Trump set to open new military bases in Greenland as he inks security deal with Denmark to boost Arctic defence– www.thesun.co.uk News Source
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DONALD Trump has signed a historic deal to allow a larger US military presence in Greenland.
The deal was signed alongside Denmark and Greenland at the UN General Assembly, aiming to strengthen Arctic and North Atlantic security.
The bombshell new deal will give the US increased military presence in Greenland Credit: APThe US, Denmark and Greenland met to sign the agreement at the UN General Assembly Credit: AP
The deal will allow the US to increase their military presence by building two new military bases on the icy island, but keep it under Danish control.
Trump said: “This is tremendous for Europe and for the United States and for everybody.”
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“And for Greenland, it’s going to be incredible.”
Greenland’s PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen said it was a “win-win-win”.
Leftists Will Target Any Republican With Lawfare– thefederalist.com News Source
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has earned a reputation as one of the Senate’s most bipartisan and moderate members. But not even that willingness to work across the aisle spared the longtime senator from being ensnared by the left’s lawfare machine.
Leftist propaganda outlet ProPublica dropped a hit piece on Tuesday suggesting Collins and her 2020 Senate campaign were caught up in a Biden-era FBI investigation that probed allegations of a pay-to-play and bribery scheme.
While Collins’ team rejected claims of wrongdoing and denied that the senator’s campaign was ever the subject of the inquiry, the left-wing-funded “news” organization nonetheless attempted to paint Collins and her allies as nefarious players in the debacle. It further portrayed President Trump as a willing accomplice who “stacked the Department of Justice with his personal lawyers” and “eviscerated” “specialized FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption investigations.”
“It is important to note that during the Biden Administration the FBI and the Department of Justice thoroughly investigated the … matter. The Collins campaign cooperated fully with the FBI throughout the investigation, producing all of the documents it requested and serving as fact witnesses in official settings,” Collins spokeswoman Annie Clark said in response to ProPublica’s report. “In response to the allegations in the ProPublica piece, the FBI clearly stated that a suggestion of wrongdoing by Senator Collins or her staff is ‘totally false.’”
The seven-year-old allegations made against Senator Collins and her staff in this piece are categorically false. There have never been any allegations of wrongdoing by the Collins for Senator campaign, and the campaign was never the target of the FBI investigation.
Glock Sues Connecticut in Federal Court to Block ‘Convertible Pistol’ Ban After State Officials Wouldn’t Say Whether Its Handguns Are Legal to Sell– www.usacarry.com News Source
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Key Takeaways
GLOCK, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Connecticut’s ban on ‘convertible pistols’ on September 21, 2026, seeking to halt enforcement.
The lawsuit claims the definition of ‘convertible pistols’ is vague and unclear, creating confusion for dealers and buyers.
GLOCK argues the law infringes on Second Amendment rights by banning lawfully made handguns, while Connecticut asserts the law is to prevent sales of guns convertible to fully automatic weapons.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong plans to defend the law, emphasizing its importance for public safety.
This case adds to ongoing federal litigation concerning other Connecticut firearms bans, highlighting broader legal challenges to gun regulations.
HARTFORD, CT — GLOCK, Inc. filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on September 21, 2026, asking a federal judge to stop the state from enforcing its new ban on “convertible pistols.” The company filed the complaint together with a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, which are court orders that would freeze enforcement of the law while the case is decided.
The suit names the Connecticut State’s Attorneys and the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection as defendants, according to GLOCK’s announcement. It seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, meaning a ruling that the law is unlawful and an order barring the state from enforcing it. The law at issue is Connecticut 2026 HB 5043, now Public Act 26-41.
GLOCK’s first argument is not about the Second Amendment. It is about the words on the page. The complaint maintains that the statute’s definition of “convertible pistols” is vague, ambiguous and unclear as to whether GLOCK pistols manufactured after October 1, 2026 can be sold in Connecticut. A criminal statute has to tell a dealer, a buyer and a police officer what is banned before it punishes them for it. According to GLOCK, this one does not.
