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Reform UK has grown in support to within one percentage point of Labour according to a new poll for Sky News by YouGov which suggests Britain has entered a new era of three-way party politics. Sir Keir Starmer looks set to spend the parliament locked in a fight with two right-wing parties after Labour support dropped sharply in the first YouGov poll since the general election. The data collected over the weekend puts Labour on 26%, Reform UK on 25%, Conservatives on 22%, Liberal Democrats on 14% and Greens on 8%.

Imam Husham Al-Husainy, a known supporter of Iraqi Hezbollah with ties to Iran, is scheduled to deliver a 'prayer' at Trump's inauguration. He previously delivered a prayer at a Democratic National Committee (DNC) event, where he attacked the U.S. He has a history of supporting Hezbollah and the Houthis, including defending attacks on American ships in Yemen and calling for the death of Saudis, whom he labeled "agents of the Jews." Following his DNC speech, he refused to denounce Hezbollah during an appearance on "Hannity" and reportedly displayed a portrait of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah. Al-Husainy signed a letter encouraging "Holy...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that he was discussing adding conditions to future California wildfire relief aid, possibly including a deeply political debate over raising the nation’s debt ceiling.House Democratic leaders — especially the Californians whose districts are affected by the fires — called Johnson’s suggestion “outrageous.”Liberal California has long been a boogeyman for conservative politicians — including President-elect Trump, who has said he will visit Los Angeles next week to survey the historic wildfire damage. WASHINGTON — With President-elect Donald Trump about to take office, federal aid to fire-ravaged Los Angeles has already become entangled in a partisan...

LOS ANGELES, CA — As the devastation spread and the death toll continued to rise with firefighters working tirelessly to contain the blazes, a suspected arsonist was arrested for allegedly attempting to use a gas blowtorch instead of an electric blowtorch to start another California wildfire. Authorities said Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva was apprehended trying to start a wildfire while in possession of a gas-powered blowtorch in a clear violation of California law, which stipulates that all catastrophic wildfires be started with only energy-efficient electric blowtorches. "We only allow environmentally friendly arson in this state," said Sgt. Pete Rodriguez of the...

Time travel has long captured the human imagination, from its appearances in science fiction fantasies to its profound implications in modern theoretical physics. Now, a recent study by Dr. Lorenzo Gavassino, a theoretical and mathematical physicist at Vanderbilt University, delves into the enigmatic nature of time travel involving time loops to examine their profound implications for quantum mechanics, entropy, and human experience. Dr. Gavassino’s findings, published in Classical and Quantum Gravity, present a strikingly different picture of time travel. They reveal that traveling through such time loops would prevent many classical time travel paradoxes, including the infamous “grandfather paradox.” “It...

As officials investigate what caused Los Angeles’ devasting fires, I know the answer. It was the homeless. The LA Fire Department reports that 54% of fires in 2023 were started by homeless. They responded to almost 14,000 fires that year alone related to homelessness! Regardless of whether the Pacific Palisades fire was directly started by a homeless person, the extent of the destruction from the fire can be attributed to the homeless. A few months ago, a LA City Council person reported to me that she spends 80 percent of her time on LA’s homeless problem. Eighty percent! That does...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) used an executive order Tuesday morning to create a state-level violence prevention office, dedicated to fighting gun crime. KSTP reported that Evers did this in response to the December 16, 2024, shooting at Madison’s Abundant Life Christian School, which left two innocents dead. The suspect in the shooting was a 15-year-old student, and police have not revealed how the student acquired the guns. Evers used a X post to push for more gun control after signing the executive order. The post said: And with 60% of suicides and 78% of domestic violence homicides involving a...

Elon Musk and MAGA are already disrupting the status quo, and Europe seems ill-prepared.For the last decade or more, Europe’s governments have been trying to resist covert influence operations from adversaries like Russia and China. Now they have a very different challenge: Fending off overt efforts by Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s MAGA movement to seize territory, oust elected leaders and empower far-right causes and parties. Even before he retakes office, Mr. Trump is making threats — perhaps serious, perhaps not — to acquire the territory of NATO allies like Canada and Denmark. And Mr. Musk, the president-elect’s biggest financial...

