Report: Rep. Lauren Boebert Accused of Having Sexual Relationships with Three Staffers

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) allegedly had sexual relationships with three of her staffers, a complaint filed with the House Ethics Committee claims, according to a report from American Muckrakers.

David B. Wheeler, the founder of American Muckrakers, claims in the report that in a “sworn ethics complaint” he filed, Boebert is alleged to have had sexual relationships with Clarice Navarro, Raven Finegan, and Jeffrey Small.

The report claims that the American Muckrakers’ “sources have direct knowledge of the relationship between Navarro and Boebert through text messages, bank records, court documents, and recorded conversations.”

According to the report, Navarro, who served as “Boebert’s District Director from January 2021 to January 2025,” and Boebert engaged in sexual relations “during and after office hours, in the district office itself, in a vehicle for which Navarro collected House mileage reimbursements, and in hotel rooms paid for by Boebert’s campaign.”

The report also claims that along with receiving roughly $449,391.63 “in total House pay” over the course of four years, Navarro also received “$30,650 in year-end bonuses, paid from taxpayer funds in the fourth quarter of every single year of her employment” and that the year-end bonuses Navarro received were for “the relationship, not for official work.” (Read more from “Report: Rep. Lauren Boebert Accused of Having Sexual Relationships with Three Staffers” HERE)

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Denmark Leadership Expresses Optimism over Trump’s Greenland Deal

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Denmark’s government was cautiously optimistic on Saturday about Donald Trump’s announcement of a deal on Greenland to bolster U.S. military presence there but keep the island under Danish control, following months of threats by the U.S. president to seize the semiautonomous territory of a NATO ally.

In Greenland, the Arctic island’s top leaders echoed that stance and said the deal had been long in coming.

Trump said on Friday that the agreement would give the United States “permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing ALL of our many U.S. concerns.”

Denmark and the U.S. already have a long-standing security agreement that has allowed the U.S. to deploy forces in Greenland and it was not immediately clear how this deal was different from that. (Read more from “Denmark Leadership Expresses Optimism over Trump’s Greenland Deal” HERE)

Pilots who Crashed New Private Jet both Accused of Flying Drunk

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Two pilots were allegedly both flying drunk when they crashed a brand new private jet this week, causing it to burst into flames on the runway.

The Cessna Citation Latitude, a 2026-built jet operated by a Turkish company, was touching down at Misrata International Airport in Libya Monday when it veered off the runway and crashed, Arab News reported.

Photos and video obtained by Jam Press show dark smoke spewing from the charred and mangled wreckage.

Only three people were on board — a German pilot, a Turkish co-pilot and a Turkish flight attendant, according to Arab News, citing independent Libyan outlet Al-Ahrar TV, and no injuries were reported.

The pilot and copilot were arrested for pretrial detention after investigators discovered “evidence that (the pilots) had flown the aircraft while drunk,” according to state prosecutors in Libya. (Read more from “Pilots who Crashed New Private Jet both Accused of Flying Drunk” HERE)

Khanna, Massie Say They Can Force Another Epstein Vote

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Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced Thursday they’ve secured commitments for the 218 signatures needed to force another vote the release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The big picture: Answers about the disgraced financier and his web of wealthy connections have continued to haunt the administration, with Attorney General Todd Blanche now facing the threat of contempt proceedings over the Epstein files.

This is the bipartisan duo’s second push in less than a year after they forced their first Epstein transparency bill through Congress, which the president signed after initially opposing the effort.

“Thomas Massie and I have defied history for a second time,” Khanna said in a video posted to social media late Thursday afternoon.

His post read that the pair had secured commitments for 218 votes on their discharge petition, including from three Republicans: Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C), Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.). (Read more from “Khanna, Massie Say They Can Force Another Epstein Vote” HERE)

Surveillance Patent Shows Flock Spying Way Worse Than Advertised

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Flock Safety’s own patent reveals that its spying capabilities are far worse than advertised, undercutting the company’s and its defenders’ claims that Flock cameras are simply license plate readers.

The backlash against the Flock surveillance system has been swift and, in many cases, highly effective, with activists and citizens forcing states, counties, and law enforcement agencies to end their contracts with the company. As more and more counties cut ties, Flock has been forced to defend its technology on the grounds that it is a useful tool, not as intrusive as its critics make it out to be, and with new “safeguards” in place, they can crack down on police officers who abuse the system.

But Flock’s patent reveals a system more powerful than the company lets on in public statements.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Flock’s patent, “System and method for object based query of video content captured by a dynamic surveillance network,” in Aug. 2022. The patent names Flock’s current CEO, Garrett Langley, and Flock co-founder Matt Feury as the inventors.

Although Flock’s Frequently Asked Questions claim its technology is “not a live-tracking system” and that each image captured by cameras is a “standalone vehicle event,” the patent shows the system was built to do the opposite. (Read more from “Surveillance Patent Shows Flock Spying Way Worse Than Advertised” HERE)

Trump Says He has a ‘Big Decision’ Coming up on Iran: ‘Do I Want to go in and Annihilate Them?’

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President Trump said Thursday that he was at a crossroads over whether to renew attacks in Iran to wipe out the regime and bring the war to an end.

