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President Gustavo Petro has sought to call a referendum, in a move the opposition say violates the constitution.Colombia’s Council of State has suspended a decree by President Gustavo Petro that sought to call a referendum on a labour reform, citing a lack of Senate authorisation. The move on Wednesday comes after Petro last week bypassed legislative opposition and signed a decree summoning voters to the polls in August to decide on the labour reform. The package includes provisions for an eight-hour daytime workday, higher weekend and holiday pay, and mandatory social security contributions from delivery app drivers – key social…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President JD Vance insists Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is still an essential team member in Trump’s “coalition” after President Donald Trump said he “didn’t care” what she’d previously told lawmakers about Iran’s nuclear threat. “DNI Gabbard is a veteran, a patriot, a loyal supporter of President Trump and a critical part of the coalition he built in 2024,” Vance said in a statement Wednesday to Fox News Digital. “She is an essential member of our team, and we’re grateful for her tireless work to keep America safe from foreign threats.”TRUMP BLOWS…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal authorities at a preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon testified the accused Boulder, Colorado Molotov bomber, illegal Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman, used Israeli flags to target victims and had the Muslim liberation year “1187” written on clothing items in his car.Soliman, 45, is charged with multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, possession of incendiary devices, and more than a dozen counts of attempted use of an incendiary device in connection to the June 1 terror attack that injured 12 people.He is also facing federal charges for allegedly committing a hate…

Lorraine Sinclair never knew her mother. It was only last year that she saw a photo of her for the first time. “We have a face that we needed for over 60 years, to say goodnight to.”She and her sister Cindy Munro are both survivors of the ’60s Scoop. They were taken from their family as children and were in the same foster home for a time before being separated. They found each other again as adults, along with some of their seven other siblings who were taken, but their mother and one of their brothers had passed away before…

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower economic growth ahead, and still pointed to two reductions later this year.With markets expecting no chance of a central bank move this week, the Federal Open Market Committee kept its key borrowing rate targeted in a range between 4.25%-4.5%, where it has been since December.Along with the rate decision, the committee indicated, through its closely watched “dot plot,” that two cuts by the end of 2025 are still on the table. However, it lopped off one reduction for both 2026 and 2027,…

Ange Postecoglou’s replacement at Tottenham, Thomas Frank, has spoken with great excitement for the first time since his appointment as manager.

Nobody was injured and the Italian police did not announce any damage to the monument.

The Twin Cities home where Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday was broken into overnight Wednesday, police say.Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “political assassination.”Brooklyn Park police say the home had been boarded up early Sunday after investigators processed all of the evidence at the scene, and family members had removed “items of value” from the residence on Tuesday.”It was discovered that the plywood covering the rear window of the home had…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ellen DeGeneres is giving fans a glimpse inside her home in the English countryside.In an Instagram post shared on Monday, the 67-year-old former talk-show host shared videos of the inside of her home, which she shares with her wife, Portia de Rossi, after their sheep found their way inside. “Our sheep keep coming inside,” she wrote in the caption. “To be fair, we do have a piece of furniture that looks like a sheep, but that one doesn’t try to eat our rugs.”In the first clip, the sheep can be seen coming inside…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The purpose of seeking a humanities education is to learn the great texts and ideas that have stirred the soul of civilization since antiquity. It is a discipline that teaches reverence for nuance, a chastened appreciation of history, and intellectual humility. But you wouldn’t know that from the keynote speech at UCLA’s recent Humanities commencement ceremonies.Caribbean Fragoza took to the podium donning a keffiyeh, declaring “From the river to the sea” (a slogan widely recognized as a call for the eradication of Israel and the Jews within it) and delivering a lesson…