Ousted Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro Loses Bid to Toss Drug Case as Protesters Clash Outside NYC Court

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Ousted Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s brazen bid to toss his drug-trafficking case was flatly denied Thursday — as lawyers warred over who would foot the tyrant’s legal bills.

The toppled strongman, 63, wearing a tan jail jumpsuit and black glasses and seated beside his co-defendant wife, Celia Flores, 69, who was also clad in prison-issue garb, calmly jotted down notes during his first court appearance since January, where he had defiantly claimed that the US military had “kidnapped’’ him.

The hearing unfolded inside a packed Manhattan federal courtroom, as crowds of dueling protesters clashed outside.

Maduro’s current attorney, Barry Pollack — known for helping WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange secure a favorable plea deal that allowed him to return to his home in Australia — made a longshot bid to toss the case on the grounds Maduro’s constitutional rights to put up a defense were being interfered with.

The request prompted Judge Alvin Hellerstein to flatly reply, “I’m not going to dismiss the case.” (Read more from “Ousted Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro Loses Bid to Toss Drug Case as Protesters Clash Outside NYC Court” HERE)

Trump Reveals His Shocking Nickname for Kimberly Guilfoyle — Newsom Ex Who Was Engaged to His Son

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President Trump stunningly referred to Kimberly Guilfoyle — his son’s ex-fiancée, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ex-wife and the current US ambassador to Greece — as “Kimber-lay” during a Greek independence day celebration at the White House.

“I love calling her ‘Kimber-lay,’ that’s my little pet name, right?” Trump said as he invited to her to stand alongside him on stage. “But you are the greatest and I heard they love you over there. And I hope you come back here in 12 years or whenever the term ends.

Donald Trump Jr. ended his six-year relationship with Guilfoyle in December 2024 — the same month that the president announced his intention to nominate her for the far-flung diplomatic posting in Athens. (Read more from “Trump Reveals His Shocking Nickname for Kimberly Guilfoyle — Newsom Ex Who Was Engaged to His Son” HERE)

Millions of Americans Urged to Prepare for Disaster as 2026 Hurricane Predictions Revealed: ‘Make Sure Your Emergency Supplies Are Stocked Up’

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Atlantic hurricane season 2026 is afoot — and Americans are being urged to brace themselves ahead of the hubbub.

AccuWeather is predicting 11 to 16 named storms, including four to seven hurricanes and two to four major hurricanes, which are Category 3 or higher, according to new reports.

Preparedness is “critical” as three to five direct impacts on the US are expected this year.

The areas at greatest risk of direct impacts from a tropical storm or hurricane are in the northern and northeastern Gulf Coast — including, but not limited to, Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and the Carolinas.

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1. (Read more from “Millions of Americans Urged to Prepare for Disaster as 2026 Hurricane Predictions Revealed: ‘Make Sure Your Emergency Supplies Are Stocked Up’” HERE)

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‘White Plague’ Is on the Rise in the US — It’s Deadlier Than COVID and Becoming Antibiotic-Resistant

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One of humanity’s oldest and deadliest killers is staging a modern-day comeback.

The so-called “white plague” reclaimed its title as the world’s deadliest infectious disease in 2023 after being briefly overtaken by COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic.

And the US isn’t immune. While the country still has one of the lowest rates globally, cases have been climbing steadily since 2020 — reversing three decades of decline.

Just this week, in fact, the man accused of murdering 18-year-old Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman failed to show up for a detention hearing because he’s being treated for tuberculosis.

Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 10,260 tuberculosis cases were reported nationwide in 2025, including a staggering 967 in New York alone.

But the real toll could be even higher. TB symptoms are often mistaken for more common illnesses like the flu or RSV, meaning cases can be missed or treatment delayed. (Read more from “‘White Plague’ Is on the Rise in the US — It’s Deadlier Than COVID and Becoming Antibiotic-Resistant” HERE)

Traders Made Hundreds Of Millions In Suspiciously Timed Iran Bets

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Stock traders made oil bets totaling in the nine figures in a two-minute period just over a half hour before President Donald Trump revealed there had been “productive conversations” between the U.S. and Iran, the Financial Times (FT) reported.

Traders dealt more than 6,000 Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures contracts — collectively worth $580 million — between 6:49 a.m. and 6:50 a.m. ET Monday, according to the FT. At 7:23 a.m., Trump sent a Truth social post announcing the conversations between the two nations, which have been engaged in a war since Feb. 28.

Brent and WTI are the two main global oil price benchmarks. Both benchmarks’ trading values leaped simultaneously at 6:49 a.m., per the FT. It remains unknown whether one or multiple actors engaged in the trades, the outlet reported.

“If nobody goes to jail for this, we’ve entered the ‘every man for himself’ stage of empire decline,” economist Chris Martenson remarked in a Wednesday X post sharing the FT’s headline.

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Kristi Noem Keeps Her Lover Corey Lewandowski Close by Her Side for First Appearance in New Job After She Was Fired at DHS

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Kristi Noem kept her lover Corey Lewandowski close at hand as she made her first appearance in her new job after she was booted from the Department of Homeland Security.

Noem and Lewandowski sat side-by-side across from Guyanese President Irfaan Ali during a meeting in the South American country on Tuesday.

