National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG

French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen sentenced to jail –A Paris court has barred the right-wing politician from taking part in the 2027 election | 31 March 2025 | French and foreign politicians are reacting to sentences handed down on Monday by a Paris court in a case against the right-wing National Rally party (RN) and several of its most prominent figures, including Marine Le Pen, the party’s former leader who currently heads its parliamentary faction. Le Pen and others have been convicted of embezzling EU funds intended for political assistants and face a variety of sentences, including a five-year ban on seeking public office and two years of house arrest. Several other defendants have also been sentenced to prison terms of various lengths. RN is the single largest party in the French parliament and the sentencing has sent a shockwave through the country’s and wider European politics.

Populist Marine Le Pen Banned From Running in French Presidential Election by Court –Even if Le Pen were to appeal the decision, the ban would remain in place during the appeal process. | 31 March 2025 | A Paris court ruled Monday that National Rally leader Marine Le Pen will be ineligible to run for public office for five years, likely including in the upcoming presidential race, after being found guilty of embezzlement of European Union funds. A “political death sentence” has been handed out to three-time presidential candidate and current frontrunner in the race to replace President Emmanuel Macron in 2027, Marine Le Pen. Le Figaro reports that she was sentenced to four years imprisonment, which will likely be served on probation with an electronic tag rather than in jail, a fine of 100,000 euros, and five years of ineligibility from running for public office. Speaking last week ahead of the ruling, the National Rally leader said: “I consider myself completely innocent of the facts with which I am accused. Therefore, if my guilt is pronounced, I will use the rule of law to be able to defend my innocence again.”

Trump threatens Zelensky with ‘big problems’ | 31 March 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Vladimir Zelensky to think twice before rejecting the latest version of Washington’s proposed minerals deal — already far harsher than an earlier draft derailed by the Ukrainian leader’s outburst at the White House. Trump has repeatedly demanded that Kiev reimburse what he claims are hundreds of billions of d-llars in U.S. aid through Ukraine’s mineral wealth, originally focusing on “rare earths.” A previous version of the deal was supposed to be signed in early March but was abruptly withdrawn after Zelensky clashed publicly with Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance during an Oval Office meeting.

‘Coalition of the Willing’ to Expand Ukraine War; Macron Hands Zelensky Billions as Trump Ceasefire is Not Honored | 27 March 2025 | While President Donald Trump has made great progress toward a ceasefire agreement between Moscow and Kiev, the deal has remained tentative since Tuesday. Both countries continue to bomb each other’s energy infrastructure on a daily basis. Meanwhile, the Anglo-Franco ‘Coalition of the Willing’ summit, hosted in Paris, France, on Thursday and attended by twenty-seven European heads of state, mulled ways to ‘continue the resistance’ against Russia. French President Emmanuel Macron gifted Ukraine’s Dictator Vladimir Zelensky two billion Euros in military aid, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushed for even more sanctions against Moscow as the duo are reportedly moving forward on deploying their own militaries to Ukraine to fight Russia directly… During Wednesday’s dinner, Zelensky hinted at prospective Western European troop deployments in his country to fight Russia.

Canada’s new prime minister rocked by plagiarism scandal weeks before election –Carney, an open critic of President Trump, is up for election April 28 | 29 March 2025 | Canadian Prime Minister [globalist dirt-bag] Mark Carney is facing allegations that he copied parts of his 1995 doctoral thesis at Oxford University without proper credit. The report comes as he’s seeking election to remain the country’s PM next month, when Canadian voters head to the polls on April 28. The National Post reviewed Carney’s thesis, “The Dynamic Advantage of Competition,” with three university experts, who found at least 10 instances of apparent plagiarism. The experts told the National Post that Carney copied full quotes, paraphrased ideas, and slightly modified sentences from four different sources without giving proper credit. “He’s just directly repeating without quotations. That’s plagiarism,” said Geoffrey Sigalet, a professor at the University of British Columbia who helps handle academic misconduct cases, told the National Post.

‘F-1 Visa Revoked’: Why U.S. Is Asking Hundreds of International Students to Self-Deport | 29 March 2025 | Hundreds of international students studying in the US have received emails from the U.S. Department of State, telling them to self-deport as their F-1 visas (student visas) have been revoked owing to campus activism. The crackdown is not limited to students who physically participated in campus activism, but people who shared or even liked “anti-national” posts have reportedly also been targeted in these emails. Some Indian students may also be at the receiving end of such emails, for something as innocuous as sharing a social media post, The Times of India reported, quoting Immigration attorneys who confirmed the development. The diktat followed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement about the revocation of several international students’ visas for so-called anti-national activities.

