Starmer shows no will to pursue the main options for rising commitments: spending cuts, tax rises or borrowing When Keir Starmer wanted to promise Donald Trump that the UK would increase defence spending, he decided to fund it by slashing the UK’s aid budget – losing a cabinet minister , Anneliese Dodds, in the process. This time around, with John Healey’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) demanding an additional £18.5bn over four years to fund the defence investment plan , there was no such lever to ha
In a New York Times podcast interview, fired CBS correspondent Scott Pelley claimed to be utterly nonplussed at the idea that people thought CBS was biased, as Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss suggested. He said he told her: "Do you have a poll? Is there market research? What are you talking about? We felt that she was making statements that she couldn’t back up and was coming into the news division with hardened preconceived notions that didn’t seem to be thought through." Pelley is fooling no one ou
Intense heat and severe storms are continuing to make their way through the United States this week and will creep into next week as summer temperatures officially take hold across the nation. Friday will be the last hot day for the East Coast, with numerous record highs likely for cities including Baltimore, Washington, New York, Philadelphia and Raleigh — where it reached 101 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday. This above-average warmth combined with high humidity will lead to dangerous heat index
The Justice Department is escalating its clash with California over voter-roll access, accusing state officials of blocking a federal audit — though Golden State officials warn the demand threatens voter privacy and oversteps federal authority. The dispute centers on voter roll maintenance and access to registration records, not any publicly identified allegation of impropriety in a specific California race. "If California genuinely wants voters to trust its elections, it should open its records
The World Cup is drawing attention to soccer's growing popularity in Canada. Soccer has surpassed hockey and all other sports in youth participation, according to a recent report by Jumpstart, a Canadian charity. Canada coach Jesse Marsch said Thursday he has "felt a real momentum behind this team and behind this moment." (Image credit: Stephanie Scarbrough)
Fox News · Oct 8
Kansas City Royals pitcher Seth Lugo exited Wednesday's game after taking a 107 mph liner off his head in another one of those "hold-your-breath" scenes out of Major League Baseball. I feel like we get about five of these a year, and they're all tough to watch. Frankly, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. I've always been surprised by that. I played baseball for 15 years at every single level, and I NEVER saw a pitcher take a line drive off the head. Again, I feel like it should happen w
Fox News · Oct 8
College football and the NFL don't return for a few more months, but for those who need a football fix, I think I've got something for you today. The UFL . That's right. The United Football League. Bear with me for a second while I explain myself. For those who don't know, AJ McCarron is the head coach of the Birmingham Stallions. Yes, that AJ McCarron. The former Alabama QB who won three (!!!) national championships with the Crimson Tide under Nick Saban. McCarron was hired last December, repla
ABC News · Oct 8
Giant '86 47' found marked in the grass on the National Mall The phrase was the basis of James Comey's indictment for threatening Trump. U.S. Park Police is investigating what it is calling vandalism after the numbers 86 and 47 were found marked in the grass on the National Mall, not far from the site of President Donald Trump's UFC Freedom 250 event this weekend. Images from EarthCam showed numbers on the lawn since at least Wednesday afternoon, with the number eight appearing most clearly as b
NBC News · Oct 8
SpaceX, the largest IPO to ever hit the public market, will begin trading on Friday morning. Shares of the company, which will be listed under the ticker symbol SPCX, will begin to show price indications at 9:50 a.m. ET, according to a notice from the Nasdaq stock exchange. While early quotes can be a guide as to where an IPO will open, the process to begin trading typically takes hours, with dozens of banks and the company itself working through orders that are flooding in from hopeful investor
