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After Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., lost the Republican U.S. House primary in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District to President Donald Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein on Tuesday, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene declared that the future of the GOP had been "destroyed." "I am proud and thankful to have served in the U.S. House of Representatives with my friend Thomas Massie, a giant among weak pathetic men. Releasing the Epstein files was our demise. But it was worth every single bit because now everyone knows the truth. You are ruled by the Epstein class that cares nothing about you and your elected...

Oil prices rose and global bonds wobbled on Monday, as fresh tensions in the Middle East fed inflation fears and bets that central banks will have to increase interest rates. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose on Monday, after an attack on a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates. It came as peace talks between the US and Iran stalled in the sixth week of ceasefire. Donald Trump wrote on social media: “For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday said former Attorney General Merrick Garland “performed better” than Attorney General Pam Bondi did during her testimony before a House panel examining the Justice Department and its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. “I don’t think she did very well. She came with a book full of insults, one for each congressperson. She obviously had one for me,” Massie said on ABC News’s “This Week.” “And, you know, I’ve been there when Merrick Garland was there. Obviously, politically, I don’t agree with him, but he performed much better in terms of at least not...

Three British aid workers have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. John Chapman, James Henderson and James Kirby were among the seven World Central Kitchen workers killed in Monday's strike, the BBC has learned. The charity has paused its operations and said the other victims were Australian, Polish, Palestinian and a US-Canadian citizen. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the deaths "appalled" him. Israel said they were killed by an "unintended strike". Australian national Lalzawmi Frankcom, Polish national Damian Sobol, Palestinian Saif Abu Taha and US-Canadian citizen Jacob Flickinger were among the others killed in the strike. The team...