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USPS 'carefully reviewing' whistleblower claim on plan for Trump's mail in voting order Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump’s mail voting order could ‘derail’ midterms The U.S. Postal Service could "derail" the midterm election if it continues rushing out "untested" technology as part of President Trump's push to restrict mail-in voting, a newly released whistleblower report warns. With voting by mail for the midterms set to officially start this week, key parts of the USPS plan for carrying out Trump's directives, including requirements for states to comply, remain blocked for now by a court order in the legal fight over the president's executive order. Still, the mailing agency has…

Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Mike Nelson to discuss the Trump administration’s oil deal with Venezuela and the state of the Iran war six months in. The Agenda: —Venezuela oil deal —Delcy Rodríguez’s presidency —The Venezuela model in Iran —NWYT: Milos Yiannopoulos’ deportation Show notes: The podcast transcription below was generated using artificial intelligence and may include occasional errors or misspellings. [instrumental music] Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast. I'm your host, Steve Hayes. On today's roundtable, we return to Venezuela and discuss what President Trump is calling…

Woman killed in Times Square stabbing, suspect shot dead by police - Published A 32-year-old woman has been killed and another victim is in hospital following a double stabbing in Times Square, New York late on Monday afternoon. The suspect, a woman wielding two knives, was shot by police. All three people were taken to hospital, where the female victim and the suspect were later pronounced dead, Mayor Zohran Mamdani told a news conference. The deceased victim was later identified as Erin Piacenti, a Bank of America employee. The male victim remains in a stable condition. New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the attack as "unprovoked" and said the stabbings…

A man convicted of killing a teenage girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends was put to death Tuesday in the first of three executions planned this month in Florida. Harold Gene Lucas, 74, was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was condemned for the 1976 shooting death of 16-year-old Jill Piper and the wounding of her friends, Richard Byrd Jr. and Terri Rice. Watch NBC6 free wherever you are Lucas was strapped to a gurney with an IV in his arm when the death chamber curtain arose on schedule at 6 p.m. Asked by a warden if he had any words, he responded, “No.” The drugs began flowing soon…

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