Author: Press Room

Democrats were roasted Friday after the party’s official account lauded comedian Stephen Colbert one day after his late-night era was consigned to the dustbin of history. “Thank you, Stephen Colbert,” the account fawned in a post accompanied by a photo collage of the erstwhile Late Show host alongside former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, former first lady Michelle Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris. The party was quickly mocked by those happy to point out Colbert’s partisan left-wing ways did nothing to endear his show to a wider audience. Former Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer wrote, “I want to…

Australian citizens detained by West Jerusalem made the claims after returning to their home country Australian activists who were detained by Israel as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla that intended to deliver aid to Gaza have said they were raped and tortured while being held by Israeli security forces.Israel intercepted some 50 yachts in international waters off Cyprus in mid-May, detaining 430 volunteers from 40 nations, who were attempting to break the naval blockade of the Palestinian enclave. They spent several days in detention before being deported.The first of the 11 Austrian citizens from the flotilla returned home to…

Hundreds of thousands of migrants are scrambling to secure British citizenship for themselves and their families before any immigration restrictions come into place in what outlets are describing as evidence of the consequences of the “Boriswave” post-Brexit mass migration wave. The surge has seen a record-breaking amount of more than 312,000 migrants apply for citizenship between March 2025 and 2026 — 20 percent higher than the roughly 263,400 documented in the previous period. The over 312,000 citizenship applications filed over the past year represent the highest amount on record and double the rate documented eight years ago by the Home Office,…

The Disney Grooming Syndicate’s return to Star Wars feature films has resulted in the lowest opening ever for a Disney Star Wars movie. If you figure inflation in, it’s the lowest opening since 1999. The Mandalorian and Grogu thudded over the Friday-Saturday-Sunday with just $81 million. With the extra day due to the four-day Memorial Day weekend, it is expected to bellyflop at right around $97 million. The previous record-holder was the flop Solo: A Star Wars Story, which opened to $84 million over three days and $103 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend. If you account for the…

Robust regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and its human developers is essential for the common good to be served rather than naked, undisguised profit. Pope Leo XIV made this clarion call Monday, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as AI technology spreads into almost every facet of existence. “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity), Leo’s first major encyclical, has been eagerly awaited ever since history’s first U.S.-born pope announced days after his election that he considered AI to be the biggest challenge facing humanity today, AP reports. The outlet noted: In the text, Leo denounced the “culture of power” driving the…

Former United Synagogue Jewish charity chief Jeremy Jacobs is leaving the UK after losing faith in British society due to rising antisemitism in the country. Jacobs, in a letter published by The Daily Telegraph, explained his reasons to leave the UK and relocate to Israel alongside his wife. He cited growing anti-Israel sentiment in the aftermath of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel and recounted episodes of harassment he experienced since then — warning “Britain is no longer the country it was.” “I lost my faith in British society,” Jacobs said per The Telegraph. “I no longer believe that…

French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin has called for a three-year pause on immigration, arguing that the country has reached its “limit” due to the mass influx of foreigners over the past few decades. Darmanin, a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party who has served in multiple cabinet roles, including as Interior Minister, the post responsible for policing France’s borders, has cast doubt on the ability of the country to accept any more migrants while remaining a cohesive society, or at least his political faction’s ability to survive public outcry if no action is taken. Speaking to Le Journal du Dimanche,…

Crews worked overnight into Monday morning to keep the chemical tank in Garden Grove (a suburb of Southern California’s Orange County) from exploding in the hopes of preventing a chemical disaster. The “crisis situation,” which forced California Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a “state of emergency,” has now forced 50,000 people from their homes as the authorities work to “stop a pressurized tank filled with a toxic chemical at the GKN Aerospace facility from exploding in Garden Grove,” per ABC News. In a Sunday afternoon update, Orange County Fire Authority Interim Chief TJ McGovern said firefighters did “a recon mission…

The UK, France, Spain, Italy and Canada “aren’t very enthusiastic about the idea,” a source within the bloc has told the paper London, Paris, Madrid, Rome and Ottawa have rejected a proposal for NATO member states to spend 0.25% of their GDP on the provision of military assistance to Ukraine, the Telegraph has reported.NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was hoping that mandatory funding for Kiev would be approved at the bloc’s summit in Ankara, Türkiye on July 7-8, the Telegraph said in an article on Sunday.A NATO insider told the paper that Britain, France, Spain, Italy and Canada “aren’t very enthusiastic…

During this week’s broadcast of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said there were enough votes in the House of Representatives to pass a resolution invoking the War Powers Act, which would limit the Trump administration’s ability to continue its efforts against Iran. “Well, let me ask you about the War Powers Act because House Republican leaders abruptly canceled a vote to limit President Trump’s war powers in Iran,” “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker said. “It came just days after the Senate voted for the first time to advance a similar measure. Do you believe there are…