A US government report on children’s health cited “totally fabricated” studies to back up its findings, academics wrongly listed as the authors of those studies have said. First released on 22 May, the report detailed causes of a “chronic disease crisis” among children in the US. An amended version was issued on 29 May after...
Yesterday, I wrote about the fact that Elon Musk is frustrated by the “Big Beautiful Bill,” and he clearly is. But as soon as I wrote that, Elon announced that his time as a special government employee was coming to an end, and the media started writing these stupid “Elon Musk” is leaving DOGE because...
Two major new reservoir projects have been fast-tracked in a bid to shore up England’s water supplies, the government has announced. The projects in East Anglia and south Lincolnshire have been declared “nationally significant”, allowing them to speed through the planning process. But overriding local objections can be unpopular and the reservoirs could still be...
The Nigerian government has pressed charges against a senator who accused one of the country’s top politicians of plotting to kill her. In April, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan alleged that Godswill Akpabio, the senate president, and Yahaya Bello, a former state governor, wanted to “eliminate” her. Both have denied the accusation. Weeks before, Akpoti-Uduaghan had accused the...
Tulsi Gabbard fired two officials from the National Intelligence Council after they, out of the blue, released a report contradicting the Trump Administration’s policy on Tren de Aragua. You would think that an administration cleaning out officials held over by the prior administration, especially ones drawing outside the lines and contradicting the current president’s policies,...
The entire super secret, 1100+ page report has been leaked to numerous media sources in Germany. I can now report the bombshell findings of months of exhaustive investigative research, snooping, and spying by the finest agents available in the German intelligence community and democracy protection racket. The repercussions of this incendiary, voluminous tome could be...
Andrea Ormsby BBC News, Devon BBC Bramble’s owner has died, leaving K9Focus to try and find her a new home Dog rescue charities in the South West are calling for greater government support due to the demands being put on their services. The charities say increases to the national living wage and national insurance contributions...
A federal judge in California on Friday temporarily blocked what at coalition of labor unions, local governments, and nonprofits argued was “the unconstitutional dismantling of the federal government by the president of the United States on a scale unprecedented in this country’s history and in clear excess of his authority.” Since returning to office in...
I have a conflict. I don’t much like Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s new Education Secretary. I sued her once. She and her sleazy husband, Vince, owned a circus called World Wrestling Entertainment. When I did a silly ABC...
South Africa has criticised the US amid reports it could receive white Afrikaners as refugees as early as next week. A document seen by the BBC’s US partner, CBS, describes the potential resettlement as a “priority” for President Donald Trump’s government, however the timing has not been publicly confirmed by the White House. In a...
Of all the liberal insanity I have witnessed over the past few years, one of the most bizarre has been the vehement denials that human trafficking is a serious problem. I first noticed this when the movie Sound of Freedom came out in 2023. Based on a true story–there is a lot of argument about...
The UK government has hit back against claims by opposition parties that the newly-agreed trade deal with India could disadvantage British workers. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC there was “no situation” in which he would “ever tolerate” British workers being undercut as a result of a trade agreement. One part of the deal...
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned and his Social Democrat party is to leave the government after a right-wing nationalist candidate won the first round of the presidential election. George Simion, a eurosceptic who has promised to put Romania first, won 40.9% of Sunday’s vote and is expected to win a run-off vote on...
Getty Images “We are losing to everyone, everywhere.” That could be a quote from a Conservative, as the previous party of government struggles to rebuild trust with the electorate. But it isn’t. It’s a despairing message from a new Labour MP, elected in last year’s general election landslide. Labour had a terrible night when many...
The number of EV charge points in the South West has grown by nearly a third in a year, according to a new study. The Department for Transport said nearly 1,300 public charge points have been added to the South West charging network since April last year. It said there were now more than 5,500...