Ukraine says heavy bomber drones air-dropped exploding war robots miles behind Russian lines during a secretive operation – Business Insider News Source
Supreme Court stays out of custody dispute between California couple and surrogate– www.cbsnews.com News Source EXCERPT:
Justice Elena Kagan declined a request from a surrogate to intervene in a custody dispute with a California couple.
After Months Of Tension, Trump Signs Security Deal With Denmark, Greenland– www.ndtv.com News Source EXCERPT:
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a security deal with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, cooling temperatures after his calls for control over the autonomous Danish territory.
“It’s going to be a long-term, fantastic relationship,” Trump said at the event in New York.
“This is tremendous for Europe and for the United States and for everybody,” he added.
Under the wide-ranging 10-page pact, the United States will build two military bases in southern and eastern Greenland.
These will be established in Narsarsuaq in the south of the island and Mestersvig in the east, in addition to the Pituffik base it already operates in the north.
The deal also reaffirmed “the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark” and recognised Greenland’s “right to self-determination.”
Since returning to the presidency in January 2025, Trump has repeatedly insisted that the United States needs to control Greenland for strategic reasons.
This alarmed NATO ally Denmark and sparked fierce pushback from the alliance.
Trump previously said that the arrangement would give America “permanent control” over security for the territory in the Arctic that he has long coveted.
“Mr President, you have been very clear. You don’t want adversaries to come too close,” said Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen ahead of the signing.
“I fully agree, and with this deal, they are not,” she added, noting that adversaries will not be allowed to get control or significant influence in the territory.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen added that Greenland matters for North American security and for transatlantic security.
“This agreement reflects that we understand our responsibility and act accordingly,” he added.
The agreement blocks non-NATO, non-EU countries from strategic sectors in Greenland, in an attempt to bar US adversaries China and Russia from gaining a foothold in the Arctic.
Such parties will generally not be allowed “control, significant influence, or access to non-public information that may constitute a threat to national security or public order” within sensitive sectors.
EU chief Antonio Costa welcomed the deal on Tuesday as a “positive step for transatlantic cooperation and Arctic security.”
“The EU stands ready to continue working closely with Greenland, Denmark and our transatlantic partners for a peaceful, secure and prosperous Arctic,” Costa posted on X.
The agreement also stipulates that Greenland, home to 57,000 inhabitants, must continue to abide by the agreement even if it obtains independence from Denmark.
It should also remain in or join NATO “if necessary.”
Under a 1951 defence pact updated in 2004, Washington was already able to ramp up its military presence on the island provided it informed Denmark and Greenland in advance.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Federal judge strikes down Education Department rule stripping DEI grants– www.thecollegefix.com News Source
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Department failed to explain why it reversed course on teacher training grants
A federal judge blocked a U.S. Department of Education rule stripping grants from teacher prep programs that teach DEI.
In February 2025, the department pulled “over $600 million in grants to institutions and nonprofits that were using taxpayer funds to train teachers and education agencies on divisive ideologies,” according to a news release.
“Training materials included inappropriate and unnecessary topics such as Critical Race Theory; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI); social justice activism; ‘anti-racism’; and instruction on white privilege and white supremacy,” the release states.
Calling the directive “arbitrary and capricious,” District Judge Angel Kelley ruled that officials failed to adequately explain why they were reversing course on grants that historically encouraged DEI programs, according to The Hill.
“Rather than confining the Directive to actions that are traditionally understood to constitute discrimination, the record instead reflects that Defendants terminated grants with topics such as ‘acknowledging … racism’ and ‘anti-racism’—activities expressly undertaken to oppose discrimination,” Kelley wrote.
The judge added that the department bypassed mandatory public notice and comment periods, and ignored how heavily states, teachers, students, and principals depend on the funding, according to WPRI.
A German politician who challenged a pro-pedophile activist on social media could face two years in prison for committing a hate speech crime. Vanessa Behrendt was challenging an openly “minor attracted person” for advocating adult-child sex on social media. The pedophile reported her comments to German authorities, who opened a “hate speech” investigation against the one challenging public advocacy of child sex.
