immunity” to testify in person at an upcoming hearing in the Charlie Kirk murder case. Prosecutors said in a court filing that they want to cross-examine Lance Twiggs. The prosecutors plan to present Lance Twiggs’s text exchanges with Robinson and recorded statements during next month’s preliminary hearing. LA Magazine reported: The murder case against Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Turning Point USA founder and conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is heading towards the highly-anticipated preliminary hearing. And prosecutors have scored a big win with a significant witness....

One of the individuals charged with plotting a terrorist attack against the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House earlier this week, and the alleged ringleader of the operation, is an illegal alien, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Abraham Alvarez, a Mexican national, entered the United States as a child and later received deportation relief through former President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after overstaying his visa. Alvarez was arrested on Sunday by the FBI in Omaha, Nebraska. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has already lodged a detainer against him.

President Trump and first lady Melania were dramatically evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner less than 30 minutes after arriving. It was unclear what happened, but there were reports of a shooter.

What began with a concerned mother calling police on her son ended in the thwarting of a terror plot involving drones and snipers aimed at members of U.S. Congress attending Sunday's UFC event at the White House, the government alleges in a criminal complaint filed against one of the plot's admitted leaders, an Ohio teen. Tycen Proper, 19, of Danville, Ohio, told federal investigators on June 11 he intended to "jump-start" a revolution in the U.S. with an attack on June 14 that would begin with drone bombings over the north side of the arena. Co-conspirators, the charging documents allege,...

A Swiss judge has issued an arrest warrant for the former head of Iran's secret police for his role in the killing of a leading Iranian dissident 16 years ago. Ali Fallahian is charged with masterminding the assassination of Kazem Rajavi, a renowned human rights advocate, near Geneva in April 1990. According to a report in Lausanne-based newspaper Le Matin Dimanche, the international arrest warrant was issued by Swiss investigating magistrate Jacques Antenen on March 20. It called on law enforcement agencies to arrest Fallahian – who for years headed Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and is currently...

Vance Boelter pleaded guilty on Thursday to the murders of former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman, one of Minnesota's most consequential legislative leaders, and her husband, Mark, as well as the shooting of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. The shocking acts of violence nearly a year ago to the day scarred the state and injected a new level of fear into politics. Boelter, 58, shuffled into the federal courtroom in downtown Minneapolis, wearing orange prison garb, white velcro sneakers and shackles around his ankles. He was unemotional as he told the judge he was of a clear mind...

In an unprecedented move, 22 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, and Australia, issued a joint statement condemning the Islamic Republic of Iran for what they called “hostile actions and extraterritorial operations against individuals on the soil of other countries,” and demanded the immediate cessation of such actions. In the statement, published on Thursday, June 11, the Islamic Republic’s security services were accused of using local and international criminal networks to carry out assassination plots, kidnappings, intimidation, and harassment against dissidents, journalists, and citizens in Europe, North America, and Oceania. The signatories emphasized that attempts...

An Arizona man was arrested days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump for threatening him when he was president-elect. Secret Service agents say Rene Ortiz made the threats through documents he left at the federal courthouses in Phoenix and Tucson, where he asked for the “court to execute the newly elected POTUS.” Agents said Ortiz, who claims to be a U.S. Marine combat veteran, brought a letter to the Phoenix federal courthouse on Nov. 5, the date of the 2024 election. In the filing dropped off at the courthouse, it reads, “I chose to execute the newly elected POTUS...

A top Russian general has been assassinated in a car bombing in the Russian city of Balashikha on Friday, authorities have confirmed. The city lies less than 20 miles east of Moscow. The deceased has been identified as Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, who died when a “homemade” explosive device detonated under his Volkswagen Golf, according to TASS. Shrapnel ripped through the area and what appears to be a residential neighborhood. Crucially news of the blast and killing was breaking just prior to President Trump’s...

Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson, 22, was taken into custody on Friday morning after his father confronted him about the murder. Charlie Kirk was murdered in cold blood on Wednesday at an event at Utah Valley University after Robinson opened fire from an elevated position from a rooftop. Robinson’s father, a veteran police officer, confronted him after Utah authorities released new photos of the suspect on Thursday. According to The New York Post, Tyler Robinson threatened to take his own life rather than turn himself in. The New York Post reported: Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson threatened to kill...

The 22-year-old accused of murdering Charlie Kirk came from a stable family in a thriving town. But that wasn’t enough… That is the lesson of Tyler Robinson. And lurking behind that lesson: the fear that every teenager in America is a would-be Tyler Robinson, always vulnerable to the forces of death and nihilism. “How had he lost so much of his soul?” Utah governor Spencer Cox asked me about Robinson. We were in his office at the state Capitol. He didn’t know what to make of the “meme culture” that Robinson had been a part of, and the flood of...

An effort by Tyler Robinson's defense team to keep evidence against their client under wraps failed this week. The judge handling the case refused to restrict cameras from an upcoming hearing. Why does this particular hearing, currently scheduled for next month, matter? Because prosecutors are expected to release a bunch of new evidence against Robinson.Mr. Robinson’s defense has sought to close other hearings in the Utah trial, keep motions and evidence under seal and restrict news coverage of the case, arguing that the intense media attention will lead to negative publicity, prejudicing potential jurors and denying Mr. Robinson’s right to...

Rodriguez's trip to People’s Congress of Resistance at Howard University sheds light on path to radicalism. A radical left-wing group described as a "conduit" between the Chinese Communist Party and domestic anti-Israel groups raised money for Elias Rodriguez, the 30-year-old Chicago native who allegedly murdered two Israeli diplomats in Washington, D.C., to attend a "resistance" conference in September 2017. There, Rodriguez rubbed shoulders with "comrades" from pro-Hamas groups and other radical organizations, coming away impressed with their "commitment to actually getting things done," according to a video and an online fundraiser unearthed by the Washington Free Beacon. Rodriguez’s attendance at...