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August 31, 2025
Alarm as US far-right extremists eye drones for use in domestic attacks
Sat 30 Aug 2025 08.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 30 Aug 2025 16.24 EDT Taking their cues from modern warfare, the far-right American terrorist movement sees off-the-shelf or home-built first-person viewer (FPV) drones as a critical weapon in their own future war against the US government, which has American authorities on edge. And there’s ample reasons for those fears: in the open and closed online spaces where far-right extremists congregate, talk is commonplace of how these cheap drones are ...
Go to discussionMAGA Rep Caught in Epstein Firestorm at Chaotic Town Hall
12h A Texas congressman found himself on the receiving end of MAGA’s fury over the Epstein files during a chaotic town hall. Online footage from the Thursday meet at a community center in Houston shows irate constituents bellowing at Texas Rep. Crenshaw to “release the files” and “answer our questions” about the late financier’s crimes. “We don’t want to hear your propaganda!” shouted one attendee. President Donald Trump has faced increasing public blowback over his administration’s handlin ...
Go to discussionMaxine Waters Says Trump's Actions Warrant 25th Amendment Review
Published Aug 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM EDT Representative Maxine Waters, a California Democrat, called for the invocation of the 25th Amendment against President Donald Trump on Friday, citing concerns over his fitness for office following the removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Waters made the remarks on MSNBC's The Weeknight where she described the president's actions as dangerous and unconstitutional. Newsweek has reached out to the White House via email for comment on Saturday even ...
Go to discussion'Resign!' Fury hits GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski as she blasts Trump pick she voted to affirm
August 30, 2025 4:50PM ET Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) came under fire on Saturday after she complained about the Trump administration's health moves, which she had earlier voted to affirm. Murkowski made waves over the weekend when she declared "politics" was taking over policy at Trump's Center for Disease Control. "The firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez just a month after her confirmation, along with the departure of other high-level disease experts the day after her termin ...
Go to discussionTrump Says He Will Order Voter ID Requirement For Every Vote
Aug 30, 2025, 10:50 PM EDT | Updated 5 hours ago Aug 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will issue an executive order to require voter identification from every voter. “Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!,” Trump said on Truth Social. “Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military,” he added. Trump has long questioned the U.S. electoral system a ...
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