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McConnell returns to Senate chamber after three-month absence
US Senator Mitch McConnell reappeared at the Capitol on Monday evening, ending a public absence of more than 90 days following a serious fall at his Washington home on 14 June. The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican, who has previously had childhood polio, arrived in a wheelchair looking frail and pale to cast a vote, prompting scrutiny…
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Boosie Isn’t Happy With ’60 Minutes’ Segment About Seeking Trump Pardon: ‘My Story Wasn’t Told Fully’
Rapper Boosie Badazz has publicly criticised CBS’s “60 Minutes” for what he says was an incomplete portrayal of his interview about attempting to secure a presidential pardon from Donald Trump. He claims the broadcast omitted key context, including his prior meeting with the White House’s pardon official and details of the criminal case he wanted…
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Newsom rules out 2028 challenge to Kamala Harris
California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he would not run for the presidency in 2028 if Kamala Harris decides to seek the Democratic nomination, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper during an informal fly-fishing interview in Montana that “I wouldn’t run if she ran”. Newsom, widely seen as a leading potential 2028 contender, stressed that his own…
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Deportation threat against Ilhan Omar escalated by Trump’s border czar after claims she ‘married her brother’
Donald Trump’s border tsar, Tom Homan, has confirmed that Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under investigation by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and could potentially face deportation, following earlier claims from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. The development marks a significant escalation, as senior US officials are openly discussing an active federal investigation into a…
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Trump attempts last-ditch move to slash skyrocketing US gas prices with desperate plea to his biggest frenemies
Donald Trump has claimed that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop striking each other’s energy infrastructure, an announcement made as US diesel prices hit record highs and pressure mounts ahead of the midterm elections in roughly 50 days. Trump insisted the surge in fuel costs stems mainly from the Russia-Ukraine war rather than his…
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Met Police officer is sacked after calling senior colleagues ‘wastemen’ on social media
A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked after using social media and a podcast to criticise senior colleagues, including calling one a “wasteman”, and to make allegations of corruption and racism within the force. PC Idominik Efeotor, who served with the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, was dismissed without notice following an accelerated misconduct…
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Jensen Huang puts Trump on speakerphone onstage to announce robots won’t take over the world
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang put US President Donald Trump on speakerphone during an onstage appearance at the All-In Podcast’s All-In Summit, where the president dismissed concerns about artificial intelligence as a “hoax” and declared that “the robots will not be taking over.” The moment came amid a particularly active week for AI discourse, following Anthropic…
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Ministers seek law change to make £72m donations to Reform illegal
The UK government is preparing amendments to the Representation of the People Bill in the House of Lords that could retrospectively block Reform UK from accepting £72m in donations from two overseas-based cryptocurrency billionaires. Ministers say the plan predates the donations and stems from earlier Commons pressure for tougher rules on political funding, but the…
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Canadian Culture Minister Marc Miller: “In a Crisis, Fortune Favors the Bold” Amid U.S. Trade Tensions
Canada’s Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Marc Miller, told the Access Canada Summit in Toronto that the country’s film and television industry is seeking new international co-production partners as trade tensions with the United States continue. Speaking at the event, held during the Toronto Film Festival, Miller said Canada needed to “move faster” in…
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Europe must build own AI or risk getting cut off by US or China, says ECB’s Lagarde
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, has warned that Europe must urgently develop its own artificial intelligence models and build more datacentres to avoid becoming dangerously dependent on the US or China. Speaking in Vienna, she argued that if this dependence is left unchecked, trade partners could gain unprecedented leverage over Europe, potentially…