Amsterdam stabbing suspect is Ukrainian citizen – police | 29 March 2025 | Dutch police have revealed the identity of the suspect who seriously injured five people with knives in Amsterdam. Local media reported on Friday, citing security sources, that the suspect is 30-year-old Ukraininan citizen Roman D. He is originally from Donetsk Region — a former part of Ukraine that voted to join Russia in 2022. On Thursday, five people were stabbed in the Dutch capital, when a man armed with several knives attacked passers-by in the historic city center. The suspect was stopped by an unnamed tourist, reportedly from the UK, who chased the man and restrained him. According to De Telegraaf, the presumed attacker had false identity papers and refused to give his real personal details.

Knife-wielding man injures multiple people in Amsterdam, including 2 Americans –Dutch police are searching for a motive, after a knife-wielding man stabbed five people in Amsterdam | 27 March 2025 | A man wielding a knife seriously wounded five people in Amsterdam, including two from the U.S., during a stabbing attack in a shopping district on Thursday, according to Dutch police. The Associated Press said police noted the attack, which lasted for several minutes, ended when the suspect was stopped by a passerby near the city’s Dam Square late Thursday afternoon. Police closed off the area, which was tended to by emergency crews who responded in ambulances and a trauma helicopter. In a statement, authorities said the motive for the attack had not been established, though police were investigating a situation where the suspect randomly targeted victims.

Air traffic controllers in bloody physical fight in Reagan National control tower after deadliest plane crash in 15 years | 28 March 2025 | Two air traffic controllers traded punches when a shocking fight erupted inside the tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport, DailyMail dot com can exclusively reveal. The facility is already under massive scrutiny following January’s deadly midair collision between an American Airlines flight on final approach and an Army helicopter. And trouble flared again Thursday when a pair of on-duty tower controllers got into a blazing argument before one threw a punch at the other, a source tells us. By the time the brawling colleagues were separated, there was blood spattered over a control console, according to our insider.

Headquarters of New Mexico Republican Party Targeted in ‘Deliberate Act of Arson’ | 30 March 2025 | The headquarters for the Republican Party in New Mexico was targeted Sunday in what is being called “a deliberate act of arson,” leaving the entryway to the building destroyed. In a post on X, the Republican Party of New Mexico revealed the damage to the state’s GOP headquarters in Albuquerque also included the words “ICE=KKK” spray painted on a wall of the building. The attack was described as “fueled by hatred and intolerance.” “Early this morning, the entryway of the Republican Party of New Mexico’s headquarters in Albuquerque was destroyed in a deliberate act of arson which also included spray painting the words ‘ICE=KK,'” the post read. “This horrific attack, fueled by hatred and intolerance, is a direct assault on our values, freedoms, and our right to political expression.”

Suspect arrested in Molotov attack on Vegas Tesla dealership that had ‘the hallmarks of terrorism’ | 27 March 2025 | A Las Vegas anti-Israel activist has been charged with torching a row of Teslas with Molotov cocktails in a frightening attack caught on camera. Paul Hyon Kim, 36, was arrested Wednesday by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department with the help of the FBI, a week after at least three cars became engulfed in flames at a local Tesla Collision Center. Authorities previously said the attack — which turned into a raging inferno when one of the car’s lithium batteries exploded — had “some of the hallmarks” of terrorism. Numerous cars also had their windows smashed, while slogans like “RESIST” were scrawled in red spray paint.

Idaho Governor vetoes Medical Freedom Act | 28 March 2025 | Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) vetoed legislation Saturday that would have prohibited schools from mandating certain medical interventions. Senate Bill 1023, the so-called “Idaho Medical Freedom Act,” sought to broaden existing COVID-19 vaccine restrictions to cover all medical interventions. The legislation would have prohibited schools from requiring medical intervention for attendance or employment. It would also have prevented businesses and government entities from imposing medical mandates as a condition of service or employment. The bill was delivered to the governor on March 24 and vetoed five days later. Lawmakers could attempt to override the veto next week [which hopefully happens].

Utah Becomes First State to Ban Fluoride in Public Drinking Water | 28 March 2025 | Utah became the first state to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water after Gov. Spencer Cox signed the law late Thursday night. The ban will take effect on May 7. Rep. Stephanie Gricius, who sponsored the bill, said in an email to The Defender that she was thrilled the governor signed it. The new law bans water fluoridation, but also gives pharmacists new authority to prescribe fluoride supplement pills. Typically, such pills can be prescribed only by a dentist or physician. “What Utah has accomplished is historic, a huge step forward,” said Rick North, board member of the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), which won a landmark ruling in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the agency’s failure to appropriately regulate the chemical.

Judge blocks Trump from firing Voice of America staff –The president slashed federal funding of the U.S. media arm, described by an adviser as “a giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer” [Exactly.] | 30 March 2025 | A U.S. district judge has issued a restraining order against President Donald Trump’s effort to downsize the federal agency that bankrolls Voice of America, a WWII-era broadcaster later retooled by the CIA into a Cold War propaganda weapon. In mid-March, Trump ordered sweeping cuts at VOA’s parent organization, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as part of a broader push to reduce federal waste and realign foreign aid and other soft power initiatives with the administration’s ‘America First’ policies. The executive order also targeted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), another USAGM entity founded in the early 1950s as two separate CIA front organizations.