She was all smiles during the meeting, which came just weeks after she was grilled over the supposed affair in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier in March.

Noem dodged questions about the affair as her husband sat behind her at that hearing.

That disastrous hearing resulted in her dismissal as Secretary of Homeland Security. (Read more from “Kristi Noem Keeps Her Lover Corey Lewandowski Close by Her Side for First Appearance in New Job After She Was Fired at DHS” HERE)

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Outrage After Transgender Migrant Gets Just 6 Months in New York Jail for Raping Teen

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The light, six-month jail sentence given to a transgender illegal migrant convicted of raping a child is sparking outrage in New York City and beyond.

Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a 31-year-old Colombian national who pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old East Harlem boy, is already set to be released for time served before he is even officially sentenced on April 27, according to the New York Post.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office claims that the extremely lenient sentence was agreed upon with the family of the victim and arranged by prosecutors to help the teen avoid having to testify about his abuse in open court.

The District Attorney’s Office also noted that they “expect” that Contreras-Suarez will be arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and then deported immediately upon being released.

Contreras-Suarez was arrested after his victim reported being attacked in a bodega near Thomas Jefferson Park on February 11, 2025. The illegal migrant was arrested the following day.

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TSA Experiencing Longest Wait Times in History — and May Be Forced to Shutter Entire Airports

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Airline passengers are experiencing some of the highest security wait times in the 25-year-history of the Transportation Security Administration — with some taking more than four-and-a-half hours to make it through checkpoints, a top official told Congress Wednesday.

TSA acting administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill testified to the House Homeland Security Committee that her beleaguered agency is “being forced to consolidate” and “may have to close smaller airports if we do not have enough officers.”

“It is a fluid, challenging and unpredictable situation. We understand this is frustrating and disruptive,” she added. “This is unacceptable.”

More than 480 Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) have quit during the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, McNeill revealed, warning that the figure is rapidly growing.

On Sunday, the TSA recorded a shocking 11.76% nationwide call-out rate among officers still on the payroll, the highest figure since the shutdown began Feb. 14, according to the latest figures. At some airports, call-out rates have jumped as high as between 40% and 50%. (Read more from “TSA Experiencing Longest Wait Times in History — and May Be Forced to Shutter Entire Airports” HERE)

Jury Finds Meta and Google Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial

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A Los Angeles jury has found Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and Google’s YouTube liable in a groundbreaking lawsuit concerning harm to children using their platforms, awarding $3 million in damages to a young woman who claims social media addiction during childhood worsened her mental health.

NBC News reports that in a precedent-setting verdict, jurors in the high profile social media addiction trial deliberated for more than 40 hours across nine days before determining that both Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design and operation of their platforms. The jury concluded that each company’s negligence was a substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiff, a 20-year-old woman who testified that her childhood use of social media created an addiction to the technology and aggravated her mental health problems.

The multimillion-dollar award is expected to increase significantly, as jurors determined that the companies acted with malice or highly egregious conduct. This finding means the jury will soon hear additional evidence and return to deliberations to decide on punitive damages, which could substantially raise the total compensation.

Meta and Google-owned YouTube were the final two defendants remaining in the case after TikTok and Snap reached settlements before the trial commenced. The plaintiff, identified in court documents as KGM and referred to as Kaley by her legal team during proceedings, provided testimony alongside high-profile technology executives. Meta leaders Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri appeared as witnesses, while YouTube CEO Neal Mohan was not called to testify.

According to her testimony, Kaley started using YouTube when she was six years old and began using Instagram at age nine. She told jurors that she spent time on social media platforms all day long throughout her childhood. The legal team representing Kaley, headed by attorney Mark Lanier, was responsible for demonstrating that the negligence of the respective defendants was a substantial factor in causing harm to their client. (Read more from “Jury Finds Meta and Google Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial” HERE)

High-Profile Scientists Keep Winding Up Dead Or Missing — GOP Rep Suggests There May Be A Conspiracy At Play

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Several prominent scientists and researchers in the U.S. have reportedly died or gone missing over the past year, fueling speculation about whether some of the disappearances may have occurred under suspicious circumstances.

William Neil McCasland, a 68-year-old retired Air Force major general who had knowledge of UFOs, went missing in New Mexico on Feb. 27, NewsNation reported. Republican Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett told the Daily Mail on Sunday that he believes there may be a pattern emerging of other researchers throughout the nation similarly disappearing “under suspicious circumstances.”

“There have been several others throughout the country that have disappeared under suspicious circumstances,” Burchett told the outlet. “I think we ought to be paying attention to it.”

The congressman also indicated that “the numbers seem very high in these certain areas of research,” adding “I think we’d better be paying attention, and I don’t think we should trust our government.” He went on to claim that researchers with knowledge about UFOs are usually “very secretive about what they know.”

“Everybody’s talking about the UFO stuff,” the Tennessee Republican told the Daily Mail. “Those folks are very secretive about what they know. So I suspect very much that [McCasland] was involved in some of that.” (Read more from “High-Profile Scientists Keep Winding Up Dead Or Missing — GOP Rep Suggests There May Be A Conspiracy At Play” HERE)