German Politician Faces Two Years In Jail After “MAP” Activist Reports Her For Hate Speech After– www.louderwithcrowder.com News Source
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In a sane society, this article would not exist. It would not exist because the man pretending to be a victim in this story would actually be shunned into oblivion, so much so that he would be condemned. That is not what happened. A German politician is now facing two years in jail after an alleged creep reported her for “hate speech.”
A German politician who represents the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) is being investigated by the state for incitement to hatred, defamation, and dissemination of personal data after a pro-pedophile activist filed a criminal complaint against her for social media posts denouncing “LGBTQ propaganda” and pro-pedophile activism. One activist who reported Vanessa Behrendt to police over her social media posts runs an online support group for “minor-attracted people,” or MAPs, and campaigns for pedophilia to be legally recognized as a protected characteristic.
This is nauseating. I cannot deal with how these creeps, to say the very least, can report people for “hate” as if “MAPs” are not worthy of hate. Hate can be a very good thing in many situations. In this situation, these “activists” are worthy of hate. I live in America; I can say that because it is still legal (for now) to hate these lunatics. I just cannot deal with this level of evil. Incredible.
In October 2024, Behrendt, the AfD’s family policy spokesperson, published a controversial opinion to her official X account, which has since racked up over 1 million views.
“The rainbow flag stands for: The machinations of pedophile lobby groups, the endangerment of children through LGBTQ propaganda, the harassment of toddlers with transsexuality, the legal ‘cuddling’ and ‘wrestling’ of foreign men with kindergarten children (‘Original Play’), and the treatment of gender identity disorders with puberty blockers, hormone therapies, and transgender surgeries,” Behrendt wrote. She followed her message with an image of the German flag, stating that its colors represented the country, while the Pride flag, she said, did not.
President Trump has announced he has secured a deal with the Netherlands that effectively gives the U.S. security oversight on the island. The deal assures no enemy of the United States can gain a foothold on Greenland soil.
Trump’s Greenland Deal Makes The World More Secure– thefederalist.com News Source
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The Trump administration has announced a security deal with Denmark over Greenland, surprising no one except the entire foreign policy establishment and a bunch of slogan-chanting journalists who surrendered their capacity for independent thought at least 10 years ago. This is why you don’t take legacy media seriously, and the same goes for listening to the professional brow-furrowers at the think tanks. Remember what they were saying at the beginning of the year:
Like everyone else in the dinosaur media, the toddlers at The New York Times spent January wetting their diapers over the whole thing. Trump was getting ready to attack all of Europe, starting the bloody meal with Greenland as a mere appetizer. The Times compared Trump to, you’ll never guess, Adolf Hitler, with a headline about how Nazis have always yearned to control Greenland. Trump, the leading Democrat newsletter declared, was announcing his violent intentions with regard to Greenland as a way of communicating his intent to exercise unlimited power everywhere. The world would be soaked in blood as the terrifying fascist brutally invaded Greenland, obviously.
NATO’s darkest hour, it turns out, led to a security deal that Denmark and Greenland are speaking of with considerable warmth. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that the agreement “strengthens our common security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic Area and therefore is great for NATO and Europe as well.”
The Economist has estimated AI has created five jobs for every one job lost. Their study claims AI has caused 200,000 job cuts since mid-2023 while creating one million new jobs.
It’s Not All Doom and Gloom: AI Added 1 Million US Jobs, 5 for Every 1 Cut– www.westernjournal.com News Source
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A wave of doomsday warnings about artificial intelligence (AI) is overshadowing a short-term bright spot: the technology appears to be creating American jobs even as it eliminates others.
U.S. employers cited AI in 116,175 announced job cuts through August, roughly 22% of all cuts announced in 2026, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Yet amid mounting warnings about AI’s threat to workers and even humanity, The Economist estimated in September that AI has created roughly 1 million American jobs compared with roughly 200,000 AI-attributed layoffs since mid-2023 — a ratio of about five jobs created for every one lost.
