The vast majority of Western politicians have boxed themselves into too much of a corner after having demonized Russia to such an extent to really raise serious questions about the need for increased defence expenditure and to question any benefits it might bring. At a certain point, politically, there isn’t any going back without a colossal loss of face.

President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan says he has received so much hate for his positions on immigration that he is unable to live safely with his family. In a podcast interview with the New York Post, Homan said that “I don’t see my family very much. My wife’s living separately from me right now.” The immigration chief blamed the high number of “outrageous” death threats he’s received during his tenure. Homan has presided over more than 25,000 arrests and 70,000 deportations, according to government statistics. During the first Trump administration, Homan was acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from 2017-2018, a tenure which led one journalist to describe him as the “intellectual father” of the administration’s family-separation policy. Homan also discussed the second Trump administration’s immigration policies on the podcast, claiming that it has created “the most secure border in the history of this nation.” “I wake up everyday like a kid in the candy store,” he said. “I got the greatest president of my lifetime down the hall.”

Capital and nativism will fight even harder against Zohran Mamdani now. But in capital's seat of power, socialism defeated barbarism. I fucking love New York

ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.

The unnamed babysitter told authorities that she was getting the kids ready for bed when one complained about a "monster" under their bed. Her efforts to reassure them otherwise didn't go quite as planned. "When the victim attempted to show the child there was nothing under the bed, she came face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there," the sheriff's office statement said. "An altercation ensued with the babysitter and one child was knocked over in the struggle." The suspect is a 27-year-old man who "once lived at the residence," the statement says, but who was under a "protection from abuse order" that required him to stay away from the property.

Two hikers in New York's Adirondack Mountains called 911 to report a third member of their party had died, but it turned out they had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and were mistaken, officials said Wednesday. A state forest ranger responded to a call Saturday about a hiker who had reportedly died on Cascade Mountain, a popular summit in the Adirondack High Peaks, the Department of Environmental Conservation said in a news release. The two hikers who called 911 also told a steward on the mountain’s summit that they were lost. The steward “determined the hikers were in an altered mental state,” according to the agency. The supposedly dead person called and was not injured.

The leaders of a sex-focused women’s wellness company that promoted “orgasmic meditation” have been convicted of federal forced labor charges. A Brooklyn jury on Monday found Nicole Daedone, founder of OneTaste Inc., and Rachel Cherwitz, the California-based company’s former sales director, guilty after deliberating for less than two days following a five-week trial. The two each face up to 20 years in prison when sentenced later. Prosecutors had argued the two women ran a yearslong scheme that groomed adherents — many of them victims of sexual trauma — to do their bidding.

The Austin Police Department has arrested Brian Johnson, known online as the social media influencer “Liver King,” according to Travis County Jail records.

Zohran Mamdani seized a commanding lead in Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary, prompting ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo to concede the race and putting the socialist lawmaker within striking distance of becoming the youngest man in modern New York history to run City Hall. With more than 94% of ballots counted, unofficial returns from the city Board of Elections showed Mamdani leading Cuomo by a margin of roughly 44%-36%.

Suya Joint restaurant manager Paul Dama was detained on Father’s Day without explanation, according to owner and chef Cecelia Lizotte

Mish and Lucy got out of their enclosure and made a beeline for their food store where they scoffed snacks, including a seven-day supply of honey.

The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by four people briefed on it.

A Florida Republican congresswoman is blaming fearmongering on the left for the reluctance of hospital staff to give her the drugs she needed to end an ectopic pregnancy that threatened her life. Kat Cammack went to the emergency room in May 2024 where it was estimated she was five weeks into an ectopic pregnancy, there was no heartbeat and her life was at risk. Doctors determined she needed a shot of methotrexate to help expel her pregnancy but since Florida’s six-week abortion ban had just taken effect medical staff were worried about losing their licenses or going to jail if they did.

Houston police called federal immigration agents on a woman who dialed 911 to report domestic abuse by her ex-husband in April, newly released records show. The woman, an immigrant from El Salvador who has lived in Houston for seven years, had a removal order stemming from the denial of her asylum claim. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents declined to pick her up because they said there was no one to take custody of her children, according to a copy of the police report obtained by the Houston Chronicle through a public records request.

A Rhode Island animal rescue group is seeking a new home for a 20-year-old parrot with a vocabulary politely described as "rated R." The Forever Paws Animal Shelter in Fall River said on social media that the bird, named Hendrix, came from a home where he was not being fed proper food, so he's "mostly naked" as a result of malnutrition. Hendrix's feathers are slowly growing back after being put on a healthier diet, but the post warned the parrot has one other issue: "If you adopt Hendrix, you're basically adopting Samuel L. Jackson."

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Firefighters had to rescue a man who got stuck in the chimney of a Connecticut parks building while trying to retrieve his dog from a bathroom when the doors automatically locked for the night. Police were called Sunday morning to Rockwell Park in Bristol for a burglary complaint and were told by parks employees that someone was in the chimney. Firefighters responded to the scene and got the man out after having to remove parts of the chimney and building, causing $5,000 to $10,000 worth of damage, police said.

“Cobra Kai” actor Martin Kove allegedly bit his co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim on the arm so hard he nearly drew blood, according to a police report. Hannah-Kim said they were at a VIP meet-and-greet Sunday at Summer Con in Puyallup, Washington, when Kove grabbed her arm and bit her after she tapped him on the shoulder to say hello.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett dropped her bid Tuesday to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, saying it was clear her “loud and proud” style of politics is not what her party’s congressional leadership wants. The announcement that she was withdrawing came as Democrats gathered to vote on who should fill the position vacated by the death of U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, 75. Crockett said she plans to stick with her approach, which she said works for her constituents in the Dallas-based 30th district. One flashpoint in the race has been Crockett signalling she would pursue an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump if she ends up as chair of the panel. Many other Democrats had been wary of broaching impeachment and the other three contenders for the oversight job would not go as far as Crockett.

Dr. John Gorrie found the competition all fired up when he tried to market his ice-making machine

A 21-year-old tourist has described the horrendous treatment he allegedly received after being denied entry to the USA due to a meme depicting JD Vance as bald being found on his phone