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Key Democratic leaders appeared to continue their support for embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Tuesday after meetings in Washington DC.
Platner is contending with yet another revelation – this time about sexually explicit texts with women outside of his marriage – threatening his campaign, which is at the center of his party’s hopes of regaining control of Congress.
“I met with Graham Platner today. We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate,” the Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday.
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Brendan John Geier, a 26-year-old resident of Madison, New Jersey who allegedly sank his teeth into the arm of a federal agent during violent riots outside the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, was previously accused of distributing child pornography.
On the evening of May 28, ICE deportation officers were conducting security and crowd-control operations near the facility. A large group of demonstrators, including Geier, was blocking a roadway used for vehicles entering and leaving the site.
One agent, identified by prosecutors only as Victim-1, moved toward Geier, causing him to lose his balance. Geier allegedly kicked Victim-1 in the leg. In response, the officer struck Geier’s leg with a baton.
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When you think of family-friendly, the last thing that comes to most people’s minds is a drag show. So, when the left tells you they are not coming to recruit America’s youth for their drag bandwagon, do not believe them.
According to drag performer Malaysia Ravor Black, “Children need to hear that encouragement” when it comes to identifying under the LGBT rainbow. And if you are surprised by this, you are not paying attention.
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The Longue Vue House and Gardens were colored with rainbows Sunday (May 31) to kick off the annual LGBTQ celebration known as Pride Month.
Local performer Malaysia Ravor Black said these early experiences with the gay community are the most important foundation for acceptance later in life.
“There’s so much negativity going on in the world right now when it comes to LGBTQIA,” Black said. “Children need to hear that encouragement. Children need to hear that they matter. Children need to hear that everything in their life isn’t negative. It’s an opportunity to push them to be better adults and push them to be more inclusive of everything around them.”
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Another preventable tragedy is forcing Americans to confront an uncomfortable question: how did a commercial driver who allegedly could not read or speak English obtain a CDL in the first place?
According to reporting on a devastating Virginia bus crash that killed five people, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy noted the driver had been licensed in New York despite an apparent inability to meet the federal English-language requirement for commercial drivers.
Five people were killed and 44 others were hospitalized when a Staten Island bus driver, who didn’t speak English, smashed into stopped traffic along I-95 in Virginia, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
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MS Now’s Ali Velshi said Sunday he feels a “deep unease” about celebrating America’s 250th birthday because America “has never actually fully reckoned with its racist past and its original founding sin of slavery.”
“I feel a deep unease about the celebrations to which I am invited to mark the 250th anniversary of our so-called democracy,” the Kenyan-born, Canadian raised, now-American-citizen said.
Velshi isn’t alone.
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Two scientists at a U.S. government lab were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa and lying about it during interviews with investigators at a Michigan airport, authorities said Tuesday.
A criminal complaint was unsealed in federal court in Detroit against Vincent Munster, who is chief of the virus ecology section at Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, and Claude Kwe, who works with him.
Munster and Kwe were stopped at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in January after a flight from Paris and nine days in the Republic of Congo. An outbreak of the mpox disease has been linked to more than 2,000 deaths in Congo, a vast region in central Africa, though a two-year outbreak was declared over in April.
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President Donald Trump claimed Tehran pledged never to obtain a nuclear weapon, among other eye-catching claims, in a Wednesday interview at a crucial junction of the war with Iran.
In an interview with the New York Post’s Pod Force One podcast, the president gave updates on negotiations with Iran, its impact on his domestic agenda, and his perspective on political developments in the United States as the midterm races heat up.
Here are the biggest takeaways from Trump’s latest interview.
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“This is a frivolous lawsuit. ICE is committed to transparency, and Delaney Hall complies with all required state and local laws.”
The Department of Homeland Security has claimed that a lawsuit filed by New Jersey officials against the private operator of the Delaney Hall detention facility is “frivolous,” saying that New Jersey officials have been allowed access to inspect the facility.
The lawsuit was filed by New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Raynard Washington against GEO Group, the operator of the facility, on Tuesday. The suit is requesting that a judge allow officials to have full access to the facility for an inspection amid allegations of unsanitary and unsafe conditions inside.
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Senate lawmakers from both parties were blindsided by President Donald Trump’s decision to tap Bill Pulte as the acting director of national intelligence on Tuesday and are questioning his qualifications for the post.
The selection seemed to come as a surprise to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, as many senators said they knew nothing about the acting intelligence chief.
“I don’t see any evidence of qualifications for that job, but I’m willing to listen,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee and recently lost his primary to Trump-backed Ken Paxton.
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A longtime Fourth of July parade in Los Angeles has been canceled after organizers said budget cuts from Democrat Mayor Karen Bass’ administration left them facing tens of thousands of dollars in new city fees.
The Sunland/Tujunga/Shadow Hills Rotary Club announced that this year’s Independence Day parade will not move forward after city officials informed organizers they would now be responsible for covering costs previously provided by the city.
“Cuts in the City’s budget from the Mayor’s office meant that city services are no longer provided free of charge for first amendment events such as our parade, and sponsoring organizations need to pay for the City services that ensure a safe event,” the organization said in a statement.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is urging Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) to make sure an illegal alien, accused of raping a teen girl, stays locked up in jail rather than being released back into the community.
Cristian Romario Saenz-Argueta, a 31-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested in Prince William County, Virginia, on May 26 and charged with one count of rape by force, threat, or intimidation, and two counts of carnal knowledge of a child between the ages of 13 and 14.
According to police, Saenz-Argueta used social media to contact a girl who was under 15 years old, portraying himself as 18 years old. Police allege that in November of last year, Saenz-Argueta met up with the young girl in a parking lot and sexually assaulted her.
