32 h. ago House Speaker asked if he hasn’t sworn in new Congresswoman because of the Epstein files

House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked if his refusal to swear in a newly-elected Democrat Congresswoman has “anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein?”

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3 d. ago Lynx star Collier says WNBA has ‘worst leadership in the world’ in withering broadside

Collier attacks league in blistering statementClaims commissioner says players should be gratefulNapheesa Collier came prepared for her exit interview on Tuesday, delivering a blistering statement on her thoughts on the current state of the WNBA.Collier, a senior member of the WNBA Players Association executive council, started her press conference calling out the WNBA and the league’s commissioner, Cathy Engelbert, for a lack of accountability. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump’s pick for State Dept. deletes violent tweets as GOP blames left for political violence after Charlie Kirk killing

Some tweets labeled January 6 Capitol rioters as “political prisoners,” another suggested Joe Biden should be imprisoned, and one called for a political opponent to be executed.

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7 d. ago Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman

John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protestsAn Arizona Republican state representative who has expressed support for January 6 insurrectionists on Wednesday called for a Democratic congresswoman to be executed, as a response to a video clip.The comment on X by state representative John Gillette of Kingman, Arizona, first reported by the Arizona Mirror, was a reaction to a short clip drawn from a YouTube video in March by US representative Pramila Jayapal, a longtime Democratic congresswoman representing Washington state, entitled “The Resistance Lab.” In the video, Jayapal discusses preparations for street protests against the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Someone has to drag the US out of the hellscape of Trumpism. Who better than AOC? | Arwa Mahdawi

Yes, the Democratic congresswoman is flawed – but she’s a fighter. Let’s not write her off as too young or too femaleQuiz time, and the category is American gerontocracy. Here goes: how many sitting Democratic members of Congress have died in office since November 2022? The answer is a mind-boggling eight. While Republicans aren’t dropping dead at the same rate, they’re arguably clinging to power for longer than is dignified. Last year, a Texas journalist discovered Kay Granger, a high-ranking octogenarian Republican congresswoman, had stopped coming to work because she was in a senior living facility, suffering from “dementia issues”. And while he is not in a facility yet, Donald Trump’s nonsensical ramblings, including a recent weird and completely fictitious story about his uncle knowing the Unabomber, suggest he may be suffering some sort of issue with his mental acuity.I’m not trying to be ageist here (the older I get, the more worried I become about ageism). I’m simply setting...

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1 week ago Callum McCaig: Who is the SNP's new chief executive and what is his link to Nicola Sturgeon?

The former Aberdeen MP is the party’s fifth chief executive since Peter Murrell quit in March 2023

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1 week ago SNP appoints former MP and council leader Callum McCaig as party's new chief executive

The appointment comes after Carol Beattie stepped down with immediate effect due to personal health reasons.

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2 w. ago Calls for Charlie Kirk murder suspect's public execution with 'firing squad for world to see'

A US congressman has called for the person behind the assassination of Donald Trump confidant Charlie Kirk to be publicly executed by firing squad to 'make an example of him'

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2 w. ago Fox News host apologizes for ‘extremely callous’ remarks on unhoused people

Calls rose for Brian Kilmeade to be fired after saying people facing homelessness and mental illness should be executedFox News host Brian Kilmeade apologized on Sunday for saying days earlier that people who are experiencing homelessness and mental illnesses should be executed – remarks that prompted calls for him to be fired.The host said his comments on Wednesday were “extremely callous”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nestlé investors call for chair to step down over executive turmoil

Paul Bulcke has presided over chaotic period culminating in sacking of CEO Laurent Freixe for undisclosed affair

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3 w. ago Britain is ‘a terrible place’ to sell medicines, says drug firm executive

Sanofi’s market access chief urges ministers to come up with a roadmap to raise spending on new treatmentsBusiness live – latest updatesNils Pratley: UK must heed Bell’s big pharma warningA senior pharmaceuticals executive has called on the government to come up with a “proper” roadmap for raising spending on new medicines, saying Britain is “not a good place” to develop or sell drugs.Paul Naish, the UK head of market access for the French company Sanofi, said Britain was “at a critical point”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago John Cleese calls BBC comedy executives ‘clowns’ after frustrating meeting

Actor said bosses were ‘stupid’ for being too concerned with causing offence

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4 w. ago Fox News executives called Jeanine Pirro a ‘reckless maniac’ while she still worked at network

Former anchor provided cause for concern among studio bosses who worried about what she might say on air about Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat, court filings show

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4 w. ago Conservative podcaster calls for Chicago mayor to be ‘executed’ for not kowtowing to Trump’s takeover

Daily Wire host Matt Walsh accuses Brandon Johnson of ‘treason’ and argues he should face capital punishment in extraordinary outburst

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