[FOX] Police arrested two people outside the White House in separate incidents on Monday near Lafayette Square Park.
Video from the park circulating on social media shows a vehicle that appeared to run into a barrier, with the engine emitting smoke. Authorities say the driver was "combative" with law enforcement and was arrested.
"Just before 10:00 a.m., Secret Service Police and National Guard responded to the north side of Lafayette Park at 16th Street and H Street, NW, where a vehicle crashed onto the sidewalk. The driver was combative with law enforcement, but was quickly placed under arrest," a Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement.
"MPD’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal team has been called to sweep the vehicle as a precaution. Subsequently, roads around Lafayette Park have been closed," the statement continued.
"Around the same time, a second individual jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park. That individual was also quickly placed under arrest," it added.
The Secret Service briefly moved reporters and the press inside the White House briefing room after the incident, but they have since been released.
Authorities say both incidents are currently under investigation.
The arrests come just days after authorities arrested an illegal immigrant from Venezuela outside the White House on Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security says officers found the man inside a stolen vehicle carrying multiple guns and threatening to kill President Donald Trump.nU.S. Secret Service officers approached the suspect Thursday evening after spotting him "acting suspicious in his car while it was parked on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C.," DHS told Fox News. The suspect told officers he had heard voices in his head telling him to travel to the nation's capital and kill Trump, DHS said.
Officers subsequently learned that the vehicle had been reported stolen, and the suspect admitted to having weapons inside, according to DHS. A search of the vehicle reportedly turned up three guns, including an AR-15-style rifle and two handguns, along with dozens of rounds of ammunition.
The suspect was identified as Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos, who illegally entered the country through Texas in March 2024 and was subsequently arrested by U.S. Border Patrol, according to officials. He was later released into the country under the Biden administration, authorities said. After his arrest, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer for Chrinos with the U.S. Marshals Service, which currently has custody of Chrinos.
The U.S. Secret Service said the incident reflects a growing threat posed by armed individuals "drawn to the White House complex."
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[Regnum] Former Bolshoi Theatre prima ballerina Anastasia Volochkova recounted how she was lured to American financier Jeffrey Epstein's island, where porn parties and human trafficking were later uncovered.
The ballerina shared her memories in an interview with TV presenter Elena Khange. Volochkova recounted how she once attended gala receptions where she saw the then British Prince Andrew, who later found himself at the center of a scandal over his friendship with Epstein.
When the artist began hearing about private parties, she admitted she became suspicious and decided to stay away from such events. The ballerina only learned what was really happening on the island after the story became public knowledge.
"Thank God. God spared me. I really got away with it," Volochkova noted.
In 2008, Epstein was convicted of raping a minor. In 2019, he was arrested again for human trafficking and prostitution. According to the indictment, Epstein arranged visits for dozens of underage girls to his Manhattan home and private island between 2002 and 2005. In August 2019, he was found dead in his jail cell. Officially, he committed suicide before the trial could conclude.
On January 30, 2026, the US released more than 3 million pages of files related to the Epstein case, including 2,000 videos and 180,000 photographs. The documents mentioned many prominent figures, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates.and billionaire Elon Musk. The name of singer Alla Pugacheva also appeared in these files. In early February, the US Department of Justice removed several thousand documents and media files related to the Epstein case from public access following complaints from victims.
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[Regnum] American singer Katy Perry 's ex-husband, British comedian Russell Brand, was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for rape. Sky News reported this on November 9.
He was also found guilty of three counts of sexual assault. The ruling was handed down by Judge Joel Bennathan of London's Sutherland Crown Court.
"I must now sentence you for the crimes you committed against four women between 2004 and 2009. <…> Public statements about you being a sex offender have prompted a number of women to speak out about your actions that occurred many years ago," the TV channel quoted the judge as saying.
The comedian was acquitted of two other charges: rape and attempted sexual assault. For the rape, the court sentenced Brand to nine years in prison.
The comedian injured four women. He committed the crimes in various locations, including his home, a radio station, and a film set.
