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Democrats are facing a redistricting problem as Republicans in Texas — and potentially other states — are redrawing their maps to create more Republican-leaning seats. But state Democrats say that the real problem is the party doesn’t do enough to try to flip state legislatures and put Democrats in charge of redrawing the lines in the future. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee calls on its party to rethink their “failed federal-first strategy,” in a memo sent to donors and strategists obtained by POLITICO, and instead invest in winning seats in state legislatures ahead of 2030 redistricting. “To have a shot…

Bratislava’s energy giant plans to tap Gazprom for all imports, citing cost and competitiveness, the outlet has said Slovakia’s largest natural gas company is planning to turn to Russia for 100% of its supplies next year, Bloomberg has reported. Company officials cited cost benefits as EU countries face a ban on spot purchases of Russian energy, the outlet said.The EU aims to phase out Russian energy imports by the end of 2027 as part of its RePowerEU strategy. The plan includes a ban on new pipeline and LNG contracts with Moscow, as well as an end to imports under existing…

On Tuesday, The Gateway Pundit reported on the Standard Charter Bank sanctions evasion case that is now in the US Second Circuit. Investigators found at least $9.6 billion of illegal payments by the bank to Iranian and Hezbollah entities. The case implicates NYAG Letitia James and the Federal Reserve for ignoring billions of these illicit payments and ignoring Treasury sanctions designations. Maximum Pressure is not being enforced because of the failures of the Fed and the NYAG. According to our sources, at least $9.6 billion of specifically identified illicit payments were made by Standard Charter Bank (SCB) from its NYC…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey and Britain on Wednesday signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Turkey, a significant step in Ankara’s efforts to modernize its air fleet. Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler and his British counterpart, John Healey, inked a memorandum of understanding during a defense industry fair in Istanbul, Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense said. NATO member Turkey has long aimed to buy 40 Eurofighter jets, which are built by a consortium of British, German and Italian companies. Germany reportedly initially opposed the sale but later reversed its position. Britain led negotiations…

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said someone will die because President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of treason. In the Oval Office, Trump said, “If you look at those papers, they have him stone-cold, and it was President Obama. It wasn’t lots of people all over the place; it was them, too. But the leader of the gang was President Obama, Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him? Except for the fact he gets shielded by the press for his entire life. That’s the one, look, he’s guilty, it’s not a question. I like to…

The rise in insolvencies is attributed to high borrowing costs and shrinking demand The Russian infrastructure construction sector is expected to see a wave of bankruptcies this year, according to CEO of National Projectstroy, one of Russia’s largest construction firms.Aleksey Krapivin, whose firm oversaw the construction of the Crimean Bridge as well as key motorway projects, pointed to high interest rates and a drop in orders as key drivers of the oncoming challenges.Three years ago the Bank of Russia raised its key rate from 9.5% to a high of 21% to stabilize the ruble and contain inflation in response to…

The Trump administration has been having a rough few months.Domestic chaos – fuelled by the use of black clad, masked para-military squads to deport illegal immigrants – has fused with the deepening foreign policy crises resulting from Trump’s support for the doomed right-wing Zelensky and Netanyahu regimes.And if this were not bad enough, last week Trump escalated his disruption of the global economic order by imposing yet more tariffs on the EU and other countries that are ostensibly American allies.Add to that the establishment of an “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida and Trump’s recently revealed threat to “bomb the sh*t out of Russia…

On July 3, 2025, Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan, referring to it as the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” The Russian Foreign Ministry accepted the credentials of Taliban-appointed ambassador Mawlawi Gul Hassan, while a white flag bearing the Shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith, was raised over the Afghan embassy in Moscow. The Shahada, written in Arabic, reads: “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.” The Taliban use this flag to represent their regime, replacing the former black-red-green tricolor of the Afghan Republic. With its white background…

Four men in Alabama are in custody after they allegedly kidnapped and sexually abuse children in an underground bunker for more than a year. The men face charges, including rape, human trafficking, kidnapping, sodomy, and bestiality. Authorities in Bibb County, Alabama, report that they found an underground bunker in Brent where four men allegedly sexually abused children for more than a year. The arrests this week stemmed from a months-long investigation that began in February, according to WBRC. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office arrested William Chase McElroy, Andres Trejo-Velazquez, Dalton Terrell, and Timothy St. John. Bibb County Assistant District Attorney Bryan Jones told…

Socialist New York City (NYC) mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is leading his opponents, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican Curtis Sliwa, and current NYC Mayor Eric Adams (D), according to a recent poll. During an episode on Mark Halperin’s podcast, Next Up with Mark Halperin, it was revealed that poll research conducted by WICK, found that in four-way NYC mayoral race, Mamdani led with 39 percent, while Cuomo received 21 percent of support. Sliwa followed, receiving 18 percent of support, while Adams received nine percent. In a two-way race between Cuomo and Mamdani, however, the two candidates were neck-and-neck,…