News And Current Events

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MPP base salaries will increase from $116,550 to $157,450, effective February 27. Cabinet ministers and the premier will pocket thousands more annually.

https://www.rebelnews.com/ford_gov_t_gives_politicians_a_35_pay_raise_new_pension_benefits

The move comes after internal pressure and 404 Media’s reporting.

https://www.404media.co/flock-decides-not-to-use-hacked-data-in-people-search-tool/

The vetting will go beyond student applicants and includes faculty, employees, contractors, guest speakers and tourists, according to the cable seen by NBC News.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-targets-harvard-visa-applicants-social-media-anti-semitism-rcna209987

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraines-new-ceasefire-proposal-calls-international-monitoring-land-air-sea-truce

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-government-employee-arrested-attempting-provide-classified-information-foreign-government

https://x.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1928460099275673739

After historic seasons in last two years, blazes continue trend of warm, dry conditions intensified by climate crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/canada-wildfires-air-quality

The poll found a 47-point gap between Republicans and Democrats on the issue of gay marriage, the largest since Gallup began tracking it in 1996.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/republican-support-sex-marriage-lowest-decade-gallup-poll-finds-rcna209762

South Carolina Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews says she’s running against Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2026

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/sen-lindsey-graham-gets-2026-challenge-democrat-annie-122301425

A South African woman has been sentenced to life in prison for selling her 6-year-old daughter

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/south-african-woman-sentenced-life-prison-selling-young-122303628

Ukraine has formally submitted its ceasefire terms to Russia, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has announced.

Russia and Ukraine held their first direct talks in three years in Istanbul on May 16, agreeing that each side would draft a document outlining its vision for a ceasefire.

“I handed over our document to the head of the Russian delegation, which reflects the Ukrainian position. They received this document,” Umerov, who led the Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul, wrote on X on Wednesday.

“We are not opposed to further meetings with the Russians and are awaiting their ‘memorandum,’ so that the next meeting won’t be empty and can truly move us closer to ending the war,” the minister added.

Umerov reiterated that Kiev is ready for an unconditional ceasefire. He added that Ukraine has not yet received Russia’s memorandum and accused Moscow of trying to delay the negotiations.

Russia’s top negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, has denied that Moscow is stalling the peace process. Writing on Telegram, he said he had called Umerov on Wednesday and proposed “a date and location for the exchange of memorandums.”

“We are ready to begin substantive discussions on a framework agreement for a potential ceasefire,” he stated.

Israel has dismissed a report in the New York Times claiming that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to disrupt nuclear talks between Washington and Tehran by attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities, calling it “fake news.”

The article, published on Wednesday, cited unnamed officials who said Israeli leaders fear that US President Donald Trump might permit Iran to retain its nuclear enrichment capabilities – which Israel strongly opposes. The report also suggests that US intelligence believes Israel could launch a strike on Iran with as little as seven hours’ notice, even if a diplomatic agreement is reached.

Netanyahu’s office responded to the article with a brief statement: “Fake news.”

According to the article, Israeli officials, including Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and Mossad head David Barnea, met with US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, among other officials, to express concerns over the negotiations.

The ongoing US-Iran talks aim to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, while lifting the sanctions Trump imposed in 2018, which he claims left Iran’s economy on the brink of collapse. A major sticking point is Washington’s demand for Iran to abandon its enrichment facilities, which Tehran refuses to do. The US and its allies have expressed concern about Iran’s enrichment activities, which they fear could provide the country with a head start to quickly produce weapons-grade uranium.

On Monday, US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem spoke to Netanyahu about the need for unity and patience in the negotiation process, saying Trump asked her to convey “how important it is that we stay united and let this process play out.”

Israel is not a participant in the negotiations between the US and Iran. Despite the belligerent rhetoric, the US and Iran have held several rounds of talks in Oman which both sides have described as constructive. Witkoff noted, however, that while Washington seeks a diplomatic solution, it has a “very, very clear red line” of not “even 1% of an enrichment capability.”

