US Senators have spent more than 24 hours negotiating amendments to a mega-bill on tax and spending that appears to have stalled without enough votes to pass. Four Republicans in the Senate have said they cannot support the nearly 1,000 page legislation as it stands, but with a slim margin of control the party needs...
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth took the lectern at the Pentagon briefing room on Thursday morning with two goals. He wanted to present evidence of the success of the American attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, pushing back against a preliminary defence intelligence assessment that suggested the strikes were less effective. And he wanted to berate the...
Despite that, Mills believes Town have a “great chance” to follow the example of Burnley, rather than Luton, and gain promotion at the first attempt after relegation. And it would appear many Ipswich followers share his confidence if extra firepower can be added, despite being wary of other players including Davis and Hutchinson leaving. “As...
On June 3, South Korea will conclude a snap election prompted by the impeachment of former president Yoon Seok-yeol on insurrection charges for a failed coup. The strong frontrunner in the race is Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party pro-peace candidate. While Lee’s election could open the window for peace talks, progressives must learn from the...
Pointing out right-wing hypocrisy does little to alleviate its toll. Still, one provision tucked into Republicans’ sweeping tax and spending bill is particularly glaring in its ideological inconsistency: a 10-year ban on state AI regulation. Yes, that means that the party most wont to cry federal overreach is now seeking to directly intervene in state...
Footage shows the moment Emmanuel Macron appears to be shoved in the face by his wife as they touched down in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday evening. In the clip, Brigitte Macron is largely obscured from view, with only her hands visible as she pushes Macron. The French President initially appears startled but quickly composes himself...
In his first news conference after winning the Canadian elections last month, Prime Minister Mark Carney laid out his incoming government’s plans to tackle a “once-in-a-lifetime crisis” with the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on Canadian goods and repeated threats to annex Canada helped propel Carney’s Liberal Party to victory in the...
Remember all that discussion of how socialized medicine would lead to “death panels?” It turns out that this worry was far too optimistic about what the future would hold. In Great Britain the trajectory is far darker: as the country rushes to embrace medical murder without any checks on the ability of doctors to push...
Birmingham narrowly missed out on an immediate return in 2023 but finished fifth last season, with Ross admitting they have struggled to adapt at times to their status as a big fish in the smaller Championship pond. “We’re a bigger scalp,” he says. “And with there being so few teams you can’t lose many games,...
PA Media Brian Wheeler Political reporter Sir Tony Blair has called for a major rethink of net zero policies, arguing that limiting energy consumption and fossil fuel production is “doomed to fail”. In a new report, the former Labour prime minister says voters “feel they’re being asked to make financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle...
Oleksandr Usyk says Daniel Dubois showed “weakness” by pushing him during their face-off as they promoted their rematch to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion at London’s Wembley Stadium on 19 July. Briton Dubois is the IBF champion, with Ukraine’s Usyk holding the WBA (Super), WBO and WBC belts. Usyk is undefeated in 23 fights...
The University of Plymouth has said it has become the first in the UK to add a boat powered by electricity to its fleet of education and research vessels. The university said the addition was part of its latest move to help clean up our seas. It said the boat was supplied as part of...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has signalled the UK could lower tariffs on US car imports as she tries to broker a trade deal with the Trump administration. Reeves said she wants “to see tariff and non-tariff barriers reduced between the UK and the US”. The UK is seeking to lower trade taxes imposed by President Donald...
The recording of non-crime hate incidents by police forces should be scrapped in all but a few cases, the Conservatives have said. The party will try to amend the government’s Crime and Policing Bill to ban forces from logging such incidents, except in limited circumstances. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) had...
Great news, as far as it goes. And that’s the question that will endear the Trump administration to federal judges around the country when Russ Vought unleashes this new legal strategy. Or perhaps more accurately, it will make trial lawyers in the regulatory sphere wealthy … as far as this goes. The New York Times...