7 h. ago Pipe bomb suspect believed in 2020 election conspiracies, reports say, as new details about his background are revealed

Agents arrested 30-year-old Brian J. Cole Jr. at his home in Woodbridge, Virginia

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8 h. ago Trump has adopted racist conspiracy theories in his extraordinary attack on Europe

Trump’s new blueprint for international policy is racist and claims that Europe faces ‘civilization erasure’ in a boost to far right and conspiracy theorists, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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9 h. ago Suspect in DC pipe bomb case said to have confessed in interviews with investigators, AP sources say

The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the act in interviews with investigators

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10 h. ago FBI’s Dan Bongino tries to distance himself from pipe bomb conspiracy theories after calling case ‘an inside job’

FBI deputy director admits he was ‘paid’ for his ‘opinions’ as a right-wing podcaster after suspect arrested

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11 h. ago ‘Civilisational erasure’: US strategy document appears to echo far

Official text, signed by Donald Trump, outlines plan to ‘cultivate resistance’ in EU nations to their ‘current trajectory’Donald Trump’s administration has said that Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration. In a policy document, it argues that the US must “cultivate resistance” within the continent to “Europe’s current trajectory”.Billed as “a roadmap to ensure America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history and the home of freedom on earth”, the US National Security Strategy makes explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s far-right parties. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago ‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right

Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’ Donald Trump’s administration has said Europe faces “civilisational erasure” within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration, arguing in a policy document that the US must “cultivate resistance” within the continent to “Europe’s current trajectory”.Billed as “a roadmap to ensure America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history and the home of freedom on earth”, the US National Security Strategy makes explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s far-right parties. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago January 6 riot pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole is pictured after FBI swooped on his $700,000 Virginia home

Brian Cole, 30, a Virginia resident, was identified on Thursday in a stunning breakthrough in the investigation.

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26 h. ago 5 years later, authorities arrest a suspect in Washington pipe bomb case. Here's what to know

The FBI has arrested a suspect five years after an unidentified person placed two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington, D.C. The mystery behind the person’s identity has bedeviled law enforcement and helped fuel conspiracy theories about Jan. 6, 2021, and the Capitol riot by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters

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30 h. ago Suspect arrested and named in case of pipe bombs planted on eve of January 6

Bombs were placed near Republican and Democratic party HQs in Washington night before US Capitol attackUS authorities on Thursday made an arrest in connection with pipe bombs that were planted outside the headquarters of both the Democratic and Republican parties in Washington DC on the eve of 6 January 2021.Explosive devices were placed at night and then, on the afternoon of 6 January, the US Capitol attack occurred, when a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed Congress in an effort to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Arrest reportedly made in attempted pipe bomb attack in lead

Bombs were placed near both Republican and Democratic party HQs in Washington DC the night before US Capitol attackUS authorities have made an arrest in connection with pipe bombs that were planted outside the headquarters of both the Democratic and Republican parties in Washington DC on the eve of 6 January 2021, according to reports on Thursday morning.Explosive devices were placed at night and then, on the afternoon of January 6, the US Capitol attack occurred, when a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed Congress in an effort to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Steven Gerrard lands Liverpool job recommendation as Rangers snub leaves icon expecting call

Arne Slot if facing major doubts over his future after a disappointing season at Anfield after a massive summer transfer spend

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60 h. ago Steven Gerrard agreement reached over Liverpool job as icon told to expect call

Steven Gerrard has been rumoured as a potential successor to Liverpool manager Arne Slot after the club's poor recent run

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67 h. ago Jodie Foster calls acting a ‘cruel job’ that was chosen for her: ‘I don’t remember starting’

‘I would never have chosen to be an actor,’ says Foster

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3 d. ago Jodie Foster, who began her career aged three, calls acting ‘a cruel job’ she never would have chosen

Actor, who started working in commercials before making her first film at six, calls acting a job that was ‘chosen’ for herJodie Foster has spoken out about parents who encourage their children to act, saying she “know[s] how dangerous it is”.Speaking at the Marrakesh film festival, Foster said that she “would never have chosen to be an actor, I don’t have the personality of an actor. I’m not somebody that wants to dance on a table and, you know, sing songs for people.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago MAGA conspiracy theorist and Trump influencer Laura Loomer receives credentials and desk at Pentagon after media purge

Online commentators mocked the new crop of Pentagon reporters for being unable to accurately report which desks they were using

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4 d. ago Kim Kardashian is secretly pushing brain chip implants on unsuspecting Americans, conspiracy theorists claim

Kim Kardashian has been accused of setting up a deal to promote brain chip implants after a health scare was revealed on a recent episode of the Kardashian reality show.

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6 d. ago MIKE KATZ: 'Nigel Farage peddles conspiracy theories and jibes at minorities'

'Jews feel a real sense of fear in the wake of the synagogue attack in Manchester and it's irresponsible to be careless with language', the former chair of Jewish Labour Lord Katz writes

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6 d. ago Judge blasts conspiracy theories of child sex beast who claimed jury were 'hypnotised'

Natalie Wolf, also known as Ryan Haley, was found guilty of sexual activity with a child following a trial

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7 d. ago Alex Jones 'cooks turkey with Sydney Sweeney' as AI Thanksgiving dinner photos spread online

In the latest bizarre use of artificial intelligence, someone on the internet has created an image of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones having a Thanksgiving meal with Sydney Sweeney

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7 d. ago Antisemitism allegations against the teenage Farage matter – look at what he went on to do | Jonathan Freedland

Farage has cosied up to US figures who espoused conspiracy theories about Jews. That kind of talk is becoming alarmingly mainstream on the Maga right Nigel Farage could have strangled this story at birth. Confronted with the testimony of more than 20 former schoolmates, who shared with the Guardian their memories of a young Farage taunting Jews and other minorities in the most appalling terms – telling a Jewish pupil that “Hitler was right”, singing “Gas ’em all” and making a hissing sound to simulate lethal gas – he could have said: “I have no memory of what’s been described, but such behaviour would of course have been atrocious and if I was involved in any way, I am genuinely sorry.”Sure, it would have been more of an “ifpology” than an apology, its admission of guilt wholly conditional, but it would surely have closed the story down. Reassured that the Reform UK leader had declared racist and antisemitic abuse unacceptable, most observers would have allowed that these events too...

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