“I have a big decision coming up. Do I want to go in and annihilate them or do I not?” he told Axios. “It’s a big decision. Anything could happen with me.”

Trump’s comments echo previous threats he’s levied against Tehran since the war began.

But this time, he said, his next move is likely to be influenced by his meetings with Gulf allies at next week’s United Nations General Assembly meeting.

“I want to find out where they are and how they are doing. We have been very protective of them,” Trump added.

Tensions are expected to be high at the gathering after the Iran-backed Houthis launched fierce attacks on Saudi Arabia this past week, threatening global oil and gas supplies. (Read more from “Trump Says He has a ‘Big Decision’ Coming up on Iran: ‘Do I Want to go in and Annihilate Them?’” HERE)

Staffers at Tech Giants Knew AI Tools Posed ‘Existential Threat’ to News Publishers: Court Docs

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High-level staffers at a pair of top tech companies knew that scraping online news content to bolster their AI models could have devastating impacts on publishers – but that didn’t stop them, according to a bombshell legal filing.

One OpenAI executive even warned that the shady tactic, in which tech giants circumvent paywalls to access stories to train their AI, could pose an “existential threat” to news organizations, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing the newly unsealed court documents in a massive copyright case.

A director at Microsoft had also sounded the alarm over the dodgy practice.

“Our AI content strategy has started a ‘doom loop’ that will hurt the performance of our models and the entire web at the same time,” said Brent Hecht, Microsoft’s director of applied science, the filing shows.

“It is highly unusual that an end-product threatens the economic foundations of its essential suppliers, but that is the situation we have created for our LLM business with respect to its ‘content supply chain,’” said Hecht. (Read more from “Staffers at Tech Giants Knew AI Tools Posed ‘Existential Threat’ to News Publishers: Court Docs” HERE)

Rand Paul Blocks John Kennedy From Passing AI ‘Kill Switch’ Bill In One Fell Swoop

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Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul blocked Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy’s legislation Wednesday that would require artificial intelligence (AI) models to have a “kill switch.”

Kennedy attempted to pass the bill without holding a formal vote, which just one senator can prevent. The legislation would require all AI models to have a “kill switch,” a safety or security mechanism used to shut down a machine, vehicle or software program.

“Benjamin Franklin famously said that failing to plan is planning to fail,” Paul said. “When approaching something as important as innovation, as AI, I think we should make sure we have as many facts as possible before we dictate rules for the whole economy. Artificial intelligence is an incredible technology, it’s quickly transforming how work is done. What used to take people hundreds of man hours, now takes seconds … It’s important that the development of AI is carried out in a responsible, thoughtful manner.

“If Congress acts hastily before the technology is understood, Congress risks killing innovation and taking this technology back decades,” Paul continued.

(Read more from “Rand Paul Blocks John Kennedy From Passing AI ‘Kill Switch’ Bill In One Fell Swoop” HERE)

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University Of Washington Scrubbed Pentagon-Funded Professor’s Ties To Chinese Military Firm, Report Finds

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One of the most federally funded universities in America quietly removed its professor’s ties to a Chinese company, a new report found.

The University of Washington maintained a years-long research relationship with Shanghai biotech firm Origincell Technology Co., Ltd., primarily through mechanical engineering professor Dayong Gao, according to a Strategy Risks report obtained and reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Gao’s cryopreservation research at the Center for Cryo-Biomedical Engineering and Artificial Organs was funded by the Department of War, among other federal agencies, before the department identified Origincell as a Chinese Military Company.

The Department of War first listed the company as a Chinese military company operating in the United States in Jan. 2025, according to a Federal Register notice. The department restated the listing in June 2026 and said Origincell is “indirectly affiliated” with the People’s Liberation Army, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and other Chinese defense-industrial bodies, the designation notice stated.

Origincell builds automated freezers to store human cells and other biological samples, according to the company’s ‘About’ page.

Gao received the “Origincell Endowed Professorship” at a Jan. 2017 ceremony attended by Origincell executives and university officials, including UW Vice Provost Jeffrey Riedinger, College of Engineering Dean Michael Bragg and Mechanical Engineering Department Chair Per Reinhall, a UW Mechanical Engineering release said. (Read more from “University Of Washington Scrubbed Pentagon-Funded Professor’s Ties To Chinese Military Firm, Report Finds” HERE)

Apple Turns Siri AI Into A Search Engine For Your Most Private Data

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Apple’s revamped voice assistant can dig through users’ private data and act on what it finds.

The company unveiled Siri AI, an artificial intelligence assistant that can reach into the personal text messages, photos and emails across a user’s device to perform tasks for the user, as part of its release of Apple Intelligence for iOS 27, according to Apple’s Monday newsroom announcement. These features arrive more than two years after the company’s June 2024 preview of this personalized Siri.

“Built on Apple Intelligence, this new version of Siri draws on personal context understanding to help users find what they need in the moment across messages, emails, photos, and more,” Apple stated in the announcement.

Siri AI has the ability to draft emails, edit photos and even act upon content actively displayed on an Apple user’s screen, according to the announcement.

The new revamped Siri is able to mimic how users write to individual contacts over email and text with its writing tools, the announcement states. (Read more from “Apple Turns Siri AI Into A Search Engine For Your Most Private Data” HERE)