Author: Press Room

Days of plotting against Britain’s lame-duck Prime Minister took a pause for a key part of Britain’s living constitution to be played out, with the pomp and ceremony of the State Opening of Parliament. The UK Parliament has been re-opened after a two week prorogation, the house sitting again and hearing The King’s Speech, the formal means by which the elected government presents its legislative plan for the coming year. His Majesty the King arrived at the Palace of Westminster, which contains both the House of Lords and the House of Commons, by coach from Buckingham Palace, and proceeded to…

On Tuesday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville over the alleged compilation of a registry of guns brought into city buildings. On May 4, 2025, Breitbart News reported that Jacksonville Councilman Nick Howland (R) alleged the city had been gathering information and keeping a gun registry since July 2023. Howland told Action News Jax the registry was allegedly compiled from information gathered on people entering two city buildings while armed. First Coast News pointed out that “two binders containing the logs were discovered,” and “a State Attorney’s Office investigation determined that the registry was illegal, but the…

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “All In,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) claimed FBI Director Kash Patel was wasting taxpayer money on “political witch hunts.” Van Hollen said, “What we witnessed today was the latest in a long line of abuses by this FBI director. He’s fired people for purely political reasons, longtime professional FBI agents. He’s concocted this made up new assault against Comey, with respect to the case, the political prosecution. And now we have all these reports from multiple sources that he drinks so heavily that it interferes with his job. As I told him today, I don’t give a damn…

Code Pink activists have accused the weapons giant of complicity in the wars in Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon Anti-war activists have disrupted a Politico security forum sponsored by Lockheed Martin in Washington, DC, protesting the company’s role in supplying weapons for wars in the Middle East.The ‘Security Summit’ held on Tuesday brought together US officials, lawmakers, defense executives, and foreign figures to discuss military priorities, Iran, cybersecurity, and AI warfare.Politico said it aimed to “dissect the administration’s changing posture” on defense and future weapons. Critics mocked it as a war-planning shop dressed up as a security event.Members of the anti-war…

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Tuesday reported two new hantavirus infections linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius, bringing the total up to 11, including 9 confirmed cases and 2 suspected. W.H.O. considers the outbreak to be under control, with low risk to the general public – although a few more infections may yet be detected. “We expect more cases given the dynamics of spread on a ship and the virus’ incubation period. At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak,” W.H.O. said in its latest hantavirus update. The Spanish…

Unprofessional maintenance on an Indian-manned merchant ship caused the 2024 destruction of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, killed six migrants working on the bridge, and inflicted $5 billion in damages, says a federal investigation and indictment. A media outlet covering marine issues, GCaptain.com, summarized the charges: The Justice Department announced Tuesday that Singapore-based Synergy Marine Pte Ltd, Chennai [India]-based Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd, and technical superintendent Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair have been indicted on charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction, false statements, and failing to immediately notify the U.S. Coast Guard of a known hazardous condition aboard the containership Dali.…

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” network contributor Claire McCaskill said “the majority of America” are “embarrassed” by President Donald Trump. McCaskill said, “Susie Wiles is the chief of staff. She’s the first woman chief of staff in the United States of America. And I have never seen a more impotent chief of staff. I have never seen somebody so without any ability to set an agenda or execute an agenda, and to tell the principal, to tell the president, you’re hurting yourself. Does he really think him posting this nonsense to two, three, four in the morning and then starting…

Americans are furious about the rising cost of living, and a series of internal battles on Capitol Hill this week is laying bare why Republicans are struggling to do anything about it. House and Senate Republicans are facing divisions over a gas-tax holiday being demanded by President Donald Trump, not to mention housing and energy permitting bills that have stalled for months. Meanwhile, a long-term immigration enforcement bill that could be the last major piece of GOP legislation before the midterms has become engulfed by the inclusion of a billion-dollar Secret Service funding request that has put a spotlight on…

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping could help with a deal with Iran, but added that the United States does not need help. Trump’s comments came in response to a question from Breitbart News during a gaggle with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, en route to Beijing, China. “Do you think President Xi can help and contribute to a deal with Iran?” Breitbart News asked. “He could. I mean, it might be. I don’t think we need any help with Iran, to be honest with you. They’re defeated militarily, and they’ll either…

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “All In,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) claimed President Donald Trump’s military operation in Iran has made them “two to three times more powerful.” Murphy said, “I think Trump has grown bored of this. I think he has dug himself a hole that he doesn’t know how to get out of. You know, effectively now they have made this commitment and they are going to stay in this war. This blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Remember, it is now not just the Iranians that are blockading ships coming out of the strait, but it’s the United…