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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK appears set to usher in a major political realignment, with the insurgent party now on equal footing with the Labour Party among trade union members, as the governing leftist party continues to bleed working-class support to the populist right. A “damning” survey from JL Partners has found that Reform UK and the Labour Party both now enjoy 28 per cent support among active union members, The Times of London reported. This came as the left-wing Labour Party saw a staggering 20-point drop in support among unions since Prime Minsiter Sir Keir Starmer came into power in…

President Donald Trump on Saturday proposed dropping all the musical acts booked to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday in Washington, DC, and hosting a rally instead after nearly a half dozen of the scheduled artists dropped out of the concert series. Earlier Saturday, Freedom 250, the group organizing the event, had announced Trump would “kick off” the state fair on June 24 with an opening ceremony. “As the visionary behind the Great American State Fair, we are excited to announce that President Trump will personally kick off this historic celebration on Wednesday, June 24 in an opening ceremony celebrating America’s 250th…

Thge Jewish state’s attacks are killing civilians and undermining diplomacy, the British foreign secretary has said Israeli attacks in Lebanon are killing civilians and must end, UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said, after the Jewish state stepped up military activity against its northern neighbor.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has intensified airstrikes in recent days and moved deeper into Lebanese territory despite the ceasefire agreed in mid-April after more than a month of fighting.On Sunday, Israeli troops seized Beaufort Castle, a 900-year-old Crusader fortress, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had instructed the military “to expand its ground maneuver”…

Three people were shot, one of the them fatally, following a fight at a house party Saturday morning in Humble, Texas. FOX 26 reported that the incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. when “several people started shooting.” There were approximately 100 people at the party, ranging in age from the teens to their early 20s.  Twenty-year-old Daniel Rangel was pronounced dead at the scene. The two other shooting victims, both of whom are expected to survive, are 19 years of age. ABC 13 quoted Harris County Sgt. Sidney Miller saying, “What we know at this point is that there was some type…

GOP hard-liners who promised voters they’d use their new majority in Washington to enact anti-trans legislation are increasingly frustrated their leaders don’t seem to share the same commitment. A record number of bills that would roll back access to health care, sports participation and military service for transgender individuals have been introduced over the last year and a half after Republicans spent tens of millions of dollars campaigning on the issue in 2024. The party has struggled, however, to get more than a handful to President Donald Trump’s desk, and some Republicans worry the weak showing could deflate red state…

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former Vice President Mike Pence said the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund was “deeply offensive.” Host Kristen Welker said, “You’ve heard about the president’s $1.8 billion fund, the so-called anti-weaponization fund, to pay people who say they were unfairly investigated or prosecuted by the government. It’s tied up in the courts right now. But, Mr. Vice President, should the government, in any instance, compensate people who attacked law enforcement officers on January 6?” Pence said, “Well, look, I think that the weaponization fund is a bad idea from the start. And, I would…

The conservative US commentator has rejected accusations of “Russian collusion” US conservative political commentator Candace Owens has brushed off criticism of her visit to Russia after posting photos from what she described as an “unbelievably beautiful” Moscow.Owens described the trip to her 6 million YouTube subscribers as a “family vacation.” Some fellow commentators criticized the visit, with Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro labeling it an act of “ideological subversion.”“I’m starting to understand why the talking heads panic and shout and lie about ‘Russian collusion’ when they learn an American with a platform is traveling here,” Owens wrote on X on…

President Donald Trump has sent an amended peace proposal back to Tehran seeking more explicit commitments surrounding Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, nuclear program, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz after declining Friday to immediately approve a proposed framework agreement during a Situation Room meeting with senior advisers, according to multiple reports published Sunday. Axios first reported Sunday that Trump requested more specific language governing how and when Iran’s highly enriched uranium would be transferred, while also seeking revisions to portions of the draft addressing the future reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. CBS News and the New York…

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former Vice President Mike Pence said President Donald Trump had “departed” from the conservative agenda. Host Kristen Welker said, “Senator Lindsey Graham was on this program several weeks ago. He told me the Republican Party is the party of Donald Trump. Is the Republican Party the party of Donald Trump?” Pence said, “Oh, I don’t think there’s any question about the president’s popularity. I give him all the credit in the world for the hold that he has on Republican voters. But I maintain to you that it’s because of the president’s commitment to take…

Authorities in Mexico reported the discovery of a narco-tunnel that spanned almost the length of three football fields and connected the border city of Tijuana with San Diego. The discovery comes at a time of great tension between the U.S. and Mexico’s government over the widespread corruption and cartel influence throughout the country. The discovery happened this week in the Nueva Tijuana neighborhood in Tijuana, a prepared statement from Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) revealed. The discovery took place when authorities carried out an investigation into a large house that was being used by cartel gunmen. Believing that guns or…