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“He told Sky News: 'I haven’t been in touch with any Cabinet ministers myself in the last few days, but that is ultimately one of the responsibilities of cabinet government in our unwritten constitution, that at times like this they do have…”
“Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) holds a 13-percentage-point lead over Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) in the race for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, according to the latest polling. The Fox News-sponsored survey shows Ossoff polling at 56%, while Collins tra…”
“Although Collins came away from the runoff race with a wide, 11-point margin victory over Dooley...”
“Then he voted against the Working Families Tax Cuts, which delivered a tax cut of more than $3,000 for the average Georgian this year.”
“An April survey from the Pew Research Center showed 58% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents have a more favorable view of Israel, while 41% had an unfavorable view of Israel. But among younger Republicans, there is a noticea…”
“Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, a Brit currently based in Thailand, gave Farage a whopping £5 million (about $6.6 million) gift in 2024, just before the Reform leader announced his successful campaign to return to parliament as th…”
“Farage did not report the gift, and has maintained from the get-go that the lump sum he received from Harborne was a no-strings-attached present.”
“The parliamentary commissioner for standards ruled in January that Farage breached MPs’ rules 17 times with failures to report interests amounting to £384,000 (about $507,000).”
“The money had been accumulated through Farage’s activities on platforms such as X, Cameo, and Google. Additionally, he had failed to disclose payments from GB News.”
“The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards opened its inquiry into the matter on May 11.”
“Chair of the Labour Party Anna Turley referred Farage to the Financial Conduct Authority this week to investigate whether his positive comments about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology have benefited Harbone.”
“A poll released this week by Ipsos found that 52% of British voters believe a general election should be held if the prime minister steps down.”
“It was an unconditional gift. I can spend it on Ferraris if I want. That’d be entirely up to me,” Farage asserted on LBC, adding, “I can do what I want with it. I can put it on the horses.”
“The gift first came to light in April after the Guardian published a report and Farage subsequently acknowledged the funds, telling the Telegraph at the time that it was meant to pay for his personal security.”
“In May, Reform U.K. published a statement alleging that the public revelation of the £5 million gift was due to a coordinated Russian hack, an allegation the Guardian dismissed as a “baseless attack on the media.””
“There are around 170 Michigan National Guard members stationed in the capital from June 10 through August 31 as part of the Trump administration’s summer surge to patrol streets during celebrations for the country’s 250th anniversary of in…”
“But since being voted onto Manchester City Council on May 1, she has focused on politics as leader of the local authority’s Reform UK group. Astley, whose first name is pronounced ‘cyan’ rather than ‘shan’, was elected to a seat on the cou…”
“This appears to be a reference to a story in the Times earlier this month, which covered the awarding of contracts by Greater Manchester Combined Authority to a media company which donated to Burnham’s 2021 campaign.”
“The GMCA said at the time that it has ‘rigorous procurement processes in place to ensure transparency and fairness when awarding these contracts’, and ‘at no point’ was the then-Mayor was involved in the decisions.”
“She said one of her first acts in the role would be to ‘open up the books on contracts Andy Burnham awarded during his time as Labour’s Mayor’. They included ‘at least one’ given to a company ‘which made substantial donations to his Mayora…”
“Reform will be hoping to reverse its poor recent record in by-elections. Farage’s party lost to the Green Party in Gorton and Denton; to Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly; and to Labour in Makerfield.”
“In May 2025, President Donald Trump signed four executive orders intended to speed reactor construction, streamline federal approvals, and expand domestic nuclear energy production to help meet rising electricity demand driven in part by a…”
“The procedural rule vote failed 224-198.”
“Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Chip Roy (R-TX) led the charge to defeat the rule vote, which included 12 other GOP members.”
“Johnson could only afford to lose three votes due to his slim majority.”
“Thune has chalked up the failure of passage to the semantics in his chamber, particularly the 60-vote filibuster threshold.”
“We are abolishing sick leave by telephone and introducing the requirement to submit a medical certificate from the very first day of illness.”
“The retirement age will be gradually raised over the ensuing decades, from its current position at 65 to 67, depending on years worked.”
“Another broken CDU election promise, even more left-wing redistribution & minimal compromises that don’t deserve the name ‘reform.’ The fact that this is being sold as a ‘breakthrough’ shows just one thing: the government’s complete inabil…”
“Pennsylvania is where America’s story began, and there was no way we were going to let the commonwealth go unrepresented during our nation’s 250th birthday celebration.”
