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  • Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts GOP "Slaughter" In November an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts GOP "Slaughter" In November After six years as one of Donald Trump's most reliable foot soldiers, Marjorie Taylor Greene has made it clear that she's done - not just with Trump personally, but with what she believes the Republican Party is about to become, and is pretty much predicting disaster for them. “Republicans are going to get slaughtered in the midterms," Greene told Politico in a new interview, warning the party stands to lose the House and possibly the Senate. She says she's been making that prediction since early 2025, but that nobody wanted to hear it then.  Greene

  • Virginia Governor Signs Law Banning 'Ghost Guns' an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Virginia Governor Signs Law Banning 'Ghost Guns' Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill to ban so-called “ghost guns,” another making it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers, and two other bills concerning possession of firearms by persons under court orders. The bills - signed on April 10 - are among more than two dozen gun control and gun safety bills that the Virginia General Assembly sent to Spanberger after its regular session ended on March 24. “Preventing gun violence is an issue of public safety - both for the officers who protect our streets and

  • California Lawmakers Introduce The "Stop Nick Shirley Act" 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    California Lawmakers Introduce The "Stop Nick Shirley Act" It would appear that independent journalist Nick Shirley's expose on medical subsidies fraud in California, largely perpetrated by immigrants, was more devastating to Democrats than anyone could have guessed.  After making waves in Minneapolis by revealing rampant daycare fraud run by Somali migrants feeding on millions in government subsidies (and likely funneling some of that cash to Democrat politicians), Nick Shirley traveled to the Golden State only to find more fraud, including voting scams and medical care scams.  > 🚨 California is the breeding ground for voter fraud in America, as millions of people vote

  • New York Versus The Nuns: The Dominican Sisters Face Penalties For Refusing To Yield On Religious Values 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    New York Versus The Nuns: The Dominican Sisters Face Penalties For Refusing To Yield On Religious Values Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, New York has been a godsend for gun rights in passing a series of unconstitutional limits on Second Amendment rights only to result in major adverse rulings. It may soon do the same for the free exercise of religion. New York is now going head-to-head with a group of Dominican nuns over a law challenged as unconstitutional. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state are being sued over a law that forces religious organizations to adhere to LGBTQ

  • Masters Prize Money Soars To Record High: Here's What Golfers Actually Earned 3 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Masters Prize Money Soars To Record High: Here's What Golfers Actually Earned The 2026 Masters delivered golf’s richest payday yet, with a record-shattering $22.5 million purse at Augusta National. This year’s champion, Rory McIlroy, scored a career-highlight $4.5 million, the largest winner’s share in tournament history, as the total prize fund rose $1.5 million from last year and a remarkable $7.5 million since 2022, according to Fox Business. Rory Mcllroy Runner-up Scottie Scheffler took home $2.43 million. Even deeper in the field, players who made the cut but finished outside the top 50 earned at least $55,250, with payouts tapering from there. Those


The Guardian

  • Chagos Islands treaty is now ‘impossible to agree at political level’, UK minister says 7 hours ago by Olivia Lee
    Chagos Islands, Mauritius, Foreign policy, Africa, UK news, Politics, World news, Labour

    Stephen Doughty says US withdrawal of support means bill cannot complete passage through parliament A treaty over ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has become “impossible to agree at political level” and the corresponding bill will not complete its passage through parliament, a Foreign Office minister has said. Stephen Doughty told the Commons that the agreement with Mauritius was initially negotiated in close coordination with the US, but Donald Trump’s position “appears to have changed”. Continue reading...

  • Pope Leo visits Algeria in sign of Africa’s growing importance to Catholic church 11 hours ago by Aamna Mohdin
    Pope Leo XIV, Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Africa, The papacy, Catholicism, Christianity, Religion, Middle East and north Africa, World news

    Pontiff makes first papal visit to country as he starts 11-day tour that will also include stops in Cameroon and Angola Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Algeria for the first papal visit to the country, calling for peace on the opening stop of a tour of Africa that signals the continent’s growing importance to the Catholic church. The 11-day trip, which will include stops in Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, is the longest by Pope Leo since being elected to the papacy in May last year. Continue reading...

  • Ghanaian winger Dominic Frimpong killed at age of 20 in attack on team bus 15 hours ago by Guardian sport and agencies
    Football, Ghana, Ghana football team, Sport, Africa

    * Armed men fired at Berekum Chelsea bus on Sunday * Frimpong dies of wounds at hospital Berekum Chelsea winger Dominic Frimpong was killed in an armed robbery on his team’s bus as they returned from a match on Sunday, the Ghana Football Association said. Berekum Chelsea said six “masked men wielding guns and assault rifles” had blocked the road as the team returned from their Ghana Premier League match against Samartex. Continue reading...

