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“I feel like shooting people!” In the run-up to 1988’s US presidential election, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck had some outrageously dark and violent thoughts
Ahead of the 1988 US presidential election, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck revealed in an interview that he had been gripped by outrageously dark and violent thoughts about the prospect of a Republican victory. He described feeling murderous impulses, including saying “I feel like shooting people”, reflecting the despair many liberal-leaning Americans felt as polling day…
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New UK leader Burnham vows to fix a ‘broken’ social care system
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to fix England’s “broken” social care system, describing decades of political failure to provide affordable, decent care as a “major dereliction of duty.” Speaking at a London care home, Burnham said the system was as unfair as American healthcare, with vulnerable people bearing the brunt of costs, and…
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Russia’s Putin losing ground as Zelenskyy points to shifting momentum
This item is a morning news digest from Fox News rounding up several unrelated top stories rather than a single in-depth report. The lead item notes that Dr Anthony Fauci is due to testify before a Senate hearing on the origins of COVID-19, reviving scrutiny of his role in the US pandemic response, while a…
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GOP chairman says WNBA response on Caitlin Clark ‘falls short,’ keeps ‘every option on the table’
Rep. August Pfluger, the Texas Republican who chairs the Republican Study Committee, has said the WNBA’s formal response to congressional concerns over Caitlin Clark’s treatment “falls short,” and warned that lawmakers are keeping “every option on the table” as they continue to press the league for answers. The dispute centres on player safety and how…
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Season to end in Europe if war continues – F1 boss
Formula 1 president Stefano Domenicali has said the 2026 season will finish in Europe if the war in the Middle East makes it impossible to hold the planned season-ending races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. He said both races remain confirmed for now and are already sold out, but a final decision on their status…
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Trump has singled out us Canadians for special treatment in his tariff war – there is no choice but to get nasty | Matt Gurney
Canadian journalist Matt Gurney argues that Donald Trump has singled Canada out for unusually harsh treatment in his tariff war, and that Prime Minister Mark Carney has no political option but to respond firmly. The piece contends that while Trump has hit dozens of countries with tariffs, Canada has faced disproportionately severe measures alongside repeated…
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U.S. and Iran resume attacks. And, Fauci to face Senate questions on COVID pandemic
This NPR “Up First” briefing rounds up several major news stories from 29 July 2026, led by renewed US-Iran hostilities after Iran fired missiles at American forces in the Middle East, all of which were intercepted before US and Saudi forces struck Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. The same day, President Trump held separate White House…
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‘They fed him his own ears’: Top Republican shares horrifying stories of gang rule in Haiti
A senior US House Republican has described harrowing accounts of gang violence in Haiti after visiting Port-au-Prince, a city that has descended into chaos since the assassination of its president in July 2021. Lawmakers reported seeing bullet-riddled walls and heavily armoured police, while hearing testimony of extreme brutality, including a case in which a victim…
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K-pop’s ‘Big Four’ and South Korean government reveal plans for Fanomenon festival in Seoul and Los Angeles
South Korea’s government has joined forces with the country’s four largest K-pop agencies – HYBE, SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment – to launch FANOMENON, a new music festival debuting in Seoul in December 2027. The event is notable both as a rare collaboration between fierce industry rivals and as a public-private venture backed…
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The IRS Is Still ‘Attempting the Impossible’
The article’s full text is unavailable: the supplied page only displays a message requesting JavaScript and cookies. As a result, its arguments, evidence and conclusions cannot be summarised accurately or neutrally. The title suggests the piece concerns difficulties facing the US Internal Revenue Service, but that alone does not establish the article’s claims or context.…