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9+ min ago (280+ words) The Transportation Security Administration is providing Immigration and Customs Enforcement with the names of all travelers passing through American airports. TSA has submitted lists of names to the immigration agency multiple times a week since the program began in March, The New York Times'reported on Friday. ICE then checks travelers" information against its own internal list of those subject to deportations. Though the number of those deported due to this program is unknown, documents obtained by The Times show that at least two high-profile arrests were carried out based on TSA"s information. One was Any Luc'a L'pez Belloza, the college student arrested at Boston Logan Airport while traveling to visit her family for Thanksgiving, who was met by immigration officers at her gate and deported to Honduras two days later. That same office also used TSA information to tip…...

9+ min ago (639+ words) Europe must realise its superior economic and military potential has to be mobilised, writes Bill Jones, while Robin Wilson addresses Belgium's resistance to seizing Russian assetsI wholly support the plea to Europe by Timothy Garton Ash (Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump " but will it?, 6 December). One aspect he did not mention was the strategic nuclear balance. Since the late 1940s, responsibility for deterrence has always lain with the Pentagon and has succeeded in keeping the peace, though at times a very fragile version of it.The recent US statement on defence makes it clear that Europe is no longer seen as a priority by the Trump administration, the danger now being that doubt is crucially being raised as to the credibility of Nato's deterrent. Without certainty of a reaction in kind, Russia, under its ambitious and risk-taking…...

10+ min ago (99+ words) Musk had a chilling response to the post: "Only a matter of time before Bannon goes back to prison," Musk wrote. Musk did not elaborate further in his post. Bannon has previously served time in prison for refusing to submit to a congressional subpoena related to his role as a top aide to Trump during his first term. Musk and Bannon have had a rocky relationship in the past, including public spats over MAGA strategies and Musk's interest in a proposed third party. ALSO READ: These betrayals are splitting MAGA from Trump " and making him more dangerous than ever...

12+ min ago (219+ words) Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson warned Friday that MAGA influencer Steve Bannon could be under fire next after a new batch of images showed Bannon with late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was also seen with filmmaker Woody Allen and President Donald Trump. Bannon, a former chief strategist and senior counselor to Trump, has been a central ideological figure in shaping the MAGA movement, using his podcast "Bannon's War Room" to push his right-wing, nationalist and populist ideology. People commented on his statement: "Clinton and Bill Gates too. But the difference is @thedemocrats don't care who's on the list. if they were involved with CHILDREN they all deserve to be called out and prosecuted if possible," health journalist Liz Seegert wrote on Threads. "I'm up for any sentence that includes 'bad for Bannon,'" user Patrice Friend Ostradick…...

14+ min ago (352+ words) On Thursday via X, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) engaged in a virtual clash with fellow former Navy SEAL and podcaster Shawn Ryan over the accusation that Crenshaw threatened to "whoop his ass." The back-and-forth stemmed from a video posted by Ryan on Thursday night, in which he revealed that Crenshaw threatened to sue him for defamation over his past comments on the congressman's seemingly upscale Christmas parties and socioeconomic status. " Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyan762) December 11, 2025 Ryan, host of the "Shawn Ryan Show," said that on September 24th, 2024, Crenshaw sent him a message via Instagram that read, "Some of my boys at [SEAL Team] 6 told me about your indirect swipe at me. From the comment you made, it sounds like you have some beliefs that are based on trendy narratives instead of facts." "They want me to remove content, issue a public apology, and…...

16+ min ago (223+ words) When MAGA lawmakers appear on Fox News, Fox Business or Newsmax TV, many of them put on their game face, praise Donald Trump's presidency, faithfully recite GOP talking points and insist that recent Democratic election victories are no big deal. But behind closed doors, according to The Hill's Julia Manchester, there is a lot of anxiety about the 2026 midterms. Manchester spoke to some of them for an article published on December 12. Interviewed on condition of anonymity, they spoke candidly about Democratic off-year victories in November and December and voiced their concerns about next year's elections. Another Republican source, also described by Manchester as someone "close to the White House," told The Hill, "We have an uphill battle, but between redistricting and actual mobilization that I hope happens within our party, the midterms will hopefully be less of a bloodbath." A…...

18+ min ago (530+ words) Notable figures in the batch of images include Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Woody Allen and Bill Gates Among the notable figures shown are celebrities including the film director Woody Allen; the Microsoft founder Bill Gates; and Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin empire. Three of the images feature Trump's former political adviser Steve Bannon " two of them with Epstein, and one with Allen in a social setting. "It is time to end this White House cover-up and bring justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful friends," he said in a statement. The president's face in cartoon form, and the words "I'm huuuuge", appear in another image on square packets with a sign advertising a "Trump condom" for $4.50. Trump was close friends with Epstein for 15 years, and called him "a terrific guy", before insisting he fell out with him and…...

19+ min ago (352+ words) A Bulwark reporter is publicly sparring with the Republican National Committee " and he's taken the fight online after his story on RNC Chair Joe Gruters' dire midterm enraged GOP operatives. Journalist Andrew Egger reported that Gruters privately predicted a "pending, looming disaster" for Republicans next year, adding that the party faces "almost certain defeat." "It's not a secret, there's no sugarcoating it," Gruters told Egger, while predicting an "absolute disaster" for his party. But within hours of the story posting, the RNC launched a swift pushback, with GOP national press secretary Kiersten Pels blasting The Bulwark " and Egger " in comments to the Washington Reporter. "The Bulwark is actively laundering DNC talking points and calling it news," Pels told the publication Friday. "They did not reach out for comment and instead manipulated a transcript to remove the line: "I like our…...

24+ min ago (386+ words) FBI via AP, File Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) revealed that an FBI whistleblower approached him to warn that the Bureau may have arrested the wrong man in connection with the Jan. 6 pipe bomb investigation. Brian Cole Jr. was taken into custody last week, nearly five years after surveillance cameras captured a masked figure placing explosive devices outside Democratic and Republican headquarters in Washington. Investigators said they linked him to the scene using licence plate data and cell tower records. In a lengthy thread posted to X on Friday, however, the congressman poured cold water on any certainty about the suspect, revealing the testimony of an FBI insider as the "third disclosure" he'd received since Cole was arrested. " Last night I received a disclosure from a new FBI whistleblower regarding the J6 pipe bomb case. This is the third disclosure I've received…...

25+ min ago (478+ words) On December 6, World Socialist Web Site reporters visited the Talawakele area in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka's central plantation district located more than 140 km from Colombo, to speak with plantation workers affected by Cyclone Ditwah. Reporters visited Elgin Estate, 17 km from Talawakele, where 280 families have been displaced. One worker said: "We lived in a very dangerous area where landslides could occur at any moment. Now we have no intention of returning to our houses. We are demanding safe and decent housing for our families and a secure environment for our children's future." She added that the gates of the Ambewela Reservoir Dam were opened on November 27 without any prior warning. "We could have saved our cattle and poultry," if we'd been told in advance, she said. Another worker, Rajeswary Rangan, said her house was completely destroyed by the flood. Currently, only…...