“Marx, 60”
“when he was a 7-year-old child”
“went to 123 visits to a trauma specialist”
“150,000 new homes can be constructed by expediting building permits”
“giving permitting agencies a 90-day limit for consideration”
“cut 10% of its spending immediately”
“June 30 primary election”
“Colorado last elected a Republican governor in 2002”
“In June, the San Marcos City Council voted 4-3 to make data centers ineligible in the city’s zoning laws, citing concerns they could drain water and energy resources from the community.”
“San Marcos is positioned between San Antonio and Austin. It lies primarily in Hays County, which President Donald Trump lost by just under six points in the 2024 election.”
“State Rep. Helen Kerwin in March called on Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to impose an immediate moratorium on data center projects to give locals the chance to do impact studies, in a move Hays County flirted with following.”
“He’s long pushed for greater state control over development, including by pushing SB 2038 into law, which allows landowners to remove property from city jurisdiction and be overseen solely by county and state regulation. As part of nearly …”
“Bettencourt, the chair of the Senate’s Local Government Committee, believes otherwise.”
“As part of nearly 100 Texas Republican legislators invited to the White House in March to discuss the Trump administration’s goal of data center expansion in the Lone Star state, he said following the meeting that the state needs to make s…”
“just 58% of Americans say they’re proud to be American, down from 87% in 2001, and just 41% among Gen Z.”
“Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans can name all five First Amendment freedoms, and nearly a third can’t name the three branches of government.”
“almost 4 in 10 college students now say physical violence can be justified to shut down speech they don’t like.”
“Vice President JD Vance said in response that “violence will be met with violence.””
“New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed Sairitupac in May, and the candidate won the June 23 Democratic primary for his seat.”
“Sairitupac also ran unsuccessfully for the same State Assembly seat in 2022.”
“Sairitupac was one of several Mamdani-backed socialists to win June primaries amid an attempted party takeover by more radical Democrats.”
“The trend prompted moderate Democrats to sign an open letter denouncing socialism in their party.”
“We look forward to continuing these close relationships and fulfilling President Trump’s priorities that Americans elected him to enact, noting that Trump and Thune closely collaborated to confirm a record number of nominees over the past …”
“There is no place I’d rather celebrate America’s 250th birthday than in South Dakota. Fireworks are back at Mount Rushmore, and you can’t beat our state’s iconic monument, the Black Hills, and a clear South Dakota sky as a backdrop for a c…”
“Trump stated that he would not sign the legislation into law until Senate Republicans pass the SAVE America Act, the president’s endorsed election integrity package that Thune has reiterated does not have enough votes to make it out of the…”
“Grigory Nekhoroshev, 69, was editor-in-chief of a Russian newspaper which reported in 2008 that the Russian ruler planned to divorce his wife, Lyudmila Putina, and wed Kabaeva instead.”
“Nekhoroshev died in the Latvian capital of Riga, where he had lived in exile as a political refugee for 11 years.”
“When the story ran in April 2008, owner Alexander Lebedev – a former KGB spy turned banker and entrepreneur – was forced to close the newspaper Moskovsky Korrespondent.”
“Putin responded to the story on Kabaeva – 30 years his junior – by reprimanding ‘those who with their snotty noses and erotic fantasies prowl into others’ lives’.”
“White House officials are working on a plan for President Donald Trump to pardon 250 convicts in celebration of the United States’ 250 years of independence.”
“The outlet reported in May that there was concern about how the proposed pardons would affect the midterm elections”
“the Trump administration has revoked TPS status for every country that has come up for renewal, including Afghanistan, Burma, Cameroon, Nicaragua, Honduras, Nepal, and Venezuela.”
“Interim president Delcy Rodriguez said La Guaira, a coastal state adjoining Caracas, was a ‘disaster zone’.”
“He added some liberal caveats to this, saying the U.S. had to fix the healthcare system and confront economic challenges. So while I am proud to be a patriotic American, I'm proud to live in this country, I'm also mindful that we have work…”
“I think the Congress of the United States has largely been about performative politics. And yeah, I think you've seen people largely on both extremes that engage in performative politics that might get some likes on Twitter, might, and I m…”
“While bringing in cash from his cryptocurrency ventures, the president has maintained a very crypto-friendly administration, signing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, or the GENIUS Act, into law. Th…”
“Trump also signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile in March 2025, pledging to “make America the Bitcoin superpower of the world and crypto capital of the planet.””
