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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has been accused of gaslighting residents while “protecting” violent gangbangers — after the feds took down several members of the city’s largest gang in a daring, heavily-armed raid near MacArthur Park on Thursday. The embattled leader previously blasted a federal operation in July, which saw immigration agents descend on the troubled park to root out MS-13 gangbangers and open-air drug markets, calling it “outrageous” and “un-American.” She also insisted at the time that MacArthur Park, which has long been plagued by gang activity, homelessness and drug addicts overdosing on fentanyl, was a beloved children’s sanctuary....

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has offered a striking explanation for why the United States attacked Iran: Washington, he said, “knew that there was going to be an Israeli action,” anticipated that Iran would retaliate against U.S. forces, and therefore hit first to reduce American casualties. The formulation is not only politically convenient; it is conceptually confused. It implies that the United States acted because Israel was going to act—yet also insists that the operation “needed to happen,” as Rubio put it, regardless. That is, the argument simultaneously portrays America as reluctantly reacting to an ally and decisively pursuing...

The cranky Vermont senator who believes billionaires should be abolished wants to legislate them out of existence. It’s too bad that he doesn’t understand that one billionaire is more valuable than a thousand Bernie Sanders. “Billionaires should not exist,” Sanders, who identifies as a socialist, raged in 2019 during his previous attempt to hit the wealthy with an additional tax that punished them for their success. That effort, the New York Times reported, was “particularly aggressive in how it would erode the fortunes of billionaires” and “would cut in half the wealth of the typical billionaire after 15 years, according...

The American-Israeli attacks on Iran were publicly called Epic Fury, but behind the scenes it is Britain’s handling of the war which provoked that reaction – not just from Donald Trump but from the UK’s allies in the Gulf. A Labour peer was in Washington when the first missiles slammed into Tehran on Friday evening and Keir Starmer refused to voice support. A member of the Trump administration told the peer: “Britain used to not contribute that much, but you were a good ally. Now you’re contributing nothing and you’re not even a good ally.” A version of events has...

Former First Lady Michelle Obama kept it real during a segment of her “IMO Podcast” with her co-host brother, Craig Robinson, taking a dig at the Trump Administration, saying there is “no way” President Donald Trump’s behavior would be accepted if it were her family in the White House acting that way. Obama spoke with comedian and host of the 98th Academy Awards, Conan O’Brien, who brought up a time when he traveled to a military base in the Middle East with “the first Black family” of the White House. The former late-night talk show host compared the Obamas’ need...

MICHELLE Obama is under fire for missing Jesse Jackson’s funeral – even though it’s in her hometown of Chicago. The former first lady has been noticeably absent from many political events in the past few years. Her husband, former president Barack Obama, was present, as well as Bill and Hillary Clinton, Joe and Jill Biden, and Kamala Harris. “Michelle Obama is FROM Chicago — but she’s not there. Seems very odd,” a social media user said. “Michelle was busy again?” another said. The former first lady was similarly criticized for skipping the funeral of Jimmy Carter in January 2025. Her...

It’s 1992. I’m on tour for my hit single, “Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover,” off the album “Tongues and Tails.” My band and I, including a woman drummer and percussionist, a woman keyboard player, and a woman background vocalist, arrive at the Old Vic theatre in Chicago. The sound man hands me a note. It’s from Tori Amos, who also had a hit album out, “Little Earthquakes.” She writes to me that we shouldn’t be compared in the press. We are two unique artists, and she loves my album, especially the song, “Carry Me.” I’ll never forget her...

President Donald Trump told CNN Friday morning that Cuba “is going to fall pretty soon.” “Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way, unrelated, but Cuba is gonna fall too. They want to make a deal so badly,” he told CNN’s Dana Bash in a phone interview when touting US military success in his second term. “They want to make a deal, and so I’m going to put Marco (Rubio) over there and we’ll see how that works out

