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Trump, Cohen set aside beef in radio interview
President Trump and his fixer-turned-enemy Michael Cohen have seemingly turned over a new leaf, with the president saying he respects that Cohen took back things he’s said. Portions of the interview played on Cohen’s radio show on 77 WABC radio in New York City Thursday. The rest is expected to air on Sunday. Cohen was…
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10 Essential X-Men Comics For Beginners
This Collider feature offers a beginner-friendly reading guide to essential X-Men comics, timed to renewed interest in the team following the announcement of the X-Men cast at Disney’s D23 convention and Jean Grey’s (Sadie Sink) upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. With decades of complex, interconnected storylines to navigate, the article…
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Trump reunites with Cohen and blames media influence
US President Donald Trump appeared alongside his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen for a radio interview, marking a reconciliation between two men who had become bitter adversaries. Cohen, once one of Trump’s most prominent critics after turning against him and cooperating with investigators, joined Trump in criticising CNN and the wider mainstream media, with Trump…
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To many voters alarmed by mass migration, this man is a charismatic messiah. He’s also a pro-Russian on the verge of becoming the first far-Right nationalist to run a state government since the Nazis… So is this the most dangerous man in Germany?
Ulrich Siegmund, 35-year-old leader of the far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Saxony-Anhalt, is on course to become the first far-Right nationalist to head a German state government since the Nazi era, with the state election due on 6 September 2026. Polling puts the AfD on 42-43 per cent, potentially enough for an outright…
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Why Nigeria’s one-time political giant may face extinction
Nigeria’s once-dominant Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing an existential crisis ahead of January’s general election, with a bitter leadership dispute now playing out in the courts threatening its very survival. The party, which governed Nigeria for 16 unbroken years after founding in 1998, has collapsed dramatically since losing power in 2015, a decline that…
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US approves possible $4.5 billion sale of refueling aircraft to Qatar
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar worth an estimated $4.5 billion for up to four Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling aircraft and associated equipment. The proposed package includes eight Pratt & Whitney PW4062 engines, with four intended as spares, radar-warning receivers, infrared countermeasure equipment, missile-warning sensors, secure communications…
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How much could Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ hurt Iran?
US President Donald Trump has promised an “economic D-Day” of sanctions against Iran, nearly six months into a conflict that has settled into a stalemate with neither a military breakthrough nor a negotiated settlement in sight. The move reflects growing frustration within the administration that its existing strategies have failed to force Iran to capitulate,…
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Albany woman charged over alleged Islamic State-inspired Capitol bomb plot
Jessica Bowie, a 35-year-old woman from Albany, New York, has been charged by US federal prosecutors over an alleged Islamic State-inspired plot to bomb the New York State Capitol and kill lawmakers. The FBI arrested her after a months-long sting operation in which undercover agents posed as IS members; she now faces a charge of…
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Aisha Wahab wins California’s 15th district special election
State Senator Aisha Wahab, a progressive Democrat, has won the special election in California’s 15th congressional district, defeating Melissa Hernandez, a moderate BART Board president and transit executive. The result closes out the contest to replace Eric Swalwell and is being cast as another flashpoint in the wider struggle between the Democratic Party’s establishment and…
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The Morning Poll: Should Prince William forgive Harry for his attacks on the Royal Family?
The Daily Mail’s “Morning Poll” feature invites readers to vote on whether Prince William should forgive Prince Harry for his public criticisms of the Royal Family. The poll appears alongside a wave of related coverage suggesting tensions remain high, with reports that Harry and Meghan Markle are considering a return to the UK, possibly settling…