Giorno: 6 Aprile 2023

Ex-Hawaiian lawmaker under fire in corruption case that led to the release of sewage into state’s water

A former Hawaii lawmaker is expected in court Thursday for sentencing in a federal corruption case that’s drawn attention to a perennial problem in the islands: the tens of thousands of cesspools that release 50 million gallons of raw sewage into the state’s pristine waters every day. Cesspools — in-ground pits that collect sewage from […]

Biden admin review of Afghanistan withdrawal repeatedly blames Trump

The White House on Thursday released its review of President Biden’s fumbled withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. The document repeatedly criticizes the Trump administration for constraining the conditions of American withdrawal. “As you know, over the past many months, departments and agencies key to the Afghanistan withdrawal have been conducting thorough internal after-action reviews examining […]

DeSantis declares Florida ‘beat the left,’ says Sunshine State’s Dem Party is ‘like a dead carcass’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared the Democratic Party in Florida is “like a dead carcass on the side of the road” after being “beat” by Republicans. “In what used to be a swing state, now the Democratic Party in Florida is a hollow shell. It’s like a dead carcass on the side of the road,” […]

Republicans blast Gavin Newsom’s plan to mandate electric trucks, say it will threaten grid stability

EXCLUSIVE: A group of House Republicans led by Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., wrote a letter Thursday to Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, blasting him for cracking down on diesel-powered trucks. In the letter, Valadao and seven other GOP representatives from California warned Newsom that his recently-announced plan to electrify heavy vehicles would increase grid instability, […]

Dems Seek to Capitalize on GOP’s ‘Defund DOJ, FBI’ Talk

After blasting Democrats for supporting defund-the-police efforts, House and Senate Republicans are facing a similar Catch-22 as a result of their push to defund the FBI and the Justice Department, The Hill reports.

San Francisco Chronicle: City on ‘Verge of Collapse’

Much of San Francisco is facing an economic death spiral brought on by post-pandemic woes, the San Francisco Chronicle said in an editorial.

Spanish judge sends suspect in church slayings to psychiatric center

A Spanish judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a Moroccan man held in the January slaying of a church officer in the southern city of Algeciras. Authorities identified the alleged assailant in the Jan. 26 machete attack as 25-year-old Yassine Kanjaa. He was arrested after he allegedly killed the worker and injured a priest […]

Spanish police detain 2 foreign nationals for smuggling military equipment to Russia

Spanish police said Wednesday that they had detained one Russian national and one Ukrainian national for their alleged smuggling of defense material to Russia in defiance of European Union sanctions. The National Police said that the two people were arrested in Spain’s northern Basque Country region on an undisclosed date. Customs agents aided in the […]

Madeleine McCann’s parents react to DNA test of woman claiming to be missing British girl

Madeleine McCann’s parents have issued a statement after a Polish woman claiming to be the missing British girl received the results of a DNA test apparently proving that she is not. The Polish woman, Julia Faustyna, who also goes by Julia Wendlet, had been claiming for weeks on Instagram and TikTok that she may be […]

France issues arrest warrants for 3 Syrians on trial for crimes against humanity

France has issued arrest warrants for three high-ranking Syrian intelligence officers accused of complicity in crimes against humanity in the deaths of a father and son who disappeared a decade ago, the French anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. In an acknowledgement that there was little likelihood the Syrian men would be extradited to France, the […]