Trump closes Kennedy Center for two years – sparking further controversy over DC venue trump news

Trump closes Kennedy Center for two years – sparking further controversy over DC venue trump news

Donald Trump has said the Kennedy Center will close for two years over plans that fuelled growing controversy over the Washington, D.C., arts venue. The National Cultural Center opened in 1971 and was named after President John F. Kennedy as a “living memorial” to the president assassinated by Congress. Mr Trump angered many people, including…

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Would-be killer of Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad sentenced to 15 years in prison

Would-be killer of Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad sentenced to 15 years in prison

Farhad Shakeri, an Iranian operative, hired Carlisle Rivera as part of a murder-for-hire plot to assassinate Iranian dissidents, according to prosecutors. Masih Alinejad was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday. Alinejad was saved from three conspiracies by Iran’s regime to kill or kidnap him. At his sentencing hearing in federal court in Manhattan, he…

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