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Wednesday on MS NOW’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said U.S. Senate candidate state Rep. James Talarico (D) will “mobilize a majority” to win his election. Cabrera said, “I want to ask about last night’s Republican Senate primary in Texas, with incumbent Senator John Cornyn coming in a distant second place to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. And polls show Paxton neck and neck. Now with Democratic candidate James Talarico. Do you believe the party should invest time and resources in Texas when I know there are some tighter races in states that are more blue?” Van Hollen…

Russia has denounced Berlin’s militarization campaign as a ploy to distract the public from internal problems Germany is drawing up a law that would force former soldiers to attend regular military exercises, as Berlin pushes ahead with its militarization campaign, Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday. Moscow has denounced the EU’s military buildup as being aimed against Russia and a ploy to distract the public from deepening domestic crises.According to the draft Reserve Strengthening Act seen by the German outlet, all men and women who have performed less than one year of voluntary military service and are under 45 will be…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chair John Moolenaar (R-MI) stated that, with TikTok, there has been an improvement, but there are still “unanswered questions in terms of the content algorithm, how much control there might be still connected with the Chinese Communist Party.” And “I still have some concerns about data security.” Moolenaar said, “I think, with TikTok, we have made progress. You look at the American ownership, the ByteDance ownership is below the 20% threshold. I still have some unanswered questions in terms of the content algorithm, how much…

A pair of U.S. Senators, one Democrat and one Republican, have joined together to propose sweeping reforms to college sports. Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell and Texas Republican Ted Cruz have worked together to hammer out a plan to grant the NCAA the antitrust exemption it has been seeking to more closely regulate college athlete transfers, eligibility, and compensation. The pair’s “Protect College Sports Act” would “preclude the creation of a so-called ‘super league’; create an agent registry limiting fees to 5%; permit the pooling of media rights; and bar coaches from leaving their team before the season ends,” according to…

The US will continue to ramp up economic pressure on the island, sources have told the outlet US President Donald Trump is set to escalate Washington’s economic pressure campaign on Cuba in an attempt to force regime change, Axios reported on Friday, citing sources. The island is already enduring near-total fuel starvation and daily blackouts stretching up to 20 hours.The US has thus far opted for a phased campaign designed to choke Havana, but which avoids a direct military invasion, several unnamed officials told the outlet. “The best way to describe it is ‘accelerationism,’” one senior official said, referring to…

Over the past year, scrutiny of class action claims administrators has risen sharply.GettyLast year, reports surfaced that class action claims administrators were secretly pocketing vendor rebates tied to consumer payouts. A new court filing shows that one major administrator has agreed to stop taking them. The filing is from a small data breach class action lawsuit against Kansas City medical practice Clay Platte Family Medicine, with a $1 million settlement fund. On May 7, 2026, Philadelphia-based Angeion, one of the country’s largest claims administrators, agreed that it won’t take rebates or discounts from vendors, banks or other financial institutions in…

The former British Ambassador to the United States who spectacularly resigned after the extent of his links to Jeffrey Epstein became impossible to ignore was advising members of government before his fall from grace, a report states, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer who appointed him. Peter Mandelson, one of the chief architects of the New Labour movement in the United Kingdom who carved himself a role as a grand old man of the party and successfully found a role as Britain’s ambassador to the United States — before his later downfall, the fallout from which is…

President Donald Trump congratulated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for clinching the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Texas and praised his opponent, outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). Trump, who endorsed Paxton in the primary runoff last week, took to Truth Social on Wednesday morning. “Congratulations to Ken Paxton on such a tremendous win, and to John Cornyn for having run a strong and powerful race but, more importantly, having had a truly great career,” Trump wrote. “John will remain my friend for a long time to come, as we both watch Ken become a fantastic, common sense Senator, one who…

Danny Shaw told the RT host about what he saw during his latest visit to the blockaded island nation The US is deliberately causing hunger in Cuba as part of its economic strangulation of the island, City University of New York professor Danny Shaw has said in an interview with RT’s Rick Sanchez.Speaking on the Sanchez Effect show, Shaw, an ethnography scholar, discussed his recent visit to Cuba and argued that the US is the main cause of the instability.“US foreign policy for 67 years now has done everything to disrupt the Cuban economy, any sense of social and economic…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused the far-left HOPE Not Hate (HnH) group of breaching charity rules by allegedly engaging in party politics in the upcoming special by-election in Makerfield next month. HOPE Not Hate, which describes itself as the “UK’s leading campaign group against the far right”, has deeply involved itself in the June 18th election, which was sparked this month following the resignation of anti-Breitbart activist turned MP Josh Simons from his post in a bid to clear way for Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to win a seat in Parliament and thus enable him to launch…