The figures are not directly comparable. Challenger tracked announced layoffs in which AI was cited as a reason, while The Economist estimated job creation using employment trends, AI-specific occupations and infrastructure hiring. Challenger has recorded roughly 188,000 announced cuts attributed to AI since it began tracking AI separately in 2023.
The broader labor market has so far avoided mass displacement. Employers added 162,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate remained at 4.1%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Sept. 4.
AI-related job creation is also extending beyond the workers constructing the data centers needed to power the technology.
The Department of Justice has announced it has no plans to enforce the federal ban on handgun purchases for adults under 20. The DOJ stated it will not enforce a law that unfairly discriminates against the constitutional rights of citizens based on age.
DOJ Says It Will Not Prosecute Dealers Who Sell Handguns to 18-to-20-Year-Olds, Calling Federal Ban Inconsistent With the Second Amendment– www.usacarry.com News Source
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The DOJ announced that the federal ban on licensed dealers selling handguns to 18-to-20-year-olds is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.
They concluded that 18-to-20-year-olds are included among ‘the people’ protected by the Second Amendment, similar to voting and jury duty.
The regulations burden members of the political community and lack historical tradition backing the restriction on sales to this age group.
While the opinion affects criminal penalties on dealers, it does not repeal existing laws or address state laws on carrying firearms.
Dealers might be hesitant to proceed with sales to younger adults due to the change resting on DOJ’s opinion rather than legislative amendment.
CIA Accused Of Using 23andMe And Ancestry To Hunt For ‘Alien’ DNA Bloodlines– wltreport.com News Source
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A newly resurfaced report is making an extraordinary allegation about the CIA, consumer DNA databases and the search for bloodlines that may not be entirely human.
The claim is not that intelligence officials are merely studying family trees.
It is that the agency allegedly has a backdoor into services such as 23andMe and Ancestry — and is using it to hunt for a rare genetic marker tied to so-called “Nordic” extraterrestrials.
That is a blockbuster accusation. It is also unproven.
The report now drawing fresh attention was first published in May and was pushed back into the spotlight Sunday:
CIA accused of using Ancestry and 23andMe to ‘hunt down’ alien bloodlines in millions of DNA tests https://t.co/yh9QbMtWUL
Texas daycare accused of operating toddler ‘fight club’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com News Source
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“Their trust was violated when the safe environment they were promised turned into a child fight club.”
A daycare in Fort Worth, Texas, is facing a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million after a substitute teacher allegedly encouraged two 4-year-old children to fight and threw one child to the floor.
Heather and Richard Harris filed the lawsuit against Arka Montessori Academy of Risinger, following an April 27 incident involving their 4-year-old son. According to the lawsuit and findings from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the incident occurred toward the end of the school day after the child was moved into a combined classroom.
At around 4:30 p.m., the child was placed in teacher Jacqueline De Luna’s classroom as classes were combined. While De Luna’s back was turned, another boy approached the child and struck him in the back, prompting a brief fight between two children.
De Luna separated the children and picked up the other boy, who was the son of substitute teacher Chynia Johnson. Johnson entered the classroom to provide coverage while De Luna used the restroom, and Johnson’s son subsequently pushed the other child in the chest.
At one point, Johnson allegedly grabbed the 4-year-old by the arm and dragged him toward her son while encouraging the boy to kick and hit him. Johnson then threw the child, causing him to fall onto the hard floor. Surveillance footage captured the incident.
Vermont Teachers Union Pushes Gender Identity in Sports, Raises Alarms About ‘White Privilege’– www.dailysignal.com News Source
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The Vermont teachers union formally recognizes students’ right to play sports based on “gender identity,” rather than biological sex.
The National Education Association Vermont chapter also asserts that the state’s public school teachers must acknowledge the nation’s “white supremacy culture” as responsible for “white privilege” that is “conferred irrespective of wealth, gender, and other factors.”
It also supports sanctuary jurisdictions for illegal immigrants.
