B Before dawn on March 10, 2014, a group of roughly thirty migrants awoke in Tijuana, Mexico, packed their belongings, and ate one final meal before attempting to cross into the United States. Some were Mexican nationals who had previously been deported. Others were Central American women and children hoping to reunite with family members who had migrated north years earlier. There was nothing unusual about their intentions. For decades, foreign nationals with similar hopes had arrived at Mexican border cities to prepare for the journey into the United States. What distinguished this group was not why they wanted to cross, but how they intended to do it
WASHINGTON/SYDNEY, March 10 (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday granted humanitarian visas to five Iranian women's soccer team players after they sought asylum fearing persecution in their home nation. The announcement came after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had spoken to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Iran women's soccer team in Australia following reports that the players had requested asylum. Read more
Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to pursue legal options challenging a new federal rule that would prevent lawful permanent residents " green card holders " from obtaining Small Business Administration-backed loans. The Board of Supervisors approved a motion directing the county's legal staff to explore litigation after the SBA announced the policy change. Under the SBA policy change, businesses seeking SBA-backed loans must be 100 percent owned by U.S. citizens or U.S. nationals, which means businesses owned by lawful permanent residents are no longer eligible Read more
A former Missouri House speaker was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud for misusing federal COVID-19 relief funds for his personal benefit. Former Republican House Speaker John Diehl received about $380,000 in federal loans for his law firm between 2020 and 2022 through a program intended to help cover operating expenses for businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. But Diehl admitted in a September plea agreement that he instead used the money for personal expenses, including country club dues, swimming pool maintenance, his home mortgage and vehicle payments for a Tesla, Audi and Jeep. Prosecutors said he used more than half the money to fund his law firm's defined benefit plan, of which he was the only participant, and also paid off a civil settlement related to his time as state House speaker.
Israel's Smotrich says soldier son wounded after attack near Lebanon Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says shrapnel tore through his son's liver during an attack near the Lebanese border that wounded eight Israeli soldiers. In a post on X, Smotrich said a mortar round was launched towards the soldiers on the Lebanese border on Friday. "One of them is my beloved son " Benya Hebron," he wrote. The far-right Israeli cabinet member said shrapnel "penetrated his back and stomach" and he was rushed to hospital. "By the grace of God, one of the shrapnel tore through his liver and lodged in the wall of the largest blood vessel in his stomach. If, God forbid, it had been damaged the situation would have been much worse," he said. Read more
Rep. Kevin Kiley (CA-3) has quit the republican party and registered as the only independent in the US House. Kiley's district was recently redrawn. He is currently running running for the newly drawn CA-6 as an independent this November. His defection technically changes the partisan balance of the House to 217-GOP, 214-DEM, 1-I though from a practical standpoint it doesn't impact much since Kiley will continue to caucus with the GOP.
The Trump administration has subpoenaed records related to the 2020 election in Arizona's largest county, the state Senate president said Monday, the latest in a series of steps taken by the president to relitigate an election he lost and bolster the federal government's authority over elections.
On behalf of Willy Wender Aceituno (46) of Charlotte, NC, the ACLU has filed a $1.25 million federal damages claim against the US government over a November 2025 incident in which ICE agents smashed his car window and slammed him to the ground, even though he was a US citizen.
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Ukraine has deployed interceptor drones and a team of specialists to help protect U.S. military bases in Jordan, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the New York Times in an interview published on March 9. Zelensky said the U.S. requested assistance on March 5 as tensions in the Middle East escalated following strikes on Iran. Ukraine agreed immediately and dispatched the team the next day. "We reacted immediately," the president said. "I said, yes, of course, we will send our experts." The deployment comes as Iran retaliates against attacks by United States and Israel, launching drones and missiles against U.S. bases, diplomatic facilities, and civilian targets across the region.
A U.S. National Guard Soldier died in a health-related incident in Kuwait on March 6 during a medical emergency. The exact cause of death is under review. Read more
Iranian Lego-animation war propaganda video featuring Satan, Trump, and the Epstein Files :)
Donald Trump is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman while she was a minor, according to a claim reported in the Epstein Files. The unnamed woman claimed the US President sexually assaulted her after being introduced by Jeffrey Epstein when she was aged between 13 and 15. The woman claimed in the October, 2019, interview she first met Trump in either New York or New Jersey, while Epstein was also present. She alleged Trump "struck her after she bit him on the penis." The woman further claimed he "pulled her hair and punched her on the side of her head."
The Middle East is on fire, the planet on the verge of world war, the Homeland Security director just ousted. It'd hard to pay attention to anything else. Still, if you want to know why news that the FBI has begun to turn over long-concealed "prohibited access" files to Congress might matter, just ask Seymour Hersh. Fifty-two years ago, on December 21, 1974, the famed muckraker printed "Huge C.I.A. Operation Reported in U.S. Against Antiwar Forces, Other Dissidents In Nixon Years" in the New York Times. Hersh disclosed that "intelligence files on at least 10,000 American citizens were maintained by a special unit of the C.I.A.," and spoke of "evidence of dozens of other illegal activities." These misdeeds were part of a trove of dirty secrets in the CIA's past that came to be known as the agency's "Family Jewels." Some sources Racket spoke with this week recalled the case in conjunction with news about the discovery of a cache of secret files at the FBI.
A new study found that older adults who consistently listened to music reduced their risk of developing dementia by nearly 40 percent.
A tense encounter turned violent in San Francisco's troubled Tenderloin neighborhood Thursday evening when Mayor Daniel Lurie's vehicle was blocked by several men, sparking an attack that left at least one security officer injured. The confrontation unfolded around 5:40 p.m. near Cedar and Polk streets, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Officers assigned to the mayor's protective detail became engaged in a physical altercation with two unidentified male suspects after the mayor's vehicle was stopped in the roadway. Video from the scene shows a security detail member being taken to the ground as officers worked to subdue the suspects. One officer sustained visible injuries during the altercation. The
Dozens of Democrats have voted against a nonbinding resolution in the House that reaffirms Iran as the "largest state sponsor of terrorism." The resolution, put forward by Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., passed by a 372-53 vote on Thursday, with all those voting no being Democrats. Two Democrats also voted present. Read more
