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Fox News
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
ICE director blames left-wing 'rhetoric' for rise in attacks on immigration officers
Acting ICE director Todd Lyons blamed rhetoric from "elected officials" for the rise in attacks against immigration officers on Sunday. Lyons made the comments during an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" that aired Sunday, tying the increased violence to President Donald Trump's political opponents. "I think the sharp increase in the rhetoric, especially from a lot of elected officials, that are shaming, if you will, or speaking out against ICE law enforcement mission is what's really increasing these attacks on officers," he said. Lyons noted that there has been an 830% increase in assaults on officers compared to 2024. He added that the spike in violence is also due to ICE officers being more "visible" in communities across the country as Trump's deportation campaign expands. "The immigration mission is one of the forefront of this administration, so there is a lot of scrutiny and publicity to it," Lyons said. The official also confirmed that ICE is not limiting its arrests to illegal immigrants who have been convicted of a separate crime. He said many illegal immigrants without criminal records have been taken in as "collateral arrests" during operations targeting violent migrants. Nevertheless, he added that ICE "targets the worst of the worst." ICE officers themselves have spoken out about the increased violence and criticism they have faced under the new administration. "It has been very sad to see how we're villainized, the names used towards us," officer Kristian Moreno told "My View" host Lara Trump on Fox News this weekend. "Just doing this [interview] right now, I had to talk to my family about it and say, 'Hey, this is something that I believe in, something I think is important for us to get our stories out there and let the American public know we're humans.' We got a job to do. We're just enforcing the law. We're not making up the law, and it's sad, but we just keep pushing through it," he added. He and officers Edgardo Centeno and Chris Sandoval shared their perspectives on the violence ICE officers risk daily. "We have to do our job. We raised our hands to defend the Constitution, and we're enforcing the law, so we're adjusting as we see what's going on in our country, but it's saddening my heart, especially when you serve in combat and come back and see your country so divided," Centeno said.
Perth Now
02-06-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
‘Supposed to be about me': Juiced Magnussen on record miss
James Magnussen says he will change his training and doping regime for the Enhanced Games after narrowly missing out on breaking the 50m freestyle world record and the $1 million prize. The retired Australian swimmer, whose 'massive' physique made headlines, was beaten by Greece's Kristian Gkolomeev at the North Carolina event. 'Kristian cruises in after eight weeks of protocol. He gets up and bam, breaks the world record in the week that's supposed to be about me breaking this world record,' Magnussen told the Hello Sport podcast. If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. 'It was a really weird feeling, it was really mixed emotions. I love Kristian, he's a great guy. He's had a really tough life, lost both parents. That million dollars for him was completely life changing,' he said. 'It was more money that he'd ever made in his entire swimming career. So I was happy for him but that was meant to be me doing that. That was a hard moment.' Magnussen, who has been using testosterone and peptides, said, 'With my next preparation, I won't be as big as I was. My doses were low to moderate, doctors have been like, 'You can microdose that stuff'. You can microdose, get the same effects, get less size but still get the recovery and be able to train hard and have a much better for the actual games.' If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. He added, 'Now I think I would prepare like a natural athlete and the protocol is just a cherry on top. It just gives you that extra bit. This time around, I'll prepare and get myself in the best possible shape naturally and add that protocol on top, that extra couple of per cent that you need to go from world standard to fastest in history.' Magnussen also described the challenges of finding a banned supersuit for his attempt: 'We were scouring the world for a supersuit, we found one. We saved this, I tried the suit on the night before I race and the suit breaks at the thigh. The suits Kristian and I wear, they're like an open water suit,' he said. If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. 'The ones we wore were about 40 per cent polyurethane, basically it's 40 per cent as good as the OG (original). The bigger the athlete, the more it helps. That was a big factor in me saying I can break the world record, I want one of these (suits). Now, leading into the actual Games. It doesn't seem that hard to make. 'There's no rules for these Games. Why can't we go double, triple the thickness and really float a guy. I'm now looking into who can manufacture me one of these bad boys for the actual Games.' Despite criticism from other top swimmers, Magnussen remains determined to compete at the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas next year, where the use of performance-enhancing substances is permitted under medical supervision. 'Other competitors will watch that and go 'Oh he wasn't that fast',' he said. 'I know how fast I was at different times in my preparation and I know what to do differently.' If you'd like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide.
