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Donald Trump has launched a cryptocurrency, $TRUMP, sparking ethical concerns as he profits directly from purchases.

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde refused to apologize after delivering a sermon at the National Cathedral that criticized Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ and immigration policies, calling for compassion and mercy for marginalized groups.

On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order mandating federal agencies use the term "sex" instead of "gender," erasing recognition of gender identity.

The Trump administration launched a tip line encouraging federal employees to report colleagues involved in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts.

Leaked documents reveal that 2023 leadership meetings of the far-right Oath Keepers in Utah were attended by former law enforcement officers, a prosecutor, and a former elected official.

Most of the western media has played a pivotal role in normalising these obscenities. From October 2023 to January 2025, 1,091 babies were killed in Gaza, more than the total number of Israeli civilians killed on 7 October. A total of 17,400 children have been killed – the equivalent of one every 30 minutes. A recent study in the Lancet reported the total number of deaths in Gaza were probably an underestimate.

Republicans are considering cutting Medicaid funding, potentially stripping 600,000 people of healthcare, to fund Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and extend the 2017 tax cuts, which mostly benefit the wealthy.

WDJT-TV (CBS 58) defends Nazis.

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In a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Donald Trump defended his sweeping pardons of over 1,500 individuals charged in the January 6 Capitol attack, calling the events “very minor incidents.”

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday his foundation would fund the UN climate change body after President Donald Trump declared the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement for a second time.

Federal employees have been directed to report colleagues in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) roles within 10 days or face unspecified "adverse consequences."

A man who taped a sinister note to a Chinese ex-official’s door in New Jersey was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in prison. He was convicted of participating in what U.S. authorities called a Beijing-driven pressure campaign targeting expatriates.

Mr. Xi, tear down this firewall!

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship has jolted the Indian immigrants.....

With ceasefire holding up in the north and south of Israel, several major international airlines, including Air India, have announced plans to resume flights to Israel......

An Arkansas state representative filed a resolution Wednesday to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

In a final report on the operation in December 2020, the Department of Justice said that over 6,000 arrests were made — approximately 467 for homicides — while 2,600 guns were seized. According to the DOJ, in Detroit, 64 people were charged with firearms offenses (which can carry up to 10 years in prison) as a result of the operation; 55 were charged in Cleveland; 64 in Indianapolis; and 34 in Milwaukee.

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A suburban Seattle police officer is set to be sentenced Thursday for the 2019 shooting death of a 26-year-old homeless man he was trying to arrest for disorderly conduct outside a convenience store.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is distancing himself from his anti-vaccine work as he seeks to become the leader of the nation’s top health agency under President Donald Trump, according to government ethics documents released Wednesday.

(Via the filibuster)

*Israel’s defence minister says military applying ‘methods’ from Gaza war in major raid on occupied West Bank’s Jenin.*

*Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages, set vehicles on fire and injure several residents in the West Bank.*

Hundreds of people began registering their marriages at a mall in Bangkok, as Thailand became one of the few places in Asia to legalize same-sex unions.

The FCC, now chaired by Trump appointee Brendan Carr, has reinstated complaints against ABC, CBS, and NBC over alleged bias in their 2024 election coverage, including ABC’s debate moderation and Kamala Harris’s appearances on CBS's *60 Minutes* and NBC's *Saturday Night Live*.

executive orders seek to dismantle DEI

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Donald Trump that the kingdom wants to put $600 billion into expanded investment and trade with the United States over the next four years, the Saudi State news agency said early on Thursday.

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Not that these companies are your friend, but it's a reminder that not everyone is falling in line

Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration policies, including heightened ICE raids, are disrupting the U.S. agricultural sector.

Less than 30 days ago article, hope thats ok. It will be interesting to see the effects of the myriad of websites that are de-listing twitter.

Hundreds of subreddits are debating banning links to X.com (formerly Twitter) following Elon Musk’s Nazi salute at a Trump rally.

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Reffitt has spent most of the last four years in hiding, constantly on the move every few months. He was the person who tipped off the FBI about his father’s involvement in the insurrection. Jackson’s father, Guy Reffitt, was a member of the Texas Three Percenter group when he stormed the Capitol wearing body armor and carrying a pistol and zip ties. He was caught on camera urging other rioters to storm the Capitol building and told members of his militia group that he intended to drag House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the building by her ankles, “with her head hitting every step on the way down.”

Donald Trump, who attended the national prayer service following his inauguration, and his allies attacked Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde after her sermon criticized his treatment of marginalized communities.

The Karnataka Express driver applied brakes after seeing the flasher light signal of Pushpak Express, however, its braking distance was affected by the track curvature......

The Trump administration on Wednesday threatened federal employees with “adverse consequences” if they fail to report on colleagues who defy orders to purge diversity, equity and inclusion efforts from their agencies.

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Stumped as to how this can happen.

Stumped as to how this can happen.

President Donald Trump's administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.

Donald Trump launched a meme coin during his inauguration celebrations, prompting backlash from the crypto industry.

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A rare winter storm is bringing snow and freezing rain to parts of the US deep south, closing highways and airports in Texas and prompting a first-ever blizzard warning in southwest Louisiana.

Hours after losing her house to the Palisades fire in Los Angeles, Charlotta La Via was looking out of her hotel window and half-wishing she’d booked the hotel across the street when she spotted a “for lease” sign on a building nearby.

US federal employees working in diversity offices must be put on paid leave by Wednesday evening as the new administration of Donald Trump has ordered the programmes to close, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has confirmed.

Along with claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, the covid-19 pandemic has been described as a mass disabling event.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw criticized Apple Maps for not renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, as mandated by Trump’s recent executive order titled “Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness.”

In addition to pursuing the death penalty where possible, the Attorney General shall, where consistent with applicable law, pursue Federal jurisdiction and seek the death penalty regardless of other factors for every federal capital crime involving:

Donald Trump’s second inauguration drew an estimated 24.6 million television viewers, the lowest audience for a presidential inauguration since Barack Obama’s second in 2013.

The 25-year-old says music has been one of the most important parts of her healing process.

Mozambique’s new president, Daniel Chapo of the ruling Frelimo party, appointed 12 cabinet ministers on Friday amid ongoing protests over alleged election rigging. At least 308 people have been killed since protests began on Oct. 21, according to election-monitoring group Plataforma Decide.

In Melbourne, masked men set fire to a storied synagogue. In Sydney, a synagogue was defaced with red swastikas spray painted along the fence, while a day care center was torched and scrawled with antisemitic slurs under the cover of night.

Italian police have arrested a Libyan warlord on a warrant from the International Criminal Court.

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The families of Cuban protesters jailed in anti-government demonstrations are waiting anxiously to see if the government will continue with a planned prisoner release after Donald Trump reneged on a deal made last week by Joe Biden.