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Half of British voters now believe that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer should step down from his position as leader in the wake of the Epstein scandal enveloping his former ambassador. Prime Minister Starmer is fighting for his political life following his explosive admission this week that he appointed Lord Peter Mandelson as his ambassador to the United States despite having been aware that the “Prince of Darkness” political operative had continued a relationship with convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein after he served prison time for child prostitution. It came after the U.S. Department of Justice revealed in its tranche…

Amber Glenn, a figure skater with Team USA in the Winter Olympics, claimed that it had been a “hard time” for the LGBTQ community under the Trump administration. While speaking to reporters, Glenn claimed that the Trump administration’s policies weren’t “just affecting the queer community, but many other communities,” according to The Blast. “It’s been a hard time for the community overall and this administration. It isn’t the first time that we’ve had to come together as a community and try and fight for our human rights,” Glenn told reporters. “And now, especially, it’s not just affecting the queer community,…

The debate over whether nuclear weapons stabilize the international system or make it more dangerous has accompanied the atomic age from its very beginning. Both sides of the argument can sound persuasive. Yet recent discussions in Western Europe suggest something more troubling than disagreement: a growing frivolity toward weapons whose sole historical purpose has been mass annihilation.Supporters of nuclear proliferation argue that atomic weapons are, above all, instruments of deterrence. In their view, nuclear arms protect weaker states from coercion and force stronger powers to replace military pressure with diplomacy. Many scientists and strategists have long believed that nuclear weapons…

It flabbergasts them that I’m not saying harsh things about the latest Official Bad Guy of the Day. Reading by Tim Foley: Any time things heat up with an empire-targeted government I always get people demanding to know why I’m not critical of that government. “Why don’t you criticize Iran? You spend all your time criticizing the west and Israel; you’re a hypocrite if you don’t criticize Iran.” It flabbergasts them that I’m not saying harsh things about the latest Official Bad Guy of the Day. Everyone on TV is criticizing Iran. Both mainstream political parties are criticizing Iran. Their…

Travis County District Attorney José Garza has added another police indictment to his growing list, charging a DPS trooper while the career criminal he chased — a documented gang member with multiple pending felonies — remains free thanks to the DA’s revolving‑door justice system. News reports indicate that Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Jason Tye allegedly shot a fleeing felon. DA Garza indicted Tye with a charge of Aggravated Assault by a Public Servant. The charge is a first-degree felony, and Tye could face between five and 99 years in prison if convicted by a Travis County jury. The…

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to endorse Jack Schlossberg in the race for New York’s 12th Congressional District. Pelosi, who is expected to make the endorsement official on Sunday, told The New York Times that this is “a consequential moment for the country — faith in our politics is fractured and trust in government is tenuous.” She stated, “This moment calls for leaders who understand the stakes and how to deliver for the people they serve,” and described Schlossberg’s candidacy as one that “will help Democrats win nationwide.” Pelosi’s endorsement of Schlossberg continues a personal and political history…

To conflate citizenship and nationality, erasing history and geography, is not just naive but leads to the erosion of a nation As globalization is fading and a multipolar world emerging, the question of identity is essential for people not to get lost. Between the abstract multicultural ideal and homogeneity aspirations, Russia presents itself as a unique ‘middle way’.Certainly, international law distinguishes between the concepts of nationality and citizenship. But these are legal subtleties that don’t concern random individuals, who have many other things to think about and who often, particularly in the West, have the tendency to believe that the…

A new bill proposed by Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) will add stronger protections to elite Border Patrol Tactical Groups deployed to enhance security at public events or assist with law enforcement responses to mass shootings or other mass casualty terror events. The Homeland Threat Response Act Gonzales proposes comes as hundreds of U.S. Department of Homeland Security personnel deploy in advance of Sunday’s Super Bowl. The Homeland Threat Response Act proposes to add language to the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wake of the September 11 attacks. In the act, language…

In December, Governor JB Pritzker (D) signed a bill legalizing assisted suicide in Illinois. At the signing, Pritzker emphasized that the act would give terminally ill patients the autonomy to avoid unnecessary pain and suffering. Five days later, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) vowed to make assisted suicide legal in her state, saying such a move would allow New Yorkers “to suffer less–to shorten not their lives, but their deaths.” Once Hochul signs New York’s “Medical Aid in Dying Act” into law this year, New York will become the thirteenth state, following Illinois, to legalize assisted death. Proponents of assisted suicide…

Tokyo and Moscow have never reached a formal settlement at the end of World War II The lack of a peace treaty to this day between Tokyo and Moscow to end World War II is “really vexing and regrettable,” Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said, reiterating her intent to resolve territorial issues with Russia.Japan and Russia never signed a peace treaty after the war, remaining locked for decades in a territorial dispute over the four southernmost islands of the Kuril archipelago.The islands were incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1945, and Russia regards them as an integral part of…