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[ad_1] Iowa Senator Joni Ernst defended her controversial statement "we all are going to die," at a town hall meeting and said that "you need to listen to the entire conversation."Speaking to CBS News on Monday, Ernst said, "I'm very compassionate, and you need to listen to the entire conversation."During a heated town hall on Friday, Senator Joni Ernst sparked viral attention with remarks about mortality as she defended a controversial GOP-backed domestic policy bill. The legislation, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill act—a nod to former President Trump's nickname for it—seeks to implement work requirements for certain Medicaid recipients, among other reforms. Tensions rose when Ernst attempted to explain the proposed changes to Medicaid, prompting someone in the crowd to shout that the policy would lead to deaths.Ernst elaborated that the legislation would "focus on those that are most […]

[ad_1] Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the drone attack on Russia will “continue” unless Moscow halts its offensive.Speaking to reporters after the latest round of US-brokered peace talks in Istanbul on Monday, Zelenskyy hailed the drone strike and described it as a “strategic operation” that weakened Russia’s military capability. The attack, which targeted Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, took place just a day before the talks.“This is happening on daily basis,” Zelenskyy said, referring to Russia’s ongoing assaults, including a recent overnight attack using more than 480 drones. “Unless they will stop, we will continue.”When asked whether the drone operation would shift the dynamics of the war or provoke Russia, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was not concerned about whether Russia is “enraged,” stressing that Moscow continues its attacks regardless.Zelenskyy also addressed the role of the US in the […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Monday seems to have rejected a proposal from his special envoy to Iran that would have allowed Tehran to retain low-level uranium enrichment for civilian purposes. Trump insisted that any deal to ease US sanctions must require Iran to fully dismantle its nuclear enrichment program.“Under our potential Agreement — WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!” Trump posted on social media but there is no clarification whether he was talking about the proposal or not.Trump’s stance appeared to contradict recent efforts by his envoy, Steve Witkoff, who had reportedly offered Iran the option to continue limited enrichment for uses like nuclear medicine and power, in exchange for shutting down its heavily fortified underground sites.The proposal also included a regional consortium to oversee civilian uranium enrichment, a concept dating back […]

[ad_1] Boulder attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman confronting with the crowd. The man suspected of an attack on pro-Israeli protesters in Colorado, who is facing federal hate crime charges, had planned the attack for a year, according to the the official. Mohammed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national staying in the US even after his visa expired, has allegedly thrown the fire bombs and sprayed burning gasoline at a group of people who had gathered on Sunday in support of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, injuring 12 people. J Bishop Grewell, acting US Attorney for the District of Colorado, told reporters the 45-year-old suspect had been planning the attack for a year.Soliman attacked a group of elderly protesters with "Molotov cocktails at a group of men and women, some of them in their late 80s, burning them as they peacefully walked […]

[ad_1] Mohamed Sabry Soliman planned the Colorado terror attack for over a year, he admitted to the investigators. The feds said Monday that the suspect in Colorado's targeted anti-Semitic attack by 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman had been planned by the suspect for one year. Soliman admitted to the feds that he was only waiting for his daughter's graduation. In the federal court filing, the feds said Soliman clearly stated his motive of attacking the Jewish community as he said he wanted to kill all Zionist people. "He would do it again," the affidavit said. After conducting an online search, Soliman targeted the Jewish community that gathers weekly, calling for the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza. He said he hated this group and needed them to stop taking over Palestine land that Soliman referred to as "our land". He […]

[ad_1] Indian-origin UC Berkeley graduate says he fooled investors by just dropping Stanford's name. Bhavye Khetan, an Indian-origin UC Berkeley graduate claimed on his social media that he fooled investors by dropping fancy words and big names of universities and got responses from them, while he has no product, no pitch and no deck. He just created a fake creator profile, Khetan claimed and his post went viral. His LinkedIn profile claimed that he studied a Bachelor's degree at Berkeley, while his work experience includes a position in New Delhi. He also called himself the founder of a card that apparently combines multiple credit cards. Khetan claimed that he made a fake founder persona who studied Computer Science at Stanford, worked at Palantir. He said he sent cold emails to 34 VCs and 27 among them replied. Four asked for […]

[ad_1] Actor Jonathan Joss was killed at his old home on Texas by a neighbor. Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, the suspected killer of actor Jonathan Joss has been charged with felony first-degree murder. Alvarez shot and killed the actor when the duo had an argument, neighbors said. The shooting took place at Joss's former home in Texas which was burned down earlier this year. Neighbors told TMZ that Joss and Ceja had a long history of feuding. Joss had the habit of doing weird things like suddenly starting his loud rant. Police had been called on the actor several times before the house went up in flames, neighbors said.Joss's weird things also included banging pans from his rooftop in the middle of the night, neighbors said. The fire took place when Joss used a BBQ pit to heat it and overall […]

[ad_1] Jonathan Joss was killed in front of his husband at their former home in Texas. Jonathan Joss, famous for voicing John Redcorn in 'King of the Hill', died after he was shot multiple times by a homophobic man when he and his husband Tristan Kern de Gonzales were checking the mail at their former house. In his statement, Gonzales said that the San Antonio home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who could not accept their gay relationship. Gonzales said that during their stay in that house, they were harassed regularly and openly by homophobic individuals. "When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us serve emotional distress. We […]

[ad_1] As meteorological summer officially begins on June 1, 2025, the United States is preparing for what may become one of its hottest summers in recorded history. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued an alarming seasonal outlook through its Climate Prediction Center (CPC), forecasting significantly above-average temperatures across nearly the entire country, as per The Economic Times report. Unlike past years that showed regional variability, the 2025 summer projection offers little reprieve anywhere in the US or even in most of Alaska. Driven by persistent atmospheric patterns, elevated sea surface temperatures, and the residual effects of climate change, this summer is shaping up to test the nation’s resilience to heat, wildfires, and health crises like never before.From densely packed urban neighborhoods to arid rural lands, the effects of this prolonged heat event are expected to ripple across […]

[ad_1] Deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau greets Afrikaner refugees from South Africa at Dulles International Airport (Image credit: AP) JOHANNESBURG: A second group of white South Africans has arrived in the United States under a refugee program announced by the Trump administration, officials and advocacy groups said Monday. Nine people, including families and children, arrived late last week, said Jaco Kleynhans, head of international liaison at the Solidarity Movement, a group representing members of South Africa's white Afrikaner minority. The group travelled on a commercial flight, he said. A spokesperson for the US Embassy said in an email to The Associated Press that "refugees continue to arrive in the United States from South Africa on commercial flights as part of the Afrikaner resettlement program's ongoing operations." An initial group of 59 white South Africans arrived at Dulles International Airport […]