Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Establishment Democrats are working overtime to oppose progressive upstart Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s mayoral primary race — and yet, claim to be baffled over why the Democratic Party is losing support, freshly ousted Democratic activist David...
Police have been given extra time to question a man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car ploughed into football fans during Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade. Merseyside Police said a Ford Galaxy avoided a roadblock by tailgating an ambulance that was responding to reports of someone having suffered a heart attack. The...
It’s so ridiculous that it lends credence to suspicion of whether CBS News blew out CEO Wendy McMahon yesterday, or whether she couldn’t jump off the sinking ship fast enough. As resistance media wrestles with the first step of a 12-step program to restore lost credibility with the American people, admitting they have a problem,...
Does this make it official? Alert alert alert … the cover story isn’t working … A few voices have called for a moratorium on discussions of the cover-up around Joe Biden’s senility in office after the announcement yesterday of his ‘sudden’ Stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis. That suggestion has produced some speculation as to whether...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday in a case relating to President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to unilaterally redefine the meaning of the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause. At issue before the court, however, wasn’t the order itself, but rather the topic of nationwide injunctions — sometimes referred to as “universal...
John Sudworth North America correspondent MacPherson family Alexa MacPherson (left) was sexually abused from the age of three by Priest Peter Kanchong (right) As 135 cardinals meet in Rome to decide the next pope, questions about the legacy of the last one will loom large over their discussions. For the Catholic Church, no aspect of...
Video shows counter-terrorism officers making an arrest Five men are continuing to be questioned by police over an alleged terror plot in the UK. The men, including four Iranian nationals, are being held over an alleged plan to “target a specific premises”, the Metropolitan Police said. They were arrested in Swindon, west London, Stockport, Rochdale...
The justice secretary has said it is “absolutely unacceptable” to question the validity of the Supreme Court after it ruled that the term “woman” is defined by biological sex. Speaking to Parliament’s Human Rights Joint Committee, Shabana Mahmood said judges at the UK’s highest court “provided the legal clarity in their legal decision which is...
Ben Wright Political correspondent Brian Wheeler Political reporter Getty Images What is a woman? In recent years it is a question that has caused political punch-ups, party splits and despatch box spats. A complex, emotionally-charged and fiercely contested argument around gender, trans rights and women’s sex-based rights has often left politicians at Westminster floundering to...
Cameron Weldon BBC News, South West BBC Graham Watts said he was reliant on his assistant dog Henry A disabled man said he left a pub out of embarrassment after workers asked for more information about his assistance dog. Graham Watts said he visited the Wetherspoon pub, The Stannary Court in Plympton, Devon, and was...
Anne Soy BBC deputy Africa editor, Nairobi Lesotho’s garment workers face an uncertain future once President Donald Trump’s 50% import tariff kicks in Thursday was a “terrible” and “devastating” day for people involved in Lesotho’s textile sector as they digested the news that the country’s exports to the US would be hit by a 50%...
In the unlikely event that anyone reading this is unfamiliar with him, Russell Brand is a one time more-or-less leftist who, like Naomi Wolf, has gone down the rabbit hole of batshittery (he endorses the “Great Reset” conspiracy, among other things). Rape accusations against Brand have provoked howls all over the nuttier right-wing websites and...