Trump administration pressed to close Cuba embargo loophole with oil set to run out within days

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EXCLUSIVE: Three members of Congress representing heavily Cuban-American districts are demanding the Trump administration shut off the remaining commercial “valves” of support for the communist Castro and Díaz-Canel regime in Havana after effectively blockading key oil imports in recent days. The demand from Reps. Carlos Giménez, Mario Díaz-Balart and María Elvira Salazar, all Republicans from … Read more

Mamdani’s antisemitism czar once slammed post condemning Hamas terror attacks

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new antisemitism czar once said she was “floored” by a social media post condemning Hamas for firing rockets toward civilian population centers in Israel.  In 2021, Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism, criticized a post by then-mayoral candidate Andrew Yang, who scolded Hamas terrorists, … Read more

DOJ signals crackdown on synagogue protesters using abortion clinic statute

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The Justice Department is signaling a broader use of federal civil rights law against protesters accused of disrupting religious worship, with officials pointing to synagogue cases as a model for future enforcement. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said the department has applied the Freedom of Access to … Read more

House Dem explodes on top Trump immigration official, says he ‘better hope’ for pardon from president

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Progressive Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., exploded on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, calling federal immigration officers “thugs” and telling the commissioner he “better hope” for a presidential pardon during a particularly heated House hearing on Tuesday. Thanedar, who is originally from India and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980’s, drilled into … Read more

FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine

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Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines US regulators will not review Moderna’s request to license a new, potentially more effective flu shot – even though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously gave the green light to the project – in a decision … Read more