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A report by independent immigration inspector John Tuckett suggests that officials “prioritize quantity over quality” Around four in five asylum grants issued by the British Home Office lacked sufficient evidence and were “likely to be incorrect,” according to a report by Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) John Tuckett.The findings are based on surveys of 262 decision-makers and 69 technical specialists, as well as data collected by the Home Office between July and December 2025. Around 85% of respondents said they believed senior managers “prioritized quantity over quality” when assessing asylum applications.Tuckett, a government-appointed inspector, reviewed 47 asylum…
The massive funeral event in Iran over the weekend for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei included calls for murdering President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from both members of the crowd and official speakers at the events. The UK Guardian noted that the first official day of the elaborately staged funeral on Saturday was a bit smaller, more subdued, and less “militant” than the angry crowds swarming the street on Sunday. The crowd was treated to such inducements as a government-authorized presentation from poet Mohammad Rasouli, who mixed his poetry with a call for Trump’s murder. “From now on…
Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics regained access to federal funding on Saturday after a provision to defund abortion providers that was passed last year in the “Big, Beautiful Bill” expired. Last year, Republicans successfully passed a measure in the reconciliation bill along party lines to ban the organizations from receiving taxpayer dollars through Medicaid for one year. While the Hyde Amendment bars federal dollars from funding abortions in most cases, Republicans and pro-life advocates argue that taxpayer dollars should not be used to prop up an organization that ends the lives of unborn babies. Republican lawmakers were unsuccessful in extending…
British officers are increasingly seen as “preferencing certain groups,” according to a government-backed study British police chiefs need to stop taking sides in “woke… culture wars” and focus entirely on the “prevention and detection of crime,” according to a government-backed report that recommends a “fundamental overhaul” of policing in the UK.Co-authored by former Labour Party Home Secretary Lord Blunkett and published on Monday, the report found that Britain’s police departments are plagued by corrupt leadership, nepotism, abuse of power, and low morale among officers. The report also highlighted concerns that police leaders are “preferencing certain groups,” with some “woke” chiefs “taking…
Monday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued to downplay a reported rift with President Donald Trump over his nation’s handling of its conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu argued he and Trump saw “eye to eye on just about everything” and that the relationship was in good standing. “Mr. Prime Minister, is the relationship with the President under strain right now?” co-host Brian Kilmeade asked. “He’s been pretty direct in some of his criticism of you and as Israel, some of the aggression against Hezbollah, and your thoughts about that.” Netanyahu replied, “Well, first of…
Maine Democratic Party leaders on Monday called on Democrat Senate nominee Graham Platner to end his campaign following recent sexual assault allegations, saying the accusations against him have become too serious to ignore. In a joint statement, party leaders said they take their responsibility to vet candidates seriously and pointed to what they described as “serious, credible allegations” made by multiple women over the past several weeks. They said the latest claims went even further. “Over the past several weeks, multiple women have made serious, credible allegations against Graham Platner. Today’s statements take those allegations even further,” the statement said.…
The White House confirmed on Sunday that President Donald Trump will hold bilateral talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda jihadist who toppled Bashar Assad, at this week’s NATO summit in Turkey. Syria is not a member of NATO and, in large part due to Assad’s close alliance with Russia and Iran, has never been previously invited to attend. Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one of the most prominent supporters of Sharaa’s former militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), reportedly decided to invite the Syrian leader and several other Middle Eastern partners to the summit to address various conflicts…
The Polish Defense Ministry confirmed the undisclosed Patriot missile transfer to Kiev after the leak ignited a political scandal Polish military counterintelligence will investigate those responsible for exposing secret deliveries of Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has announced.The controversy erupted on Saturday after several Polish social media accounts reported that Warsaw had quietly transferred US-made PAC-3 Patriot interceptors to Kiev in March without parliamentary approval or informing the public.Former Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak of the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party backed the whistleblowers, condemning the transfer as a move that weakened Poland’s own air…
British police leaders should steer clear of “culture wars or woke” to focus on preventing crime and uphold British policing’s own values — somewhat implying they don’t presently do so — a major government-backed review has found. Policing in England and Wales is facing something of a crisis of leadership, with the quality of policing varying across the nations, senior police leadership doing their jobs without training or professional development, and apparently distracted by “woke”. The Police Leadership Commission, led by Blair-era veteran Labour grandee David Blunkett and chair of the College of Policing Lord Nick Herbert stated that just 13 per…
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” The Atlantic Staff Writer David Brooks said that while he doesn’t think the Supreme Court did enough on constraining executive authority, “the court hates to take on a sitting president, because they don’t want to take on an elected official. Remember, the Roberts courts upheld Obamacare because they just didn’t want to upset what democracy had brought to us.” Co-host Amna Nawaz asked, “David, one common thread seems to be an expansion of executive authority given to President Trump. Is that a good thing?” Brooks answered, “No, but I would say — have to say, on…