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May 13, 2025 - World

US President Donald Trump's administration slashed cancer research funding by 31 per cent in the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to a Senate report.

May 13, 2025 - World

As the dust settles after a series of Pakistani escalations and Indian military responses during Operation Sindoor, the focus now shifts to what really went down on the day the dramatic ceasefire was announced.

May 13, 2025 - World

Men who raped vulnerable teenager in 1990s have prison terms extended after original sentences ruled ‘unduly lenient’Three child sexual abusers who raped a vulnerable teenager over several years in the 1990s have had their sentences extended after intervention by the solicitor general.Ibrar Hussain, 47, and brothers Imtiaz, 64, and Fayaz Ahmed, 45, had their sentences increased after Lucy Rigby referred the case to the court of appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. Continue reading...

May 13, 2025 - World

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Tuesday that he was placing a hold on all of President Donald Trump's Department of Justice nominees until the administration came clean about potential conflicts of interest with the Qatari government. Schumer's action was in response to the Qatari royal family saying a $400 million Boeing 747 "would be offered free of charge to the U.S. government for use as Air Force One until Boeing can deliver a new plane," said CNN anchor Kasie Hunt. "Then, in a twist, it would be given to Trump's presidential library so that he could continue to use it. But, didn't your mother tell you that there is no such thing as a free lunch? Mine sure did." Schumer appeared on Hunt's show "The Arena" on Tuesday, where he called the situation "an issue of outright bribery," as well as a security concern. Schumer called Air Force One "the most sophisticated plane in the world," and claimed, "There are huge security issues if someone else donates it."EXCLUSIVE: Breastfeeding mom of US citizen sues Kristi Noem after being grabbed by ICEHe continued, "In fact, if this happens — and I pray to God that it doesn't because it's such a security risk — they'd have to take apart the entire plane down to the screws, and nuts and bolts, and see if any listening devices were implanted in it. So, it's a huge national security issue. It's an issue of bribery. This is probably the biggest — I'm certain it's the biggest — 'gift' quote, unquote, that has ever been given to a sitting president. And, as your person said, not only is there no free lunch, there's no free Air Force One." Schumer said he hoped there were some "serious" people in the Trump administration "who take our national security seriously, who will tell Trump he can't do this." He added that by putting a hold on the Justice Department nominees, Congress will have adequate time to debate the Qatari gift. "I think the more sunlight that's brought to this issue — they didn't want to make it public — the greater the public outcry there will be. And, hopefully that will persuade this administration to not do this not only dumb idea, but dangerous, dangerous idea." Watch the clip below via CNN.

May 13, 2025 - World

Author Michael Wolff, who has written "a series of blistering books" on Donald Trump, claimed that the president's instincts will "sabotage" Republicans during the 2026 midterms when they can least afford to lose their slim majority in the House, according to The Daily Beast podcast.“Fundamentally, Donald Trump is self-destructive,” Wolff told host Joanna Coles. “All of the kinds of things he’s doing now will result in him losing—certainly losing the House of Representatives,” Wolff said.Wolff added that he plans for the GOP losses to be "impressive," especially due to the economic uncertainty Trump has wrought with his self-imposed trade war that has received little pushback from Republicans.EXCLUSIVE: Breastfeeding mom of US citizen sues Kristi Noem after being grabbed by ICE"Democrats need a net gain of just three seats to retake the House, where Republicans hold the narrowest majority since the 1930s," wrote The Beast's Erkki Foster. "Their odds are strong in any circumstances—the president’s party usually loses ground in midterm elections. In the 2018 midterms, during Trump’s first term in the White House, Democrats picked up 40 seats to retake the House."Losing the House could open Trump up to his third impeachment proceedings.But, "the bad news for Republicans doesn’t end there," Foster wrote. Wolff predicted that "a Trump 'proxy' will be the GOP nominee in 2028, only to be brought down by Trump himself."“That person will lose because (Trump) will undermine them because he doesn’t want them to win,” Wolff told the podcast. Instead, Trump himself wants to "maintain his grip on the Republican Party" at all costs. And he just might get the chance; Wolff maintained that Trump's charisma makes him “more compelling than any other politician in the United States because you can’t take your eyes off of him.”Read The Daily Beast article here.