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Activist Laura Loomer blasts Pentagon over planned Qatar military facility in Idaho  Reuters US announces it will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility in Idaho  CNN Qatar to build fighter jet facility at US base in Idaho  Financial Times Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho  CBS News Hegseth blasted by Loomer, conservatives over Qatari air …

NEW YORK — Drawing upon her personal and political past, Jane Fonda has revived an activist group from the Cold War era that was backed by her father and fellow Oscar winner, Henry Fonda. Jane Fonda announced she had launched a 21st century incarnation of the Committee for the First Amendment, originally formed in 1947 in response to Congressional hearings …

NEW YORK (AP) — Drawing upon her personal and political past, Jane Fonda has revived an activist group from the Cold War era that was backed by her father and fellow Oscar winner, Henry Fonda. Jane Fonda announced she had launched a 21st century incarnation of the Committee for the First Amendment, originally formed in 1947 in response to Congressional …

The Cuban government has announced that Assata Shakur died in Havana on Thursday at the age of 78. Shakur was a legendary figure within the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. Shakur was convicted in the May 2, 1973, killing of a New Jersey state trooper during a shootout that left one of her fellow activists dead. She …

Published on: Sept 27, 2025 05:06 am IST D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, has not been accused in the Celeste Rivas case, and an activist claimed that the 20-year-old singer is innocent. D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, has not been accused in the Celeste Rivas case, and an activist claimed that the 20-year-old singer …

Assata Shakur, an activist with the Black Liberation Army exiled in Cuba for four decades, has died in Havana, aged 78. Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, died on Thursday of unspecified health conditions and “advanced age”, Cuba’s foreign affairs ministry said in a statement on Friday. She had been on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list for years after …

Joanne Chesimard, who used the name Assata Shakur and was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, leaves Middlesex County courthouse, in New Brunswick, N.J., April 25, 1977. AP/AP hide caption toggle caption AP/AP Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where …

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said. Shakur, who was born Joanne Deborah Chesimard, died Thursday in the capital city of Havana due to …

  11m ago Ex-Turning Point USA COO Tyler Bower says the organization was Charlie Kirk’s life Charlie Kirk’s former Chief of Staff Mikey McCoy speaks during the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona.  Joe Raedle / Getty Images Speaking at Kirk’s memorial, former Turning Point USA COO Tyler …

Donald Trump and JD Vance to be among tens of thousands at Charlie Kirk memorial Donald Trump, JD Vance and other senior US administration officials will attend a memorial service for murdered rightwing activist Charlie Kirk today as more than 100,000 people are expected to turn up. Doors for the service being held at the State Farm stadium in Glendale, …