Day: March 16, 2025

Trump orders the dismantling of government-funded, ‘propaganda’-peddling media outlet

8:16 pm March 16, 2025

President Donald Trump ordered the dismantling of news agency Voice of America, the U.S.’s state-funded media outlet that Trump has railed against for promoting biased media reports. “Voice of America has been out of step with America for years. It serves as the Voice for Radical America and has pushed divisive propaganda for years now,” […]

El Salvador takes in hundreds of Venezuelan gang members from US, even as judge moves to block deportations

7:55 pm March 16, 2025

The president of El Salvador announced his country has accepted hundreds of Venezuelan gang members who were illegally living in the United States, as a U.S. judge moved to block deportations of illegal immigrants under a wartime law invoked by President Donald Trump. “Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de […]

Dominican attorney general grills witness in missing American case at his resort in person

7:40 pm March 16, 2025

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – The top prosecutor in the Dominican Republic interviewed Iowa 22-year-old Joshua Riibe at his hotel in Punta Cana for hours Saturday, personally questioning the lone publicly known eyewitness in the disappearance of Virginia 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki. Yeni Berenice Reynoso, the Dominican attorney general, grilled Riibe in person to wrap up […]

Warning signs your mail has been fraudulently redirected

7:30 pm March 16, 2025

Change-of-address scams involve some of the most seemingly harmless personal information getting into the wrong hands. This can lead to a whole host of problems, including financial losses and identity theft, although change-of-address fraud is technically a form of identity theft. This kind of fraud involves a scammer impersonating you to request a change of […]

Learning from Joe Lieberman to repair the American breach

7:30 pm March 16, 2025

This March 17 will be the “yahrzeit” of Sen. Joe Lieberman’s unexpected death in 2024, a time in Jewish tradition when family members recite the mourners’ kaddish prayer and light candles in memory of their loved one. Those of us who knew Joe Lieberman continue to mourn his passing and miss his smile and decency. […]