About 33 people have been injured in a nightclub bombing in the coastal town of Trujillo in northern Peru, with minors among those hurt in the explosion. Authorities say that the attack took place in the early morning hours on Saturday, with an explosion ripping through the club. At least five of those injured are in serious condition, according to the executive director of the Trujillo Health Network, Gerardo Florian Gomez.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took the unprecedented step of designating a U.S. firm-Anthropic-as a supply chain risk. Anthropic's crime? It refused to violate industry-wide protocols against using AI for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons. Hegseth's designation, which has until now been reserved for foreign firms, bars U.S. military contractors from doing business with the company.
He was the underappreciated star of Sam Ervin's special committee looking into the break-in, and general campaign of dirty tricks and sabotage that led up to, activities that entered the political lexicon as ratfcking. It was Ulasewicz's job to deliver hundreds of thousands of dollars in hush money to a variety of Watergate participants, most notably G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt.
There are days in which I am convinced that Speaker Moses's feet have not touched the bottom of the pool since he got the gig. And, continuing with the natatorial metaphors, there also are days when I think he goes off the diving board without checking to see if someone has filled the pool. Recently, he managed to illustrate both phenomena vividly.
After 10 months of dissent, protests show no signs of dying down as fury at alleged government corruption grows. Serbia's police have fired tear gas and stun grenades at antigovernment protesters in the city of Novi Sad who are demanding snap elections and an end to President Aleksandar Vucic's 12-year government. Thousands gathered on Friday at the city's state university campus for yet another demonstration after 10 months of persistent dissent prompted by the fatal collapse of the Novi Sad train station roof last November,
Many Federal agencies depend on obtaining congressional funding and, therefore, will engage in stunts to ensure that funding is allocated to them. For example, the CDC will routinely hype up inconsequential 'pandemics' each year, as this nationwide drama allows them to obtain more funding.
In a floor speech ahead of Thursday's vote, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said that Long is 'knee-deep in tax scams, corruption, and cover-ups' that should disqualify him from leading the IRS.
