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This week the United Kingdom's Labor Party's Defense Secretary John Healy resigned, saying "Prime Minister Starmer refuses to ask for enough money to fund the kind of military we need to defend our country in this time of rising threats." Starmer disagreed and pointed out "we are engaged in a transition to what I feel is a necessary pivot from our long-term reliance on the United States to provide our defense. During the 20th century the US came to our aid in two world wars. Then for seven decades defended us from Russian aggression. This enabled us to spend more...

In Alaska three Latvian climbers fell to their deaths... The top US general in Latin America met Cuba's military leadership... Two killed and two wounded in a Ukrainian drone... Three more killed in the latest US air attack... President Trump turning against Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace of South Carolina endorsing... The messaging from the White House...no 'final determination'...deal with Iran... warning of dangerous military activity tonight in the Strait of Hormuz... Bulgaria's new nationalist Prime Minister...government will limit the stays of US military aircraft... A federal judge in Miami announcing an inquiry into the... lawsuit by President Trump... judge ruling...

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Lydia Grant, president of the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council, announced that "funding for our annual Fourth of July parade has been pulled by Mayor Bass. We've been doing this parade for over 50 years. I was very shocked because the mayor herself said to contact her staff to get it done. Then they started ignoring us. This has never happened before." Bass blamed Trump for the cancellation, saying "since President Trump has made such a big deal about this being the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence I felt duty bound to thwart his ambition to make this year's observation...

Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) brushed aside the negative aspects of his Party's prospective nominee for the US Senate seat in Maine, saying "yeah, he's had some troubling behaviors. First there was the Nazi tattoo on his chest. I mean, who does that? Then there is the revelation that he's been unfaithful in his marriage. This isn't so unusual. Congress has a special fund to pay off the women that are abused by its members. Finally, there is his boast that he would rape anyone who breaks into his house to demonstrate his dominance. These aren't the words that I would...

In 2024, California voters approved Proposition 36 by majorities in every one of the state's 58 counties. This proposition boosted penalties for repeat offenders of smash-and-grab thefts, organized retail crime, and open drug dealing. Assemblywoman LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-district 79) felt that "making repeated retail thefts a felony is too harsh. Such thefts are an inevitable outcome in a society where poor people lack the money needed to legally acquire the things they need or want. Shoplifting is a relatively peaceful way of overcoming the deprivation of not having a job or the income to afford stuff. Rather than trying to...

This week, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke before the 2026 CAP IDEAS Conference that was hosted by the Center for American Progress, saying "first, as a guarantee, we are taking back control of the United States House of Representatives in November. As I speak, we have thousands of people in the field registering as many new voters as we can. People like 64-year-old Californian Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong who has been registering homeless skid row folks for the last 20 years. She lets them use her home address so the mail-in ballots the state sends to every registered...

Eight killed and 38 trapped following an explosion at a coal mine in northern China... attacking Ukrainian drone starting a fire...oil depot...southern Russia... Three men named as sexual abusers by former Jeffrey Epstein assistant Sarah Kellen... British police appealing for witnesses...possible sexual misconduct by Andrew Mountbatten Windsor... federal judge in Tennessee throwing out...charges leveled against Kilmar Abrego Garcia... New rules announced for foreigners seeking 'green cards'... 40,000 residents ordered to evacuate in Garden Grove, California... Trump holding Iran War discussions...report this evening claiming the President... A Qatari delegation...apparently left Tehran...Iranian Civil Aviation Authority with a notice closing... Ukraine War a...

The lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell thinks President Trump is likely to pardon her... The US Air Force meeting its recruiting goal...2026 fiscal year five months ahead... The US extending its easing of sanctions on Russian oil... "The US President has made seven claims in the span of one hour, all seven of which are false" Iran's Parliament Speaker... President Trump speaking of ending ten wars... Meeting in Havana...US State Department officials...grandson of former Cuban ruler... ...judge in Los Angeles ruling that actor Alec Baldwin can be sued... White House upbeat...meeting with the CEO of AI creator "Anthropic"......

Two killed in the latest US attack on a boat... Ukrainian attacks on Russia tonight... Explosions reported in Ukrainian cities... An Iranian delegation led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arriving in Islamabad, Pakistan... The United Kingdom and Turkey signing a strategic partnership agreement... "..the question is whether NATO is logistically and politically prepared to respond if Russia tries to attack" Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk... New US sanctions aimed at Iran's oil trade... Argentina proposing new talks with Britain over the Falkland Islands... Four killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza tonight... The US waiver on foreign ships carrying cargo between...

