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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has kept his Parliament seat after an extraordinary special election where every other major party in England coalesced around a single opposition candidate, a BBC satirist in costume as a rubbish bin. Nigel Farage has won the Clacton byelection on an increased vote count, despite turnout being down 14 per cent, pushing his support locally higher to 22,329 votes. Farage called the election in July by resigning his seat over what he called a vexatious Parliamentary investigation into his finances, which if found against him, could have resulted in him being forced to resign his…

Democrat Francesca Hong released her first statement on Wednesday following her upset defeat in the Wisconsin governor primary. Released on social media, Hong congratulated her opponent, David Crowley, while pledging to support him in the general election against Republican Tom Tiffany. “The last 11 months have been one of the greatest joys of my life. Traveling the state, meeting people in churches and dive bars and bike races and dance parties and in their homes, and hearing about what matters most to them informed every decision we made on the trail,” she said. It will continue to inform the work we…

Tehran has worked out creative ways to restore its stockpile of ballistic missiles and other weapons, the Jerusalem Post has reported Israeli defense officials have been shocked by the rapid recovery of Iran’s military capabilities since the heavy bombardment by the US and Israel in the opening stages of the conflict, the Jerusalem Post has reported.Earlier this week, a senior adviser to the chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that Iran’s output of ballistic missiles and drones exceeds the rate at which they are being deployed. “Even if the war lasts for several years, our ballistic…

A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered a huge win for President Trump in a key Alien Enemies Act lawsuit. The en banc panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (a decision from the court’s entire slate of judges) ruled that a key lawsuit is moot because the three men who brought the case have been deported. “The Supreme Court remanded this case to us when the three named petitioners were still in the country. But we have since learned that the government has removed them. Given this change, we conclude that the appeal is moot,” the judges wrote.…

The British public’s view on immigration is even more negative than it was in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum to leave the European Union and take back control of the nation’s borders. A YouGov survey, conducted as a follow-up to an identical poll in August of 2016, has found that a plurality of Britons now see immigration as being “mostly bad” for the UK at 43 per cent, compared with 33 per cent a decade ago. In contrast, just 21 per cent said this month that immigration has been mostly good, while 29 per cent said that it…

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) condemned incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Wednesday for his endorsement of “extremist” muslim socialist Michigan Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed. Trump-endorsed Collins, who is vying for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat Ossoff currently occupies, slammed his opponent for embracing the Democratic Party’s surge toward socialism. “Jon Ossoff is complicit in the rise of anti-American, antisemitic socialists who want to tear America apart from the inside out,” Collins said in a statement. Collins’ campaign condemned Ossoff in a press release, saying the incumbent “offered up his endorsement to El-Sayed despite his refusal to condemn…

Screengrab Social Media/X At least two passengers were seriously injured. UK police and emergency services have converged on the scene of a passenger train derailment in Essex, southern England. A major incident has been declared. A passenger train derailed and overturned in the UK — 11 people were injured The accident occurred near the town of Lewes in East Sussex. Around 150 people were on board, and three carriages overturned onto their sides. pic.twitter.com/bxDFFiWijN — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 13, 2026 CNN reported: “The incident happened around 3:54 p.m. (10:54 a.m. ET) near Lewes railway station in East Sussex, around 45…

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Democratic Senate candidate and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said we need to rip Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) apart. Flanagan said, “We’ve seen over $240 billion has been spent on ICE, on Donald Trump’s immigration force. And, you know, we have been through an incredible amount of trauma here, the economic impacts, the impact on our children, the death of two Minnesotans, Renée Good and Alex Pretti. This is just an agency that’s been allowed to kill with impunity. I think what Minnesotans want, what Americans want—they want secure borders and an immigration policy…

Members of the 119th Congress are bigger on social media than ever before. Dozens of lawmakers boast millions of Instagram followers and nearly 100 have launched TikTok accounts — in spite of Congress’ own attempts to reign in the platform. With attention so often the most valuable currency on Capitol Hill, large followings can translate to opportunities for members to elevate their profile, drive a narrative or make a stink that’s impossible for leadership to ignore. Generating clippable moments has become a ubiquitous goal of committee work, floor debates and any other congressional business that involves a camera. And as…

The levies come as Kiev touts plans to sell billions of dollars’ worth of UAVs to the US US President Donald Trump has imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and their components, potentially complicating Ukraine’s plans to expand UAV sales to Washington. Under a proclamation signed on Thursday, drones weighing more than 25 kg and those equipped with thermal imagers will face tariffs of 100%, along with certain docking stations and critical components. Smaller unmanned aircraft will be subject to a 25% levy.Lower rates will apply to selected US partners, including 15% tariffs for the EU, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland,…