The parental advocacy group Defending Education obtained a list of resolutions adopted at the Vermont NEA 2025 Representative Assembly.
“The fact that the state-level teachers union requires its members to ‘acknowledge’ that white supremacy culture permeates society shows just how ideologically captured the organization is,” Rhyen Staley, director of research at Defending Education, told the Daily Signal in a statement.
“It should be deeply concerning for parents that members of the union are to accept the far-left conspiracy theory and to become activists while roughly half of the state’s third graders are reading at below-proficient levels.” Staley added.
One resolution was a “Gender Equity in Athletic Programs” resolution.
Macron backs Canada as EU associate member as Carney turns toward Europe– abcnews.com News Source
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TORONTO — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday backed a proposal for Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member as he and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to deepen strategic ties spanning space, defense, energy and business.
The leaders met in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a French territory just off Newfoundland’s coast where France and Canada are separated by only a few kilometers (miles) — a striking setting for Canada’s accelerating turn toward Europe as relations with the United States deteriorate.
“We are very much in favor of that agenda of closer ties with the European Union, as an associate member of the Union, as the president said, and as a full-fledged member of the European community,” Macron said in French while standing alongside Carney.
“Only a few kilometers separate Canada and France at their closest point. Our values are even closer,” Carney said in French.
Carney said the countries will task their space agencies and defense ministries to develop and share infrastructure, including launch systems and ground-based reception facilities. They also agreed to expand cooperation in energy, telecommunications, climate resilience and economic development.
Macron’s endorsement comes days after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU’s first associate member. Carney embraced the prospect and has argued that deeper ties with Europe would give Canada more alternatives and make it less vulnerable to economic coercion by any single country.
Sam Altman Holds Secret Meetings with U.S Power Giants as OpenAI Pushes AI Grid ‘Security’– slaynews.com News Source
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been quietly meeting with executives from some of America’s largest electric utility companies while warning that increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems could pose a threat to the nation’s power grid.
Altman has spent years sounding the alarm about potentially dangerous AI systems while simultaneously pushing for government regulations that would place companies such as OpenAI at the center of the emerging AI oversight regime.
Now, the ChatGPT maker appears to be taking that same warning directly to America’s power industry, while pitching OpenAI’s own cybersecurity services as part of the solution.
According to Politico, Altman has held a series of private meetings with executives from major utilities including Duke Energy, Exelon, Southern Co., and NextEra Energy beginning in July.
One of the latest meetings took place Wednesday in Colorado during the annual gathering of the Edison Electric Institute.
The security of America’s electrical grid was reportedly a major topic.
Ukraine sent more than 1,000 drones streaking into Russian airspace overnight, striking Moscow harder than at any point in the war.
Hundreds of those drones flew toward the capital on the final day of Russia’s parliamentary elections, according to CBS News. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called it the “largest ever” assault on the city and said air defenses knocked down 450 before they reached Moscow.
Regional Gov. Andrei Vorobyov reported two deaths and 20 injuries across the wider Moscow area, identifying the dead as a 74-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman, CBS News reported. In the Ramenskoye district, crews cleared 400 residents, including 70 children, from a 21-story tower, according to ABC News.
Ukraine launches 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds fired at Moscow in what mayor describes as “largest ever” attack https://t.co/p1Nu7vCeVP
A resident of Sofyino named Vitaliy described the moment a strike hit his block. “Glass went flying; people started screaming and shouting. I turned around, and the entrance doors had already been blown out, debris everywhere,” he told ABC News.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his forces fired a mix of drones and missiles, among them the homegrown Flamingo and Pelican, to hit fuel and supply targets, according to CBS News. “These are billions of dollars that sustain the war machine,” he wrote on social media.
The Moscow refinery ran 11.6 million metric tons of oil in 2024, and repeated Ukrainian hits on such plants have thinned Russia’s refining capacity, driving fuel shortages and long lines at pumps nationwide, ABC News reported.
Trump signs Bill authorising sweeping Russia sanctions– www.channelnewsasia.com News Source
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier hailed the legislation as “symbolic” and thanked US lawmakers.
