Topic: Politics

Politics covers the decisions, debates and power struggles that shape public life, from elections and parties to government policy, diplomacy and political culture.

It brings together reporting on leaders and institutions alongside the controversies and public reactions surrounding them. For readers, it offers context on who is making decisions, what is at stake and how political developments may affect everyday life.

  • Senator’s F-bomb bashing of Fauci rocks Internet: ‘High-heat fastball!’

    Senator Bernie Moreno, a Republican from Ohio, sharply criticised Dr Anthony Fauci during a congressional hearing on Wednesday, using an expletive while challenging his role in COVID-19 policy. The exchange drew widespread online attention and reflects continuing political anger over pandemic-era public-health guidance and Fauci’s conduct in office. According to the article, Fauci had been…

  • TMZ’s Levin backs ‘amazing public servant’ Fauci following hearing

    TMZ founder Harvey Levin defended Dr Anthony Fauci after the former US infectious-disease official invoked the Fifth Amendment during a contentious Senate hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic. Levin called Fauci an “amazing public servant” and described efforts to imprison him as among the most heartbreaking developments he had seen in government, comparing them with McCarthy-era…

  • Waymos are starting to run on freeways again

    Waymo has begun restoring freeway access for its robotaxis, starting with Phoenix, after suspending the feature in May 2026 following incidents in which its self-driving vehicles entered sections of expressway closed for roadworks. The Alphabet-owned company says it will “soon” extend the resumption to Miami, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, marking the…

  • Senate unanimously agrees to oppose pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell

    The Senate unanimously agreed Wednesday that Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex offender and collaborator of Jeffrey Epstein, should not be allowed a presidential pardon or clemency of any kind. The resolution was brought by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), who said it was to prevent acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom President Trump nominated to stay…

  • The Westwood Bruin Theater Eyes Mid-October Re-Opening As Toronto Based Exhibitor Takes Over Lease

    The historic Bruin Theater in Los Angeles’s Westwood neighbourhood is set to reopen in mid-October after Toronto-based exhibitor Rui Pereira signed a lease with the Skouras family, who own the building. The venue, which first opened in 1937, closed in July 2024 alongside its sister cinema The Village when Regency Theaters’ lease expired, leaving Westwood…

  • Americans split on understanding of democratic socialism: Survey

    The article text was unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its findings cannot be reliably summarised. Based on the headline alone, it appears to report survey evidence that Americans are divided in their understanding of democratic socialism. No survey methodology, sample size, dates, percentages or wording of questions were provided. These details…

  • Woods sets Games record to claim gold for Scotland

    Scottish athlete Melanie Woods won her first major gold medal, setting a Commonwealth Games record to claim the women’s 1500m T54 wheelchair race at Scotstoun on Wednesday during Glasgow 2026. The victory carries particular significance because Woods, from Glasgow, spent considerable time recovering in the spinal unit of the nearby Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after…

  • Haberman knocks Trump ‘bullying campaigns’

    The New York Times criticised what it described as President Trump’s attempts to intimidate journalists, after he publicly attacked its reporters Maggie Haberman and Peter Baker. The paper said such pressure would not deter its reporting, framing the dispute as part of a broader concern about political attacks on the press. Trump’s remarks appeared in…

  • Greene, Brian Glenn marry in Vegas

    Former US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has married conservative journalist Brian Glenn in Las Vegas. The wedding marks a personal milestone for the prominent Republican figure and follows their engagement, announced in December 2025. Reports said the couple were seen after the ceremony with Greene in a white gown and Glenn in a tuxedo. Glenn…

  • JONATHAN TURLEY: Fauci took the Fifth, but his diary may have already answered for him

    In a Fox News opinion piece, contributor Jonathan Turley argues that Dr Anthony Fauci undermined his own credibility by invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday, repeatedly declining to answer questions “on the advice of counsel.” Turley contrasts this with Fauci’s own 2017 remarks to Georgetown…