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Tuesday’s election results could spell real trouble for Florida Republicans
Did Angie victory “hand Republicans a November Gift”? Quite the opposite.
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Across the country, Kennedy touts MAHA, but not vaccines
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood in the Oval Office last week as President Trump proudly signed an executive order to reduce childhood vaccines, heavily implying a link between vaccines and autism. But when Kennedy made appearances in California and then hit the campaign trail for Republicans in Iowa over the…
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BigXthaPlug Arrested on Drug and Gun Charges in Texas
Rapper BigXthaPlug, whose real name is Xavier Landum, was arrested in Texas on Friday on drug and weapons charges after being stopped by police. The arrest caused him to miss a planned appearance at Winnipeg’s Country Rising Festival, while his scheduled Iowa State Fair performance was still expected to go ahead. Police booked Landum into…
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Carney rejects US trade terms as Canada faces new tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed that trade talks with the United States collapsed and will not resume, defending his refusal to accept terms he called unacceptable and warning that Canada and the US are now in a trade “war”. Donald Trump responded by accusing Canada of wanting “the benefits of being a State,…
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Federal judge rules against Trump’s 75-country visa ban
A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration’s pause on issuing visas to immigrants from 75 countries on Friday. In a 61-page decision, U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas found that this policy was “contrary to law” and was “in excess” of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority. The visa pause order was announced by…
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Carney faces crucial test after walking away from Trump’s deal
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has suspended trade talks with President Donald Trump and pledged retaliation against new US tariffs, abandoning a deal that had appeared close. The move places Canada and the United States in an escalating trade dispute with no clear route to resolution, and tests whether Canadians will accept economic costs in…
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The US is using the wrong measure of pressure on Iran
From Tehran’s perspective, delaying negotiations is not passive behavior — it is an active bargaining strategy.
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The Will of 100: Trump’s SAVE America Act sidelined after Senate unanimously agreed to August exit
The Senate unanimously agreed to begin its August recess, sidelining President Trump’s SAVE America Act for the time being. The decision matters because it delays Senate action on the voting-related measure until senators return from their extended break. The chamber left Washington at 4:57 a.m. ET on 8 August and has since held only brief…
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This European country has slashed the number of asylum applications by a third, so why can’t we? The man whose policies dramatically cut them reveals how he did it… and how we could too
Denmark has cut its asylum applications by a third in recent years through hardline immigration policies, and the politician behind the strategy says the UK could achieve similar results by making itself less attractive to asylum seekers. Rasmus Stoklund, Denmark’s former immigration and integration minister, told the Daily Mail that strict eligibility checks, rapid decision-making…
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The new world’s most wanted: Now Daniel Kinahan is behind bars, the $1bn narco ‘Chubby Jos’ who’s living ‘like a king’ in palm fringed Sierra Leone beach resort after fathering a baby with the president’s DAUGHTER
Dutch cocaine trafficker Jos Leijdekkers, 35, has become the world’s most wanted drug smuggler following the arrest and extradition of Daniel Kinahan from Dubai to Ireland earlier this month. Leijdekkers, nicknamed “Chubby Jos”, is reportedly living openly and with apparent impunity in Sierra Leone, where he is said to have married the president’s daughter and…