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Another question is whether Trump should have weighed in when New Orleans was on edge and authorities were still piecing together what happened and why. Fox later corrected its report to say the truck had actually crossed the border in November, with a driver who "did not appear to be" the suspect in the New Orleans attack. Conservatives on social media took note of the initial report, concluding that the suspect was a migrant and that lax border security might be to blame for the attack. “President Trump rightfully highlighted that criminals crossing the border have committed some of the most heinous crimes this country has witnessed in its history," he said. A Trump transition official predicted that the attacks would help ensure those national security selections are ultimately confirmed.

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President-elect Donald Trump and his allies in Congress have blamed the deadly New Orleans truck attack on President Joe Biden's border policies even though the attacker was a U.S. citizen. The network walked back its reporting later Wednesday, but not before Trump and some of his allies echoed it. Donald Trump Jr., the president-elect's eldest son, posted a news article about the erroneous report, saying, "Biden’s parting gift to America — migrant terrorists." Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., posted shortly after the initial segment: “New Orleans terrorist attacker is said to have come across the border in Eagle Pass TWO DAYS AGO!!! !”Later Wednesday, Fox News quoted Trump's Truth Social posted and then noted, "To be clear, the suspect was born in the United States."

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☆ Trump, GOP allies falsely blame New Orleans attack on immigration failures
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Rebecca Shabad | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President-elect Donald Trump and his allies in Congress have blamed the deadly New Orleans truck attack on President Joe Biden's border policies even though the attacker was a U.S. citizen. "The crime rate in our country is at a level that nobody has ever seen before," he wrote. "Our hearts are with all of the innocent victims and their loved ones, including the brave officers of the New Orleans Police Department." The network walked back its reporting later Wednesday, but not before Trump and some of his allies echoed it. Later Wednesday, Fox News quoted Trump's Truth Social posted and then noted, "To be clear, the suspect was born in the United States."

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☆ Trump falsely links New Orleans terror attack to migrants after erroneous Fox News report
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —An erroneous early Fox News report about the New Orleans terror attack is warping the political dialogue in the aftermath of the deadly rampage. The false report from Fox, which was attributed to anonymous sources, confused the public – and evidently President-elect Donald Trump too. In fact, the New Orleans attack suspect was a US citizen and Army veteran. Eight minutes after the first Fox segment that mentioned the border, Trump issued a statement about “criminals coming in” from other countries. Fox continued to stream a clip on its website of the incorrect information.

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☆ No love lost between Trump and Biden as inauguration looms
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-02 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, his predecessor and successor, have never been friendly. Trump has long insulted “Sleepy Joe” Biden and claims he ordered his multiple indictments, despite a lack of evidence. On Sunday, Biden was asked what Trump should take away from the life of Jimmy Carter after the 39th president’s passing. “Can you imagine Jimmy Carter, walking by someone who needs something and just keep walking?” Biden asked. “Can you imagine Jimmy Carter referring to someone by the way they look or the way they talk?

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When President-elect Donald Trump retakes the White House in January, he could be flanked by a large cohort of young Indian American stars. These Indian Americans are perhaps the most well-represented minority group on the president-elect’s newly announced team. Others say the Indian American community has been poised to fit into the current Republican mold for some time. “It’s remarkable how disproportionately represented Indian Americans are compared to other communities of color,” said Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder of AAPI Data. “Trump had higher support among 18- to 34-year-old Indian Americans, and especially among Indian American men,” Ramakrishnan said.

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Standing near them was another figure whose sway with the Republican nominee also cannot be discounted: the far-right provocateur Laura Loomer. Her anti-Muslim social media posts eventually earned her a ban from Twitter that lasted until billionaire Elon Musk bought the website, now known as X, and restored her account. She knows his personal number and has utilized it, one source familiar with the relationship told CNN. When Trump landed in Philadelphia on Tuesday before his debate against Harris, Loomer was among the close allies seen deboarding his private plane. In August of last year, Trump even suggested the campaign hire Loomer for an official role, sources told CNN at the time.

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☆ Two Swedes shot dead in Brussels; Belgium raises terror alert to top level
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Philip Blenkinsop | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The likely motive for the attack was the Swedish nationality of the victims, the prosecutor said. The suspected assailant, calling himself Abdesalem Al Guilani, claimed in a video on social media that he was a fighter for Allah. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo confirmed on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, the victims were Swedish. "I have just offered my sincere condolences to the Swedish PM following tonight’s harrowing attack on Swedish citizens in Brussels," de Croo said on X. France is tightening controls at the border with Belgium after the deadly attack in Brussels, Belgian media said.

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☆ Two Swedes shot dead in Brussels, Belgium raises terror alert to top level
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Philip Blenkinsop | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The suspected assailant fled the scene after the shooting as a football match between Belgium and Sweden was about to start, triggering a massive manhunt and prompting Belgium to raise its terror alert to the highest level. The federal prosecutor said the third victim, who was wounded but not in life-threatening condition, was a taxi driver. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo confirmed on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that the victims were Swedish. "I have just offered my sincere condolences to the Swedish PM following tonight’s harrowing attack on Swedish citizens in Brussels," de Croo said on X. France is tightening controls at the border with Belgium after the deadly attack in Brussels, Belgian media said.

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☆ French school where teacher was stabbed evacuated over bomb alert
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Pascal Rossignol | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] French police and firefighters stand in front of the Gambetta-Carnot school, where French teacher Dominique Bernard was killed in a knife attack on Friday, after the school was evacuated following a bomb alert in Arras, northern France, October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Acquire Licensing RightsARRAS, France, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A high school in Arras, northern France, where a French teacher was fatally stabbed on Friday, was evacuated on Monday morning following a bomb alert, according to a Reuters photographer who was at the location. After the bomb alert on Monday, teachers, some of them in tears and holding each other, left the building, as did pupils who had come to lay flowers in tribute to Bernard. As a police bomb squad arrived, teachers and students gathered in the courtyard of a building opposite their school as civil protection personnel comforted them. Reporting by Pascal Rossignol; Writing by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Toby Chopra, Sudip Kar-Gupta and Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani's consultancy has racked up $57,000 in unpaid phone bills after it 'failed and refused to pay' its telco for 9 months
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rudy Giuliani's consultancy owes nearly $60,000 over unpaid phone bills from 2020. Giuliani Partners owes a further $30,396 from an early termination fee. The Sunday judgment calculated interest at $12,831, and additional costs and disbursements at $873, bringing Giuliani Partners' total debt to almost $60,000. A subsidiary of the firm, Giuliani Security & Services, describes him as the current chairman and CEO of Giuliani Partners. Court records show Giuliani Partners has not filed any response to Momentum Telecom's debt filings or Adams' affirmation.

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☆ Analysis: How Michael Flynn went down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

When you have General Flynn and Sidney Powell suggesting somehow the military should indeed seize voting machines. As we say in the podcast, Trump called him publicly at a recent conference in May, where he vowed to bring back Mike Flynn again, implying that Flynn would be part of his national security team. WOLF: Do you have any insight into how this kind of conspiracy theory fever afflicts a person? Why does it happen to Michael Flynn and not retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who I learned from your podcast was a mentor to Flynn in Afghanistan? From intelligence work to conspiracy theoriesWOLF: You talk in the podcast about encountering Flynn in his previous line of work – somebody involved in the intelligence community.

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