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British historian Simon Schama has condemned U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over his D-Day address while deriding the “little people” who oppose mass migration into Europe. Marking the 82nd anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy in a speech delivered at the American military cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Secretary Hegseth painted a contrast between the “Greatest Generation” which overcame the evils of Nazi Germany, and the modern West, which he warned has, at least in part, become “comfortable” and under the misaprehension that “empty slogans” and “lavish summits” will preserve peace and stability in Europe. Following the example of other senior…

Two Republican candidates in California’s 40th Congressional District have advanced to the general election in a blow to Democrats. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) have been vying for the same seat even after redistricting and Decision Desk HQ showed Calvert at 35.68 percent and Kim at 21.12 percent on Sunday. The two Republicans are running after “mid-decade redistricting further gerrymandered California’s district lines, which already provided a gross advantage to Congressional Democrats far beyond the party’s proportion of the vote in the state,” Breitbart News reported in May. The outlet said Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) had endorsed…

Oak processionary moth caterpillars can trigger rashes, respiratory problems and, in rare cases, allergic shock An insect infestation is spreading across Berlin, forcing closures and health warnings in parks, sports grounds, and residential areas, German media has reported. The culprit is the oak processionary moth caterpillar, a tree-killing pest covered in toxic stinging hairs.The insect, scientifically known as Thaumetopoea processionea, is a moth species whose caterpillars emerge between May and July. While the moth itself is harmless, the caterpillars develop hundreds of thousands of microscopic toxic hairs that can travel up to 200 meters on the wind and cause rashes,…

LONDON (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted Sunday that Europe must play a key role in any negotiations to end the war with Russia as he arrived for talks in London with staunch European allies in the wake of a Russian drone strike that killed three people. Ahead of the meeting hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Zelenskyy said the talks would focus on further efforts to help Ukraine’s war effort, including air defense. “Europe must be part of the negotiations and must be strong,” he said on X. Also present at the meeting at 10 Downing Street…

Sunday on MS NOW’s “Velshi,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed the whole government has been turned into an “instrument of moneymaking” for President Donald Trump and his family.” Raskin said, “The whole government has been weaponized and turned into an instrument of moneymaking for the Trump family.” He added, “We need to rebuild the wall of separation between the president’s businesses and personal finances and the operations of the United States government. And this is a wall of separation that we basically took for granted all through all of the presidents, all the way up to Donald Trump. And at…

Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) told Breitbart News Saturday that President Donald Trump’s stellar jobs numbers this week show that Trump has been “right the entire time.” Moore spoke to Breitbart News Saturday host Matthew Boyle as the Labor Department this week found that the U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3 percent. Economic data also found that the average weekly paycheck for a nonsupervisory durable goods factory worker is up 7.4 percent compared to last year. The three-month moving average of monthly job growth moved up to 188,333 in May. “These are huge numbers,” Moore…

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said incoming acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte is President Donald Trump’s “worst and most dangerous” appointmentHIMES: Yeah, no, I saw the letter from Tom Cotton and Chuck Grassley, and look, I think at one level they’re acknowledging reality, which is that the Pulte appointment has taken 702 reauthorization off the table. You know, we voted in the House and passed a bill with 42 Democrats. I will tell you that at least half of those Democrats are gone, because they will say, ‘look, I- I wasn’t very comfortable…

Tehran has demanded that Israel stop its attacks on Lebanon and vowed to punish it for its “widespread crimes” Iran has fired a missile barrage at Israel in retaliation for its continuing campaign in Lebanon against the Hezbollah militant group.The attack occurred late on Sunday, following days of bombing and ground operations in southern Lebanon by the IDF, including intensive aerial bombardment of the capital, Beirut. The Israeli onslaught has continued despite the truce declared more than six weeks ago, with the attacks intensifying over the past week. Tehran has repeatedly demanded that West Jerusalem stop, making its own negotiations…

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said “we broke a lot of people” when discussing the saga of scandal-ridden Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine.MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, because there’s this woman, Lyndsey Fifield, who dated him for about two years’ time, and she’s been posting on social media, speaking on the record about their relationship. She said he left an AR 15 lying around his Capitol Hill apartment when he lived here, told her if anyone broke in he’d rape them to show he’s dominant. She did say he never hit her or punched her,…

MADRID (AP) – Pope Leo XIV honored Spain’s centuries-old tradition of religious devotion on Sunday as a “school of faith” for today, as he presided over a Mass before a million people and highlighted one of the most iconic expressions of Spanish popular piety with a procession over flower-petal carpets. The crowd cheered and shouted “This is the youth of the pope!” as Leo arrived for the Mass at a central Madrid plaza. He looped around the plaza and surrounding streets in his popemobile to a crowd packed several rows deep of people eager to witness the first papal visit…