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During a Wednesday interview on Newsmax, Rep. Massie directly called out GOP megadonor John Paulson, the billionaire hedge fund manager who has poured millions into Republican politics and who, according to Massie, also appears in Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “Black Book.” “Well, let me give you the name of one of the billionaires who’s running $2 million of ads in my district since I started this effort,” Massie said. “His name is John Paulson. He’s a hedge fund manager and a major donor to the Republican Party, a major donor to the Speaker of the House, a major donor to the…

Brexit leader Nigel Farage said that he is taking inspiration from the MAGA movement as he seeks to win the next British general election after a meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House on Wednesday. Farage, who has stood as the President’s longest international political ally, met with his friend and confidant in the Oval Office after a day of grilling in the House Judiciary Committee, during which he warned of the erosion of freedom of speech in Britain and Europe, while sparring with Congressional Democrats, who attempted to defend the growing censorship apparatus across the pond. Following…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration took the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping trade penalties under federal law. The government called on the court to reverse an appeals court ruling that most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs were illegal under an emergency powers law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit left the tariffs in place for now, but the administration nevertheless called on the high court to intervene quickly in a petition filed late Wednesday and provided to…

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused the Biden administration of manipulating abortion pill safety data.  Kennedy Jr. made the remark during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday about the Trump administration’s health care agenda. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) specifically questioned the HHS secretary about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) safety review of mifepristone, the first drug used in a two-drug medication abortion regimen, after a study was released in April suggesting the abortion pill complications are 22 times higher than previously reported. Lankford said: You’ve made public statements on this, and…

The “statistically conspicuous” deaths are “hard to explain,” the party’s deputy head has said The right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has reported what one of its senior members is calling a “statistically conspicuous” series of deaths among its candidates just weeks before local elections in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. A total of seven party members, including five main candidates and two “reserve” ones, have died over the past few weeks.The deaths were reported by the party between August 19 and September 3 – all before the local elections scheduled for September 14. The list included local AfD politicians…

PM Starmer and his Deputy Rayner. Photo by UK Parliament / Maria Unger – Wiki Commons. Another one bites the dust. Unpopular British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signaled that he will oust his Deputy, Angela Rayner if it’s found that she has broken the ministerial code. The Telegraph reported: “The Prime Minister vowed to ‘act on whatever the report is’ into Ms. Rayner’s tax affairs – but refused five times to guarantee her dismissal. The Deputy Prime Minister is being investigated by the ethics watchdog after admitting she failed to pay a £40,000 tax bill on the purchase of…

Several candidates for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) have died in the lead-up to this month’s local elections in the country’s most populous state. According to the German paper of record Die Welt, at least seven AfD candidates have died ahead of the September 14th elections in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Authorities have stressed that there is so far no evidence of foul play in any of the deaths. Germany’s Deutsche Presse-Agentur wire service noted that a total of 16 candidates have died before the upcoming vote. Yet, no other party besides the Eurosceptic right-wing party has suffered more…

Many Mexican nationals illegally living in Chicago are self-deporting even before President Donald Trump steps up enforcement in the Democrat-run city. “Hundreds of unauthorized immigrants and asylum-seekers in the Chicago area have turned to Julie Contreras, a Waukegan pastor and activist who runs the nonprofit United Giving Hope,” according to Crain’s Chicago Business. So far, “she has helped repatriate some 200 undocumented immigrants and asylum-seekers,” the report says. Foreign nationals are finding their incomes dwindling, customers for their shops and businesses thinning out, and family members worrying over the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Crain’s reported. The Chicago…

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was briefly caught in a physical altercation with a demonstrator Thursday near the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill.  The encounter began when the protester confronted the Tennessee lawmaker over his stance on the ongoing war in Gaza. After the individual made physical contact, Burchett reacted by pushing the protester. A spokesperson for the congressman, Will Garrett, remarked afterward: “Everyone has a right to their opinion, and they can say all of the filthy stuff they want. But they don’t have the right to bump the congressman.” U.S. Capitol Police questioned the protester following the…

Latvia could follow Denmark’s lead with a plan to start drafting females by 2028 Latvia is preparing to extend compulsory military service to women, aligning with other NATO members expanding their forces in response to what they describe as a Russian threat – a claim Moscow denies.Defense Minister Andris Spruds told Delfi TV on Wednesday that his party, the Progressives, will submit a proposal next year requiring both men and women to serve in the military from 2028. He noted that female-specific equipment is already being introduced in the National Armed Forces to prepare for the change.Currently, only men are…