-
Megan Rapinoe blames Trump for distracting US players ahead of World Cup loss to Belgium
Following the United States men’s national team’s exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a defeat to Belgium, former US women’s national team player Megan Rapinoe has attributed part of the blame to President Donald Trump. Speaking on her podcast, Rapinoe argued that the controversy surrounding Trump’s involvement in the tournament served as a…
-
DHS plans costly crackdown on states that don’t cooperate on election security
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to withhold billions of dollars in preparedness grant funding from states that decline to adopt a set of new election-security requirements. The conditions, attached to more than $1 billion available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Homeland Security Grant Programme, would require measures such as voter…
-
Make voting compulsory – with a £10 fine for those that don’t cast ballot, says lefty think-tank
The left-wing think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a report calling for voting in national elections to be made compulsory, with a £10 fine imposed on those who fail to cast a ballot. The IPPR argues that Britain faces a “crisis of pride” and growing disillusionment with the political system, and…
-
Fresh doubts are raised over Farage’s claims he did not have to declare £5million ‘gift’ from crypto-currency tycoon
Fresh questions have been raised over Nigel Farage’s explanation for why he did not declare a £5million “gift” from crypto-currency entrepreneur Christopher Harborne. The Reform leader received the money in April 2024 but it remained secret until this year, and he argues he had no obligation to register it with Commons authorities because it was…
-
Live-Action ‘Naruto’ Remake Officially Begins Search for Team 7
Lionsgate has officially begun pre-production on a live-action film remake of the hugely popular anime and manga franchise Naruto, launching a global search for the actors to play its central trio, known as Team 7. The project is being developed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the Marvel director behind Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten…
-
Virginia Giuffre’s family is working to bring US-like Epstein hearings to Britain ‘which could be catastrophic for former-prince Andrew’
The family of Virginia Giuffre, the late American woman who accused Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of sexual abuse, are pushing to establish US-style Parliamentary hearings into Jeffrey Epstein in Britain, a development the article suggests could deepen the disgrace facing the former Duke. Ms Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts, said he is “actively” working to make the…
-
An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise
Lyzr, a three-year-old enterprise AI-agent startup based in Jersey City, New Jersey, has raised a $100 million Series B at a valuation of roughly $500 million — and, according to Bloomberg, it let its own AI agent run the fundraise. The system, named SivaClaw, reportedly fielded questions from more than 130 investors, drafted investment memos…
-
Eating Anti-Racist Candy
-
Piers Morgan accuses Tim Miller of ‘TDS’ after Trump critic claims president has done ‘nothing’ good
Broadcaster Piers Morgan clashed with former Republican strategist and anti-Trump podcaster Tim Miller, accusing him of displaying “a clear symptom of Trump derangement syndrome” after Miller claimed on air that President Donald Trump had done “nothing” good. The exchange, which took place on Tuesday, reflects the wider debate over the “TDS” label, which critics of…