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A British intelligence chief has warned Russian spies could soon launch a fresh wave of drones at military HQs across the UK in a bid to cause mayhem - amid alarm over sightings worldwide. Last month saw a mysterious swarm of drones targeting three air bases used by the US Air Force, which triggered a scramble by British troops and police. The unmanned aerial vehicles - or UAVs - were seen hovering over RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, and RAF Feltwell in Norfolk, over several days, in a what defence sources described as a 'coordinated' operation.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz opened up for the first time where he shared that he was surprised by Kamala Harris' devastating loss in the 2024 president. The vice president's running mate sat down for one-on-one interviews with two local Minneapolis TV stations where he spoke about the failed White House bid and what comes next. Walz said leading up to the election, he felt that Democrats were headed toward a victory before the loss to President-elect Donald Trump, who ended up sweeping all seven battleground states.

YMCA singer Victor Willis has U-turned on his opposition to Donald Trump using the song in his rallies - while urging fans not to call it a 'gay anthem'. The 73-year-old founding member of Village People band previously urged the incoming president to stop playing their 1978 disco hit at his political demos. But on Sunday Willis changed his tune, saying he 'didn't have the heart' to continue fighting Trump's team after seeing how much the president-elect 'seems to genuinely like YMCA'. The airtime has pushed the song towards the top of the Billboard charts.

Illegal immigration cost American taxpayers a whopping 2.6 percent of the entire U.S. government's $6.1 trillion in federal spending for the entire 2023 fiscal year. This amounts to $150.7 billion, according to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). If the figure is correct, the staggering sum of money going toward illegal immigrants entering and living in the U.S. would rival spending across some other agencies.

Controversial billionaire Mark Cuban has floated the idea of running for president with Charles Barkley after insisting the NBA legend is 'somebody America needs'. Cuban, who was a surrogate for Kamala Harris before the Democratic nominee lost this month's election, has been tipped to make a run for the White House in previous election cycles but is yet to throw his name into the hat. During an appearance on The Steam Room podcast with Barkley and host Ernie Johnson, the minority Dallas Mavericks owner was asked about the tribalism in American politics and how the country can begin to have...

CNN host Kasie Hunt was left visibly shocked after listening to incoming border czar Tom Homan say he would put Denver Mayor Mike Johnston in jail if he didn't cooperate with Donald Trump's mass deportation plan. In an appearance last Monday with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Homan said: 'Me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing; he's willing to go to jail. I'm willing to put him in jail.' Hunt played this soundbite on her show Wednesday and had a visceral reaction before insisting that Homan's rhetoric was 'more extreme' than what had been said by the Trump...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston insisted he is 'not afraid' of being jailed over his staunch opposition to Donald Trump's mass deportation plans. The Democrat has been outspoken in his criticism of Trump and his new 'Border Czar' Tom Homan, who has directly threatened Johnston with jail time if he stands in their way. In an appearance on Monday with Fox News' Hannity, Homan said: 'Me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing; he's willing to go to jail. I'm willing to put him in jail.'

Ellen DeGeneres’s new life in the quaint English countryside has gone dramatically wrong - after her dream home was swamped by astonishing flooding just days after she moved in. The talk show superstar is living in an idyllic multi-million pound farmhouse in the Cotswolds after deciding to emigrate from the US in protest at Donald Trump’s election win. But rather than enjoying a pastoral retreat, Ellen, 66, and her wife Portia De Rossi, 51, have been left at the mercy of raging floods which have engulfed their new multi-million pound mansion, MailOnline can reveal.

Ronny Chieng, star of Crazy Rich Asians and correspondent for The Daily Show, called Trump voters 'f***ing morons' during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday. 'There's nothing inherently evil or bad about [a] conservative mindset, I just think that we would like to have conservatives who aren't f***ing morons,' Chieng told host Jimmy Kimmel, as Kimmel and the audience roared with laughter. However, X users slammed Chieng for his remarks X, with one user writing, 'Ronny Chieng needs to be canceled.. said everyone who voted for Trump was stupid.. I say all Trump voters boycott his shows.'