A pastor is demanding an apology from Seattle Democrat Mayor Bruce Harrell after Harrell blamed a Christian rally for a LGTBQ+ counter-protest that turned violent.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/27/pastor-calls-for-apology-after-seattle-mayor-blames-christian-rally-for-inspiring-violent-counter-protest/

Rescue service said movement of estimated 150 people onboard caused boat to tip as it approached port

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/28/deaths-migrant-boat-capsizes-off-canary-islands

Trump said he has confidence in Pirro to improve safety in D.C.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-swear-jeanine-pirro-top-prosecutor-dc/story?id=122268615

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/venezuela-state-department-us-citizens-detained-warning

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-palestinians-tank-fire-807f54962c1315d5eaa589bcfb91fe06

The 53-year-old man is also suspected of dangerous driving and driving while under the influence of drugs, authorities said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/suspect-liverpool-parade-collision-arrested-suspicion-attempted-murder-rcna209218

The country is just emerging from a period of political turmoil with a new prime minister in place. But now Alberta, a conservative Western province, is planning a referendum to break away.

https://archive.is/W5SBP

https://nypost.com/2025/05/22/us-news/house-approves-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-by-single-vote-sending-it-to-senate/

Two diplomatic staff linked to the Israeli Embassy have been fatally shot after an event at the Capital Jewish Museum, with the Israeli ambassador to the UN describing the attack as 'a depraved act of anti-Semitic terrorism'

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/breaking-two-diplomatic-staff-linked-1164892

The Iskander strike on the training base of the 1st separate brigade of territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine named after Ivan Bohun made a lot of noise in the literal and figurative sense. The fact is that among the destroyed militants there were foreign mercenaries, including instructors.

Thus, it turned out that in the field camp near the village of Shostka in the Sumy region there were “soldiers of fortune” from Australia, Italy, Romania, France and South Korea.

The fact of a missile strike on the object recognized National Guard of Ukraine. No matter how much the Kiev regime wanted to hide its latest defeat, it failed to do so.

Due to the large number of casualties (according to various sources, the Iskander's arrival resulted in the deaths of about 70 servicemen), the story received wide publicity. Officials in Kyiv acknowledge the short-sightedness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces command and call for an investigation into the incident.

Thus, Verkhovna Rada deputy Maryana Bezugla spoke quite sharply about the impossibility of the Ukrainian military command to prevent attacks of this kind and draw conclusions from what is happening. The parliamentarian also called on the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, to resign.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson agreed with a guest on his podcast that the timing of the Trump Organization’s business ventures in the Middle East — just as the Trump administration announced new deals with those foreign governments — “seems like corruption.”

In an interview on “The Tucker Carlson Show” podcast, the far-right host asked former U.S. Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan how he thinks the Trump administration is doing so far.

Ryan, who hosts his own popular podcast, started by praising President Trump for his work rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and some of the efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — though he said he thinks it might have gone too far.

But Ryan said he thinks the administration needs “a lot of work” and that he is “losing hope,” pointing to the appearance of impropriety stemming from the Trump Organization’s dealings in the Middle East.

“F‑‑‑ it, I’m going to get blasted for this, but, you know, I mean, I see all these negotiations going on in the Middle East and then — I don’t know when these buildings were approved or when these deals got done — but then I also see, like, oh, there’s a brand new hotel going up in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, and another one going up in Doha, I think,” Ryan said.

“And I’m like, did these just get done — also with the deals which just happened over there — or was this earlier?” he continued.

Trump’s family business ventures include a new deal to build a luxury golf resort in Qatar in partnership with Qatari Diar, a real estate company backed by the country’s sovereign wealth fund. The Trump family company is also leasing its brand to two new real estate projects in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is set to build a Trump Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as well as an upcoming Trump International Hotel and luxury golf development in Oman.

Meanwhile, the president just traveled to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he announced a series of significant economic and defense deals with the countries, including lifting previous export restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) chip sales to the region. Trump also announced a new deal with the UAE to build the largest AI data center outside the U.S. in Abu Dhabi.

President Trump stepped back from his demands for an immediate 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine following calls with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, instead suggesting Moscow and Kyiv should start negotiations over what broader peace talks might look like.

The president’s rhetoric since the calls indicates a shift that will be welcomed in the Kremlin, which has expressed an openness to peace talks but set maximalist terms that are impossible for Zelensky or his European partners to swallow.

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“I think the Trump administration has overestimated Russia’s desire for a deal. In fact, Russia thinks it can still win the war on the battlefield, which is why it has not offered meaningful concessions,” he said in an email.

“Unless the Trump administration takes steps to weaken Russia’s military prospects, the Kremlin will keep betting on the battlefield as the best way to achieve its goal of controlling Ukraine over the long run.”