Ogunbowale, 29, was arrested Thursday on a battery charge for the alleged incident that happened at the club on Northeast 11th Street, the report said.You’re watching the NBC6 South Florida News streaming channel, which plays local South Florida news 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can find the “NBC6 South Florida News” streaming channel on your phone or computer, and on Peacock, Samsung, Roku, Xumo or on our app, so you can watch our local news on your schedule. WNBA star Arike Ogunbowale was arrested after she allegedly punched a man inside Miami's E11even nightclub, an arrest...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom grinned like Cheshire at civil rights icon Jesse Jackson’s public memorial service Friday – treating it as a campaign event as the rumored 2028 presidential hopeful schmoozed with Democratic heavyweights including Presidents Obama and Clinton. The California governor was pictured working the room and snapping selfies with Democratic party elites, as thousands of people gathered at a church on Chicago’s South Side to pay a final public tribute to Jackson. In one telling moment, Obama, who was front row at the event, turned around and pointed directly at Newsom, who’s also been on the publicity trail for...

(The Center Square) – Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes says that any police officer who violates the city’s new policy requiring documentation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, including video recording, will be subject to disciplinary proceedings.“This would be a violation of our policy, a violation of the law,” Barnes told the Seattle City Council’s Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy on Thursday. “They could be placed on administrative leave per the [Seattle Police Officers Guild] collective bargaining agreement.”Barnes said what would happen to the officer ultimately would be based on a recommendation by the city Office of...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and President Donald Trump have finally broken their silence. Months after a tense public clash over rebuilding the Pacific Palisades following the devastating 2025 wildfires, the progressive mayor and the Republican president spoke directly by phone, a conversation Bass revealed in an interview Friday with KNX Los Angeles City Hall reporter Craig Fiegener that was obtained by The Post. Bass said she called the White House early in the week and Trump returned her call on Thursday. The call marks the first known conversation between the two since the early days of the wildfire crisis,...

After our look at the forgotten everyday items of the 1970s — remember the rabbit ears, the pull tabs, and other "You did what with what?" things that would confuse the heck out of Gen Zers today — it only felt right that would keep the time machine grooving and Jazzercize ourselves into the 1980s. After our look at the forgotten everyday items of the 1970s — remember the rabbit ears, the pull tabs, and other "You did what with what?" things that would confuse the heck out of Gen Zers today — it only felt right that would keep...

NEWS HOME » WORLD Army, navy, leaders, communications- all gone in Iran: Trump hails US military strikes SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend Print this Page COMMENT Washington DC | March 7, 2026 6:51:20 AM IST US President Donald Trump on Friday (US local time) praised the military operations being undertaken by the United States in Iran and claimed that the Persian Gulf country has lost its army, navy and communications along with its leaders. He made the remarks while speaking during a round table on collegiate sports in the White House. Trump told the press, "We're doing very -- by the way, in...

And We Know© @andweknow·8h THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT.Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi says he has accepted the responsibility to lead a transition for Iran once the Islamic regime is removed.“The Iranian people have called on me to lead the transition after the regime is gone. I have accepted that responsibility.”He says the goal is an orderly transition, national stability, and letting Iranians decide their future through the ballot box.For millions of Iranians who have waited decades for this possibility… this is emotional.

After being asked about Olympians not accepting invites to the White House, 2026 Olympic gold medalist Amber Glenn told Us Weekly that she would decline an invitation if given one. "I’m electing not to either, so I do not blame them whatsoever," Glenn told the outlet. "It is our right to be able to choose what we do and don’t endorse, and I think it is a decision that each individual has the right to make."

The Trump White House released a chaotic video montage of US military strikes on Iran combined with iconic movie scenes Thursday night, drawing backlash from both sides of the aisle for making light of the Middle East war. The X video — which stitched together memorable moments from Hollywood blockbusters like “Gladiator” and “Top Gun: Maverick” with footage of strikes on Iranian targets — was posted by the White House with the message, “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY,” and later boosted by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Hegseth himself made a brief appearance in the 42-second montage, which was crammed with...

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Migrants fleeing war in Iran have arrived in France to cross the Channel to the UK - and say many more will be following them. Aspiring asylum seekers have been gathering at camps near Calais and Dunkirk following air strikes led by the US and Israel on their homeland - and now aim to board small boats to Britain. Dozens of people are said to have arrived in vans at the Loon-Plage migrant camp in Dunkirk after travelling from Iran via Turkey. The European Union's asylum agency has warned that conflict in Iran could produce an influx of migrants of...