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Representative Ilhan Omar didn't misspeak when she recently took the stage in Minneapolis and called Somalia "our home" and its president "our president." Omar again revealed what many Americans have long suspected: Her allegiance lies elsewhere. Her unguarded confession was no mere slip of the tongue. What else would make President Donald Trump waste no time in his Truth Social response: "She should go back!" As if on cue, the same pundits who've spent years gaslighting the public over open borders and identity politics clutched their pearls because of the vapors they caught. The larger point is that Trump's typical...

Summary Ruling could encourage other US states to adopt similar laws ACLU argued Florida law discriminates against Asians DeSantis said 2023 law meant to deter Chinese Communist Party influence Nov 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday cleared the way for Florida to enforce a law restricting real estate and land purchases by Chinese citizens, rejecting claims it violates federal law and discriminates against Asians. The 2-1 ruling opens new tab by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could encourage other states to adopt so-called alien land laws, which were once common but fell out of...

The president argued the state’s redistricting push is a "giant scam" shutting out Republicans.Trump on Tuesday argued that Proposition 50 represented just the latest effort to curtail Republicans’ power in the state.“The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED,” Trump said. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but during a press briefing on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that fraudulent ballots were being mailed in with names of “illegal aliens who shouldn’t be voting.”Now, she said, the...

It emerged that one convicted member of the gang, Adil Khan, will not be able to return to the countryAn MP has once again called for a member of a Rochdale grooming gang to be deported after his accomplice fled the UK. It comes after it emerged that one convicted member of the gang, Adil Khan, will not be able to return to the country after fleeing the UK. Khan, who is aged in his 50s, was among nine gang members jailed in 2012 for sexually abusing children in the borough. Khan, then in his 40s, impregnated one girl and...

The FBI said on Tuesday that two men from Massachusetts were arrested following an explosion at the Harvard Medical School building over the weekend. FBI Boston posted on X on Tuesday regarding the arrests, saying, "BREAKING: Special agents & officers with FBI Boston's Joint Terrorism Task Force & Harvard University Police Dept. have arrested two Massachusetts men in connection with an explosion at Harvard Medical School. Details to follow at a 1:00 p.m. news conference with [U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts] at the federal courthouse in Boston." Early Saturday morning, an officer who responded to a fire...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is warning Syrian refugees to return to their country or else face deportation. The center-right leader said that following the end of the nation’s civil war, the approximately 1,000,000 Syrian refugees will be expected to repatriate. “There are now no longer any grounds for asylum in Germany, and therefore we can also begin with repatriations,” the chancellor said on Monday. “I will say it again: The civil war in Syria is over,” Merz emphasized. “There are now no longer any grounds for asylum in Germany.” If Syrian nationals who fled the violence of their country’s civil...

Depending on the outcome of New Jersey’s gubernatorial race on Tuesday, gun owners in the state can prepare to breathe easier or bunker down for another four years of hostility. The race pits Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who has promised to defend the Second Amendment, against Mikie Sherrill, who is backed by a plethora of anti-gun groups. The winner will appoint New Jersey’s next attorney general, who has a considerable role in enforcing the state’s gun laws and defending the Second Amendment. Matthew Platkin, New Jersey’s current attorney general, has consistently pushed for gun control after his appointment four years ago...

On Halloween 2024, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the FBI had thwarted a terror attack in Michigan. Most media ignored it. Here's what they found: Two Dearborn residents, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud, allegedly conspired with three others to commit an ISIS-inspired attack on "pumpkin day"—Halloween. Federal agents recovered three AR-15 rifles, two shotguns, four handguns, and over 1,600 rounds of ammunition. The suspects had scouted LGBTQ+ bars in Ferndale, purchased tactical gear, practiced at gun ranges, and communicated on encrypted apps calling each other "brothers." This deep-dive investigation analyzes the full criminal complaint, surveillance evidence, and what this reveals...

Tunisia has repatriated about 10,000 irregular migrants so far this year, most of them from sub-Saharan African countries, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Nafti said on Tuesday, as the North African country faces pressure from the European Union to stem crossings across the Mediterranean. Nafti told lawmakers that the repatriations were carried out through a voluntary return program coordinated with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with weekly flights arranged to help migrants return home. He said that Tunisia has reiterated to its European partners that "it will not become a transit zone." Tunisia repatriated about 7,200 migrants in 2024 under...

Nicki Minaj has praised President Donald Trump for speaking out about extremism against Christians in Nigeria. “No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion,” the rapper, 42, wrote in a post on X. “We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other.” Nigeria has said it is committed to tackling violent extremism but has rejected any suggestion that a genocide against Christians is taking place in the West African nation. Why It Matters Nigeria is a major power in Africa, representing the most populated nation and fourth-highest Gross Domestic Products (GDP)...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University are sounding the alarm in a new report on climate change. The year 2024 was the hottest on record, or at least in the last 124,000 years, according to a new report from an OSU-led international coalition of scientists. “Without effective strategies, we will rapidly encounter escalating risks that threaten to overwhelm systems of peace, governance, and public and ecosystem health,” said co-lead author William Ripple, a professor of ecology at Oregon State University. “In short, we’ll be on the fast track to climate-driven chaos, a dangerous trajectory for humanity,” he said....

