Explained: How the Israel issue is splintering MAGA

Explained: How the Israel issue is splintering MAGA | World News

For nearly half a century, support for Israel was the closest thing the American right had to a theological constant. It bound together evangelical Christians, Cold War hawks, neoconservatives, and Republican donors into a durable, almost unexamined consensus. Donald Trump’s first term appeared to mark its triumph: Jerusalem recognised as Israel’s capital, the Abraham Accords…

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When a teapot became Hitler: The bizarre billboard controversy that took over the internet

When a teapot became Hitler: The bizarre billboard controversy that took over the internet |

In 2013 California, J.C. Penney’s Michael Graves-designed Bells and Whistles kettle billboard sparked Hitler comparisons/ Image: X In late May 2013, a roadside billboard in Culver City, California, advertising a stainless-steel tea kettle for US retailer J.C. Penney unexpectedly became the centre of an online storm. The advert, positioned beside the busy 405 Freeway, featured…

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Two Haitian immigrants charged in $7 million SNAP fraud scheme

Two Haitian immigrants charged in $7 million SNAP fraud scheme | World News

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have charged two Haitian immigrants in connection with what they describe as a large-scale scheme to traffic millions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through two small retail stores in Boston. The charges were announced in a federal indictment unsealed in mid-December 2025.According to the indictment, Antonio Bonheur,…

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Post-Christmas snowstorm set to bring NYC’s heaviest snowfall in nearly four years

Post-Christmas snowstorm set to bring NYC’s heaviest snowfall in nearly four years | World News

A person walks during falling snow, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray) New York City entered the post-Christmas travel rush under winter storm warnings on Friday, as forecasters warned of heavy snowfall, hazardous travel and one of the city’s most disruptive winter systems in years. Snow began…

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