## Kristi Noem says she will ensure the ‘right people’ vote in midterms and elect ‘the right leaders’

Authored by independent.co.uk

Kristi Noem appeared to suggest the Department of Homeland Security was responsible for election security and said she would ensure the “right people” were voting to elect “the right leaders.”.

The comments sparked outrage online, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer added: “This is Trump’s idea of democracy: leaders get to select their voters instead of the other way around.”.

open image in gallery Kristi Noem appeared to suggest the Department of Homeland Security was responsible for election security and said she would ensure the ‘right people’ were voting to elect ‘the right leaders’ ( AP ).

Homeland Dems added: “DHS talking about the ‘right people’ voting should alarm every American.After the President threatened to nationalize elections, the threat is unmistakable.”.

Republicans Against Trump rote on X: “Saying the quiet part out loud.”.

“There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!”

It reports that President Donald Trump has entertained calls to fire Noem and Lewandowski amid discontent about their management of the department, although he has so far refrained from doing so. »

### French prosecutors to set up special team to review Epstein files

Authored by theguardian.com

The Paris prosecutor’s office on Saturday announced it was setting up a special team of magistrates to analyse evidence that could implicate French nationals in the crimes of the convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The new team will work closely with prosecutors from the national financial crimes unit and police with a view to opening investigations into any suspected crimes involving French nationals, the Paris prosecutor’s office told AFP.

Prosecutors said an investigation had shown Brunel was “a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein” who had offered modelling jobs to young girls from poor backgrounds. »

### Air India flight 171 crash: Pilot deliberately cut fuel switch, report reveals

Authored by khaleejtimes.com

Investigators probing last year's crash of Air India flight 171 from Ahmedabad have concluded that the disaster that killed 260 people happened not because of a technical defect, but was an “intentional act” by the pilot in command.

The report, published on Thursday in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, said Capt Sumeet Sabharwal, the pilot-in-command, allegedly turned off the fuel switches – that is “almost certainly” an intentional act.

The preliminary report of the AAIB mentioned that one pilot asked the other in the cockpit why he had cut off the fuel. »

### Volodymyr Zelenskyy honours disqualified skeleton racer with order of freedom

Authored by theguardian.com

The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has been awarded the order of freedom by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the controversial decision to bar him from the Winter Olympics.

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“He who has the truth on his side should prevail,” Heraskevych posted on social media on Saturday morning. »

### Once unthinkable: Canada may choose a non-US fighter

Authored by aspistrategist.org.au

Low-friction interoperability in US-centred coalition forces was a strategic argument for the F-35, and the justification for the US exporting stealth technology.

At the start of the F-35 program in 2001, Canada bought into both arguments.

This helped keep the Liberal party in power under new prime minister Mark Carney, with a promise to review the fighter program. »

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