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New Jersey’s Damning Admission on Illegal Voting
National Review argues that New Jersey’s disclosure of non-citizens appearing on voter rolls demonstrates a meaningful election-administration failure, while acknowledging that it does not substantiate broader claims of widespread illegal voting. The issue matters because it has intensified political disputes over voter-roll safeguards and federal access to state election records. The reported problem stemmed from…
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Phoebe Green’s ‘Polluting You With Me’ Offers Warped Electronic Pop
Manchester-born songwriter Phoebe Green has released a new single, “Polluting You With Me”, a warped electronic pop track produced with her sister Lucy (aka Elucyve). It arrives ahead of her forthcoming album “PREMATURE NOSTALGIA”, due out on 2 October, and marks another step in the rollout of that record. The song draws comparisons to artists…
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Senate GOP expresses concern over Iran endgame after Hegseth hearing
Senate Republicans voiced increasing concern that the administration lacks a clear plan to end the conflict with Iran after Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s hearing. Their unease matters because it exposes divisions within the president’s party over a war that is becoming more costly, carries growing US casualties and may damage Republican prospects in the midterm…
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FDA panel considers easing peptide restrictions
An FDA advisory committee has voted to recommend easing restrictions on several peptide therapies, following a two-day meeting in which panel members, FDA scientists and industry figures debated the evidence behind substances currently sold online, often labelled “for research use only”. Of seven peptides reviewed, six were recommended for reclassification, which would allow specialised US…
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DOT cranks up its campaign to strip bike lane references from federal websites
The US Department of Transportation, under Secretary Sean Duffy, has been systematically stripping bicycle safety materials from federal websites, part of a broader effort he began after publicly criticising what he called “DEI bike lanes.” The removals, carried out largely by the Federal Highway Administration, come as US road deaths remain above 36,000 a year,…
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Fatboy Slim invests in ‘The National Trust for Music Venues’ purchasing “lifeblood” space The Pipeline in Brighton: “Rooms like this are where dreams come true”
Fatboy Slim (real name Norman Cook) has helped fund the purchase of The Pipeline, a DIY punk venue in Brighton, through Music Venue Properties (MVP), a scheme dubbed the “National Trust for Music Venues.” The venue, where Cook performed in June, becomes the tenth to be brought under community ownership by the campaign, which buys…
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Voices: Poll: Should Andy Burnham introduce a wealth tax on Britain’s richest people?
More than 100 British-based millionaires, organised by campaign group Patriotic Millionaires UK, have written to Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to introduce higher taxes on the wealth of Britain’s richest people. Signatories include broadcaster Gary Lineker, screenwriter Richard Curtis, novelist Val McDermid and former City trader Gary Stevenson, who argue they can afford to…
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Ken Turner, the 100-year-old artist who flattened a Tesla with a tank: ‘I’m not a revolutionary, I’m a simple rebel’
Ken Turner, a 100-year-old artist believed to be the world’s oldest performance artist, is the subject of a new exhibition at Wharfside Arts Hub in Penzance, prompting a wide-ranging conversation about his eight-decade career. Trained under Fernand Léger and connected to figures such as John Berger, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff, Turner shifted in the…
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Nicaragua’s parliament plans to eliminate elections to codify President Ortega’s declaration
Nicaragua's congress moves to abolish elections after President Daniel Ortega declared no more elections, drawing condemnation from the international community.
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Far-left ‘Squad’ Dems mix up Jewish colleagues in botched attack — then get burned by their own votes
Members of the progressive “Squad” faction of House Democrats attempted to publicly attack a Jewish colleague but mistakenly targeted the wrong lawmaker, mixing up two Democrats who both share the first name Josh, according to Fox News. The mix-up embarrassed the group amid an already tense internal Democratic split over Israel policy, and it was…