NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents “are now facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them as they risk their lives to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.” Noem said in a post on X that…
Nic Marko Local Democracy Reporting Service BBC Hartlepool’s former Conservative council leader Mike Young has defected to Reform UK A former borough council leader has defected from the Conservatives and joined Reform UK, saying he no longer has “confidence” in the party’s leadership. Councillor Mike Young, who previously led Hartlepool Borough Council, said he quit…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced Thursday that the FBI has granted his request for federal agents to help locate Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to stall a GOP redistricting vote. Cornyn said the FBI agreed to assist Texas law enforcement in locating members of the…
David Deans Political reporter, BBC Wales News Matthew Horwood/Getty Images Rachel Reeves: “We already spend more per head in Wales than we do in England” The chancellor has defended the way the UK government funds Wales despite calls within her own party for changes. Welsh Labour Party members voted in June for reform of the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro drew sharp criticism after joining a lawsuit to block President Donald Trump from placing prohibitions on juvenile gender surgeries and criticizing supporters of a state Senate bill that would ban biological males from competing in girls sports. The potential 2028 Democratic hopeful was…
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is set for a showdown with the Chinese owners of British Steel after the government claimed they demanded hundreds of millions in taxpayer money for the steelworks at Scunthorpe. A search for a new buyer has stalled after Jingye asked for the cash to complete the transfer of the company. The…
Jess Warren & Lauren Stanley BBC News Reuters The Islamic University of Gaza has been bombed during the war More than 70 MPs are calling on the government to defer biometric checks for students from Gaza who have secured a university place in the UK for the upcoming academic year. MP for Brent West Barry…
PA Media Two women and a man have been charged with showing support for proscribed terror group Palestine Action following a protest in central London. Jeremy Shippam, 71, of West Sussex, Judit Murray, 71, of Surrey, and Fiona Maclean, 53, of Hackney are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 16 September, the Metropolitan…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to be on track to soon have their first meeting since Trump took office for his second term earlier this year. “At the suggestion of the American side, it has been agreed in principle to hold a bilateral…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced he is leaving the GOP and joining the Democratic Party, a move he says has been a long time coming as he has bucked heads with the Republican Party. Duncan, who served as lieutenant governor as a Republican from 2019…
