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Labour holds Penistone East, Swalwell probed as Leavitt exits Trump team
Labour’s John Roberts won the Penistone East council by-election in Barnsley on 20 August, taking 1,728 votes (51.6%) on a turnout of 38.58%. Reform UK’s Eunice Asante received 795 votes and the Conservative candidate, Steven John Burkinshaw, 387. Although Labour already held two of the ward’s three seats, the contest filled a vacancy created by…
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MINISTRY Releases New Single ‘We Hate’ From Final Album ‘Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)’
Industrial rock veterans MINISTRY have released a new single and video, “We Hate”, taken from their final studio album, “Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)”. Frontman Al Jourgensen has been vocal in his criticism of US President Donald Trump, and the track is described as a pointed response to Trump’s frequent, self-promotional social media…
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EDDIE VEDDER Releases Official ‘Better Believe’ Music Video
Eddie Vedder has released the official music video for “Better Believe,” a collaborative track created with The Obama Foundation and young musicians from the Chicago non-profit Guitars Over Guns. The video documents how the song came together and its live premiere at the dedication of the Obama Presidential Center on 18 June, matching established artists…
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US government lab is probing Chinese lidar for security vulnerabilities
A US Department of Energy facility, the Idaho National Laboratory, is quietly investigating whether Chinese-made lidar sensors pose a security risk if they become widely used in American vehicles, according to sources familiar with the effort. The review, reportedly funded by one or more companies in the electric and autonomous vehicle sector, comes as pressure…
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Massie, Greene slam Trump’s move to lower beef prices
Two Republicans pushed back on the Trump administration’s Friday decision to temporarily lift certain tariffs on imported ground beef in an effort to bring down prices for American consumers ahead of the midterm elections. President Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Friday morning that he had finalized “a deal to substantially lower the…
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I served as Trump’s NSA. SCOTUS need to stop courts putting the president’s security at risk
A former US national security adviser to Donald Trump has written an opinion piece arguing that the Supreme Court must intervene to stop lower courts from making decisions that, in his view, jeopardise presidential security. Drawing on his own experience of being rapidly evacuated during security scares while working at the White House, he frames…
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Surprise election upset shows hating Trump is no longer enough as Democratic voters turn to new playbook
Alexander Vindman, who rose to prominence during Donald Trump’s first impeachment, has lost Florida’s Democratic Senate primary to Angie Nixon, a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, in a 12-point defeat. The result is being cited as further evidence that establishment Democrats who built their profile primarily on opposing Trump are increasingly being…
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JD Vance reportedly mocks Carney for trying to ‘out-tough’ Trump on trade
Leaked audio has reportedly captured US vice-president JD Vance mocking Canada for its trade concessions to Washington and taunting prime minister Mark Carney for trying to “out-tough” Donald Trump. The recording, apparently made at a New York fundraiser and shared with the Canadian Press, comes at a delicate moment in negotiations, with Trump having threatened…
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Trump’s Homeland Security boss does major U-turn on audacious illegal migrant voting claim that could anger president
The head of the US Department of Homeland Security has reportedly reversed a striking earlier claim that large numbers of illegal migrants had been voting in American elections, an assertion that had bolstered President Trump’s long-standing arguments about voter fraud. The apparent climbdown is politically awkward, since it undercuts a narrative the White House has…
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Trump temporarily lifts ground beef import tariffs
President Trump announced Friday that the U.S. will pause higher tariffs on ground beef imports for 90 days to lower costs of the meat for consumers. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported without an “out-of-quota tariff,” or the…