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Pentagon renames base for Lindsey Graham as Derby County takeover collapses and Tupac murder trial opens
On 10 August, the Pentagon renamed Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina as Joint Base Lindsey Graham, honouring the late senator and Air Force veteran. The installation said the ceremony was hosted by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and recognised Graham’s long-standing support for the base and the armed forces. The same day, Derby County…
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One Nation politicians their backs during Acknowledgement of Country as Parliament returns
One Nation politicians turned their backs during the Acknowledgement of Country as the Australian Parliament resumed sitting, a gesture of protest the minor party has used before against the practice. The move reignited debate over the ceremony, which recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as traditional custodians of the land, with critics branding the…
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American Medical Association criticizes Trump executive order on childhood vaccine schedule
The president of the American Medical Association on Monday said President Trump’s new recommendations on childhood immunizations put “children’s health at risk,” joining the chorus of medical experts criticizing the executive order. “Vaccines are among the most thoroughly studied, effective tools we have to protect children from serious vaccine-preventable diseases,” Dr. Willie Underwood III said…
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Report alleges Trump left Air Force One in catering cart
Daily Mail has published a report claiming Donald Trump was secretly moved off Air Force One inside a catering cart as part of an elaborate ruse to switch aircraft, reportedly to foil a potential assassination attempt linked to Iran. The claim rests entirely on unnamed sources, and no confirmation has come from the White House,…
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Trump urges Fifa to retain Infantino amid sell-off dispute
US president Donald Trump has publicly backed Fifa president Gianni Infantino, warning on Truth Social that removing him would be a “terrible mistake” for world football. The intervention came as Infantino faced mounting pressure over a doomed plan to sell stakes in the men’s World Cup to private investors, with Uefa, the Asian Football Confederation…
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North Carolina Republicans pick ballot replacement for Rep. Chuck Edwards
Republicans in North Carolina selected state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom (R) as the new GOP nominee in the state’s 11th Congressional District, after Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) dropped out of the race last week. Members of the state GOP’s executive committee for the 11th district selected Balkcom just 85 days before Election Day in what projects…
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Sheffield park battle, RFK’s food fight and Pentagon races to rearm
In Sheffield, a proposed Orgreave Park development at Handsworth Hall Farm became part of the wider dispute over the city’s green-belt housing plans. The scheme’s early environmental assessment envisaged up to 900 homes and a 49-acre business park on farmland near Orgreave Lane. It sits alongside a Local Plan that allocates 14 green-belt sites for…
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Trump’s media company, which also owns Truth Social, reports $238m loss
Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns the Truth Social platform, reported a $238m loss for the second quarter as it branched into ventures such as crypto and online betting. New chief executive Kevin McGurn announced the company would now refocus on social media after a year spent pursuing those diversifications,…
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Experimental Pentagon weapons test blamed for deadly crash was NOT an anomaly: LT COL DANIEL DAVIS blows the whistle on decades of secretive military programs
A former US Army officer, Lt Col Daniel Davis, has alleged that a fatal civilian plane crash in New Mexico last May, in which four people died, was linked to GPS jamming from a nearby military exercise, and argues the incident reflects a wider, longstanding pattern of risky secretive weapons testing by the US military…
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Trump says he hasn’t spoken to Blanche or Pirro about prosecuting Fauci
President Trump said Monday he has not spoken to Attorney General Todd Blanche nor Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., regarding prosecuting Dr. Anthony Fauci. “I have not spoken to them about that, no,” Trump told Semafor’s Shelby Talcott in the Oval Office. Last Thursday, Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental…