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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre blasted Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) for withholding about 200 Pentagon nominees over a Defense Department abortion policy, calling the lawmaker “disgraceful ” and accusing him of endangering national security. Jean-Pierre said the senator’s blocking of candidates harmed military families and put “our military readiness at risk by depriving our armed forces of leadership.” “What the senator is doing with these nominations is a threat to our national security. Period. That’s what he’s doing,” Jean-Pierre told reporters at a briefing Wednesday. “These are important nominations that we need, that the American people need to keep…

LONDON (AP) – Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed return to the stage and screen, has died at 87. Jackson’s agent, Lionel Larner, said he died Thursday at his home in London after a short illness. He said he had recently finished filming “‘The Great Escaper,” in which he co-starred with 90-year-old Michael Caine. Born into a working-class family in 1936 in Birkhenhead, north-west England, Jackson trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he…

BOSTON: Two faces dissected for $600. Human brains for $200. “Head #7” for $1,000. A former Harvard Medical School morgue director, his wife and a Peabody business owner are among several people accused of trafficking stolen body parts from the school’s morgue that were intended for use by researchers in a grotesque multi-state scheme, with part of the body. pieces sold through Facebook and PayPal and sent through US Postal Service mail, court documents allege. Cedric Lodge, 55, and his wife, Denise Lodge, 63, both of Goffstown, New Hampshire, and Katrina Maclean, 44, of Salem, who own Kat’s Creepy Creations…

After his transfer tweet that he was “coming home,” Jordy Bahl and fate chose to torture what is now sure to be a growing number of Husker softball fans for less than three days with their decision. He is now a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Jordy immediately becomes the ace of the Huskers team and is bolstered by a hard-hitting team that returns 7 of its 8 starters on the field. His presence likely takes recruiting to another level and if that includes another top-tier starter, expectations for 2024 will go through the roof. At the very least, hosting…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul’s popular mayor went on trial Thursday on charges of being involved in alleged bid-rigging in a tender dating back to 2015. Critics have called the trial another “conspiracy.” with political motivations with the aim of removing the opposition politician from the political stage. Ekrem Imamoglu, who is widely seen as a possible future leader of the country’s main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, faces up to seven years in prison and a political ban if found guilty of the charge , which derives from the time he was mayor of the Istanbul district of Beylikduzu….

Father Johan Verschueren, SJ, Rupnik’s superior, whose name was found in the statement, said no further comments would be made until this period had concluded. In February, the Jesuits said they had opened new internal proceedings against Rupnik after receiving allegations against him dating from 1985 to 2018. The “highly credible” allegations, they said, included allegations of spiritual, psychological and sexual, and abuse of conscience. The latest statement said the team investigating the allegations handed over its dossier the same month. Rupnik’s superiors imposed certain restrictions on his ministry at the recommendation of the investigators. The restrictions, according to the…

EUR/USD ANALYSIS ECB revisions help bolster market bullish reaction. US retail sales fail to deter EUR. The euro is back to levels last seen in mid-May. Recommended by Warren Venketas Get your free Euro forecast FUNDAMENTAL CONTEXT OF THE EURO The euro was boosted by the announcement by the European Central Bank (ECB) to raise interest rates 25 bps as expected (see economic calendar below). The stronger euro comes from revised higher inflation projections despite lower economic growth estimates. The average revisions to inflation and GDP are as follows: 2023 = 5.4%; 2024 = 3.0%; 2025 = 2.2% – SECURITY…

Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges of amassing classified documents and then conspiring to obstruct an investigation into them, Republicans in Congress had his back. What you need to know Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges of amassing classified documents and then conspiring to obstruct an investigation into them, Republicans in Congress turned their backs. Trump’s growing legal risk has quickly become a political rallying cry as they rush to stand by the impeached former president Many Republicans say they haven’t fully read the 49-page indictment against Trump, but are adopting his…