“Maryland and Virginia, two states that have been at the forefront of data center expansion, have held 2026 legislative sessions, including robust debates about data centers and compromise between Democrats and Republicans to land on initia…”
“The legislation also placed a one-year ban on utility companies using speculative forecasting to predict energy bill rates rather than using the actual cost at the time.”
“The Old Dominion’s finalized budget imposes a $0.011-per-kilowatt-hour tax on data center electricity use per month, with a cap of $600 million per year and a subsequent refund once the cap is reached.”
“His latest declaration – £270,000 for working 12 hours over three months – is his largest single payday yet for work outside his role as an MP.”
“The register of financial interests also shows he earned £18,402 for an estimated six hours of presenting his show on GB News – working out to more than £3,000 an hour.”
“Farage has made almost £90,000 on the platform, which lets members of the public request clips from celebrities, in the past year.”
“Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a constitutional amendment in April as a preemptive measure should the Supreme Court “fail to address this issue correctly.””
“Call your senator at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to support my Constitutional Amendment to end Birthright Citizenship.”
“The long fight for a constitutional amendment begins now.”
“Will need either a constitutional amendment or a future court to overrule this. Anyway you slice it, the decision is a major defeat.”
“No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!”
“Not only is today’s decision inconsistent with statutory text, legal context, historical practice, and precedent; it also threatens to produce lamentable consequences,” Alito wrote. “The majority’s holding spawns a slurry of troubling elec…”
“Federal law is clear: all ballots must be received by Election Day to be counted,” Snead said. “The Court missed a major opportunity to reinforce election integrity and instead sides with California-style chaos.”
“By allowing ballots to be received and counted after Election Day, the Court is thwarting these federal laws and allowing the very chaos and suspicions Congress intended to prevent,” von Spakovsky said. “As Justice Samuel Alito says in his…”
“Harris is up by 10.3 points, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polls.”
“Ocasio-Cortez is running fourth in the RealClearPolitics national polling average at 11%, just behind former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.”
“An early May AtlasIntel poll had her in first place.”
“Harris won about 6.8 million fewer votes than former President Joe Biden did in 2020, when she was his understudy.”
“especially in the 250th anniversary, because we’re watching.”
“The San Marcos City Council in June voted 4-3 to make data centers ineligible in the city’s zoning laws.”
“For example, 76% said the high energy use was “worth it” if it leads to more health care breakthroughs, 74% said it was “worth it” for lowering energy day costs, and 72% said it was “worth it” for strengthening the U.S. economy.”
“Roughly 72% of Democratic voters and 76% of Republican voters support the pledge. “MAGA Republicans” had the largest show of support for the pledge at 78%, while only 56% of Independent voters said the same.”
“The funding cut comes as the Trump administration has intensified its focus on combating fraud across the federal government, with Vice President JD Vance leading a government-wide task force aimed at rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse.”
“He introduced a bill to legalize abortion nationally in 1970, three years before the Supreme Court did so in Roe v. Wade, and he vigorously opposed Republicans who proposed anti-abortion measures.”
“six of the eight members of the Eugene, Ore., city council … and the mayor have signed a personal pledge that none of them would have more than two natural children, or, if they already exceeded two natural children, they would have no mor…”
“The biggest criticism I had of the 2020 election is that you had technology companies that were quite literally censoring negative information about the left and promoting negative information about the right.”
“Vance told CBS News Sunday Morning that he will consider a run after the midterm elections.”
“However, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has been unable to secure enough Senate votes to advance the legislation.”
“House GOP leadership is sending members home early for the weeklong July 4 recess, after a GOP blockade shut down the floor for the second week in a row.”
“House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) was one of the 14 “no” votes, but his vote served as a loophole to bring the vote back up for consideration at a later time without referring the measure to the House Rules Committee.”
“We’ve passed SAVE America now three times, and the Senate has refused to act,” Luna told reporters Tuesday.”
“The House is not scheduled to return until July 13.”
“When they return, the House will only have eight legislative days until the chamber leaves Washington once again for a monthlong August recess.”
