Colombian President Gustavo Petro this week called for criminal proceedings against Donald Trump, whom he compared to Adolf Hitler while speaking before the United Nations General Assembly.
7News was also the first to report that Cox allegedly exposed himself to women " and in some cases girls " in the female locker rooms at two Planet Fitness locations in Fairfax County and at Fairfax County's Oakmont Rec Center, Audrey Moore Rec Center, and Franconia Rec Center. However, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano's office hasn't prosecuted Cox. A Fairfax County police report first obtained by 7News said Cox was allowed to use the Audrey Moore Rec Center women's locker room because he identified as transgender. That is the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors' policy.
Melania Trump this week unveiled her new line of Christmas ornaments but fans hoping to celebrate the season with her designs are going to have to open up their wallets. The brass-and-enamel ornaments of the 250 Collection named for next year's semiquincentennial are selling for $75-$90 a pop, or $465 for the set of six. Three of the ornaments depict U.S. landmarks (the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore), while three feature patriotic imagery. All six have an engraving of the first lady's signature as well as the "option" of a "unique digital collectible." The website also states that orders can take 10-12 weeks to ship, meaning ornaments purchased today may not arrive until just before Christmas. Read more
In this video taken in Hyattsville, MD during rush hour traffic, this poor man is yelling for help in Spanish while he is being assaulted by ICE agents. "I am America, please help me!" he screams repeatedly as agents pin his head to the pavement. The unmasked bald ICE agent doesn't holster his firearm, but tucks it into his pants. That's a FLETC No-No. He then drops the same 9mm and recklessly points it at a crowd of onlookers. That's another FLETC No-No. One of the bystanders asks the bald ICE imbecile whether he was going to shoot him, and then asks the same dummy for his name. This arrest was poor tactical tradecraft through and through by the ICE Brownshirts. The firearm should have been holstered, the goons did not utilize verbal commands or non-compliance pressure points, and while the masked agent is deploying his handcuffs, the 'bald bouncer' isn't helping his partner with the procedure. This wasn't a professional arrest but a dangerous street brawl. Read more
While news about the Department of Government Efficiency has disappeared from the headlines, as the White House deals with the Jeffrey Epstein files scandal and a looming government shutdown, the damage the Elon Musk-inspired agency did is not getting better. According to a new report from the New York Times, the damage done to the Social Security Administration is extensive and deep, with offices woefully understaffed, calls going unanswered and remaining employees barely hanging on. As the Times' Tara Siegel Bernard reported, DOGE "sent the agency into a state of upheaval, while Mr. Musk and his lieutenants spread false claims of widespread fraud," adding, "shrinking the staff, before making technological improvements, has made an already difficult situation worse, particularly for Social Security's most vulnerable beneficiaries, many field staffers, legal advocates and researchers said." Read more
The United States and Canada scrambled multiple aircraft to track Russian military planes flying near Alaska on Wednesday. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said that its aircraft tracked two Tupolev Tu-95 four-engine strategic bombers and two Sukhoi Su-35 air defense fighters in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). NORAD, a joint U.S.-Canadian command, said it dispatched an E-3 Sentry surveillance plane, four F-16 Fighting Falcons and four KC-135 aerial tankers to intercept the Russian aircraft, which remained in international airspace. It comes days after Estonia said that Russian aircraft had breached the NATO member's airspace.
Dummkopf Trumpf awkwardly joked about rigged elections at the start of his press conference with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who has amassed power in Turkiye for over two decades. "It's a pleasure to be with President Erdogan of Turkey, and we've been friends for a long time, actually, even for four years when I was in exile unfairly, as it turns out, rigged elections, you know," Trumpf snickered on Thursday. "He knows about rigged elections better than anybody, but when I was in exile, we were still friends." The once-imprisoned Turkish strongman brooks no fools and is not easily intimidated. At a summit in Europe this year Erdogan embarrassed French President Emmanuel Macron and in Nov 2015 he ordered the TUAF to shoot down a stray Russian Su-24 bomber. Good thing Trumpf had the statue taken down of sexual maniac Jeffrey Epstein and him holding hands, as Erdogan is known to walk around the NCR with his bodyguards. Read more
Dummkopf Trumpf grumbled he would consider moving 2026 World Cup games from US cities he regards as a security risk. Bloviating in the Oval Office, Trumpf bleated while he expected the tournament to be "safe," he was ready to strip games from host cities that were regarded as "even a little bit dangerous." The US is co-hosting the bulk of next year's World Cup with Mexico and Canada which features 48 premier teams. San Francisco and Seattle are both hosting six matches each at the tournament; LA is hosting eight. "It will be safe for the World Cup," Trumpf sniveled. "If I think it isn't safe, we'll move it into a different city." The Trumpf junta deployed US Army National Guard troops to Democratic-run US cities this year over the objections of local and state leaders, as well as the majority of the people. Read more
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will put import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1.
The posts on his social media site showed that Trump's devotion to tariffs did not end with the trade frameworks and import taxes that were launched in August, a reflection of the president's confidence that taxes will help to reduce the government's budget deficit while increasing domestic manufacturing. But the additional tariffs risk intensifying inflation that is already elevated, as well as slowing economic growth, as employers getting acclimated to Trump's previous import taxes grapple with new levels of uncertainty.
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on charges of making a false statement and obstruction related to his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020, just days after President Donald Trump issued a public demand for his Justice Department to act "now" to bring prosecutions against Comey and other political foes.
A statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said that if convicted, Comey faces up to five years in prison. "Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties," the statement said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday, per a Public Telegram Board, that NATO and the European Union are waging war against Russia "using Ukraine as a proxy" and are "directly participating" in the conflict.
Lavrov's comments follow repeated Kremlin claims that Western military and financial support for Ukraine amounts to direct hostility toward Russia.
UNITED NATIONS " President Donald Trump promised Arab and Muslim leaders during a meeting Tuesday that he would not allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank, according to six people familiar with the discussion. Read more
Senior Justice Department leaders are advocating for a charge against President Donald Trump's former adviser-turned-critic John Bolton this week, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.
I am not asking for special treatment. I am asking to be treated as a person " with attention, dignity, and the care any human deserves when in distress. What I have experienced looks less like institutional safety and more like a system that has allowed indifference to calcify into policy. Procedures matter only when they protect people; otherwise they become instruments of neglect. Since arriving in the SHU, I've been stripped of almost everything that helped me weather this chapter. Phone calls with loved ones have been cut off. Emails to family have been blocked. Visits " rare, sacred windows when a person can feel human again " have been taken away, twice a month and on holidays, as if punishment were protection. I sometimes feel the life leaving my body, a slow leaking of hope. I won't pretend otherwise. But I am not finished fighting. I will make it through this.
Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of the U.S. military's generals and admirals to gather on short notice " and without a stated reason " at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, sowing confusion and alarm after the Trump admin's firing of senior leaders this year.
... and a place on Mount Rushmore, too! ... Read more
