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Senator ripped apart for telling complaining Americans to just ‘stand the pain’ of gas prices amid Trump’s Iran bombardment: ‘You gotta kill a few chickens to scare the monkey’

  • GOP senator told Americans to "stand the pain" of high fuel prices
  • Comment tied to Trump's ongoing military action against Iran
  • Remark, including odd chicken/monkey analogy, sparked widespread criticism

A Republican US senator has faced sharp criticism after telling Americans frustrated by rising petrol prices to simply "stand the pain," amid the fallout from President Trump's bombing campaign against Iran. The remark drew immediate backlash for appearing dismissive of the financial strain ordinary Americans are facing as…

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Prime Video’s 3-Part ‘Silo’ Replacement Is Still a Streaming Sensation

  • Prime Video's Fallout remains a top-10 streaming hit ahead of season three.
  • It's viewed as Prime Video's answer to Apple TV's Silo.
  • Season 3 of Fallout is in production, expected in 2027.

Prime Video's sci-fi series Fallout is continuing to perform strongly on streaming charts even as it awaits a third season, having been positioned by the platform as its answer to Apple TV's acclaimed show Silo. Both series share a similar premise, following people sheltering from catastrophe underground, believing…

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Watch Hayley Williams Bring Out Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman, Jenny Lewis at Newport Folk Festival

  • Hayley Williams headlined Newport Folk Festival with a star-studded guest set.
  • Wednesday's Karly Hartzman, Jenny Lewis, Jack Antonoff, Lucy Dacus among guests.
  • Set included solo album tracks, Covid-delayed songs, and covers.

Hayley Williams headlined Friday night at the Newport Folk Festival 2026 with a set billed as "Hayley Williams & Friends," living up to the name by bringing out a string of guests including Wednesday's Karly Hartzman, Jenny Lewis, Jack Antonoff, Lucy Dacus and several others. The stripped-down performance…

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DSA co-chair: ‘Establishment Democrats should be worried about the voters’

  • Article text was unavailable.
  • Title indicates concern over voter dissatisfaction.
  • No reliable details or figures were provided.

The article’s contents are unavailable because access to the webpage was denied, apparently due to JavaScript being disabled. As a result, the reported comments from the Democratic Socialists of America co-chair cannot be summarised reliably. The supplied title suggests the piece concerns a warning to establishment Democrats about…

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Chet Atkins’ Heartbreaking Description of Hank Williams Gives New Meaning to This Classic Country Track From 1952

  • Guitarist Chet Atkins recalled Hank Williams in 1952 was physically exhausted during recording, struggling to stand between vocal takes
  • Williams faced compounding crises: divorce, spinal injuries requiring surgery, severe alcoholism, and depression in the months before recording
  • The song's dark title became grimly prophetic when Williams died unexpectedly on New Year's Day 1953, aged 29

Guitarist Chet Atkins gave a harrowing account of Hank Williams recording "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" at Castle Studio in June 1952, recalling that Williams was so weak he could only sing a few lines before collapsing into a chair after each take. Atkins' recollection,…

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Nationwide ‘Australia Alert’ emergency test to sound on every mobile phone – with warning issued to those cheating on partners

  • Australia-wide test to sound emergency alert on every mobile phone.
  • Test aims to check the emergency warning system works properly.
  • Alert could inadvertently reveal secret phones used by cheating partners.

A nationwide test of Australia's emergency alert system, referred to as the "Australia Alert" or AUSalert, is set to sound on every mobile phone across the country. The test is designed to check that the emergency warning network functions correctly so that genuine alerts, such as those for…

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Champagne and Bullets belongs on the Mount Rushmore of bad movies

  • Verge critic calls Champagne and Bullets one of cinema's worst films
  • Writer-director-star John De Hart made it almost single-handedly
  • Film features bizarre musical number, long sex scenes, weak action

The Verge's weekend editor Terrence O'Brien reviews Champagne and Bullets (also released as GetEven and Road to Revenge), a low-budget action film he ranks alongside notorious "so bad they're good" cult classics like The Room, Troll 2 and Fateful Findings. The film is almost entirely the creation of…

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Drivers face being clobbered by tax on workplace parking spaces backed by Andy Burnham, with nearly a dozen town halls drawing up plans to bring in the levy

  • Burnham backs workplace parking tax; nearly a dozen councils considering it.
  • Levy would charge employers per parking space provided to staff.
  • Modelled on Nottingham's existing scheme funding public transport.

Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, has backed a proposed tax on workplace parking spaces, with around a dozen town halls understood to be drawing up plans to introduce the levy. The charge would require employers to pay a fee for each parking space they provide to…

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Sick leave in the Whitehall blob surges under Labour, analysis shows

  • Analysis says Whitehall civil service sick leave has risen under Labour.
  • Story adds to criticism of civil service size and efficiency.
  • Published by the Daily Mail on 26 July 2026.

An analysis reported by the Daily Mail found that sick leave among civil servants in Whitehall has increased since Labour came to power, prompting renewed scrutiny of absence levels within the UK's central government departments. The figures feed into wider debates about productivity and accountability within the civil…

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Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat?

  • Apple delays smart glasses launch to WWDC June 2027, release by year-end
  • Company aims to avoid privacy backlash seen with Meta's glasses
  • Plans include on-device processing, no facial recognition, no footage-based AI training

Apple is reportedly working to ensure its long-awaited smart glasses avoid the privacy backlash faced by rivals such as Meta, whose devices have been criticised for enabling non-consensual recordings. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple has pushed back its launch timetable, delaying the product's unveiling to the Worldwide…

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