One person has been killed and several police officers injured in a knife attack in France that President Emmanuel Macron has described as "Islamist terrorism". A man shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") launched the attack at a packed market in the eastern city of Mulhouse on Saturday afternoon, France's anti-terrorism prosecutor's office said. A 37-year-old Algerian man was arrested, according to the prosecutors' office, which is investigating the stabbings. The suspect had been on a list of people flagged for radicalism, the regional prosecutor said. The victim was a 69-year-old Portuguese man, prosecutors revealed. Mr Macron branded the knifeman "an Islamic extremist", saying: "It is without any doubt an act of Islamist terrorism." The government had "complete determination" to respond to the attack, he said, and also expressed "the solidarity of the nation" with those attacked and their loved ones.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers's office introduced a bill on Friday afternoon that would change the way a Wisconsin state law addresses biological women and men. According to the bill known as 2025 Senate Bill 45, which was first reported on by conservative radio host Dan O'Donnell, Section 3106 contains numerous examples of terms such as wife, husband, mother, and father being crossed out and removed in favor of terms like spouse, person, and even inseminated person. The bill pertains to "state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature," and the request for the language changes to be made isn't introduced until pages 1,766 and 1,767. read more
Attorney General Pam Bondi was asked if the Department of Justice (DOJ) would release the list of Jeffrey Epstein's clients in an interview on Fox News on Friday. "It's sitting on my desk right now to review," Bondi replied. "That has been a directive by President Trump and I am reviewing that. I'm reviewing JFK files, MLK files," she added. Disgraced financial and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead while awaiting trial for sex trafficking in his New York Metropolitan Correctional Center jail cell in August 2019. While his death was ruled a suicide, conspiracy theorists linked his demise to the many powerful figures he allegedly conspired with. read more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has deployed National Guard troops to secure state-run prisons amid a wildcat strike by corrections workers. Picketing and striking by corrections officers took place at around 30 state prisons as of Wednesday morning, union officials said. Hochul says National Guard troops are being deployed Wednesday, but she did not immediately specify where. "They've already been deployed and are ready to stabilize the situation," Hochul said of the National Guard soldiers, in a video address released Wednesday. "I am directing everyone involved in these unlawful strikes to stop these actions immediately. Legal action has already commenced to ensure compliance." National Guard soldiers in Humvees entered the grounds of Attica Correctional Facility, Spectrum News reported.
Some Americans have been calling for stimulus checks to be issued from cuts at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, and the idea has gone viral. read more
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