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Apr 9, 2026 - World

MAGA influencers were raging at each other over a supposed Department of Justice investigation examining whether foreign money plays a role in their social media content, according to a report published on Thursday. The growing divide over Iran and President Donald Trump's decisions has pitted conservative influencers against each other, The Bulwark's Will Sommer reported. "But so far, those influencers largely aren’t blaming the president for their divisions," Sommer wrote. "Instead, they are pointing to a new culprit: The reason conservatives are at each other’s throats, they argue, is that they’re being paid by foreign sources to, essentially, bicker," Sommer explained. "But the enthusiasm for a Justice Department probe is notable not just because it suggests influencers believe the MAGA civil war now requires federal intervention. It sticks out because many of these influencers calling for a DOJ probe have taken foreign money themselves."It turns out plenty of MAGA influencers have already had "pay-to-post arrangements" involving foreign entities. "Just a few weeks ago, country music sensation Alexis Wilkins, the girlfriend of FBI director Kash Patel, claimed she had uncovered a wide-ranging foreign influence network to make people think she’s a Mossad operative," Sommer reported. "And who could forget Laura Loomer’s nickname for Carlson: 'Tucker Qatarlson'?"It's unlikely there was an actual probe happening, despite hopeful wishes from several conservative social media personalities, including Catturd and Rob Smith. "Of course, the idea of a Trump Justice Department investigating foreign influence is laughable, given the foreign financial entanglements and conflicts already rife in the administration," Sommer wrote. "Recently booted Attorney General Pam Bondi scaled back Foreign Agents Registration Act enforcement early in her tenure at DOJ, signaling the administration’s stance on policing foreign influence in our politics."

Apr 9, 2026 - World

An interview on MS NOW with a Florida man caused alarm on social media after he urged Donald Trump to “push the button” and kill everyone in Iran.Speaking on the street in front of a Starbucks in Boca Raton, Dale Hershman told MS NOW’s Alex Tabet that he wants Trump’s war to continue and that the president has not gone far enough as far as he is concerned."The ceasefire isn't an end of a war to me, I hope it falls apart, the job's not done,” he stated. “I think we should finish the job.”“So you hope that the war continues in Iran?” Tabet asked.“I hope it continues to completion; it could be over in a week, Donald Trump said,” he replied. "So it can be; it's just a push of a button.”“And what does completion mean for you? What is the goal that you're hoping to be achieved?” the MS NOW reporter pressed. “Completion means we've destroyed Iran to the point where they cannot harm other people. The well-being of their own citizens is of no concern at all to me,” Hershman said.After the clip ended, Tabet told host Anna Cabrera, “And Anna, later on in that interview, I asked about what's happening in Lebanon. He asked, or he called for the annexation and the absorption of southern Lebanon into Israel.”Tabet added the caveat, ”Now, of the three interviews that we've conducted so far this morning, that man was perhaps the most extreme. But the man who we interviewed right after him, the first words that he said when I when I said I was going to ask about the war in Iran, the first words that he said was ‘kill them all,’ Anna.”Not long after the interview was broadcast, there was stunned outrage on X.Journalist Leslie Abravanel wrote, “To anyone anywhere in the world who just saw that vile @MSNOW interview with a neighbor of mine in Boca Raton, Florida, who said he has no concern for the well-being of Iranian citizens and hopes 'they kill them all,' please know that this Jewess is appalled, disgusted, and completely embarrassed by such grotesque, ghoulish rhetoric. This is not my brand of Judaism or Americana. This is purely hateful Trumpism and extremist behavior. But you see what we are dealing with here?”“What is wrong with our politicians! I just saw a reporter interviewing Israeli Americans about the war, and unanimous responses were ‘kill them all’! This is why we shouldn't get involved in Middle East affairs. Especially when we don't understand their world,” lamented viewer Andrew Miller. - YouTube youtu.be

Apr 9, 2026 - World

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Thursday praised the work of U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer in building a coalition of nations to restore normal shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz bordering Iran.

Apr 9, 2026 - World

Two of Antarctica's most iconic species have been elevated to endangered status as climate change strips away the sea ice and food supplies they depend on to survive, according to a new assessment published Thursday by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Apr 9, 2026 - World

Union leaders, retirees and public sector workers in the Venezuelan capital have marched toward the presidential palace to demand higher wages and dignified pensions