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Joseph Parker is a journalist based in United States. He as well the US breaking US news team reports on political news and cultural developments including extremism, disinformation, tech and Federal news.

Maine mass shooting: At least 16 feared dead in US city of Lewiston A massive manhunt is underway in the US after a mass shooting which has reportedly killed at least 16 people in the US city of Lewiston, Maine. A search for the gunman is underway. He has been named as Robert Card, 40, and is considered a person of interest and police say he should be considered “armed and dangerous.” The shootings began…

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Republicans pick Mike Johnson as latest House Speaker nominee Republicans have chosen Congressman Mike Jones as their latest nominee for the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Jones is now the fourth nominee put forward after three others failed to get enough support from fellow Republicans – and the second nominee of the day. He was selected after three rounds of voting late on Tuesday. The House has been without a Speaker since Kevin McCarthy…

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Off-duty pilot accused of trying to crash Alaska Airlines jet cites breakdown Joseph David Emerson, an off-duty pilot who allegedly tried to crash a plane, said he thought he was having a nervous breakdown, court documents show. He also told police he had taken magic mushrooms and had been depressed. He’s pleased not guilty to 83 counts of attempted murder in an Oregon court on Tuesday. Emerson was sitting in the cockpit of an Alaska…

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Travis King: Soldier who fled to North Korea ‘charged back in US’ US solider Travis King, who was returned to the US last month, is reportedly facing charges including desertion, and soliciting and possessing sexual images of a child. The charges also reportedly include assault against fellow soldiers. King illegally crossed into North Korea in July while on a guided tour of a border village. North Korea eventually released him without further details. The charges…

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Threats fly as Jim Jordan’s bid to be US House Speaker turns ugly Republican lawmakers allege that they’ve faced intimidation tactics, including receiving death threats, from supporters of Jim Jordan as his campaign for the speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives encounters obstacles. Jordan lost a second vote for the gavel on Wednesday. Several Republicans told reporters that they had been subjected to a pressure campaign by his supporters. Jordan, a right-wing Republican from…

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House speakership up in air as resistance to Jim Jordan hardens Republican Jim Jordan lost the first vote in his bid to become US House of Representatives Speaker after opposition from members of his own party. Despite intense lobbying, 20 Republicans refused to vote for the right-wing Ohio congressman. He abandoned plans for another vote until Wednesday morning. Congress’s lower chamber has had no Speaker since Kevin McCarthy was ousted two weeks ago. Without a…

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Last words of knifed US Muslim boy were ‘Mum, I’m fine’ Wadea al-Fayoume was a 6-year-old American Muslim boy. He was stabbed to death by his landlord, and his mother seriousl injured, in a suspected hate crime. The little boy has been laid to rest, with his uncle saying Wadea’s last words were “Mum, I’m fine”. Hundreds turned out to pay their respects in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview. Police say Wadea and his mum…

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Landlord charged with hate crimes after Muslim boy killed in Illinois American landlord Joseph Czuba, 71, has been charged with murder and hate crimes after he allegedly stabbed a six-year-old boy to death because he was a Muslim. Czuba is accused of killing Wadea Al-Fayoume and seriously wounding his mother in Plainfield, Illinois. The pair were allegedly targeted by their landlord because of their religion and the ongoing crisis in Gaza. US President Joe Biden…

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