Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax rises – UK politics
Defence secretary Wes Streeting says the country will see a prime minister that ‘runs towards big and difficult issues’Good morning. Yesterday Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, told Sky News that, while Andy Burnham spent his first week as PM focusing on cost of living issues, this week the public would see “a prime minister that runs towards big and difficult issues rather than runs away from [them]”. Those challenges include reforming social care and, as Peter Walker reports, Burnham has p...
Dr Fauci's embarrassing obsession with fame and celebrities as tens of thousands of Americans died from Covid is revealed in secret diary entries
Dr Anthony Fauci's embarrassing obsession with fame and celebrities is revealed in secret unearthed diary entries... as he bragged about meeting A-listers while Americans died from CovidSPECIAL OFFER: Sign up to our weekly US politics newsletter and get three FREE months of DailyMail+ HERE See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER Published: 01:46, 27 July 2026 | Updated: 01:49, 27 July 2026 e-mail View comments
Mamdani's politics linked to Muslim Brotherhood ideology as New York violence escalates: report
On Tisha B'Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar marking the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the long history of catastrophes that followed, an assailant armed with a knife walked up to two men on Manhattan's Upper West Side and stabbed them. One wore a yarmulke.Witnesses said the assailant shouted, "Allahu Akbar." The victims, ages 50 and 57, survived. A suspect is in custody, and police are examining the motive. But New York City did not need to wait for a formal designation to...
Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class?
PM’s team can be seen as backward step even though in some ways it is more diverse. Yet its makeup points to wider access to powerRace, school, gender: the makeup of Andy Burnham’s cabinet – in chartsLike 20 British prime ministers before him, Andy Burnham’s new cabinet minister for AI, Kanishka Narayan, went to Eton. After graduating from the country’s most elite private school, Narayan attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied – what else? – PPE (politics, philosophy and economics), l...
Israel debate boils over in the United States
How far have US politics - and media - really shifted on the topic of Israel?
Albany lawmakers' beef with Mamdani's NYC council boils over as they demand a slice of the pie after Big Apple reps' controversial cash grab
Albany lawmakers' beef with Mamdani's NYC council boils over as they demand a slice of the pie after Big Apple reps' controversial cash grabSign up here to our free, weekly DC Insider newsletter for a front-row seat to US politics See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy ALYSSA GUZMAN, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 13:59, 25 July 2026 | Updated: 13:59, 25 July 2026 e-mail View comments
Trump administration admits canceling clean energy grants to Democratic states
Court fillings show grants denied to states if they didn’t back Trump’s re-election, but administration claims it’s a ‘misrepresentation’US politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has admitted scrapping more than $7.5bn in federal grants for clean energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Donald Trump in the 2024 election.US federal officials appeared to acknowledge in court documents last week that they had terminated the funding last October “based solely”...
Democrats reshape their primary calendar: From the Politics Desk
From the Politics DeskDemocrats reshape their primary calendar: From the Politics DeskPlus, 100 days out from the midterms, Republicans feel the pressure on the Iran war. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Add NBC News to GoogleSouth Carolina to hold first Democratic 2028 primary, indicating DNC's push to court minority voters04:03Get more newsLiveonShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJuly 24, 2026, 5:00 PM EDTBy The Politics DeskWelcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that...
James Carville blasts far-left 'White turds' among Dems who he says value Lenin more than MLK
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville condemned far-left Democrats on Thursday, warning that they value Soviet dictators more than American civil rights leaders.During his "Politics War Room" podcast, Carville paraphrased a quote from an unnamed Democratic politician who had suggested that even Black American leaders are part of American imperialism. Carville responded with sarcasm, highlighting what he described as the absurdity that past civil rights leaders like John Lewis or Martin Lu...
Elon Musk fires back at reporter, claims more people 'hate you and the media than you realize'
Elon Musk fired back at The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes during a Thursday interview from Tesla's Gigafactory in Texas after she said people loathed him over his efforts to influence European politics."I think a lot more people hate you and the media more than you realize," Musk told the journalist.Beddoes confronted the Tesla and SpaceX CEO after challenging his support for right-wing European political parties and arguing that his wealth, ownership of X and following on the p...
