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Good morning. It’s Wednesday, May 21.

President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday with a video allegedly showing grave treatment of White farmers.

Trump has claimed that White Afrikaner South African farmers are being slaughtered and forced off their land. The Afrikaners are descendants of mostly Dutch settlers who first arrived in South Africa in 1652.

A portion of the footage aired at the White House showed white crosses lined up alongside both sides of a road.

 
 

O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) has obtained exclusive, never-before-seen video and photographs from inside the most controversial structure on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Commonly referred to as ā€œThe Temple,ā€ the building has been the subject of years of public speculation, fueled by limited imagery and unanswered questions following Epstein’s 2019 arrest for alleged sex trafficking.

The newly released footage reveals, for the first time, a detailed look inside the Temple on Little Saint James. The structure appears unfinished, with painted-on architectural features, decorative marble wall finishes, and ceiling artwork depicting zodiac constellations. Several small statuettes and shells line modest bookshelves, while the ceiling mural bears a striking resemblance to a 16th-century Italian fresco.

Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia has died at the age of 75 after a battle with esophageal cancer, his family said Wednesday.

ā€œIt is with immense sadness that we share that our devoted and loving father, husband, brother, friend, and public servant, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, passed away peacefully at his home this morning surrounded by family,ā€ read a statement posted on Connolly’s X account.

Connolly served as the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform until late last month, when he said he would step down because his cancer had returned.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday that he will dial back his spending on future political campaigns.

Asked about his plans for political contributions at Bloomberg’s Qatar Economic Forum, Musk said over video that he’s ā€œgoing to do a lot less in the future.ā€ Musk spent nearly $240 million through his political action committee, America PAC, helping Trump and Republicans in the 2024 election cycle. His comments on Tuesday, however, indicate that he won’t be as aggressive in pushing Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.

ā€œI think I’ve done enough,ā€ Musk said, adding, ā€œIf I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it. I do not currently see a reason.ā€

President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan ā€œTake It Down Actā€ into law on Monday, surrounded by First Lady Melania Trump and lawmakers who helped advance the bill.

The ā€œTake It Down Actā€ makes publishing non-consensual intimate imagery, real or AI-generated, a federal crime. It requires social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, X, and Facebook to remove content that features explicit images or videos of minors, known as ā€œchild sexual abuse material,ā€ or CSAM, or ā€œrevenge porn,ā€ within 48 hours of the content being flagged.

Mrs. Trump has been a fierce advocate for the ā€œTake It Down Act,ā€ encouraging lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to push the legislation forward. FLOTUS opened the signing with remarks about the bipartisan effort to protect Americans, especially children, before introducing President Trump.

A series of Israeli airstrikes last week killed Muhammad Sinwar, the de facto commander of Hamas in Gaza, according to reports on Sunday that said his body was found in a Khan Younis tunnel.

Muhammad Sinwar was the younger brother of the former Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by the IDF in southern Gaza last October.

According to a separate report, Zakaria Sinwar, another brother, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday night.

A massive brawl went down at a New Jersey shopping mall Saturday night featuring 300 teenagers running amok, fighting each other — and even tangling with police, WABC-TV reported.

Turns out a TikTok influencer days before told his followers about the ā€œmeetupā€ at the Menlo Park Mall in Edison, the station said — and wouldn’t you know the kids just couldn’t help themselves and followed the crowd?

Edison police said the chaos and violence ensued not long after the teens started filling up the mall around 8 p.m.

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