Why are Ukrainian generals here and how did they get the money for these homes? What is going on?

The Los Angeles home where The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger penned the band’s hit psychedelic rock single “Light My Fire” was destroyed in the Palisades Fire. Krieger — a founding member of the legendary genre-bending LA band — wrote the lyrics to the classic in the living room of his parents’ Pacific Palisades home in 1966.

California state lawmakers convened a special session on Dec. 2 to prepare for the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, with the goal of countering potential federal policy decisions related to environmental protections, abortion, and illegal immigrants, among others. Gov. Gavin Newsom requested in early November that the session take place with a proclamation asking lawmakers to provide the resources needed for “litigation preparation.” “We’re preparing for Trump 2.0, and his rhetoric has only heightened,” Newsom told The Epoch Times, saying that Trump had called for retribution and revenge, “and it requires us to be diligent.” He said the first...

SUMMARY Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq resigns after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh The Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate last week referred herself to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's standards adviser Laurie Magnus - but insisted she had done nothing wrong In a letter to Starmer, Siddiq said that while Magnus found she had not breached ministerial rules, "continuing in my role as economic secretary to the Treasury is likely to be a distraction from the work of government" The PM said in response that he accepted her resignation with "sadness" and his government's door "remains open for...

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The Liberal Party USA announced plans over the weekend for a training conference to be held later this year in Texas. The event, which the party has called “The New Frontier Summit,” is scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend 2025 in Houston. “We are the party of the future… Save the date for The New Frontier Summit on Memorial Day Weekend 2025 in Houston, TX!” the party stated in an advertisement promoting the event. While specific details about the summit have not yet been released, an accompanying graphic produced by the party indicated it will serve as both a strategy summit...

New York State Senator James Skoufis, a candidate for Democratic National Committee Chair, recently said he would go on “permanent offense” and “dismantle” the infrastructure of the Green Party if successful in his bid. Skoufis made the remarks last month on social media, specifically citing the results of the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. “The Green Party spoiled another major race for us (PA SEN), just the latest on a very long list,” Skoufis wrote in an X post shortly before the New Year. “As [Democratic National Committee] Chair, I’ll go on permanent offense, not just taking up the legal...

Rashida Jones is stepping down as president of MSNBC. Jones, who has led the progressive cable news network since 2021, announced her decision to leave in a call with network staff on Tuesday morning, a source told Mediaite. Rebecca Kutler, who left CNN in 2022 and was quickly hired by Jones to serve as senior vice president of content strategy at MSNBC, will be appointed interim president of the network. Kutler has overseen dayside programming and non-linear content (live events, streaming, digital platforms, films and podcasts) at MSNBC. Media reporter Oliver Darcy reported in December in his Status newsletter that...

Late-night comedians Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Jon Stewart used their shows on Monday to attack President-elect Donald Trump and Republican leaders over the raging fires in Los Angeles — even though neither Trump nor the GOP is in charge of the Democrat-controlled county or state. Jimmy Kimmel even accused Trump of being racist against firefighters — a laughably ridiculous claim that the comedian made by disingenuously conflating opposition to DEI with racism. During their respective broadcasts, the comedians made no mention of California’s Democrat leaders who are ultimately responsible for managing the unfolding catastrophe.

WASHINGTON — The flags at the Capitol will fly at their full height when Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president next week, House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Tuesday. “On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration” of the president-elect, Johnson (R-La.) said in a statement. “The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter,” he added.

Adopting a method from the medical field, this technique can separate substances with minimal dilution. Researchers at Rice University, in partnership with Guangdong University of Technology, have developed a groundbreaking method for treating high-salinity organic wastewater—waste streams that contain both high salt and organic content—by adapting dialysis technology commonly used in medicine. In medical dialysis, a machine called a dialyzer filters waste and excess fluids from the blood of patients with kidney failure. Blood is drawn from the body, purified in the dialyzer, and then returned through a separate needle or tube. In their study published in Nature Water, the...