West Australian
02-06-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
James Magnussen reveals training regime for next Enhanced Games after missing 50m freestyle world record
James Magnussen says he will change his training and doping regime for the Enhanced Games after narrowly missing out on breaking the 50m freestyle world record and the $1 million prize. The retired Australian swimmer, whose 'massive' physique made headlines, was beaten by Greece's Kristian Gkolomeev at the North Carolina event. 'Kristian cruises in after eight weeks of protocol. He gets up and bam, breaks the world record in the week that's supposed to be about me breaking this world record,' Magnussen told the Hello Sport podcast. 'It was a really weird feeling, it was really mixed emotions. I love Kristian, he's a great guy. He's had a really tough life, lost both parents. That million dollars for him was completely life changing,' he said. 'It was more money that he'd ever made in his entire swimming career. So I was happy for him but that was meant to be me doing that. That was a hard moment.' Magnussen, who has been using testosterone and peptides, said, 'With my next preparation, I won't be as big as I was. My doses were low to moderate, doctors have been like, 'You can microdose that stuff'. You can microdose, get the same effects, get less size but still get the recovery and be able to train hard and have a much better for the actual games.' He added, 'Now I think I would prepare like a natural athlete and the protocol is just a cherry on top. It just gives you that extra bit. This time around, I'll prepare and get myself in the best possible shape naturally and add that protocol on top, that extra couple of per cent that you need to go from world standard to fastest in history.' Magnussen also described the challenges of finding a banned supersuit for his attempt: 'We were scouring the world for a supersuit, we found one. We saved this, I tried the suit on the night before I race and the suit breaks at the thigh. The suits Kristian and I wear, they're like an open water suit,' he said. 'The ones we wore were about 40 per cent polyurethane, basically it's 40 per cent as good as the OG (original). The bigger the athlete, the more it helps. That was a big factor in me saying I can break the world record, I want one of these (suits). Now, leading into the actual Games. It doesn't seem that hard to make. 'There's no rules for these Games. Why can't we go double, triple the thickness and really float a guy. I'm now looking into who can manufacture me one of these bad boys for the actual Games.' Despite criticism from other top swimmers, Magnussen remains determined to compete at the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas next year, where the use of performance-enhancing substances is permitted under medical supervision. 'Other competitors will watch that and go 'Oh he wasn't that fast',' he said. 'I know how fast I was at different times in my preparation and I know what to do differently.'
The Sun
30-05-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Hannah Yeoh menang saman fitnah
KUALA LUMPUR: Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini membuat keputusann yang memihak kepada Ahli Parlimen Segambut Hannah Yeoh, dan mengarahkan pensyarah Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff, membayar ganti rugi sebanyak RM400,000 berikutan kenyataan fitnah yang dibuatnya lapan tahun lepas. Keputusan itu dibacakan oleh Hakim Datuk Aliza Sulaiman yang membenarkan tuntutan Hannah selepas menolak hujah defendan bahawa beliau tidak mempunyai locus standi untuk memulakan saman tersebut. Saman fitnah yang difailkan pada 2022 itu tercetus daripada dua hantaran Facebook oleh Kamarul Zaman antara 10 dan 17 Mei 2017, dengan beliau mendakwa Hannah mempunyai agenda memurtadkan dan menggunakan platform politiknya untuk mempromosikan agama Kristian. Beliau juga merujuk kepada autobiografi Hannah bertajuk Becoming Hannah: A Personal Journey sebagai bukti kepada agenda Kristian yang didakwa, serta mendakwa Hannah berhasrat untuk menjadikan Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara Kristian. Dalam penyataan pembelaannya, Kamarul Zaman menafikan bahawa hantaran tersebut adalah fitnah dan menegaskan kenyataannya adalah berasas. Judge Aliza further held that if the defendant genuinely believed the plaintiff had committed an offence, lodging a police report would have been sufficient. Instead, the defendant chose to publish it on Facebook. She noted that the publication was not in dispute, and it was evident from both the titles and content that the statements were directed specifically at the plaintiff. The judge also rejected the defence's contention that the first publication was aimed at DAP as a political party, rather than the plaintiff personally. 'Even the defendant's own pleadings mentioned the plaintiff by name, and the title of the article made the target unmistakable. The defendant's personal understanding of the book is not relevant, as what matters is how an ordinary reader would interpret the statements. 'The readers would reasonably believe that the plaintiff was spreading Christianity unlawfully and, by implication, committing a crime,' she said. Judge Aliza allowed the plaintiff's claim upon finding that the plaintiff had established her case on a balance of probabilities and that the defendant had acted with malice. 'The court awards RM400,000 as general and aggravated damages to be paid by the defendant to the plaintiff. This means, RM200,000 per publication and RM80,000 in costs,' she said. The judge, however, dismissed Hannah's application for Kamarul Zaman to issue a public apology, saying that such an apology could be seen as insincere. She also granted an injunction to restrain the defendant, his servants, or agents from republishing the impugned words or similar statements. Hannah was present in court today, accompanied by her counsel, Sangeet Kaur Deo, while the defendant, Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff, was not in attendance.
