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PayPal Gives Up $30 Million to Settle DOJ Discrimination Probe

(José Niño, Headline USA) PayPal agreed to forgo roughly $30 million in transaction fees to settle a Justice Department probe into allegations that the financial services company adopted unlawful preferences for minority owned businesses, the Wall Street Journal reported. Justice Department officials had been investigating whether PayPal violated a federal...

Cuba Says It Has Run Out of Oil Under US Blockade

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Cuban government has said that it has run out of oil reserves under the ramped-up US oil embargo on the country, which has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis and widespread power outages across the country. “We have absolutely no fuel oil, absolutely no diesel,” Vicente de...

Michigan House Republicans Demand Benson Release SPLC Records

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) Michigan House Republicans passed a resolution calling on Michigan Secretary of State and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson to release records tied to her past involvement with the Southern Poverty Law Center following a federal indictment against the organization. House Resolution 313, introduced by State...

Tennessee Man Known for Racist Videos Held on $1.25M Bond for Courthouse Shooting

(Headline USA) A Tennessee man who goes by the moniker Chud the Builder and is known for posting racist videos to social media was given a $1.25 million preliminary bond on attempted murder and other charges on Friday. Dalton Eatherly, 28, is accused of shooting another person in the middle...

Iraqi Migrant Charged in NYC Synagogue Plot

(Headline USA) An Iraqi national accused of plotting at least 18 terror attacks in Europe in retaliation for the United States and Israel’s war with Iran, including firebombing a bank in Amsterdam and stabbing Jewish men in London, has been arrested and charged with supporting Iran-backed terrorist organizations. According to...

Plane Crashes in Ohio, Killing 2

(Headline USA) Two people inside a small plane were found dead Thursday after it crashed into a house in Ohio and exploded into flames, the Akron Fire Department said. There were no immediate reports of injuries inside the home after the crash shortly before 4 p.m., the department said in a...

Pentagon Seeks Record Budget Despite Failing Every Audit

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump is asking Congress to approve the largest military budget in American history for an agency that has never passed a financial audit. The Department of Defense, rebranded the Department of War by the Trump administration, says it has a new plan to...

FBI Offers $200K for Ex-Air Force Specialist Wanted on Espionage Charges in Iran

(Headline USA) The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to capture and prosecution of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and was later charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government. Monica Elfriede Witt, who is in her 40s, was...

Candace Owens’ Source Allegedly Dodging Subpoena from Charlie Kirk’s Ex-Bodyguard

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Mitch Snow, who’s fueled conspiracy theories that Charlie Kirk’s widow and his security team were involved in the plot to assassinate him, is allegedly avoiding service in a lawsuit over the matter. Kirk’s former bodyguard, Brian Harpole, said in a court filing Thursday that Snow is...

Xi Warns That Taiwan Could Lead to ‘Clashes and Conflicts’ Between the US and China

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Trump during talks in Beijing on Thursday that differences over Taiwan could lead to “clashes and conflicts” between the US and China, underscoring the issue’s significance from China’s perspective. “As President Xi Jinping noted during the talks with President Trump, the Taiwan...

Data Center Town Hall Speakers Criticize Industry, Shapiro, and Secrecy

(Ford Turner, The Center Square) The vast extent of the Pennsylvania data center boom and the intense opposition to it were apparent during a virtual Town Hall Wednesday night, when it was called "an onslaught," something that has "bulldozed" citizens, and - many times - a byproduct of Gov....

CIA Did Not Raid Gabbard’s Office: Spox

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A domino effect of online comments turned a whistleblower’s claims about CIA document retrieval into viral rumors that the agency had raided Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s office. Her spokesperson, Olivia Coleman, is disputing the claims. "This is false - the CIA did not raid the DNI’s...
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