Bill Ackman reveals why he's not a 'fan' of Mamdani, doesn't rule out mayoral run against him
Billionaire Bill Ackman called out New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday and labeled his policies a disaster for New York City."Money and Rehab" host Nicole Lapin asked Ackman if he was bullish or bearish on the socialist mayor."I'm not a fan," he responded. "He's very smart, very charismatic, very good at politics, but I think the decisions he's making are very bad for New York."When asked if he'd consider running for mayor, Ackman said, "I would say possibly, but I think I could achieve...
Jacob Rees-Mogg confirms political return after Nigel Farage's bid to lure him to Reform UK
Jacob Rees-Mogg has confirmed his return to frontline politics after lodging a bid to be listed as a Conservative candidate. The GB News host revealed live on air that he was seeking approval to stand, his first move back into the area since losing his seat in 2024. “I've sent in my application to go back on the list this week,” Jacob revealed when pressed on the issue by Christopher Hope.“We'll see whether I get purged later,” he joked, in reference to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s drive to ensur...
Smithsonian pushed ‘revolting’ social action training after ‘whiteness’ chart apology: expert
6401931057112Smithsonian staff played a pivotal role in developing what one expert referred to as a "revolting" DEI training guide despite the taxpayer-funded institution previously walking back and apologizing for a similar chart on "whiteness," a series of House hearings this week revealed.Mike Gonzalez, a DEI and identity politics expert at the Heritage Foundation, testified that years after the Smithsonian apologized for its controversial "whiteness" chart, the National Museum of American Hi...
Oil prices surge as Congress splits on Iran war votes: From the Politics Desk
In today’s edition, we examine how the escalating Iran war is playing out in the oil markets and the halls of the Capitol. Plus, Scott Wong and Matt Dixon have a profile of the little-known new senator from South Carolina.
Truth about Joe Biden's dog: Major vanished after biting Secret Service. His fate 'on the farm' was kept hidden... until now
Truth about Joe Biden's dog: Major vanished after biting Secret Service. His fate 'on the farm' was kept hidden... until nowSign up for our DC Insider newsletterBy NICK ALLEN, US NEWS EDITOR (POLITICS) Published: 21:04, 23 July 2026 | Updated: 21:05, 23 July 2026 e-mail View comments
New Zealand names new ferry after Captain Cook and tells 'snivelling wokesters' that 'a mature country does not run from its history'
New Zealand has named a new ferry after Captain Cook and told "snivelling wokesters" that "a mature country does not run from its history." Foreign Minister Winston Peters took aim at critics who view Cook as a "harbinger of colonisation," urging them to develop a deeper understanding of their country's history."A mature country does not run from its history. A serious country does not vandalise its memory to satisfy the latest fashion in whinger politics," he declared before parliament in Welli...
The Hegseth budget: defense secretary’s $1.5tn ask reveals military-industrial chaos
The Pentagon head proposed a 44% increase – to second world war levels – while ‘woke’ programs are guttedUS politics live – latest updatesWhen the ‘“department of government efficiency” was raging unchecked through the federal government in February 2025, the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, ordered his subordinates to find cuts of 8% a year for the next five years, theoretically trimming a total of $340m from the Pentagon budget.The disclosure briefly sent Palantir and defense stocks tanking...
A Game of Double Standards
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DAVID MARCUS: In Middle America, socialist politics ages like milk
Erick was here for a conference on transportation technology when I talked to him about his hometown of Denver, and how socialist Congressional candidate Melat Kiros recently won a shocking Democratic primary win over her more moderate rival."I’m a Democrat," Erick told me. "I lean a bit to the Republican side maybe, but these socialists are crazy."In his 40s, having lived for 15 years in England, Erick is socially liberal, but also patriotic. He has concerns about AI and data centers, but also...
Lindsey Graham's rise from family tragedy to political power explored in Fox Nation special
Long before becoming one of the most influential voices in American politics, Lindsey Graham overcame extraordinary personal hardship on a journey that would take him from rural South Carolina to the U.S. Senate."They say Abe Lincoln was our log cabin president. I guess Lindsey was our mobile home senator," Graham's law school roommate Warren Mowry said in the new Fox Nation special, "The Life and Legacy of Lindsey Graham."Through video clips and interviews from colleagues, friends and former ri...