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Senator Tim Kaine will table a new resolution to rein in the president’s powers – after more than a dozen failed before Congressional Democrats will introduce a war powers resolution prohibiting military action against Oman, after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the country for holding talks with Iran. Speaking to Fox News on Monday, Trump warned that “if Oman gets in the way” of his efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz via a peace deal favorable to the US, he would “bomb the sh*t out of them.” Trump was reacting to news that Oman and Iran were closing…

Minneapolis Public Schools is facing a federal civil rights complaint after its American Indian Education Department announced a back-to-school backpack and supplies giveaway strictly limited to American Indian students, in clear violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The event, scheduled for August 24 and 25 and promoted on the department’s Facebook page under the heading “2026-27 School Year Distribution of Backpacks & School Supplies,” is explicitly restricted to “MPS American Indian Students ONLY.” Participants must be enrolled in Minneapolis Public Schools and have a completed Federal 506 form or tribal affiliation identification form on file to receive…

U.S. Republican Senator Ted Cruz has lamented the loss of liberty in the United Kingdom after a former police officer was convicted of a crime for merely reposting a meme mocking Islam. The Newton Aycliffe magistrates’ court found retired police officer Stephen Gray guilty this month of violating Section 127(1)(a) of the Communications Act 2003 over a supposedly “grossly offensive” image he shared on his Facebook account. The meme, which was flagged to the Durham Constabulary by a non-Muslim neighbour, portrayed a man wearing a turban next to a rasher of bacon with the caption: “Fun facts about Bacon! People who…

Britain’s new farming minister fainted at the sight of meat as he toured a food processing plant, a report claims, as the country’s new left-wing Prime Minister tries to win over farmers the previous government relentlessly attacked. Stephen Morgan, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — otherwise known as the ‘farming minister’ — a junior minister in the new Andy Burnham government is reported to have taken a queer turn when touring agricultural sites to help him familiarise himself with his new job. Britain’s best-selling newspaper The Sun cites a farmer familiar with the incident,…

A longtime aide to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has joined Democrat James Talarico’s Senate campaign as he tries to defeat Republican nominee Ken Paxton in Texas. Jacob Smith, who spent five years working for Cornyn as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is now serving as Talarico’s deputy policy director, according to NOTUS. “I’ve worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I’m proud to be joining James Talarico’s campaign,” Smith said in a statement released by the campaign. Smith said Talarico focuses on issues affecting working Texans rather than partisan politics and argued the…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivers White House Press Briefing – May 28, 2026 Ryan Michael “Reily” English, a transgender defendant convicted of crimes connected to an attempted assassination of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison. The sentencing comes after English pleaded guilty in March 2026. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said following the plea, “Our system of justice depends on public officials being able to carry out their duties free from intimidation and fear.” “This defendant’s threats crossed a clear legal line, and today’s guilty plea reflects our commitment to protecting those who serve.…

Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office revealed that they are not investigating the son of former Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) over illegal fuel trade. The announcement came soon after the politician himself revealed that the U.S. Department of State had revoked his visa for unknown reasons. On Monday afternoon, the FGR released a short statement claiming that there was no evidence or “protected witnesses” linking Andrés Manuel López Beltrán to the illegal fuel trade and that he was not under investigation. The statement claimed that news articles citing an FGR investigation and statements from protected witnesses were false. The…

A capital-spending boom is boosting American manufacturing, with production of business equipment accelerating this year and strength spreading beyond computers into machinery, electrical equipment, fabricated metals and aerospace. Output of business equipment rose 0.8 percent in July and was 6.6 percent higher than a year earlier, Federal Reserve data showed Tuesday. Production grew at a 12.7 percent annual rate in the second quarter after advancing at a 7.6 percent pace in the first three months of the year. The gains helped manufacturing output rise 0.2 percent in July despite a decline in motor vehicle production. Factory output excluding vehicles and…

Monday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) said we are in “banana republic territory” with the national bank regulator’s preliminary approval for the Trump family’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, to secure a bank charter. Host Jen Psaki said, “So nothing should be surprising anymore in terms of the depths of corruption with this president. But I just wonder, as you learned about what I just outlined and what had happened on Friday, that the president’s own government gave him the approval he needed to start his own bank, essentially to benefit his own crypto business. You’ve talked about corruption…

Penn State inductees into the campus society were made to cut and package drugs as part of their initiation, prosecutors have alleged A US grand jury has indicted 14 people for allegedly operating a drug ring inside two fraternities at Pennsylvania State University (PSU), where pledges were allegedly forced to cut and package cocaine as part of their initiation.According to Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, 13 of the defendants were students in 2023 and 2024, when the crimes allegedly occurred. The remaining defendant is the father of a student and is charged with tampering with evidence and hindering the investigation.…