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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Thin Blue Line Trash’: Graham Platner Smeared Maine Police Chief Who Didn’t Kneel at Black Lives Matter Protest About George Floyd

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Graham Platner Smeared Cops as ‘Trash’ and ‘Authoritarian Bullies’ in Deleted Reddit Posts BLM protest (WABI), Graham Platner (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images) Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D.) called a small-town Maine police chief “trash” for refusing to take a knee in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters, and referred to other police officers as “authoritarian

Trump Says He’ll Bring Up Jimmy Lai and Jailed Pastor in Meeting With China’s Xi

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U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by lawmakers and health care professionals, speaks to reporters during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 11, 2026. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on May 11 that he plans to raise the cases of media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai and pastor

Schumer Says Democrats Will Use ‘Every Tool We Have’ Against Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on May 11 laid out the Democratic floor strategy against the Republican reconciliation bill. The measure would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and

Mediator Pakistan allowed Iran to park military aircraft on its airfields

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Washington — As Pakistan positioned itself as a diplomatic conduit between Tehran and Washington, it quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields, potentially shielding them from American airstrikes, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter.  Iran also sent civilian aircraft to park in neighboring Afghanistan. It was not clear if