Coordinated attacks signified a major escalation of insurgent violence in a region of West Africa where military leaders had seized power and warmed to Moscow in recent years.
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During a press briefing on Monday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche answered a question about the motives of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect.
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As the Trump administration hammers out a reported $500 million rescue deal for bankrupt Spirit Airlines, other budget airlines are requesting financial help to stay solvent—a troubling sign in an industry with a long history of failures.
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A U.S. special forces soldier who was involved in Operation Absolute Resolve, the attack that ultimately resulted in the capture of Venezuela’s sitting leader Nicolas Maduro, was charged on Thursday with using confidential government information about the raid to make more than $400,000 in online bets. Federal prosecutors allege Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a master sergeant with U.S. Army Special Forces, was involved in planning and carrying out the January raid from the beginning of December, and had access to classified information about the operation through its completion. The indictment claims that around December 26, a little over a week before the operation, Van Dyke made an account on Polymarket, and in the following days up until less than an hour before President Donald Trump reportedly signed off on the operation, placed over a dozen bets, totaling $33k, related to Maduro and Venezuela. These wagers apparently made him over $400,000. Prosecutors further claimed that once stories of suspicious Venezuela-related trading made news and were circulating on social media, Van Dyke made multiple attempts to conceal his connection to the Polymarket account. Lawmakers have since introduced a slew of legislation aimed at regulating prediction market platforms and banning bets on war, death and government decisions.
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During a press briefing on Monday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was asked about charges brought against the White House Corrrespondents’ Dinner shooting suspect.
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NEW: Emails show that Peter Thiel & Jeffrey Epstein’s friendship was much closer than was known – and that Epstein encouraged Thiel’s growing interest in & involvement in right-wing politics, introducing him to US & foreign officials to that end, some with intel ties:🧵
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived at the White House Monday for a four-day U.S. visit celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed the royal couple for tea and a look at a new White House beehive.
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