The bill is “an extremely powerful tool that can stop this terrorist war and bring Russia to the point where it has to make peace”, Zelenskyy wrote on X.
“Sanctions must be strong so that all efforts for peace – including our joint diplomatic efforts with the United States, Europe, and our other friends – can succeed,” he added.
India said on Thursday it would continue buying oil “through diversified sourcing”.
New Delhi – which counts Russia as one of its most important strategic partners – has navigated the energy crisis sparked by the US-Iran conflict in part by turning to Moscow, despite pressure from Western countries.
Supporters of the legislation argued that tougher economic pressure is needed against Moscow, which launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The Congress vote was celebrated by pro-Ukraine activists, who pointed to continuing Russian attacks, including drone strikes on Wednesday on civilian transport in the south that officials in Kyiv said killed five people.
Canada, France pledge to work together on space infrastructure, business – National– globalnews.ca News Source
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Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to work together in the areas of space infrastructure, business and economic growth as the leaders met Sunday in the French territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
Speaking to reporters, Carney said he and Macron will task their space agencies and defence ministries to develop and share common infrastructure, including space launch systems and ground-based reception facilities.
A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office said the countries plan to work together on infrastructure that can receive data from satellites.
Carney said that he and Macron will also task the regional joint cooperation commission between Atlantic Canada and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon to expand its work in economic growth, energy transition and climate resilience.
He said the countries’ chambers of commerce are also joining forces to bring their business communities closer together.
FBI stopped 1,100 terrorist attacks since Trump took office: Kash Patel | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com News Source
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“These attacks did not happen because the FBI and our partners worked around the clock, found the threats and stopped them.”
1,100 terrorist attacks have been stopped since President Donald Trump returned to office, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
Patel detailed the crackdown on terrorism during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. The FBI director said that the agency has seen an 80 percent increase in criminal arrests, a 90 percent increase in violent-crime arrests, and a 30 percent increase in arrests involving gangs and criminal enterprises compared with the previous 18 months.
“In the past 18 months, the FBI has helped to locate and identify over 11,000 children who were the victims of crime,” Patel said. That’s up 21 percent from the preceding 18 months.”
“In the same amount of time, the FBI has been involved in the arrest of over 5,000 child predators and human traffickers,” he continued. “That’s up 13 percent from the preceding 18 months. These predators are the definition of evil, and I applaud your leadership in hunting down these awful people. This all while Democrats stood idly by while Biden-Harris administration lost or couldn’t locate tens of thousands of these children.”
“This FBI is making America safe. We, this FBI, have arrested 4,260 foreign terrorist organization-related affiliates. That’s up 38 percent, including the fact that this FBI has stopped 1,100 criminal perpetrators from committing terrorist attacks on US soil,” Patel added.
Ed Sheeran calls Gaza war catastrophic after dropping Macklemore over pro-Palestinian comments– www.france24.com News Source EXCERPT:
English singer Ed Sheeran opened his first show since his opener Macklemore was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. The move sparked controversy and prompted several other support acts to drop out of the tour, publishing statements citing their support for Palestinians. While some concert goers could be seen trying to sell their tickets on Saturday, others have voiced their support for the ‘Shape of You’ singer.
US and China discuss AI safety plan ahead of Trump-Xi summit– www.bbc.co.uk News Source
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Top US and Chinese officials have discussed creating a new “notification mechanism” for AI incidents that could affect national security, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters on Sunday.
Bessent made the comments after what he called “successful” talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York.
The meeting came as US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are due to hold a summit in Washington later this week.
AI has come under intense scrutiny in recent days after researchers warned of the potential risks posed by the technology and some of the industry’s most high profile figures called for developers to take a more cautious approach.
“We think that, just like with any cross-border activity, that moving from opaque to more transparency between the number one and the number two AI powers in the world is very important,” Bessent told reporters after the talks.
He said the meeting also covered other topics, including plans to “operationalise” a process to identify potential tariff cuts on goods called the Board of Trade.