President of Bard College...retiring...revelation...closer relationship...Jeffrey Epstein... New Mexico investigators casting a wide net as they probe Jeffrey Epstein's "Zorro Ranch"... Popularity polling for US President Donald Trump showing high levels of unpopularity... Shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz at its lowest level since the start of the Iran War... A federal appeals court ruling against mail-order distribution of an abortion drug... In Istanbul 500 protesters arrested at a May Day... The Pentagon announcing a pullout of US troops in Germany... Trump contesting the validity of the "War Powers Act"... President Donald Trump saying he rejects Iran's... In Israel a...

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson laughed off what she termed "their futile effort to escape social justice. They think they will preserve their wealth and their income by relocating to states that respect private property and the so-called right to keep what they earn. At best, they will only temporarily spare themselves the retribution they so richly deserve." Wilson predicted "when Democrats sweep the November elections and achieve veto-proof majorities in Congress, the redistribution of wealth prescribed by Karl Marx in his "Communist Manifesto" of 1848 will go national. Everyone will be taxed based on the ability to pay. Everyone will...

Despite being urged by President Trump to do away with the filibuster, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is adamantly against doing it. "Look,' Trump said, "the filibuster is not a law. It is not in the Constitution. It is just a long standing tradition that helped Democrats resist efforts to end slavery. Right now it is being used to prevent efforts to reduce vote fraud. Neither of these purposes for which the filibuster has been or is being used is good for the country." Thune rebutted Trump's argument by pointing out "we Senators all respect each other. The filibuster...

With two-thirds of the printed copies of his book--"Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery"--remaining unsold, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif) claims he bought these copies "to ensure it would be a best-seller. My plan is to give autographed copies to everyone who donates to my presidential campaign. I think my sly and speedy action here demonstrates my ingenuity as leader and gives me an early lead for the 2028 Democratic nomination for president." "Another factor that will put me ahead of my Democrat rivals is that I was born a poor black child with a low IQ and...

At a town hall in Oklahoma this week, former US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg responded to a voter's fears that Republicans want to put trans and gay Americans in concentration camps. "Well, we all know that can't be ruled out," he said. "Why don't we compare and contrast the Republican and Democrat position on the LGBTQ+ issues?" "Republicans want to keep trans folks out out women's sports, locker rooms, lavatories, and prisons," Buttigieg observed. "Republicans insist that LGBTQ+ individuals are abnormal and shouldn't be allowed to follow their dreams. The obvious way to prevent this would be to put...

Assemblyman Mark González (D-Los Angeles) is sponsoring legislation "to get the feds out of our state. ICE insists that our state's sanctuary laws do not supersede their authority to enforce federal immigration laws. My bill will bar ICE agents or Department of Homeland Security employees who work for Trump from holding any future public employment in California--not the state, not the counties, not the cities, not any other entity that gets funding from the public treasury. This would bar them from being employed in public transit, water districts, and food stores if we follow the lead of New York's Mayor...

One of the distinct differences between the Deomocrat and Republican candidates vying to be the state's next governor were their answers to the question of whether truck drivers should be able to understand English in order to be licensed to drive on the roads? Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) says "yes, it is a matter of public safety. The inability to read and understand roadside signs has a direct impact on crashes that kill other drivers and the passengers in their vehicles. Drivers who do not understand English make serious errors--like going the wrong way on freeway lanes, making...

This week, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) got a grand jury to indict the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for donating money to known hate groups including the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America, Aryan Nations, the Nationalist Socialist Party of American Nazis and the Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club. Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said "the SPLC is a nonprofit entity that purports to fight white supremacy and racial hatred by reporting on extremist groups and conducting research to inform law enforcement groups, with the goal of dismantling these groups. The SPLC was not dismantling these groups....

This week, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) took action to avert a Democrat disaster in the state's gubernatorial election. Sitting Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is term-limited. A crowd of candidates are running in the "jungle primary" where the top two finishers are paired against each other in the general election. Since last November polls have repeatedly shown that the top two candidates favored by the voters are both Republicans. Pelosi said "when Eric Swalwell told me he was going to run for governor I advised him not to. We all knew he had been naughty, but Congress has a...

Working in cooperation with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested five foreigners wanted for murder in their home countries. These arrests included Danny Granado-Garcia (El Salvador), Kele Cristian Alves-Pereira (Brazil), Magno Jose Dos Santos (Brazil), Bryan Rafael Gomez (Dominican Republic), and Altieris Chaves Paiva (Brazil). Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) objected, saying "it was just two months ago that I issued an executive order that explicitly forbade ICE carrying out any of its enforcement activity in my city. ICE is an unconstitutional and violent organization that has been terrorizing immigrants all across the...