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Books & the Arts / April 28, 2025 In Richard Seymour’s Disaster Nationalism, he attempts to diagnose the apocalyptic nature of conservatism around the world. Ad Policy A woman wearing a sweatshirt for the QAnon conspiracy theory gestures during a pro-Trump rally on October 11, 2020, in Ronkonkoma, New York. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images) I’ve never known quite what to do when a conspiracy theory is shared with me. Having grown up in a conservative-talk-radio family, I confess that a mild paranoia about the liberal world is a given for me. The ravings included things like the death of…

President Trump said on Sunday that he wanted federal law enforcement agencies to work on restoring Alcatraz, now a museum, to a functioning maximum-security prison.Repeating one of his constant refrains that the United States had become a dangerous, lawless place, Mr. Trump wrote on social media that he wanted Alcatraz, an island in San Francisco Bay, to be enlarged and rebuilt “to house America’s most ruthless and violent offenders. We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and judges that are afraid to do their job and allow us to remove criminals, who came into our country illegally.”It…

President Trump said he doesn’t know if everyone in the U.S., citizens or non-citizens, is entitled to due process — the constitutional command stated in both the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendment. “I don’t know. I’m not, I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know,” Mr. Trump told NBC News’ Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press” after she asked him whether he agreed that everyone on U.S. soil is entitled to due process in the court of law.When asked by Welker in the interview aired Sunday if he thinks he has to uphold the Constitution as president, Mr. Trump also said, “I…

The head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division said on Saturday that she was investigating a new policy in Minnesota’s largest county to determine whether it illegally considers race as a factor in plea deals.Harmeet K. Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, announced the investigation on social media Saturday night. A letter to the county attorney’s office in Hennepin County, which include Minneapolis, will seek to determine if it engages “in the illegal consideration of race in its prosecutorial decision-making.”The inquiry stems from a policy memo the office issued days earlier, in which prosecutors were told to…

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, said he personally thanked President Trump on Saturday night for issuing a pardon that cut short the 22-year prison term he was serving in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.Mr. Tarrio’s expression of gratitude came during a brief but extraordinary encounter with Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the president’s private club and residence in Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Tarrio and his mother, Zuny Duarte, were invited to have dinner at the property by one of its members.According to a senior administration official who was not authorized to discuss…

Typewriters making a comeback, thanks in part to Taylor Swift – CBS News Watch CBS News A relic of the past is making noise again in the digital age. In tonight’s Weekend Journal, CBS News’ Itay Hod shows us how the humble typewriter hasn’t pounded out its last words. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

President Donald Trump arrives to give a commencement address at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/AP President Trump — when asked if he thinks he needs to uphold the Constitution on “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker” — said, “I don’t know,” but added that his lawyers “are obviously going to follow what the Supreme Court said.” The response came after a series of questions regarding the right to due process for people living in the United States and the Fifth Amendment.…

A former assistant admissions director at Emmanuel College in Boston was arrested Friday and accused of soliciting an underage applicant for sex, the Justice Department said.Prosecutors charged the director, Jacob Henriques, 29, with one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor after he used his position to gain access to the personal information of admitted and prospective students, and tried to solicit them for sex, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Massachusetts.In a statement, Emmanuel College said that it fired Mr. Henriques after contacting law enforcement and starting an investigation. “Emmanuel…

5/4: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger join as President Trump signed an executive order cutting their funding. Plus, Sen. Tammy Duckworth discusses the Trump administration’s national security moves. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Politics / April 28, 2025 The group has recruited Donavan McKinney, a 32-year-old Detroiter, to unseat incumbent Representative Shri Thanedar. Ad Policy Donavan McKinney.(Courtesy of the McKinney campaign) Justice Democrats, the progressive group best known for helping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members of the Squad win elected office, announced on Monday that it is backing its first primary challenger of a sitting Democrat since the 2021–22 cycle: Michigan state Representative Donavan McKinney. Representative McKinney, a 32-year-old lifelong Detroit resident, is running in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District against incumbent Shri Thanedar, a millionaire who has held the seat since 2023. “I…