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Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban to leave parliament after landslide defeat
Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban plans to also give up his seat in parliament after a being soundly defeated in a landslide reelection loss, he announced Saturday. The right-wing populist suffered a “painful” defeat on April 12, that ended the Trump administration ally’s 16-year grip on the nation from Budapest. He will instead focus on…
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’25th Amendment now!’ Fury as Trump posts fake before-and-after photos to attack Obama
President Donald Trump posted what appears to be an AI-generated image to Truth Social on Saturday morning, comparing the Reflecting Pool under Barack Obama to its appearance under his administration — but the internet immediately spotted a problem: both photos have the same clouds. The side-by-side image, labeled “Hussein Obama” vs “Trump,” racked up 22,400…
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Sedated, injured, even dead: Exotic bird smuggling cases underscore a problem at the border
Two San Diego men have been sentenced for smuggling vulnerable birds into the United States, with one heading to prison and the other getting hit with thousands in fines. Ricardo Alonzo was sentenced to three months in prison for smuggling 17 birds — two red-lored Amazon parrots, five yellow-crowned Amazon parrots and 10 Burrowing parakeets…
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Kings trying to fend off elimination, one game at a time
The best way to climb a mountain is one step at a time. Especially when you’re wearing skates. And the Kings will be wearing skates and staring at a very large mountain when they take the ice Sunday for Game 4 of their best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series with the Colorado Avalanche, a loss away…
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Mississippi middle school students stop bus after driver passes out
Roughest driver’s ed class ever. A group of quick-thinking kids in Mississippi stepped up to stop their school bus after the driver passed out at the wheel — while they were on a four-lane highway. The students had just left the Hancock middle school in the Mississippi town of Kiln on Wednesday when bus driver…
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Mexico says 2 U.S. federal agents who died were unauthorized
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government said Saturday that two U.S. federal agents recently killed in a car crash in the country’s northern region were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico. The role of the two CIA agents who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua remains unclear.…
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‘Backstabbing RINO’: ‘Drama’ catches congressional reporter’s eye as GOP primary gets ugly
A GOP candidate in a California congressional race took a shot at his primary challenger’s loyalty to Trump and MAGA credentials with a new attack ad. Rep. Ken Calvert called fellow California congressional Republican Rep. Young Kim a “Trump-traitor” and a “RINO,” or Republican in name only, in an ad for his primary campaign that…
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LAPD arrest protester who sprayed a ‘chemical agent’ at two officers
The Los Angeles Police Department said a protester was arrested after spraying a chemical agent on two officers outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. The department said on X that the incident occurred early Saturday when LAPD officers were trying to clear debris from the road and were surrounded by protesters. The…
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‘Everybody’s going to jail’: Rebel GOP rep’s cutting joke about joining Trump’s cabinet
A Republican congressman fighting for his political life against a Trump-backed primary challenger delivered a cutting and candid assessment of what it’s like to work for the president. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky told The Atlantic that he used to joke about the one condition he’d place on any Trump cabinet job: a plane. “I…
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Tunisia suspends one of Africa’s oldest rights groups as crackdown widens
TUNIS, Tunisia — Authorities in Tunisia have ordered a one-month suspension of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, one of the oldest and most renowned rights groups in Africa and the Arab world, in the latest move raising concerns over a widening crackdown on civil society. The league, which is part of the National Dialogue Quartet, recipient…