Brand has previously presented programs on the BBC, MTV, and Channel 4. He is known to a wider audience for his roles in the comedy films Grown Ups (2007), Out of the Blue (2008), Get the Vegas Strip (2010), and Arthur: The Ultimate Millionaire (2011). From 2010 to 2012, the comedian was married to Katy Perry. In 2017, he married writer and illustrator Laura Gallagher.
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Democrat podcaster Jennifer Welch urged listeners Monday to pay for her show through YouTube memberships and Substack subscriptions, after advertisers cut ties with the program due to her laughter at a social media post about digging up Charlie Kirk’s body.
The pitch closed Monday’s episode of I’ve Had It, titled “Not Today, TPUSA,” which the show’s own feed summed up with the line “Turning Point wants to cancel us.”
Welch drew a line for her audience between the free tiers and the paid ones.
“Just to subscribe to YouTube or anywhere you get your podcast is free,” she said. “If you want to sponsor us financially, you can become a member on YouTube or join us on Substack.”
She plugged her book, Not Today, Fascists, in the same breath.
The Oklahoma native then claimed the boycott had helped her, putting the gain at nearly 30,000 new followers in recent days. The figure has not been independently verified.
“Ever since Turning Point put a target on us, our numbers have grown and they’re going to continue to grow all week,” she said.
Welch defended the show’s approach before signing off.
“Our brand of fighting fascism and our brand of MAGA-slaying and Turning Point-slaying is not for everybody,” she said, “but it’s for those of you that tune in every single day and support us.”
Andrew Kolvet, a Turning Point USA spokesman, rejected her account of who emptied the ad roster.
“You can blame me or Turning Point all you want, but we’re not the reason all your sponsors are fleeing,” Kolvet wrote. “You are.”
The spokesman counted 21 companies that have severed their deals or clarified they were never associated with the show.
Cash App, Chewy, Boll & Branch, and Lola Blankets all walked Friday. Newsweek tallied at least 10 brands that ended their arrangements or ruled out future placements, among them Zenni Optical, Casper, Honeylove, and iRestore. One of the 10, Monarch Money, said its deal had lapsed back in September, weeks before the episode aired.
“Just don’t legitimize political violence,” Kolvet added.
Welch and co-host Angie “Pumps” Sullivan apologized Saturday on Instagram and announced a donation to Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun-control group.
By Monday the interior designer turned podcaster was back on Kirk, rolling a compilation of his remarks on race before delivering her verdict.
[SLASHGEAR] The U.S. Navy and America's other military branches used a variety of ships throughout World War II. Some of the most important were landing craft like the Higgins boats that brought the Allies onto the beaches of Normandy. That was only one type of landing ship, with another type used for landing tanks on enemy beaches. While almost all of the craft that carried the Allies during the war have long been decommissioned, scrapped, or sold, one remains afloat: the USS LST-325.
This "Landing Ship Tank," or, as the troops called it, "Large Slow Target," was commissioned on February 1, 1943. It remained in operation throughout the war, and played a significant role in the Normandy invasion during D-Day: It unloaded a total of 59 vehicles and over 400 personnel at Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944. With the war ending the next year, it was decommissioned on July 2, 1946. Its service ended with two battle stars, having made 43 trips across the English Channel during the conflict.
No longer needed by the Navy, the USS LST-325 — a name that referred to its hull number — was given to Greece, where it remained in operation for decades. Eventually, it found its way back into American hands. Since then, it has operated as a museum ship, with one unique capability that sets it apart from every other floating museum ship in the United States: its mobility. The USS LST-325 retains the ability to travel, so the folks who manage it take it from port to port, educating the public on its history and ensuring it continues to sail as long as possible.
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Because of its bulk and open space, it has room for lots of exhibits. We were glad we visited it.
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I may have traveled on this boat sometime around 1984 or 85 - if it was one of several in service as car ferries between Rion and Antirion - towns on either side of the Gulf of Patras between mainland Greece and the Peloponnese. Before a bridge between those towns was constructed, there were a couple of LSTs which ran cars back and forth. I recognized them at the time as LSTs because of having read about D-Day. Ramp to a large deck inside, packed tightly with cars - chug across the Gulf to the other side. Easy-peasy.