Telegraph
05-05-2025
- Health
- Telegraph
I poured boiling water over myself during a psychotic episode. Taking testosterone changed everything
It's hard for me to remember everything that's happened to me. I've spent years in a fog of depression and psychosis; not knowing if something is real, or a wild story that my brain is telling me. I've always found it impossible to cope with the everyday challenges that most people manage easily. And while I've always deeply loved my boys, I know I've been an absent mother, and that's had a huge impact on their lives. I was 17 when I had my first psychotic episode. After an accidental pregnancy I had a termination without my parents knowing. I was scared they'd find out and became increasingly anxious. I started having these bizarre thoughts that my family were moving to New Zealand and leaving me behind. At one point I believed I was the serial killer Myra Hindley, which completely terrified me. The doctor prescribed sleeping tablets and warned me that if I carried on in this way, I'd end up in a mental health unit. He was right, I've been in and out of them ever since. Sadly, at that time, no one ever wondered if my breakdown could be related to a hormone imbalance. I was an emotional mess and turned to alcohol, which has often been my crutch to help me cope. It was a way of numbing my feelings, but it doesn't take an expert to know it's disastrous to mix drink with psychiatric medication. My brain was addled with all the pills and booze. Then all of a sudden, some months later, the depression and psychosis started to lift. I felt well and confident again. I stayed well for a while, got married at 20 and had my first son Lewis, five years later. But following Lewis's birth, I became anxious and depressed again. Then with the arrival of my second son, Kristian, in 1995, when I crashed and the doctors diagnosed me with bipolar. I've since been told I am schizoaffective, which is a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar. And so, this awful cycle has continued. Each time after giving birth to my three sons, I've struggled with post-partum depression. When Kristian was six months old I was admitted to a mental health unit for the first time because I was psychotic. It was Halloween and I thought my husband was trying to kill me. I ran up the road in my knickers trying to escape the house because I was so frightened. These periods of darkness continued to come and go but they were never fleeting. Sometimes I'd be down for six months. Then when I was 33 and my third son, Jay, was born, I was so depressed I couldn't do anything but stay in bed crying. I agreed to try electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), where electric pulses are sent to the brain, and it did help for a while, but the black moods soon returned and I plummeted into the depths of misery, losing perspective on life. One of the worst things was that I couldn't take care of my children. My husband and my mum did step in, but kids want their mother. My boys have always been so supportive of me, and they have tried so hard to find answers to my illness, but I know they missed out on having a fully present mum. It hasn't been easy for them. In my late 40s, I went through a more positive period. My mental health was the best it had been in years. I felt balanced and mostly in control. Then just before I turned 50, I became menopausal and almost instantly I dropped into a psychotic episode within the space of a week. The following years, up until recently, have been the worst ever, with me ending up in hospital again, hallucinating and having persecutory delusions about harming myself and those around me. On various occasions I have actioned voices in my head telling me to pour boiling water over myself, once ending up in the burns unit with third degree burns to my body. Life seemed unbearably hard. I developed agoraphobia and couldn't leave the house, and I was scared to be around my two grandchildren because I thought I might hurt them. Much of that time is completely lost to me. I was so ill my brain shut down, so memories and an understanding of what was happening is forever gone. I was living in an altered state. Then last summer, a family friend told Jay about The Dr Louise Newson Podcast. Dr Newson is a respected women's hormone specialist, who is passionate about increasing hormone treatment, and she talked about the relationship between menopause and psychosis and the link to hormones. Jay found it made a lot of sense and so he messaged her on Instagram, but not really expecting an answer. She replied almost immediately, and after some e-mails and a virtual meeting, supported Jay to request prescribed hormone replacement therapy for me. The psychiatrist overseeing my care in hospital initially rejected the suggestion, but Dr Newson advised them further, and eventually they agreed to start hormone treatment. At first, I was given a combination of oestrogen and progesterone, and soon felt so much better, but it was when testosterone was added that I saw the biggest change. It was quite amazing. After a couple of months, the psychosis lifted and steadily my mood improved. It's been over six months now and it's the best I've felt in years. After eight years of agoraphobia, I can go out on my own without fear, I meet friends, I even have my grandchildren stay at the weekends and we have a lovely time. I am eating healthily and keeping a journal to help process my thoughts. No longer do I lie in bed most of the day; instead I get up early, have a bath and do my hair, then I walk my puppy, Skye. It sounds simple but I now believe there are possibilities ahead for me. I am still on medication – olanzapine and lithium – but Dr Newson is working to wean me off. And although my anxiety hasn't totally disappeared, I am not depressed and able to ignore any intrusive beliefs – you can't imagine how amazing that feels after a lifetime of dark thoughts. If I reflect on my experience, I can remember there being several new mums and menopausal women on the psych wards with me. Why did no one ever think there may be a link between hormonal imbalance and mental health? There has been a lot of progress in recent years in this field and experts like Dr Newson are paving the way, but my illness has robbed me of so much. If hormone treatment had been administered earlier, I could have been there for my boys, maybe travelled, worked, and generally lived a fuller life. I want to focus on a more positive future, and I hope that talking about what has happened to me will help other women. But if Jay hadn't listened to Dr Newson's podcast that day, I might still be in a black hole of misery.
