Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has ordered an investigation into the role played by two US officials in a counter-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua. The two died alongside two Mexican officials when their car crashed on their way back from an operation to destroy illegal drug labs, Chihuahua officials said. Sheinbaum said that neither she nor senior members of the federal security team had been informed about any joint US-Mexican operations. The Mexican leader has been adamant that foreign officials can only operate on Mexican soil if given prior clearance at the federal level. Read more
A senior US delegation met with Cuban government officials in Cuba as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to pressure Havana into a deal as it continues to exert its economic chokehold on the island. This was the one of the highest-level visits of US officials in roughly a decade and comes as Donald Trump continues to raise the specter of potential military action.
In Cuba, the CIA-planned 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco is commemorated every year on 19 April
Silas Shelton (49), the former pastor of Blanchester Community Church, pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. As part of the agreement, prosecutors dismissed the remaining charges in the 12-count indictment, which originally included charges of rape, gross sexual imposition, sexual battery, and arson. This MAGA pastor had previously protested LGBTQ+ books: "I tell you, I got sick reading that stuff," Shelton whined. This phony Christian also lamented that parents "aren't allowed to talk about the health risks of kids being gay" and he railed against children seeing Gay Pride flags.
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Rep. Nancy Mace filed a motion Monday evening to expel her Republican colleague, Rep. Cory Mills, from the House, just hours after NOTUS reported that Mills was considering doing the same to her. "The swamp has protected Cory Mills for far too long and we are done letting it slide. We tried to censure him and strip him from his committee assignments. Both parties blocked it, but we are not backing down," Mace said in a post on X. "The evidence against Mills is overwhelming: beating women and telling them to lie about it, cyberstalking women, lying about his military service, and profiting off his seat. Any Member who votes to keep him here is voting to protect a woman beater and a fraud. He needs to be expelled IMMEDIATELY."
"UNICEF is outraged by the killing of two truck drivers contracted by them to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip. Two other people were wounded during this heinous attack which occurred during routine water trucking operations."
Jeffrey Epstein and Alan Dershowitz tried to discredit and smear this academic
Taipei, April 18 (CNA) The transit of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) warship through the Taiwan Strait on Friday reflected Tokyo's reaffirmation of its right to free passage through the international waterway, an academic has said. Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump appears to have set his eyes on Greenland again while venting frustration at NATO, as the diplomatic fallout from Iran war exposes rifts in Washington's ties with the security alliance. In a Truth Social post Wednesday evening stateside, Trump said that "NATO WASN'T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON'T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!" Read more
As the war in Iran continues to affect lives across the globe, a recent news related to President Donald Trump has drawn significant attention. Amid the Middle East crisis, Trump has reportedly told associates that he believes he deserves the Medal of Honor, citing a 2019 visit to troops in Iraq. Read more
Fed up with the state's censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom. Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn't teach Plato's Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher's work violated the system's restrictions on gender and sexuality content. Peterson's colleague Linda Radzik, a philosophy professor and associate department head, is jumping ship with similar concerns about academic freedom. Lucy Schiller, a nonfiction writing professor at Texas Tech University, also has plans to leave her job. They are just a few of the faculty members giving up their jobs at Texas public institutions
Cameron Collins, founder of Brew Ha Ha Productions and the Punk in the Park festival, donated $225 to Trump's 2024 campaign, triggering backlash from left-leaning punk fans. On Feb. 27, Collins canceled every Punk in the Park date for 2026. "The current climate surrounding the events has created challenges that make it impossible for us to move forward," the organizers wrote on Instagram. It's no surprise that an underground music scene would loathe a Trump-donating promoter. Yet until this donation, Collins was a respected promoter whose events sustained hundreds of acts, including progressive bands. Some artists who relied on Collins' festivals " even if they hate his politics " said the backlash will hurt their livelihoods too. "It was the worst money I ever spent," Collins said. "It was not worth this."
Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth filmed a personalized video for NRA members confirming their "God-given rights" to bear arms as Dummkopf Trumpf's costly and illegal war against the people of Iran intensifies and people in Louisiana are recovering from the shock of yet another American mass shooting.
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CALGARY " Amazon has removed paperback copies of the controversial 1973 novel The Camp of the Saints from its US website, prompting accusations of censorship from the book's publisher and renewed debate over a book that has divided opinion for over half a century. The novel, written by French author and explorer Jean Raspail, portrays the collapse of Western civilization through mass immigration into France and other Western European countries. Read more
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The White House and a Labor Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Her tenure has been plagued by multiple scandals and an investigation that the secretary was engaged in an extramarital affair with a member of her security team and accusations of inappropriate behavior, like drinking on the job.
A shooting at Mexico's Teotihuacn pyramids has left at least one person dead and several people injured, Mexico's security cabinet said Monday. According to preliminary information, a man fired shots at the popular archaeological site, killing a Canadian woman, before taking his own life.
Allbirds made a surprising announcement Wednesday that it is pivoting from shoes to artificial intelligence. The move boosted shares of the miniscule market cap company " it was valued at about $21 million at Tuesday's close " by 582%. The shares, which were under $3 a day ago, jumped to about $17. The company announced that it's pivoting its business to AI compute infrastructure in a release posted to its investor relations page. The company, which according to the release will be called NewBird AI, announced a deal to raise up to $50 million in funding, expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.
President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of trying to weaken America's hand in talks with Iran, calling them "traitors" who are undermining military gains and pushing for a quick deal. Read more
