Victoria Hattersley, a 70-year-old retired millionaire in Mount Vernon, Washington, says she supports her state’s proposed tax on millionaires: a 9.9% levy on income above $1 million. The measure would affect less than 1% of state residents and is set to apply to income beginning in 2028, with

Becoming a Supreme Court justice is the culmination of decades of work and legal expertise, and it brings notable perks: a high salary, prestige, lifetime security, and even a private basketball court. Still, public sentiment has cooled—about half of Americans surveyed held an unfavorable view of the Court in

Donald Trump has fired Kristi Noem as his secretary of Homeland Security, and Jimmy Kimmel reacted in a segment on his show. Kimmel quoted the announcement: "Kristi Noem will be, as Trump said, 'moving to be Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative

Andy, 38, from Honiton, and Steve, 70, from Sidbury met for a meal at The Botanist in Exeter. Andy works in charity fundraising, runs a small film-recommendation app and is a Labour member who sometimes votes Lib Dem. Steve is retired, a lifelong Labour voter who has voted tactically, and

A group of US lawmakers is pushing to block the Federal Reserve from ever issuing a central bank digital currency, saying any ban must be permanent. Congressman Michael Cloud wrote to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate majority leader John Thune, and was joined by 28 other members of Congress.

Cyprus’s foreign minister said there are “questions” about the future of the UK’s military bases on the island after a drone strike on RAF Akrotiri last Sunday. The attack, suspected to have been launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon, caused minimal damage and did not result in casualties. Further

Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez and her two sons were arrested while reporting to ICE’s Intensive Supervision Appearance Program in San Francisco and were deported to Colombia. A relative waiting outside was unable to hand the assistive devices needed by the six-year-old, who is deaf and uses a cochlear implant, the

Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder (2008) reignited memories of its early controversy when a White House video posted to X included a clip of Tom Cruise's Les Grossman. The montage paired Grossman with scenes from Top Gun, Braveheart, Iron Man 2, Superman, The Last Jedi, John Wick

The rightwing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) made its foray into Western Australia on Friday evening, with no sign of One Nation on a stage dominated by Liberal politicians. Dubbed Reset the West, the event was a rallying call for conservatives to work together, but what emerged was a Liberal

Donald Trump will welcome leaders from at least 10 Latin American countries to a palm-dotted golf resort in Miami on Saturday, as he pushes to reshape the US’s standing in the region and outmuscle China. Since returning to power last year he has launched a dramatic — and at times

Speaking in Tokyo, Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession over actions he described as "deplorable". Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on 19 February on suspicion of misconduct in public office, and had been stripped of royal titles after

In the wake of the Trump White House posting Call of Duty memes as it celebrates the killing of hundreds in Iran, Call of Duty co-founder Chance Glasco posted on X alleging Activision pressured the development team to create a story about Iran attacking Israel. "This doesn't

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy activist, has said he will not appeal his conviction. A member of Lai’s Hong Kong legal team said: "We can confirm we have clear and definitive instructions not to lodge an appeal against conviction or sentence." The decision marks the end of a

The Trump administration is full of people with zero creative bones in their bodies who predictably latch onto pop culture moments to spread their fascist ideals in the most low-effort way possible. In some cases this has meant using things like Stardew Valley, Halo, and Call of Duty in truly

One of the most famous lines in videogames — Carl “CJ” Johnson’s “Ah shit, here we go again” from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — has turned up in White House social media posts as part of messaging around the US war in Iran. The government has been using videogame clips

Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, the communication and digital affairs minister said after signing a government regulation that bars under‑16s from having accounts on high‑risk platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Roblox and Bigo Live. With a population of about 285 million,

The Pokémon Company International has criticised the Trump administration's use of its characters and imagery in political meme posts. The latest example was a still image from the newly released Pokopia that was altered to feature the slogan "Make America Great Again", with series mascot Pikachu

Canadian police say a missing Iranian activist was most likely the victim of murder, raising concerns that his disappearance has the hallmarks of a transnational repression campaign. Masood Masjoody, a mathematician critical of Iran’s theocratic regime and the exiled family of the former shah, went missing in early February

The Pokémon Company pushed back after the White House posted an image on X designed to mimic the new game Pokopia and paired the artwork with the slogan "Make America Great Again." Pikachu, Magikarp and Slowpoke appear in the background of the meme. Sravanthi Dev, a company spokesperson,

On the launch day of Pokémon Pokopia, the White House posted an image created with a popular Pokopia font generator that spelled out "Make America Great Again" and included several Pokémon. In a statement, The Pokémon Company distanced itself from the post. "We are aware of recent

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth urged Latin American countries to adopt a more aggressive approach against drug cartels and warned the Trump administration may act unilaterally if they do not. He addressed defence leaders aligned with Donald Trump at US Southern Command in Miami during the 2026 Americas Counter Cartel

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Eric Trump, a co-founder of the family-backed crypto firm World Liberty Financial, posted on X tagging the company and echoed his father’s claim that banks were “desperately targeting” cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. The post came hours after the president said banks were holding the market structure bill “hostage.” The debate

The White House's official X account posted a video that opens with a clip from 2023's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and then cuts to footage of the US-Israeli war on Iran, overlaying images of missile strikes with score pop-ups from the game series. The

On March 4 the official White House Twitter account posted a roughly one-minute video that intercut footage of real military strikes on Iranian locations. At the very start of the video is a clip from 2023’s Modern Warfare III showing a player activating an MGB killstreak — a hidden reward