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Trump’s Economic D-Day can hammer Iran, but will Tehran ever surrender?
This Fox News opinion piece argues that the Trump administration’s new “Economic D-Day” campaign against Iran — a sweeping sanctions and naval blockade effort dubbed Operation Economic Outcast — is inflicting serious economic damage on Tehran but offers no guarantee it will force the regime to capitulate. The author, drawing on historical parallels with WWII…
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AOC says ‘Woke 1 was crazy,’ but Democrats still owe voters an explanation
A Fox News opinion piece argues that Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are dismissing the party’s 2020 progressive positions—such as “defund the police” and prison abolition—by labelling that era “Woke 1”, rather than genuinely explaining why they have moved on. The author contends this amounts to psychological compartmentalisation rather than honest reconsideration, allowing politicians to…
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JONATHAN TURLEY: Abdul El-Sayed’s wealth-tax fantasy could wreck the Michigan economy
Fox News opinion columnist Jonathan Turley criticises Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr Abdul El-Sayed for reaffirming his support for a wealth tax during an interview with Jesse Watters. Turley argues the policy, which El-Sayed says would apply to those with over $100 million in wealth, is unconstitutional at federal level and would be economically damaging…
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Grocers issue warning over Mamdani’s taxpayer-backed stores: ‘We’re going to go after’ them
A coalition representing immigrant- and minority-owned grocers in New York City has threatened legal action against any private company that agrees to operate Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s planned taxpayer-backed grocery stores. Frank Garcia, chairman of the Multicultural Business Coalition, said the group hopes no operator submits a proposal at all, extending a legal fight that began…
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Chancellor urged to impose ‘wealth tax’ and massive levies on homes in London and South East as think-tank says pensioners must bail out Government
The IPPR, a think-tank closely aligned with Labour, is urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s team, led by John Healey, to hit pensioners and property owners with new taxes ahead of the Budget on 28 October, rather than raising levies on younger workers. The report argues that Britain’s ageing population is placing unsustainable pressure on public finances,…
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Has Mojtaba Khamenei DIED? Months after he was named as Iran’s new leader, rumours swirl in Tehran where there is still no sign of him and even his ministers have not met him
Rumours are swirling in Tehran that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, named Iran’s supreme leader in March following the death of his father Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli strike, may be gravely ill or dead, as he has not appeared in public or been seen even by his own government ministers in the five months since…
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Stephen Colbert Urges Emmy Voters to Back Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Look How Cute He Is!’
Stephen Colbert publicly urged Emmy voters to support Jimmy Kimmel for outstanding variety series, despite “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” competing against “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in the same category. In a humorous social-media video posted as voting neared its close, Colbert said Kimmel deserved an Emmy and showed viewers a photograph of him, calling…
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‘Fear of the right is holding us to ransom’: Readers react as Burnham sticks to Starmer’s Brexit red lines
Readers of The Independent have responded with mixed reactions after Andy Burnham confirmed he would stick to Sir Keir Starmer’s Brexit red lines, just days after suggesting he wanted to be “bolder” on relations with Europe. Downing Street stated on Monday that the UK will not seek to rejoin the EU, the single market, the…
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London rollout of robotaxis delayed amid lack of guidance for firms to follow
Uber and Wayve’s plan to launch self-driving taxi rides in London “later this summer” now looks unlikely to happen this year, as regulatory and technical hurdles delay the timetable the UK government had set out. Transport for London has yet to publish the guidance companies must follow to gain approval, with TfL’s director of strategy…
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Canada’s retaliation tests the limit of American power under Trump
Trade talks between the United States and Canada collapsed abruptly at the weekend, prompting a fresh round of tit-for-tat tariffs between the two neighbours, whose annual bilateral trade exceeds $872bn (£640bn). The breakdown followed leaked private remarks by US Vice-President JD Vance, who reportedly mocked Prime Minister Mark Carney’s attempts to “out-tough” Donald Trump as…