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SPLC Paid Millions of Dollars to Nazis and Klansmen, DOJ Says
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. The Justice Department alleges the civil rights group defrauded donors…
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Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat Seeking His 13th term in Congress, Dies at Age 80
(Headline USA) U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died. He was 80. Scott, who was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party, was once a leading voice for Democrats on issues related to farm aid policy and food…
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Chemical Leak at a West Virginia Plant Kills 2 People and Sends 19 to Hospital, Officials Say
(Headline USA) A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two people and sent 19 others to the hospital, including one in critical condition, authorities said. The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute as workers were preparing to shut down at least part of the facility, Kanawha…
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Man Who Swiped Noem’s Purse in a DC Restaurant is Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
(Headline USA) A man who stole a purse from then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she dined at a restaurant under the protection of Secret Service agents was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for a string of thefts in the nation’s capital. Mario Bustamante Leiva did not recognize Noem when he grabbed…
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Ken Paxton Targets ActBlue in Scathing Lawsuit Alleging Deception
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue is once again under legal scrutiny after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a damning lawsuit accusing the group of deceptive practices and lax safeguards around foreign donations. Paxton, who is running for the Republican nomination for Senate, announced the lawsuit Monday, calling it a landmark case. The…
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US Estimates Iran Has 70% of Pre-War Missile Stockpile, 60% of Launchers
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Despite claims that the US has significantly degraded Iran’s ballistic missile program, US intelligence estimates that Iran has access to the vast majority of its missiles and launchers. Multiple US officials, citing intelligence and military estimates, told The New York Times that Iran has used the ceasefire to dig out its underground…
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Trump Defends Iran War in Series of Posts on Truth Social
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Monday issued a series of posts on his Truth Social account defending his war with Iran and a potential diplomatic deal that he may reach with Tehran, though the state of the negotiations remains unclear. The president started with a post where he said that the state of…
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House Ethics Committee Releases List of 26 Members Investigated for Sexual Misconduct
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square)  The U.S. House Ethics Committee released a list of names of 26 current and former members of Congress who it’s investigated for sexual misconduct. It did so after members of Congress have called for two members to be expelled, both from Florida: U.S. Reps. Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Republican Cory…
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College Student from China Charged with Illegally Taking Photos of US Military Planes
(Headline USA) A college student from China has been charged with illegally taking photos of U.S. military planes in Nebraska during a multistate road trip that included a stop at an Air Force base in South Dakota. Tianrui Liang, 21, was arrested April 7 at a New York airport while trying to leave the U.S.…
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Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Retrial Opens in New York, the Third Time this Case has Gone to Trial
(Headline USA) Prosecutors once again portrayed Harvey Weinstein as a onetime Hollywood power player who used his sway as a tool of sexual assault, repainting a familiar but fraught picture Tuesday at a rape retrial nearly eight years after the former movie tycoon’s arrest. “This case will come down to power, to control and to…
