“It’s a full-on war,” said a woman who spoke to The Post by phone from the suburbs of Tehran, providing a rare account of the crackdown since the government-imposed blackout began. After joining the protests Friday, she described running from security forces into a dark alley. In a separate incident, the woman in Tehran’s suburbs said she saw security forces raiding a small clinic where injured protesters were receiving treatment. As Trump’s rhetoric toward Iran grows increasingly hawkish, Europe has also started taking further diplomatic steps against the Iranian government. “The regime has a track record of brutally suppressing protests, and no one knows what the next days will bring.

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Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson has spent the past year as a “federal government whisperer,” receiving tips from hundreds of federal workers impacted by President Donald Trump’s transformation of the government. He was charged with illegally retaining classified documents, according to a federal affidavit. “The Trump administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our Nation’s national security and the brave men and women who are serving our country,” Bondi said. The FBI alleged that Perez-Lugones took screenshots of parts of that classified report and placed them into a Word document. Natanson also described other steps she took to ensure the confidentiality of the people who wanted to confide in her.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, announced Tuesday its members will oppose any new funding for immigration enforcement until “meaningful reforms” are put in place. Funding for DHS, which includes ICE, was not included in the batch of spending bills released Sunday by the House Appropriations Committee. Progressive Caucus leaders signaled they’re not angling to shut the government down in their fight over ICE funding. “Members of Congress have a clear, spelled out legal right under the existing DHS funding bill to be allowed into these facilities without this notice,” Murphy posted on social media. “So if Congress is going to keep funding DHS, there must be meaningful restraints to rein in this brazen lawlessness.”

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Kiefer Sutherland, pictured in April 2024 at the Sunset Marquis hotel in West Hollywood, was arrested early Monday, police say. Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested early Monday after police said he assaulted a ride-hail driver in Hollywood. Sutherland was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats after officers responded to reports of an assault on a driver in Hollywood early Monday. Advertisement“The investigation determined that the suspect, later identified as Kiefer Sutherland, entered a rideshare vehicle, physically assaulted the driver (the victim) and made criminal threats toward the victim,” according to an LAPD statement. He was most recently arrested in 2020 on suspicion of driving under the influence after making an illegal U-turn in Hollywood.

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Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly isn’t happy with the winner of the inaugural best podcast award at this year’s Golden Globes. “Amy Poehler won. “And it’s because she really has a really, really insightful podcast, which you really feel enriched after watching. They get tired earlier, just like you, stars like Gwyneth Paltrow, just like you. “Amy Poehler thought Gwyneth Paltrow was in ‘Cold Mountain,’ which she wasn’t,” Kelly said.

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Joe Rogan criticizes ICE tactics under TrumpOn his show, Joe Rogan criticized some of the tactics ICE is using to identify undocumented immigrants. Rogan endorsed Trump on the eve of the 2024 election. CNN political commentators Ana Navarro and Joe Borelli react to the clip.

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The White House confirmed the clip’s authenticity and offered a defense of the president’s reaction. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a statement, "A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response." Ford executives accompanied the president on the tour, which preceded a speech at the Detroit Economic Club. Reporters and onlookers elsewhere on the tour recorded some workers cheering, taking selfies with the president, and engaging more positively. For the White House, the public defense frames the incident as a justified response to a provocation, a posture likely tailored to core supporters.

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The pivot to the Civil Rights Act is just one example of several notable changes in the DOJ’s approach. The federal laws addressing voter registration that the department relied upon when it initially requested states’ voter files are no longer the focus of the litigation. Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThe Justice Department declined to comment to CNN when asked about the change of approach, citing the ongoing litigation. In court filings, the Justice Department says its opponents are the ones misreading the Civil Rights Act. But in its most recent lawsuits, the Justice Department dropped the NVRA and HAVA claims and is only bringing the Civil Rights Act claim.

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Key to the idea of the individualist man as a real American is that he will protect white women. And yet white women are among those standing in the front lines against Trump, and now an ICE agent has killed one. An Economist/YouGov poll released today shows that only 43% of American adults oppose abolishing ICE, while 46% support abolishing ICE. Popular podcaster Joe Rogan, who endorsed Trump in 2024, today likened ICE to the Gestapo, Nazi Germany’s secret police. Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul said: “Border Patrol agents and ICE officers have acted as occupiers rather than officers of the law.

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Stranger Things recently came to an end on Netflix after five seasons NetflixThe director of the new Stranger Things documentary is defending the show’s creators amid speculation that they used the generative AI tool ChatGPT to help them come up with the finale. One Last Adventure, a making-of documentary about Stranger Things’ fifth and final season, premiered on Netflix earlier this week, featuring the cast and crew as they prepare for filming the last episodes. AdvertisementIn one scene, co-creators The Duffer Brothers were seen using a computer to piece together the script for the finale, with some eagle-eyed viewers claiming to have spotted ChatGPT tabs open in their internet browser. Fans accuse the Duffer Brothers of using AI to write ‘Stranger Things’ final season after spotting ChatGPT tabs in behind-the-scenes documentary. But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?

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But experts increasingly doubt the Trump administration’s Venezuela policy will weaken China — and see signs he may end up benefiting it. Venezuela holds the world’s largest oil reserves, which have been underutilized for years. When Trump gathered leading executives from American oil companies at the White House to discuss Venezuela on Friday, the business figures were clear about their hesitation to get involved there. Chinese oil supplies seem unlikely to be at risk. AdvertisementUltimately, the post-invasion development of Iraq’s significant oil reserves involved “primarily Chinese companies [that were] willing to go in,” he said.

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A week after a 550-pound bear was evicted from under an Altadena home, another Altadena resident about a mile away reported a bear taking up residency under that home’s floorboards. Animal control officers from Pasadena Humane confirmed that a bear was living under an Altadena house Sunday but could not be sure if the latest bear squatter was the same bruin from the earlier incident. As of Tuesday, the latest bear tenant was no longer under the house, a spokesperson from Pasadena Humane confirmed. California Bear under Altadena home for 6 weeks is finally evicted by paintball guns, electrified mat A 550-pound male black bear wedged itself into the crawl space underneath an Altadena home just after Thanksgiving. For six weeks, a massive male black bear made himself comfortable in another Altadena home not far from the most recent incident.

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