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Sacked Ukrainian defence minister calls for presidential election
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s former defence minister, has called for wartime elections in a YouTube video, in what is being seen as the most significant challenge to Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidency since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022. Elections have been suspended under martial law since the war started, but Fedorov, 35, argued that “democracy cannot…
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ICE alleges House Democrats ‘disrupted operations’ at Georgia detention center
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday accused several House Democrats, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), of having “disrupted operations” during a visit to one of its detention centers in Lumpkin, Ga. Jayapal wrote on the social platform X that she brought a delegation of five lawmakers to conduct an oversight visit of Stewart Detention…
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Graham, Norman tangle in South Carolina GOP Senate debate: Three takeaways
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) faced off on the debate stage Tuesday, a day before early voting begins in the runoff to determine which of the two will be South Carolina’s GOP nominee for Senate. Graham, whom South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) appointed to succeed to her brother, the late…
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Erin Patterson launches desperate last ditch effort to erase history and walk free from jail amid claims the jury shouldn’t have been housed alongside police and prosecution
Erin Patterson, the Australian woman convicted of murdering three relatives with a poisoned beef Wellington, is reportedly mounting a fresh legal challenge in an attempt to overturn her conviction and be released from prison. The bid centres on claims that the jury in her trial should not have been accommodated alongside police and prosecution staff…
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Who Should Win Video of the Year at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards? Vote!
MTV has revealed the six nominees for Video of the Year at the 2026 VMAs, with Billboard inviting readers to vote for their preferred winner. The line-up spans four chart-topping hits alongside two ambitious longer-form films, and includes a notable historical milestone as Madonna returns to the category for the first time in 22 years.…
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Democrats get their man as scandals put once-safe GOP House seat in play
A retired US Navy helicopter pilot backed by the Democratic Party establishment, Bale Dalton, has won the Democratic primary in a Florida congressional race, positioning the party to make a serious challenge for a House seat that had previously been considered safely Republican. The contest has been thrown open by a string of scandals surrounding…
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Albo’s housing minister is accused of ‘gaslighting’ Aussies after dismissing fears of 30 per cent rent rise – as Nat Barr asks: ‘How much will it be?’
Australia’s Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has been accused of “gaslighting” Australians after appearing to dismiss concerns about rents potentially rising by as much as 30 per cent. The claim emerged during a television interview in which Sunrise host Natalie Barr pressed the minister to specify exactly how much rents were likely to increase, reflecting growing…
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Watters: Trump has said ‘so much more sleazy things’ than Ossoff’s quip
Fox News host Jesse Watters on Tuesday acknowledged that President Trump has said “so much more sleazy things” than Sen. Jon Ossoff’s (D-Ga.) quip about White House executive assistant Natalie Harp. “To suggest that Trump surrounds himself with attractive women –– yeah, I think he’s done that his whole life,” Watters said on Fox’s “The…
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Gilbert wins Democratic primary for open Wilson House seat in Florida
Miami-Dade County, Fla., Commissioner Oliver Gilbert (D) is expected to advance to the November general election after winning the Democratic primary for Florida’s 24th Congressional District seat currently held by retiring Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), according to preliminary results from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Gilbert defeated six other Democratic candidates who all vied to succeed…
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Byron Donalds eviscerates race-baiting rival who dubbed him a ‘slave’ in Florida’s nastiest primary
The article reports on an escalating clash in the Florida Republican gubernatorial primary between congressman Byron Donalds and rival candidate James Fishback, after Fishback reportedly referred to Donalds using a racially charged “slave” jibe. Donalds hit back forcefully at his opponent, with the exchange marking a sharp escalation in what is being described as one…