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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Boulder police say "makeshift flamethrower" used in antisemitic attack that injured 8
Police say a man used a "makeshift flamethrower" in an antisemitic attack on Sunday that left eight people injured in Boulder, Colorado. 'The initial callers indicated that there was a man with a weapon and that people were being set on fire,' Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn told reporters, per Colorado Public Radio. 'When we arrived, we encountered multiple victims that were injured, with injuries consistent with burns and other injuries.' The attack took place Sunday afternoon as people gathered for a weekly vigil held for Israeli hostages in Gaza. Those injured ranged in age from 52 to 88, with two victims seriously wounded. Local police and the FBI say the alleged attacker, 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, shouted "Free Palestine" as he attempted to set people on fire. He was detained after appearing to accidentally set himself ablaze, according to the Associated Press. The attack comes less than two weeks after a man shot and killed two Israeli embassy employees outside a Jewish museum in Washington, DC. The suspect in that incident also shouted "Free Palestine." Lynn Segal, a 72-year-old woman who participated in Sunday's vigil, noted in an interview with the AP that the attack came despite the fact that participants such as herself support the Palestinian cause. In Israel, family members of hostages are largely critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war effort, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
The Standard
28-05-2025
- Business
- The Standard
NPR sues Trump, says funding cut violates First Amendment
The logo of the National Public Radio is pictured on the day National Public Radio and three Colorado public radio stations sued the Trump administration over the president's executive order to cut federal funding for public broadcasting, at its West office in Culver City, California, U.S., May 27, 2025. (Reuters)
Times of Oman
27-05-2025
- Business
- Times of Oman
NPR sues Trump over executive order to end funding
Washington, DC: National Public Radio (NPR) announced on Tuesday it is suing President Donald Trump over his executive order to cut federal funding for the nonprofit network of broadcasters. NPR and three public radio stations wrote in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, DC, that Trump's order on May 1 violated the First Amendment's protections of speech and the press and steps on Congressional authority to determine how the US government spends its funds. The broadcasting company and the Colorado Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio and KSUT Public Radio member stations want Trump's order blocked and declared unconstitutional. The executive order asserted that government funding of the news is "not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence.' According to the legal complaint, which was filed against Trump, a number of other top officials and federal agencies, added that the order "threatens the existence of a public radio system that millions of Americans across the country rely on for vital news and information." It "expressly aims to punish and control Plaintiffs' news coverage and other speech the Administration deems 'biased,'" attorneys for the news outlets wrote. "It cannot stand." How is NPR funded? NPR employs hundreds of journalists whose work is broadcast by more than 1,000 local member stations. Most of its initial funding was allocated by Congress and delivered through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, but that changed in the 1980s when the Reagan Administration reduced public media funding. Only 1% of NPR's revenue now comes directly from the federal government, according to the organization. The largest share of its funding, 36%, comes from corporate sponsorships, NPR said. The lawsuit argues that Congress has long recognized that the speech it supports with public funding "remains private — and thus fully protected from censorship, retaliation or other forms of governmental interference." "The Order is textbook retaliation and viewpoint-based discrimination in violation of the First Amendment," the lawsuit alleges.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump rips ‘radical left' Colorado attorney general over Peters prosecution
President Trump bashed Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser (D) for the prosecution of former election clerk Tina Peters, who was found guilty of tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election the president lost to former President Biden. 'Radical Left Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser ignores Illegals committing Violent Crimes like Rape and Murder in his State and, instead, jailed Tina Peters, a 69-year-old Gold Star mother who worked to expose and document Democrat Election Fraud,' Trump wrote Monday night on Truth Social. 'Tina is an innocent Political Prisoner being horribly and unjustly punished in the form of Cruel and Unusual Punishment,' he added. The president called Peters's prosecution 'unjust' and directed the Justice Department to help secure her release. Peters, who was a Mesa County clerk, is serving a nine-year sentence at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo, according to Colorado Public Radio. 'This is a Communist persecution by the Radical Left Democrats to cover up their Election crimes and misdeeds in 2020. The same Democrat Party that flies to El Salvador to try to free an MS-13 Terrorist, is cruelly imprisoning, perhaps for life, a grandmother whose brave and heroic son gave his life for America,' Trump continued in his post. 'Colorado must end this unjust incarceration of an innocent American,' the president wrote. 'I am hereby directing the Department of Justice to take all necessary action to help secure the release of this 'hostage' being held in a Colorado prison by the Democrats, for political reasons. FREE TINA PETERS, NOW!' Peters was found guilty in August on seven counts convicting her for assisting in facilitating unauthorized access to voting equipment after the 2020 election, aiming to bolster Trump's claim the election results were illegitimate. Trump's Justice Department in March went to court to argue for Peters's release, and a federal judge is mulling whether he has jurisdiction to reject the department's filings, Colorado Public Radio reported. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.
The Hill
06-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Trump rips ‘radical left' Colorado attorney general over Peters prosecution
President Trump bashed Colorado attorney general Philip Weiser for the prosecution of former election clerk Tina Peters, who was found guilty of tampering with voting machines in 2020 when the president lost to former President Biden. 'Radical Left Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser ignores Illegals committing Violent Crimes like Rape and Murder in his State and, instead, jailed Tina Peters, a 69-year-old Gold Star mother who worked to expose and document Democrat Election Fraud,' Trump wrote Monday night on Truth Social. 'Tina is an innocent Political Prisoner being horribly and unjustly punished in the form of Cruel and Unusual Punishment,' he added. The president also called her prosecution 'unjust' and directed the Justice Department to help secure her release. Peters, who was a Mesa County clerk, is serving a nine-year sentence at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo, according to Colorado Public Radio. 'This is a Communist persecution by the Radical Left Democrats to cover up their Election crimes and misdeeds in 2020. The same Democrat Party that flies to El Salvador to try to free an MS-13 Terrorist, is cruelly imprisoning, perhaps for life, a grandmother whose brave and heroic son gave his life for America,' Trump continued in his post. 'Colorado must end this unjust incarceration of an innocent American,' the president wrote. 'I am hereby directing the Department of Justice to take all necessary action to help secure the release of this 'hostage' being held in a Colorado prison by the Democrats, for political reasons. FREE TINA PETERS, NOW!' Peters was found guilty in August on seven counts convicting her for assisting in facilitating unauthorized access to voting equipment during the 2020 race. Trump's Justice Department (DOJ) in March went to court for Peters' release and a federal judge is mulling whether he has jurisdiction to reject the DOJ's filings, Colorado Public Radio reported.
