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Summary Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigns from Keir Starmer's government, saying he has "lost confidence" in his leadership In a letter to the prime minister, which Streeting published online, he says "where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift". Read the letter in full here Streeting has not yet triggered a leadership challenge - but he tells Starmer "it is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election" He says what comes next should be "a battle of ideas... It needs to be broad, and it...

Japan’s Honda (HMC) posted its first-ever loss in its nearly 80-year history, following a strategy shift from EVs, which cost it dearly. But a refocused plan to lean into hybrids and upbeat guidance for the year ahead have investors bullish. Honda said total EV-related losses for the fiscal year ended March 2026 came in 1.579 trillion yen ($10 billion), leading to an operating profit loss of 414.3 billion yen ($2.625 billion). “Although the automobile business faced a harsh business environment - including higher tariff burdens and lower unit sales due to factors such as semiconductor supply shortages — we implemented...

"Anti-Spencer Pratt" ad;-D, and that's just the beginning. Karen Bass complains about "violent" Pratt ads. Death threat Tiktok chick gets 13 months.

In 2024, President Biden said he wanted 56% of all new cars sold in the United States to be electric vehicles by 2032. California Governor Gavin Newsom similarly mandated that 35% of new 2026 model cars sold in the state be zero-emissions vehicles, rising to 68% in 2030 and 100% in 2035. The European Union announced in 2023 that, from 2035 onward, all new cars coming onto the market could not emit any CO2. The United Kingdom similarly announced a 2030 ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars. The reaction from the U.S. auto industry was blunt....

The Supreme Court will be releasing Opinions this morning at 10:00.Scotusblog will be liveblogging the opinion release and we will be following along.There are opinions pending in 35 cases from the October 2025 term. A list of cases from this term can be found here.One case of interest is Trump v. Slaughter Issues: (1) Whether the statutory removal protections for members of the Federal Trade Commission violate the separation of powers and, if so, whether Humphrey’s Executor v. United States should be overruled. (2) Whether a federal court may prevent a person’s removal from public office, either through relief at...

From your weight and facial expressions to your destination, cars collect a startling amount of data about you. Some of it may even raise your insurance costs. But you can take some simple steps to limit what they know about you. ... Modern cars are computers on wheels, and giant corporations are using them to suck up intimate details about your life and make more money. If you think driving today is a chance for solitude and independence, think again. And it looks like it's about to get a lot worse.

It's been a good few weeks to be Carson Hocevar, driver of the No. 77 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports. Last month, Hocevar won his first career NASCAR Cup Series race when he took the checkered flag in the Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, then dropped a celebration for the ages. Then just days later, he became the first NASCAR driver to hit the Met Gala since Jeff Gordon went in 2010.

California Democratic gubernatorial front-runner Xavier Becerra went viral yesterday for saying to a local Los Angeles television (KTLA) reporter, after she asked a hard question, “By the way, this is a profile piece, this is not a gotcha piece, right?” Reporter Annie Rose Ramos responded, appropriately, “These questions are fair. It’s in order to learn about you as a candidate.” Progressives responded by criticizing Becerra’s messaging. A progressive Pod Save America co-host and former Obama spokesman, posted on X, “Politicians and candidates…let your staff have these whiny conversations! Or at least don’t do it on camera!” Former Obama strategist David...

By now it looks like the SAVE Act has two chances of getting passed - slim and none. John Thune found every creative trick to engineer the GOP's usual Surender Theater to the Democrats, despite Voter ID being a bipartisan 80/20 issue. Thom Tillis shoved voters' noses in it by hosting a "Doggie Gras" on Capitol Hill, and when he got pushback simply sneered at us that he could "walk and chew gum at the same time."And Tillis now supports James Comey. Because of course he does.Democrat Lisa Murkowski, 50/50 Susan Collins (who is sadly the best we can get...