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[Regnum] A powerful X-class solar flare is possible on November 9. This was reported by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
"Theoretically, today (November 9 – Ed.) the first high-class X event could occur. Given the current location of the explosion source, directly opposite the Earth, this could be unpleasant," the laboratory stated on its Telegram channel.
They added that 28 outbreaks were recorded on November 8, and 29 outbreaks on November 7.
On November 5, specialists discovered one of the largest coronal holes observed in 2026 on the Sun, measuring approximately 1 million km. They warned that solar wind streams from this region could trigger magnetic storms for several days. According to preliminary calculations, the effects will last at least five days, and full stabilization of the Earth's magnetic field is not expected until November 13-14.
On October 31, a G2 magnetic storm occurred on Earth, caused by the prolonged impact of a plasma flow from a coronal hole. Prior to this, on October 11, scientists recorded a G3 magnetic storm, which was the strongest in the past three months. The last disturbance of this intensity was observed on July 4.
[ZERO] South Carolina is rapidly becoming one of America's most attractive destinations for young workers, as affordable living, expanding employment opportunities and a growing economy draw Generation Z away from traditional economic powerhouses.
The Palmetto State recorded a net influx of 22,843 Gen Z adults in 2024, the largest gain of any state, according to a new LendingTree analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
An estimated 60,223 adults ages 18 to 27 moved into South Carolina, compared with 37,380 who departed.
The migration reflects a broader shift in where younger Americans are choosing to build their careers, with housing costs and economic opportunity increasingly influencing decisions.
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[Regnum] Today, the perpetrator of the bloody massacre in central Krakow died in hospital. This tragic incident is already being called the first terrorist attack in Poland's history, and the reaction of Polish society has been quite telling.
On Saturday, November 7, in the area of Krakow's Main Square, a popular tourist destination, 24-year-old Pole Michal Oksinski drove an unlicensed car straight into the pedestrian zone of the historic center, taking passersby by surprise, and then opened fire on them.
The attacker, dressed in military uniform, fired directly from the car windows using an AR-15 assault rifle. Witnesses recalled that many mistook the initial shots for fireworks or firecrackers—and only when the dead and wounded began to fall did panic grip the square.
People rushed to seek shelter in nearby stores and restaurants. "We ran for our lives, trying to escape the bullets," one witness to the tragedy wrote on social media.
"We ran up the stairs of the building to hide, and there was a dead end. That's when I was most terrified because the gunshots were so close. <…> There was nowhere to run, nowhere to hide," another eyewitness told NBC.
A police patrol was present in the square and responded immediately to the sound of gunshots. Law enforcement officers gave chase to the shooter's car, which eventually crashed into another vehicle and was trapped.
Jumping out into the street, the gunman opened fire on law enforcement officers. Two officers were seriously wounded, but they were able to neutralize the attacker with return fire.
On the first day, six people were killed in the shooting, including two foreigners – citizens of Austria and Great Britain.
Another 15 people were injured, including two police officers. The death toll could have been even higher, had two surgeons not been nearby and immediately began rendering aid to the victims.
A large quantity of various weapons was later found in the killer's car. But the most horrific discovery awaited investigators at the attacker's home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, 200 kilometers from Krakow.
The bodies of three people were found there: Oksinsky's 53-year-old father, 52-year-old mother, and 21-year-old sister. All had gunshot wounds.
According to preliminary reports, the murders were committed while the victims were sleeping. Each was shot twice in the head. Apparently, the perpetrator, who also killed two house cats, spent the rest of the night and part of the day in the house next to his murdered relatives before heading to central Krakow.
The Lesser Poland Voivodeship Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation under the article on terrorism, which carried a life sentence for the perpetrator. The investigation continued after his death.
"Police are investigating the background and all circumstances of the terrorist attack," the country's Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media.
