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Broadcast Networks Have Yet To Say If They’ll Carry Donald Trump’s Primetime Speech Amid Reports He’ll Bring Up Stolen Election Claims
US broadcast networks ABC and NBC said they would carry Donald Trump’s primetime address on 16 July only via their streaming services, ABC News Live and NBC News Now, rather than on their main linear channels, while CBS News had yet to confirm its plans shortly before the speech. CNN also declined to air the…
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Tim Scott says he’d ‘love to see’ Fox News host replace Lindsey Graham
Sen. Tim Scott, who leads Senate Republicans’ campaign funding efforts, says he would welcome former South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy stepping in to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham. Scott has reportedly been calling Gowdy, now a Fox News host, multiple times a day to persuade him to…
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Jim Jordan says House weighing criminal referral of Jack Smith for allegedly lying to Congress
Republican Congressman Jim Jordan said the House is considering a criminal referral against former special counsel Jack Smith, alleging he lied to Congress. Appearing on Fox News’ “Hannity”, Jordan pointed to Senate findings that Smith’s investigative team had collected and read text messages belonging to members of Congress, which he characterised as a breach of…
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Florida congressman moves to impeach judge who ordered convicted Cuban plane hijacker freed from ICE
Florida Republican Congressman Greg Steube has filed an article of impeachment against Judge John Steele after the judge ordered the release from immigration custody of a Cuban man convicted of hijacking a plane. The move reflects continued friction between Republican lawmakers and members of the federal judiciary over rulings seen as obstructing immigration enforcement actions…
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Labour U-turns over plans to stop paying volunteer coastguards for attending emergencies in a ‘major win’ for coastal communities
The UK government has reversed proposed changes that would have stopped paying volunteer coastguard staff for attending emergencies, following backlash from coastal communities and volunteers who warned the move would undermine search and rescue efforts around Britain’s coastline. Volunteer coastguard rescue officers, who respond to incidents such as cliff rescues, missing persons and coastal emergencies,…
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Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man who helped him do it?
Donald Trump earned at least $2.2bn in personal income last year, with $1.4bn of that coming from his crypto ventures, according to a Guardian analysis. The scale of this dwarfs historical presidential corruption scandals, such as the 1920s Teapot Dome affair, and has focused attention on Justin Sun, a Chinese crypto billionaire widely seen as…
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JD Vance says Welsh castle was ‘coolest thing I’ve ever seen’
US Vice-President JD Vance has revealed that a 2013 visit to Caernarfon Castle in north Wales left him profoundly moved, describing it in a new memoir as “the coolest thing I’ve ever seen and it’s not particularly close”. The disclosure comes in an excerpt from his book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, published…
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Labour nationalises British Steel to protect ‘vital national capability’ but Tories warn against ‘blank cheque’ for industry
The UK government has moved to nationalise British Steel, arguing that keeping steelmaking capacity under state control is a “vital national capability” that must be protected. The move reflects longstanding concerns about the future of Britain’s steel industry, including jobs, energy costs and the country’s ability to produce steel domestically rather than relying on imports.…
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Hungary lifts cap on film production tax incentive registrations
Hungary’s new government, led by Péter Magyar, has removed a cap on new registrations for the country’s 30% film production tax incentive, allowing applications that were frozen by the previous administration to resume. The move reaffirms state support for a sector that has made Hungary continental Europe’s second-largest production hub, having hosted major Hollywood productions…
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Breathalysers in cars ruled out by the Government but it will mandate a raft of other safety features, including speed limiter technology
The Government has ruled out mandating hardware that would make it easy to fit in-car breathalysers to new vehicles sold in Britain, while confirming it will require several other safety technologies. Following a Department for Transport consultation that closed in May, officials decided against making Alcohol Interlock Installation Facilitation (AIIF) compulsory, disappointing road safety groups…