  • And the election winner is … the candidate who can afford Africa’s soaring nomination fees 16 hours ago by Suzgo Chitete
    Global development, Benin, Djibouti, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Africa, Electoral reform, Middle East and north Africa, World news

    Presidential elections in Djibouti and Benin at the weekend highlighted how a costly electoral system is reshaping democracy Alexis Mohamed would have loved to stand against his former boss. A longtime adviser to Djibouti’s president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, Mohamed resigned last September, citing democratic regression in the country. But at the election at the weekend, Mohamed was not on the ballot. Now outside the country, he says he cannot return home to file nomination papers or campaign freely without credible security guarantees. Even if he were allowed to compete, nomination costs would still loom as a steep barrier in a political environment

  • ‘This scene is alive’: Abidjan art week showcases city as growing cultural hub 21 hours ago by Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
    Côte d’Ivoire, Africa, World news, Art, Art and design, Culture

    Late-night gallery tours and new venues signal a city staking its claim as a regional arts capital On a recent weekday evening, the doors of more than a dozen galleries and museums across Abidjan stayed open till midnight, several hours later than usual, as art enthusiasts went around town on a bus tour. It was the Night of the Galleries, designed for people to drop in after work and enjoy Abidjan art week to the fullest. The after-hours special showcase was first tested in January 2024 on the sidelines of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament hosted and won by Côte


South China Morning Post

  • Minnesota investigates ICE arrest of Hmong American man as possible kidnapping 3 hours ago by Associated Press

    A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials said on Monday. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Sheriff Bob Fletcher said at a news conference they are pursuing information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that they need for their investigation into the arrest of ChongLy “Scott” Thao, 56, on January 18. Ramsey County includes the...

  • Swalwell to quit US Congress following sexual misconduct allegations 4 hours ago by Reuters

    US congressman Eric Swalwell said on Monday he will resign from the House of Representatives, bowing to pressure from both Democrats and Republicans to leave Congress or face expulsion following sexual misconduct allegations that upended his campaign for governor. The California Democrat vowed ‌to fight the allegations but said he must also “take responsibility and ownership” of his mistakes. “Expelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, is wrong,”...

  • Brazil fires slave labour watchdog chief after BYD blacklisting 5 hours ago by Igor Patrick

    The Brazilian government has dismissed the head of its labour inspection authority, days after his office added Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD to a registry of employers found to have subjected workers to conditions analogous to slavery. Luiz Felipe Brandao de Mello led the National Secretariat of Labour Inspection since 2023 and his dismissal was published in the official gazette on Monday. He oversaw the unit responsible for enforcing labour standards nationwide, including the fight...

  • Dozens arrested in New York as protesters demand US blocks sale of bombs to Israel 5 hours ago by Associated Press

    Nearly 100 protesters were arrested during a demonstration on Monday calling on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of thousands of US bombs to Israel. Led by the anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace, the crowd of hundreds initially attempted to stage a sit-in inside the Manhattan offices of the two Democratic lawmakers they accused of abetting Israel’s intensifying attacks in Lebanon and the US-Israel war on Iran. After demonstrators were...

  • Brazil’s fugitive ex-spy chief detained by ICE in the US 6 hours ago by Reuters

    Former Brazilian intelligence ⁠chief Alexandre Ramagem has ⁠been detained by ICE in the United States, the agency reported on its website on Monday, after he fled Brazil in September following his conviction for plotting a coup with ‌then-president Jair Bolsonaro. Ramagem, 53, is a former congressman and police officer who commanded Brazil’s main intelligence agency, ABIN, under Bolsonaro. He was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for his role in a plot to overturn leftist leader Luiz...


New York Times

  • Amid War, G.O.P. Puts Off Testimony From Senior Pentagon Commanders 4 hours ago by Megan Mineiro
    US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States Defense and Military Forces, Defense Department, House Committee on Armed Services

    House lawmakers had been scheduled to hear testimony next week from the head of military operations in the Middle East, but the Republican majority postponed the hearing until late May.

  • Iran Blockade Sets Up a Test of Which Side Can Endure More Pain 8 hours ago by David E. Sanger
    Strait of Hormuz, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Ships and Shipping, International Trade and World Market, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States International Relations, United States Politics and Government, Trump, Donald J, internal-open-access-from-nl

    President Trump is trying to choke off the country’s lifeline with a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But the Iranians are betting that his tolerance for political pain is limited.

  • What the U.S. Blockade of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz Might Look Like 6 hours ago by John Ismay
    United States Defense and Military Forces, Ships and Shipping, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Smuggling, Boats and Boating, Oil-for-Food Program (UN), International Trade and World Market, United States Central Command, United States Navy, Trump, Donald J, Persian Gulf, Iran

    The U.S. military has provided few details on how it might carry out President Trump’s orders as he seeks to pressure Tehran on a peace deal. But history and established practices offer some clues.

  • The U.S. Blockades Iran’s Ports 5 hours ago by Matthew Cullen

    Also, Trump clashes with the pope. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

  • Eric Swalwell Says He Will Resign From Congress After Sex Abuse Accusations an hour ago by Michael Gold, Jill Cowan and Emily Cochrane
    Swalwell, Eric M, California, Sex Crimes, United States Politics and Government, House of Representatives, Democratic Party, Midterm Elections (2026), Elections, Governors

    The California lawmaker said in a social media post Monday that he would quit. He has denied accounts of abusing women.


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