A former Black Lives Matter activist-turned conservative influencer blasted the social justice organization as a “scam” — and insisted that Democrats are the party of “racism and violence.” Xaviaer DuRousseau, 29, revealed that did a complete 180 from his liberal upbringing during the 2020 George Floyd riots as he realized that the movement was a money-grab and that he was indoctrinated. “Once I started looking at the conservative side of the argument, I started realizing, oh, wait, socialism has literally never worked. BLM has always been a scam, and the Democratic Party has always been the party of racism and...

Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) so reportedly slung antisemitic attacks at Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) at a bar in the Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Capitol Hill. The New York Republican said that William Paul claimed that if Massie lost, it would be “because of my people.”Well, who is ‘my people’?” Lawler recounted asking in response. “And he yelled out, ‘Jews.’” He claimed that Paul also expressed hatred toward gay people, calling the comments “f—ing disgusting.”

One Nation has won a federal special election – the first time the party has won an election for a federal House of Representatives seat.

High-level diplomatic arrivals unfolded at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to attend a state banquet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The moment captured top U.S. officials and business leaders, including Elon Musk, Marco Rubio, and Pete Hegseth arriving ahead of the high-profile diplomatic dinner. The gathering highlights intense U.S.–China engagement amid trade talks, security tensions, and global economic uncertainty.

14 May 2026 Saint Matthias, Apostle FeastSt. Matthias the Apostle Catholic Church, Magnolia, TXReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).First readingActs 1:15-17,20-26'Let someone else take his office'One day Peter stood up to speak to the brothers – there were about a hundred and twenty persons in the congregation: ‘Brothers, the passage of scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, foretells the fate of Judas, who offered himself as a guide to the men who arrested Jesus – after having been one of our number and actually sharing this ministry of ours. Now in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said Monday that he anticipates Democrats are planning to shut down the government just ahead of the midterms, calling them “legislative terrorists” who will hurt Americans in an effort to rig the election. Speaking with a group of reporters on Capitol Hill, Schmitt said the potential for a government shutdown could be “the most under-reported thing … out there,” adding, “this is not your grandfather’s Democrat party. They’re hellbent on chaos, and they think chaos is their friend. It’s not good for the American people, but if they think that can get them...

“How do you solve a problem like Alito?” That’s the now-deleted Tweet D.C. Bar Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel Jack Metzler posted in August 2023. This was after multiple justices—including Justice Samuel Alito—faced death threats. But why was he posting this in the first place? For those unfamiliar, the D.C. Bar disciplinary counsel’s self-professed mission is to “(1) protect the public and the courts; (2) maintain the integrity of the legal profession; and (3) deter attorneys from engaging in misconduct.” The disciplinary counsel, and his assistants, often do this by bringing charges, prosecuting alleged violations of the D.C. Rules of Professional...

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Chilling new interrogation video shows the moment a trans killer calmly confessed to executing her parents — blaming it on her mom trying to thwart her gender transition surgery. Mia Bailey, now 30, copped to slaughtering her parents, Gail and Joseph Bailey, inside the family home in Washington, Utah, in 2024, the footage obtained by KUTV shows. The brazen murderer, who is currently serving two life sentences, told investigators in the newly released clip that her mental health had been declining for years and that’s “why I needed the surgery.” “She was trying to sabotage it. She always had boundary...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(5/14/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesDeuteronomy 10:1-5 10 At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the...

In a refreshing display of backbone, Tennessee House speaker Cameron Sexton delivered a clear message to the Democrat caucus: Political terrorism will not be tolerated in the Volunteer State. As Sean Davis of The Federalist reported Tuesday, every single member of the House Democratic Caucus has been stripped of all standing committee and subcommittee assignments following their disgraceful conduct during last week’s special session on congressional redistricting. The offenses? Coordinated disruptions inside the Capitol, including setting fires, attacking law enforcement officers, and turning the legislative chamber into a circus. Tennessee Republicans, wielding their well earned supermajority, moved swiftly after the...