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Danielle Ponder Announces New Album ‘Everything Has Changed’
American singer-songwriter Danielle Ponder has announced her new album ‘Everything Has Changed’, due for release on 9th October via Dead Oceans. The record marks a significant chapter for Ponder, who only turned to music full-time in her late thirties after a earlier career as an attorney focused on criminal justice reform, a path shaped by…
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Rand Paul predicts Fauci contempt vote will pass, vows swift DOJ referral
Republican Senator Rand Paul says he expects the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to vote to hold Dr Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the former chief medical adviser invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to testify last week. Paul, who chairs the committee, said he believes he has the votes needed…
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STEVE MOORE: The IRS became judge, jury and executioner in a tax-code witch hunt against Americans
In an opinion column for Fox News, economist Steve Moore argues that the Internal Revenue Service has overstepped its role by acting as “judge, jury and executioner” in going after Americans who used a legal tax break, rather than leaving such decisions to Congress. He frames this as part of a broader complaint about the…
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Rush urges Liverpool to give Iraola time to succeed
Liverpool legend Ian Rush has called on fans and the club to give new head coach Andoni Iraola time to succeed, following his appointment as Arne Slot’s successor in June. Rush believes a strong start to the season will be key to building confidence, though he acknowledged that winning the league remains the club’s ultimate…
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DAN HODGES: The two big parties deserved the shock Reform gave them – but the next election will still be between Labour and the Tories
Daily Mail columnist Dan Hodges argues that despite Reform UK’s dramatic rise in the polls, the party has squandered its chance to become a credible alternative government, meaning the next general election will still be a straight fight between Labour and the Conservatives. He criticises Reform’s newly unveiled “Operation Fortress” plan to tackle small boat…
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Starbucks Korea raided by police after ‘Tank Day’ campaign sparks public outrage
South Korean police have raided the headquarters of Starbucks Korea as part of an investigation into a marketing campaign that critics say trivialised the country’s 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising. Investigators searched the Seoul offices on Tuesday and reportedly also searched the homes of company executives, following complaints from relatives of victims of the crackdown, in…
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Senate committee set to vote on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress
The Republican-led Senate Homeland Security Committee is due to vote on Thursday on whether to hold Dr Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, after the former US infectious disease chief declined to answer questions at a hearing on 29 July. Fauci, 85, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, arguing the session was designed to…
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Solar farm plans causing ‘great deal of heartache’
Residents in South Yorkshire are campaigning against plans for the Whitestone solar farm, which they say could become one of Europe’s largest and is causing “a great deal of heartache” across the region. The project, proposed between Doncaster and Rotherham, is being treated as a national infrastructure project subject to a complex planning process, and…
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El-Sayed launches combative Senate bid against Rogers, sparking GOP backlash
Abdul El-Sayed, who secured the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s US Senate seat, opened his general-election campaign with sharply combative rhetoric against Republican rival Mike Rogers, vowing “no safe quarter” and publicly questioning his opponent’s courage. The tone quickly became a point of contention, with conservative commentators accusing El-Sayed of overreach and Republicans using the primary…
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Vance says El-Sayed has no ‘constituency among the working class’
Vice President Vance on Wednesday said progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic primary victory in Michigan was driven by affluent liberals rather than by working class voters. In an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham a day after El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) in the primary, Vance said the increasingly growing progressive wing of…