Arnold Schwarzenegger's LA home was swarmed by police on Thanksgiving Day after a prankster claimed a bomb had been placed in his mailbox. The LAPD rushed to the Terminator star's mansion after a prank call claimed the device had been planted - but upon inspection of the mailbox and surrounding area, no bomb was found, per TMZ. Officers spoke with the 77-year-old's security team who said it would be 'virtually impossible' to plant a bomb at his home given his extensive camera surveillance and 24 hour protection.

Mark Hamill has been slammed after he appeared to compare Donald Trump's election to Pearl Harbor. The Star Wars actor, 73, took to Bluesky to describe election day as 'a Day That Will Live In Infamy.' It is the phrase Franklin Roosevelt used to describe the horrific Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, which forced the US to enter World War II.

Tulsi Gabbard stirred excitement among MAGA supporters after sharing a heartfelt Thanksgiving message with her husband, Abraham Williams. The 43-year-old posted an Instagram photo of the couple standing atop a cliff at sunset, wearing plate carriers and proudly raising an American flag. 'My heart is filled with gratitude - for God’s unconditional love, for the love and support of my family, for freedom and our great country. Happy Thanksgiving!!' her post reads.

In the three weeks since Kamala Harris' devastating election defeat, the Democrats have tried to come to terms with a daunting reality: Donald Trump's support grew substantially nationwide. Even in the states that were called blue, the Republican saw a groundswell of popularity that carried him to a decisive victory in what polls suggested would be one of the closest races in history. Trump received more than 2.5 million votes than he did in 2020 and gained ground in all of the 50 states, while Harris saw a decline of seven million votes from President Joe Biden's total in his...

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings has been asked to join the editorial board of The Los Angeles Times, much to the annoyance of liberals. Jennings, who has long been a vocal support of president-elect Donald Trump on CNN, was asked by owner of the newspaper Pat Soon-Shiong who announced the move on X. Soon-Shiong posted after Jennings sparked a heated debate on CNN earlier this week after he called the social media site the 'most ideologically balanced'.

A former Trump adviser has been hounded by neighbors after moving to a liberal island off Maine. Leonard Leo, a conservative lawyer, has been credited with helping to reshape the U.S. courts and Republican politics. His efforts culminated in Trump's first term with the appointment of three conservative Supreme Court justices, and the overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling.

A group of distraught liberals in Wisconsin have been seen screaming their frustrations over the 2024 presidential election at Lake Michigan ahead of Donald Trump's second term. About 20 Wisconsin natives gathered in Klode Park, off the shore of Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, to get their 'primal scream' on as they grieved Kamala Harris' los in the 2024 poll. As they stood on the sandy store the group of let out about 10 seconds of screams in chorus, with some bending at the waist to fully let out of their frustrations on the windy morning of November 9, a video...

Joe Rogan has claimed liberal media outlets are hemorrhaging readers due to Americans no longer trusting them. Rogan, 57, had been speaking about a recent op-ed from Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, adding: 'you're not accurate, you're delusional.' Bezos had published the opinion piece, titled 'The hard truth: Americans don't trust the news media', in late October.

Former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler has emerged as the favorite to become Donald Trump's next secretary of Agriculture. The 53-year-old blonde bombshell didn't dispel suggestions she was being considered for the top Cabinet job earlier this week. She disclosed on the Politically Georgia Podcast that she's a 'huge advocate' for rural America.

MSNBC's Joy Reid told Republicans their liberal friends and family have a right to be scared in an end-of-times warning on TikTok today. Reid, 55, who recently left X after Elon Musk's cabinet nomination by President-Elect Donald Trump, isn't done explaining to GOP voters why she believes Democrats are rightfully scared for the future. She warned Trump voters they should accept being excluded from family Thanksgiving plans, and spoke of the likelihood of the country collapsing under the new government.

President-elect Donald Trump appeared with a group of mothers on Friday as they had a luncheon at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. The president strolled into the dining room wearing golf attire and a white Make America Great Again hat as the crowd of women cheered. The Moms for America Mothers of Influence Luncheon was held at the club on Friday where the group presented Trump with the ‘Man of the Century’ award.