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President Donald Trump faced backlash over his latest attack on a female reporter, whom he called “unattractive,” a “stalker” and derisively nicknamed after insect larvae.
The presidential tirade came after The New York Times reported Thursday that Trump planned to skip the 25th-anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York — in part because he had not been allowed to deliver a speech.
Maggie Haberman, a veteran journalist who has long been a target of the president’s ire, was one of the report’s bylines.
“Maggot Hagerman, the Fake Reporter from The Failing New York Times, an unattractive person both inside and out, and who knows less about me than most reporters on the beat (She’s a SCAMMER!), made up a story that on September 11th,” the 80-year-old president wrote on Truth Social on Friday.
“Maggot Hagerman is a PHONY,” he added. “She’s been falsely writing about me for years — She’s a stalker, and should be forced to turn over any and all money that she’s ..

A New York City mother was found not criminally responsible due to mental disease or defect by a Bronx judge Monday for the 2022 killings of her two young sons at a Bronx family shelter.
Dimone Fleming, 26, is accused of repeatedly stabbing her sons, Daishawn Fleming, 3, and Octavius Canada, 11 months, before submerging them in a bathtub inside an apartment in the Mount Hope area on November 26, 2022. She was 22 at the time of the killings and was initially charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
The prosecution ultimately agreed that Fleming should not face a conventional criminal trial because of the severity of her mental illness. Psychiatrist Dr. Eric Goldsmith determined Fleming was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis, including hallucinations and delusions, and was “grossly psychotic and out of touch with reality,” according to the New York Post. She will avoid prison but remain in custody for psychiatric evaluations.
Fleming believed killing her children was nece..

President Donald Trump has reached an awkward moment in his second term as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran began six months ago Friday. It’s a notable milestone for a Republican leader who repeatedly assured Americans that attacking Iran would be a “little excursion” over in weeks.
And another federal judge has halted — at least for now — Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting. Thousands of marchers have converged on the National Mall to support voting rights ahead of the midterm elections. Many are condemning Republican-led changes to voting laws as detrimental to racial justice and to Black Americans in particular.
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US revokes visa of former Iraqi finance minister who won 2022 ‘International Women of Courage’ award
The Trump administration has revoked the U.S. visa of a former Iraqi finance minister who was honored in 2022 with an “International Women of Courage” award by the State Department.
The department said Friday it had revoked the visa of Tai..

Ghent University has permitted Nathan Cofnas, the US academic who accused late Cambridge University professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, to resume selected academic work while a disciplinary inquiry continues, the Belgian institution announced on Friday.
Arday, once celebrated as Cambridge's youngest Black professor, was found dead at the age of 41 in London this month, days after resigning from his position. Arday had denied the plagiarism allegations while acknowledging that he made mistakes.
Ghent University subsequently suspended Cofnas “as a precautionary measure” upon launching an investigation, which Cofnas said was looking into possible discrimination.
In Friday's statement, Ghent announced Cofnas could resume academic duties at the university while the inquiry proceeded, on the condition that he worked remotely and did not engage in teaching.
open image in galleryJason Arday was found dead earlier this month (Joe Giddens/PA) (PA Wire)The plagiarism claims against Ard..