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In the wake of last weekend’s riots across France, National Rally leader Jordan Bardella’s approval rating climbed to a record high and stands head and shoulders above the rest of the field of French presidential contenders. According to polling conducted for France’s Le Figaro newspaper from May 31 to June 2, just in the wake of the widespread mayhem and violence that erupted following the repeat Champions League Finals victory by Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain, 30-year-old Rassemblement National (RN) party boss Jordan Bardella saw a six-point bump in his approval rating with the public compared to last month. Apparently yearning for a sterner…

Nearly 30 House members who were sworn in at the start of this Congress have launched campaigns for other, more prestigious offices. Voters have not been especially interested in granting them promotions. The trend was on full display in recent weeks: Rep. Randy Feenstra lost the GOP nomination to be Iowa governor Tuesday despite a late endorsement from President Donald Trump, just as Rep. Dusty Johnson fell short in his bid for governor of South Dakota. A week prior, Rep. Chip Roy lost a runoff to be Texas attorney general. House Democrats have been similarly hapless. In the Illinois Senate…

The billionaire has criticized UK police for treating Henry Nowak “heinously” in his dying moments   UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has accused Elon Musk of interfering in British politics and “whipping up division” over the murder of 18-year-old university student Henry Nowak. The X owner has made several posts about the case, which has triggered public outrage and protests in Britain, as well as a public apology from the prime minister.Nowak was fatally stabbed five times with a large blade in December by Vickrum Singh Digwa, a 23-year-old Sikh man, who falsely claimed to police that he had been…

Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice President Han Zheng on Wednesday, touring the country amid her campaign to become the next U.N. Secretary General. Bachelet, a radical leftist, served as president of Chile before completing her term and taking over the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). She served two terms as president in the country, from 2006 to 2010 and, later, from 2014 to 2018. Her time leading the OHCHR spanned from 2018, shortly after the end of her time as president, through 2022,…

The U.S. Department of State issued a statement on Thursday night expressing concern over the issue of two-tier policing, something which the British government officially denies exists whatsoever. Debate on the quality of Britain’s policing — long vaunted as the greatest in the world, but like almost everything touched by the state withered and despoiled from previous hard-won greatness — are raging in the United Kingdom after the shocking death of student Henry Nowak, who was handcuffed as he died by officers who ignored his pleading the help in favour of a spurious racism allegation by the knifeman. Figures including…

The Senate voted against advancing a long-term reauthorization of a key surveillance power Friday, raising the odds that Congress could need another short-term patch — or let the spy law lapse entirely. Senators voted 52-47 against taking up a House-passed three-year deal, which leaders planned to use as a vehicle for a Senate-forged agreement that was circulated earlier this week. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) had been involved in negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement that could pick up support from enough Democrats. But the prospects for a deal evaporated earlier this week after President Donald Trump named close political ally…

No matter what happens, I am confident the Iran war will be a major tailwind for gold. Here is an overview of how I see the conflict unfolding and its major financial implications. The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most important energy corridor. Iran now has undisputed control over Hormuz. Stripping Iran of that control would require a successful full-scale ground invasion of Iran, a country roughly 40 times the size of Switzerland. A full-scale ground invasion is unlikely to happen, and even if it somehow does, it is unlikely to succeed. Iran is therefore likely to retain control…

The Venezuelan non-governmental human rights organization Justice, Encounter, and Forgiveness (JEP) said this week that the Venezuelan socialist regime’s largest and most infamous torture complex, the Helicoide (“The Helix”), remains operational despite the regime’s claims. The Helicoide is a structure in southern Caracas’s San Agustín parish built in the 1950s during the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, originally conceived as the world’s first drive-thru shopping mall. The plans never materialized following Pérez Jiménez’s downfall in 1958 and the building remained unfinished. The Venezuelan socialist regime turned the facility into what has been largely described as the largest torture center in Latin America. Following…

Italy began its journey towards re-adopting nuclear power generation on Thursday after the nation’s Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly voted in favor of a new “sustainable nuclear energy bill.” The “Pichetto” bill, nicknamed after its promoter, Environment and Energy Minster Gilberto Pichetto, paves the way towards restoring nuclear power legislation in Italy nearly four decades after its citizens voted to phase away and ban nuclear power through a 1987 referendum. The bill was approved by Italian lawmakers with 155 yays, 86 nays, and eight abstentions. Italian outlets detailed the legislation contains regulatory frameworks and defines the scope for future government decrees…

Senate Republicans passed their $70 billion immigration enforcement bill Friday, beating back several attempts to rein in the Justice Department’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” Senators voted 52-47 on the bill after roughly 18 hours of amendment votes. In the end, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was the only Republican to vote against the bill — she had previously voted against the budget blueprint for the immigration enforcement plan and had raised concerns that it circumvented the appropriations process. The House left town Thursday rather than stay and pass it before leaving for the weekend. Now it won’t go to President Donald Trump…