Party sources say 85-year-old is preparing to exit stage Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, is expected to announce her retirement, according to reports.Mrs Pelosi, who was first elected to Congress during Ronald Reagan’s presidency, remains hugely influential in the Democratic Party.The 85-year-old has remained tight-lipped about her political future, but many in the party believe she is about to bring her five-decade career to a close.“I wish she would stay for 10 more years,” a California Democrat in the House told NBC, but added: “I think she’s out.”Referring to Tuesday’s vote on redistricting California,...

Gen Z is cringing at the prospect of working with other Gen Z-ers, continuing a trend among some workers in which they dislike working with the younger generation, according to a new report. An Edubirdie survey of 2,000 Gen Z-ers found that 31 percent feel they’re the most annoying to work with. That was compared to just 20 percent who said baby boomers were the worst. Why It Matters Gen Z has developed a reputation for being difficult to work with. A recent Intelligent.com survey found that one in six businesses said they were hesitant to hire recent college graduates...

A food service provider is stepping up to provide hot meals to federal workers at the San Jose airport during the government shutdown. The workers haven’t been paid since Oct. 1 and food insecurity is prevalent. During the shutdown, Martha’s Kitchen is providing more than 800 meals a week to 340 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers at San Jose Mineta International Airport and Monterey Regional Airport. “I had never thought TSA would be calling Martha’s Kitchen,” Executive Director Bill Lee told San José Spotlight. “Never in a million years.” There are as many as 90,000 federal workers living in the...

New director Patel brings the receipt as the DOJ pushes back on claims that it selectively or vindictively charged James Comey. James Comey played the victim card in fighting his indictment on charges of misleading Congress, but that strategy boomeranged when prosecutors and his old agency released an avalanche of new evidence showing the ex-FBI director hoped to please Hillary Clinton, cheered on media leaks he claimed he did not sanction, and wrote emails and notes that directly conflict with his past congressional testimony.Part of that unflattering portrait of Comey, prosecutors revealed Monday, came from long-hidden files that the...

"Allah says stone them to death”I wonder why they might have been targeting gay bars. The media certainly won’t explain. Two 20-year-old men who had acquired high-powered weapons and practiced at gun ranges were scouting LGBTQ+ bars in suburban Detroit in September for a possible Halloween attack, authorities said Monday in filing terrorism-related charges.Mohmed Ali, Majed Mahmoud and co-conspirators were inspired by the Islamic State group’s extremism, according to a 72-page criminal complaint unsealed in federal court. Investigators say a minor, identified only as Person 1, was deeply involved in the discussions.The FBI said the men repeatedly referred to “pumpkins”...

Mamdani would be the first Muslim mayor of New York City, and he is rallying his fellow New York Muslims to help make that happen. At the end of the day, Mamdani is playing that "race card" — and hard.One of Zohran Mamdani’s final rallies in New York City centered on his Islamic identity as he rallied Muslim voters and condemned the alleged “Islamophobia” against him, while his campaign thanked a group closely linked both to the NYC mayoral hopeful and to controversial Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour.Mamdani’s campaign swing on the final weekend before Tuesday’s election featured a host of...

Genuine concern about antisemitism on the right is being hijacked by neocons to attack J.D. Vance in hopes of re-taking control of the GOP.Let’s get something straight about the civil war breaking out on the right: it’s not primarily about Tucker Carlson “platforming” or “normalizing” Nick Fuentes, or about Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ decision to defend Carlson, or even about the rise of antisemitism on the right. The primary target here isn’t Carlson or Roberts, but Vice President J.D. Vance. And the people targeting him are Never Trump foreign policy interventionists who hope to destroy the MAGA movement and...

Police have confirmed they were called to three incidents before a knife attack on a train.Cops may have missed chances to arrest the Huntingdon train attack suspect after admitting they were called to multiple knife-related incidents prior to Saturday's rampage. Cambridgeshire Police had been called to three incidents in Peterborough prior to Saturday night's attack near Huntingdon Station in which ten people were seriously injured. And it admitted officers didn't even visit the scene on one occasion. Police in London were also called to investigate a stabbing in the early hours of the morning before the incident, but no-one was...

In the span of less than 10 minutes after a huge crowd of protesters filled the U.S. Capitol West Plaza beneath the inauguration stage on Jan. 6, Capitol Police repeatedly used lethal force on the crowd, targeting people in the head, neck, face, and upper body — actions one use-of-force expert called “criminally negligent.” During that brief span, at least 16 people were shot with kinetic-impact projectiles, including nine who took shots to the top of the head, face, and base of the neck, according to Capitol Police surveillance video obtained by Blaze News. The rounds are designed to be...