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Inside Donald Trump’s itinerary for next week’s Irish visit, what government insiders are already saying about the meeting with arch critic President Connolly and what she actually thinks of him
The Irish government is finalising security and protocol arrangements for US President Donald Trump’s visit to Dublin ahead of his trip to his Doonbeg resort in Co. Clare, where he will present the trophy at the conclusion of the Irish Open golf tournament on 13 September. A leaked internal briefing seen by the Irish Mail…
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Farage is loved by some but hated by more – now even Reform can see it
Reform UK arrives at its Birmingham conference weaker than a year ago, with deputy leader Richard Tice admitting the party needs to make the country “love Nigel Farage again” — a striking concession that Farage remains deeply divisive. The party’s poll ratings have slipped from over 30 per cent a year ago to the low…
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Free travel pilot scheme for young people approved
Sheffield City Council has approved a pilot scheme offering free bus and tram travel to children and young people aged five to 18 across South Yorkshire. The trial, agreed by councillors on the council’s strategy and resources committee, aims to ease cost-of-living pressures on families and give young people greater independence to travel for education,…
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Collins lights up internet with response to Dem challenger fathering children with relative: ‘Stone cold’
Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine drew widespread attention online after a Politico interview in which she raised, while seemingly declining to raise, reports that her Democratic Senate challenger Troy Jackson had fathered two children with his second cousin. When a reporter pointed out that she had just mentioned the fact herself, the exchange became…
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‘You weren’t there to help me’: Trump hints he wouldn’t back Britain if Argentina invaded the Falklands – as he jibes that the country ‘isn’t doing well’
Donald Trump has suggested he might not back Britain if Argentina were to invade the Falkland Islands again, breaking with decades of US neutrality on the islands’ sovereignty. In a GB News interview, the president jibed that Britain “isn’t doing well” and accused it of failing to support the US-Israeli campaign against Iran, remarks widely…
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Warning UK ministers are putting interests of Big Tech ahead of public on AI
Ministers have been accused of favouring Big Tech firms over the public interest by spending billions on AI systems without adequate transparency, in a warning from MPs and rights groups including the Open Rights Group. Analysis by consultancy Tussell found the UK public sector has awarded more than 2,000 AI-related contracts since 2018, worth around…
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MAGA begins to crack as 2026 GOP roster backs away from Trump’s tech vision
A growing number of Republican candidates in this year’s US midterm elections are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump’s enthusiastic backing of AI data centre expansion, as polling shows most Americans oppose the facilities being built in their communities. Trump has continued to champion the industry, arguing it brings jobs and prosperity, but GOP strategists…
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Johnson downplays GOP’s midterm woes as Democrats eye House takeover: ‘I am very bullish’
House Speaker Mike Johnson has voiced confidence that Republicans will not only retain but expand their House majority in November’s midterms, pushing back against growing Democratic optimism about retaking Congress. With Republicans holding slim margins (a 53-47 Senate edge and an even tighter House majority), and nonpartisan forecasters increasingly favouring Democrats, the prediction comes as…
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MORNING GLORY: ‘Blue Blight’ is spreading fast and only voters can stop it
This opinion piece by a Fox News columnist coins the term “blue blight” to describe what the author argues is a pattern of economic and educational decline in Democratic-voting (“blue”) US states, likening its spread to Dutch Elm Disease, which devastated American elm populations from the 1930s onwards. The author contends that declining public education…
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Trump ‘is privately discussing whether to declare Iran war over’
Donald Trump is privately weighing whether to declare the war with Iran over, according to Wall Street Journal sources, as the conflict enters its seventh month. The president reportedly believes sustained economic pressure will eventually force Tehran to abandon its nuclear programme or collapse outright, even as advisers warn him that further escalation could damage…