President Trump has decided to not recognize the sovereignty of the state of Somaliland. The administration went further in a report from the State Department claiming the U.S. recognizes Somalia as having sovereignty over Somaliland. The report also claims the U.S. is open to cooperating with Somaliland on security issues.
A U.S. Court of Appeals of DC panel ruled 2-1 that the President could not remove currently serving trans members of the military, but he could continue prohibiting trans people from joining. The response from the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, was “See you at SCOTUS.”
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Student activists at a small college in Wisconsin can now run their Turning Point USA-affiliated club without obstacles.
The Patriots of Faith group at Lawrence University is now approved after fighting for months for official status.
Zach Currier and his club faced a battle after a campuswide referendum on the club was scrapped due to low turnout. In the meantime, Currier had to wait for the student government to approve his organization, as The College Fix reported in April. Around 1,500 students attend the liberal arts college in Appleton.
“I know that the Democrats are going to cheat. No one’s really addressing the problem that I spent my time in prison as retribution for, and that was exposing the election machines that allow the votes to be flipped. I’m very concerned and burdened with why no one is talking about this.” – Tina Peters, Election Fraud Whistleblower, after being released from prison. She had been locked up for 20 months.
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The court has granted Fulton County’s request to unseal their case against the Department of Justice, who issued a subpoena seeking the identity information of everyone associated with the 2020 election.
That’s according to a statement released Sunday from Robb Pits, chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County.
The county filed a motion to quash to keep the DOJ from enforcing the subpoena.
“The recent decision to unseal means that you will be able to follow future developments because the public and media now have access to the docket and the documents filed in the case,” Pitts said.
The subpoena comes after the FBI in January went to a Fulton County elections warehouse and seized ballots and other documents from the 2020 election, which Georgia’s certified totals showed Trump lost in the state to Biden by 11,779 votes out of nearly 5 million cast…
After days of assaults on an ICE detention center in New Jersey called Delaney Hall, ICE officers were given the green light to execute mass arrests, which they did, ending interference with operations.
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WASHINGTON — The world is getting more uptight about lending money to President Donald Trump’s government — causing interest rates to climb in ways that are worsening affordability pressures, hampering economic growth and creating a new risk for Republicans in November’s midterm elections.
The energy price spike triggered by the Iran war has seeped into the price of bonds that help fund the U.S. government. Interest rates on a 10-year U.S. Treasury note are topping 4.44%, up from 3.95% before the war started at the end of February. Average mortgage rates have climbed to their highest levels in nine months, while auto sales are slumping.
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“I’m saving your a**. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.”
The report about Trump’s explosion comes after tensions in the Middle East escalated when Iran threatened to attack Israel if strikes on Lebanon continued.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging strikes despite a ceasefire in place.
Trump said that after “a very productive call” with Netanyahu and later with Hezbollah chiefs, “any [Israeli] troops that are on their way” to Beirut had been turned back.
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A rioter was charged Friday “for allegedly kicking and biting ICE officers” at a New Jersey illegal immigrant holding center on Thursday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on X. Another individual was arrested after threatening to murder an immigration officer and his family, Blanche said Friday. The Department of Homeland Security arrested at least six rioters last Wednesday alone for allegedly assaulting law enforcement, while others were arrested in the subsequent days, ABC 6 reported.
The attacks took place outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey called Delaney Hall. Fox News reported that “agitators…were seen establishing a highly organized logistics and support operation before protests began at the site. Stockpiles of masks, duct tape, hard hats and medical supplies were laid out near the facility.”
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Anthropic is sharing access to its most advanced AI model Mythos with the EU after the region sought access over months due to cybersecurity concerns.
The European Commission confirmed to CNBC on Monday that it had “several productive meetings” with the American AI firm.
“We welcome the latest developments on potential future access,” EU tech sovereignty spokesperson Thomas Regnier said in emailed statements, adding that the bloc aims to get a clearer idea of the potential risks that the technology poses.
Anthropic initially rolled out Mythos to a limited number of companies in April as part of Anthropic’s cybersecurity venture Project Glasswing, with the model excelling at identifying security flaws and weaknesses in software. The launch prompted a wave of concern over cybersecurity threats from bad actors.
“Let’s not forget that Mythos is not one off, a new wave of powerful models are coming to the market,” Regnier said. “This is a shared challenge, and we are intensifying our discussions with like-minded partners, including the United States.”
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A federal judge temporarily blocked the National Park Service (NPS) on Monday from revoking a permit for a 24/7 anti-Trump protest in the nation’s capital over the display of an “86 47” flag. The Secret Service regards the statement as a potential call for violence against the president, and court documents show federal officers ordered the flag be taken down last week after…
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Anthropic, which operates AI chatbot Claude, did not disclose the size or the terms of the offering.
Published On 1 Jun 20261 Jun 2026
Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, teeing up what could become a watershed moment for Wall Street’s AI frenzy.
The move, announced on Monday, sets up a high-stakes test of whether investor appetite for the AI revolution that has reshaped white-collar work around the world can match the sky-high expectations surrounding the booming sector.
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The expansion of the database is part of a broader effort by DHS to publicize the federal government’s immigration enforcement actions and to provide greater visibility into the criminal records of those taken into custody.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added an additional 5,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens to their “Worst of the Worst” list, bringing the total number of illegal aliens recorded to more than 35,000. The WOW (Worst of the Worst) website was launched on Dec. 8, 2025, and reveals hundreds of thousands of criminal aliens who have been arrested across all 50 states. A mission of DHS is to remove criminal illegal aliens from the United States.