As Texas lawmakers crack down on DEI curriculum, lawsuits fly and professors revolt– www.thecollegefix.com News Source
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ANALYSIS: Are public college classrooms subject to state control? Depends who you ask.
Two recent lawsuits brought by the American Association of Professors against the Texas Tech and Texas A&M systems alleging free speech and academic freedom violations have raised questions, concerns, and debate about state authority over publicly funded college classrooms.
The lawsuits center on one-year-old policies within the systems limiting instruction on race or gender ideology without administrative preapproval, regulations that came in the wake of a new law giving campus leaders more oversight and authority over curricula.
The law, SB 37, was billed as a way to rid university curriculum of diversity, equity and inclusion dogma and refocus on workforce preparation, and campus leaders in the Lone Star State quickly took the opportunity to force professors to cull curricula viewed as too ideological.
While professors argue the systems’ policies are too vague, not enforced in a content-neutral manner, and have forced scholars to cancel classes and censor themselves, others see the oversight as long overdue.
Richard Lowery, a finance professor at UT-Austin and vocal DEI critic, said the state response comes after years of negligent oversight over academic institutions’ curricula.
“If they let the faculty run the school, it is still under state control,” he said. “The difference is that the legislature are elected representatives and must answer for their decisions to the public.”
Patrick Clancy Breaks His Silence After Lindsay Clancy Mistrial– www.vanityfair.com News Source
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Denis learned about the death of Clancy’s children during their first coffee date. “I know I can’t bring his kids back,” Denis told 60 Minutes. “But if I can honor them and allow Pat to grieve but also just continue to honor them in the present, I guess that’s all I can do.”
Earlier in the interview, Patrick was asked if he struggled with suicidal thoughts after his children’s deaths. “There was a time that I didn’t think I’d live to see my 35th birthday. And I was completely fine with it,” he said, later adding, “My life has changed since I met Rachel in such a positive way.”
The couple is expecting a baby together. When asked what he plans to tell his child about their siblings, Patrick replied: “I think every parent can agree, you have different relationships with your kids, but they’re all your kids. And I can’t wait to tell them about their brothers and sister.”
Speaking with correspondent Ross Douthat, Patrick recalled the day that “everything just came to a screeching halt” on January 24, 2023—when his ex-wife, a former Massachusetts labor and delivery nurse, killed their three children at their home.
US arrests 18 suspects in killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, officials say– www.euronews.com News Source
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Eighteen suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse have been transported to Florida to stand trial, US officials said Sunday.
Moïse, 53, was gunned down on 7 July 2021 at his private residence by a hired group of about 20 military-trained Colombian mercenaries. His security detail did not intervene to protect him.
“Today’s multi-location and international arrests underscore the FBI’s continued commitment to bringing all participants in this plot to justice,” FBI special agent Brett Skiles said on X.
In the same post, federal prosecutor Jason Reding Quinones said: “18 transported in military plane from Haiti to face American justice in the Southern District of Florida.”
“Five years later, we are still bringing defendants before American courts, and we are not finished,” Quinones wrote, adding that 30 suspects have been indicted in the killing so far.
Among those extradited is a main suspect in the probe, Joseph Felix Badio, a former anti-corruption official at Haiti’s Ministry of Justice, Haitian government and police sources told the AFP news agency.
The sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching.
The Instagram ad photo showed K-pop singer Karina wearing a skirt and holding a pair of Chuck 70 X sneakers. Critics lashed out online, saying that a white triangular image created by lighting on the skirt resembled a KKK hood and that the way she held the sneakers made them look like the dangling feet of a lynching victim.
Converse, owned by Nike, issued a statement apologizing and saying it removed the ad.
“We’re sorry,” said the statement, first released on Friday. “We understand why this image is deeply upsetting and recognize that we got this wrong. We removed it from our channels and are working to remove it everywhere it appeared. This should not have happened and we will do better.”
Converse, based in Boston, declined on Sunday to answer questions seeking additional information, including how the company screens ads before they are posted and how the ad was approved.
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