In the first hours after the tragedy, official statements took on a distinctly political tint. Interior Minister Mariusz Kerwiński, speaking at a press conference, stated: "Everything indicates that the shooter was influenced by far-right ideology." This statement—even though the official investigation into the motives was just beginning—immediately provoked a backlash.
The opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party demanded the government explain the evidence on which it based its claims of the suspect's far-right views. Party Vice Chairman Przemysław Czarnek wrote: "If Kerwiński misled the public, he must be held politically accountable. We demand immediate explanations and access to the information on which he based his statements."
PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński went further, saying the minister's statement about the attacker's views was "an obvious lie."
The dispute extended beyond the identity of the perpetrator. The tragedy became a talking point in the heated debate about the safety of the upcoming Independence March on November 11.
Rumors circulated in political circles and on social media that the authorities were using the incident as a pretext to cancel the march organized by nationalist organizations. They, in turn, alleged a possible conspiracy against right-wing forces.
Prime Minister Tusk was forced to publicly deny this information, stating that no one intends to ban the march and calling on participants to refrain from aggression.
Even more interesting was the reaction of Polish society. In the first minutes after the tragedy, when the attacker's identity was unknown, but the first photo of the detainee lying on the sidewalk had already appeared, Poles began to hurl accusations at everyone in the comments section of social media. People wrote everything from "His facial features are so oriental," "Maybe he's Russian," "He's 100% Russian," "He looks like an Islamist," "Probably from Ukraine," "Banderite," and "Former Ukrainian soldier."
There's a curious asymmetry in the attitudes toward the recipients of anger. In Poland, blaming Russians is a long-standing, almost reflexive habit—a kind of national obsession that operates regardless of whether there's even the slightest basis for the accusations.
The situation with the Ukrainians is more complex: they themselves have done a lot to incur the wrath of the people, both through their behavior in Poland and by glorifying the Nazis, who were responsible for the extermination of Poles during World War II.
In any case, the Poles were reluctant to believe that their compatriot had carried out the bloody massacre. Even after it became known that the shooter was a Polish citizen, some continued to insist that it was most likely a Ukrainian, who had only recently been granted citizenship. Or they simply lamented: "No, no, no—it had to be a Ukrainian. What do you mean a Pole? No!"
Given such rhetoric, Ukrainian authorities were probably somewhat relieved when the shooter's identity was revealed. However, the Poles still have grievances against the Ukrainians.
They complained that weapons were now too easy to obtain because of the "black market" in a neighboring country pumped up with Western weapons.
"Automatic weapons are now easy to obtain on the Ukrainian market, there are a lot of deserters... Well, in a country disarmed by politicians and judges, you will have to accept the fact that you will not be able to protect your children and wives," wrote one commenter under a post about the tragedy.
However, it later emerged that the killer and his father were members of a shooting club and that the entire confiscated arsenal had been purchased legally.
Polish society, accustomed to seeing its country as an oasis of security amid Western Europe's descent into chaos, found it painfully difficult to accept that the terrorist attack was carried out by its own people, especially using an assault rifle legally purchased under their own laws. This reaction vividly illustrated one of the main problems facing contemporary Poland.
It fits well with the psychological concept of external locus of control—the tendency to attribute any events to external factors, never to internal causes. In this case, we're talking about one of the most common types, where the subject—that is, the Polish population—blames others for everything unpleasant and bad, while taking credit for only the merits and achievements.
"It has now become clear that the problem is not the import of terror. Terrorism has taken root in the very heart of Polish society," wrote German journalist and historian Gabriele Lesser in an article for Die Tageszeitung.
Meanwhile, it's clear that the perpetrator was a true psychopath. Only doctors can judge the motivations of a man who, with his own hands and with extreme cruelty, took the lives of his entire family. However, no one can now say with complete certainty whether he suffered from a clinical illness.
While Polish politicians are counting the electoral dividends from cultivating an atmosphere of hatred, anger continues to simmer within society, which will regularly spill out in the ugliest forms.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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