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We Still Need More Ships
The article argues that the US government is making its most serious effort since the Reagan era to rebuild naval and commercial shipbuilding capacity. It says this matters because the Navy’s current fleet and the wider maritime industrial base are considered inadequate for protecting US interests, sustaining global operations and competing with China’s far larger…
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‘Militant’ trans group that urged people to ‘target MPs with hammers’ before Ann Widdecombe’s death should be banned, ex-political violence tsar says
A former UK government adviser on political violence has called for a “militant” transgender rights group to be banned, after it reportedly urged supporters to “target MPs with hammers”. The intervention came before the death of former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe, and reflects growing concern in Westminster about extremism and threats directed at politicians. The…
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Digital sovereignty is real in Europe. The UK? Not so much
The Register’s Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols argues that unpredictability from Donald Trump’s administration is accelerating a genuine push towards “digital sovereignty” across Europe and beyond, as governments and businesses seek to reduce dependence on American software giants and cloud providers. He contrasts this growing momentum with the UK’s continued reliance on US technology, suggesting Britain has…
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This Is Donald Trump’s AI Brain Trust
As competition intensifies over powerful open-weight AI models from China, the Trump administration is relying on a small, fragmented group of officials across different departments to decide on export controls and other restrictions, with no unified policy yet in place. This fragmentation matters because, according to a senior White House official, the disagreement is not…
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Energy prices rise in defiance of Trump campaign promises
US gasoline and household electricity prices have risen despite President Trump’s campaign pledge to cut energy and power costs sharply. The article says the increases matter because they raise household living costs directly and can feed through into food, transport and heating bills. Average household electricity prices in the first five months of 2026 were…
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Crypto bill faces Democratic backlash over new ethics rules
The supplied article could not be summarised because its text only contains an access-denied notice. Its headline indicates that a crypto bill is facing Democratic opposition related to proposed ethics rules, but no further claims can be verified from the material provided. No details are available about the bill’s provisions, the politicians involved, the nature…
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Burnham could pledge to rejoin the EU in Labour’s next manifesto, minister says
A government minister has declined to rule out a pledge to rejoin the EU appearing in Labour’s next general election manifesto, raising the prospect that Andy Burnham could revisit Brexit if he leads the party into the next parliament. Minister for European relations Hamish Falconer said the government is “not talking about rejoining today” but…
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham rules out ‘crude cuts’ as he pledges to ‘get serious’ on welfare bill
Both my attempts to fetch the article and search the web were blocked — permissions weren’t granted for WebFetch or WebSearch in this session, so I can’t retrieve the actual content. I also want to flag something odd: the headline calls Andy Burnham “Prime Minister” — but Burnham is currently Mayor of Greater Manchester, not…
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Kemi Badenoch warns Andy Burnham to rule out tax rises or more borrowing to pay for his social care plans
Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader, has challenged Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, to explicitly rule out raising taxes or increasing government borrowing to fund his proposals for social care reform. The intervention reflects continuing political scrutiny of Burnham, who has been positioning himself as a prominent voice on social policy and is…