Conn. GOP Lawmakers Alert AG Pam Bondi After 150 Election Fraud Charges Filed in Bridgeport Democratic Ballot-Stuffing Case – Suggest Coordinated, Statewide Voter Fraud Efforts | 28 March 2025 | The Democratic voter fraud machine in Connecticut is crumbling under the weight of its own corruption after five Democratic operatives were indicted on voter fraud charges related to mail-in ballots in the 2023 mayoral primary in February. This week, Conn. GOP lawmakers sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the fraud and to see if the “election crimes in Bridgeport are part of a larger, coordinated effort to defraud voters statewide.” Dozens of pages of arrest warrant affidavits made public in February outline the disturbing allegations against Councilwoman Maria Pereira, Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee Vice Chair Wanda Geter-Pataky, City Councilman Alfredo Castillo, Councilwoman Jazmarie Melendez, and Stratford resident Margaret Joyce, according to the Connecticut Post.

Nearly 5k allegedly illegal voter registrations found on Milwaukee voter rolls ahead of Wis. election | 28 March 2025 | Nearly 5,000 allegedly illegal voter registrations on Milwaukee voter rolls have been found by an election integrity watchdog ahead of the Wisconsin elections on Tuesday. With the high-profile elections for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and enshrining voter ID in the state constitution just days away, Fair Elections Wisconsin (FEW) challenged 4,878 allegedly illegal voter registrations that had cast ballots in the November election in Milwaukee. The grassroots group’s challenges were unsuccessful, however, as the city election commission declined to investigate them. FEW President Justin Gavery on Wednesday submitted a list of 4,878 allegedly illegal voter registrations to the Milwaukee Election Commission. Ballots were cast in the November election for all 4,878 of these voter registrations.

2.1 Million ‘Non-Citizens’ Received Social Security Numbers in 2024 – DOGE Head Elon Musk | 31 March 2025 | White House adviser and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk has claimed roughly 2.1 million “non-citizens” received social security numbers in 2024. Speaking at a conference alongside his longtime friend Antonio Gracias, CEO of Valor Equity Partners, Musk said DOGE uncovered some eye-opening numbers regarding social security in 2024. “…Mapping the whole system of Social Security to understand where all the fraud was. There’s a lot of great people there that showed us a lot of waste, so that came with a big list of stuff. But this is what jumped out at us,” Gracias said as he pointed to the chart. “In 2021, you see 270,000 people; goes all the way to 2.1 million in 2024. These are non-citizens that are getting social security numbers.”

Top MS-13 leader described as ‘worst of the worst’ arrested in Virginia during major Trump-backed operation | 27 March 2025 | U.S. authorities arrested an illegal migrant and top MS-13 leader for the East Coast — and one of the top three in the entire country — in a major Trump-backed operation in Virginia that nabbed more than 340 criminals in the past month alone, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced. “This is what happens when you let good cops be cops,” FBI Director Kash Patel told a press conference, following the arrest of the suspected terrorist, a 24-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador, in a raid near Dale City, Prince William County, on Thursday morning. Few details have yet been given about the joint operation, which involved the FBI, ICE, ATF, the Virginia State Police, and Prince William County Police Department.

Brazen ‘migrant influencer’ who flashed c-sh, urged other illegals to squat in U.S. homes deported to Venezuela – after causing uproar on flight | 28 March 2025 | The brazen “migrant influencer” who infamously flashed around wads of U.S. government c-sh handouts and encouraged other illegal border crossers to squat in American homes has finally been deported back to Venezuela — after causing uproar on the flight back. Leonel Moreno, who encouraged illegal migrants to “invade abandoned houses” in sick TikToks, was sent back to the narco state this week, after President Trump resumed deportation flights to the country. Venezuela’s Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, said Moreno was “welcome” back, however, the freeloading migrant caused disruptions on the flight and upset his fellow passengers.

13 states now ban ranked-choice voting as West Virginia, Wyoming join bandwagon –On elections: one opponent of RCV said, “It should be easy to vote and hard to cheat.” | 21 March 2025 | West Virginia and Wyoming are the latest two states to ban ranked-choice voting (RCV), bringing the total number of states prohibiting the election system to 13. RCV is an election process whereby if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, then a runoff system is triggered. When voters cast their ballots, they rank each candidate in order of first-to-last… The movement to ban RCV began in Florida and Tennessee in 2022, followed by Idaho, Montana and South Dakota in 2023, then Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma last year. Last year ballot measures to implement RCV were largely defeated.