President Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday aimed at enhancing America’s depleted shipbuilding capacity. “The United States Navy has experienced a series of shipbuilding setbacks stemming from overly complex designs and iterative design change procedures, which have resulted in cost growth, delays, and cancellations. The lack of capacity and competition among shipbuilders has resulted […]
State of the Union: The conservative populist had quit his seat amid an investigation into an undeclared donation. The post Farage Beats ‘Count Binface’ in Farcical UK Special Election appeared first on The American Conservative .
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his seat in Parliament on Friday after decisively defeating comedy candidate Count Binface in a special election. Farage had resigned his seat this July amid a parliamentary investigation into an undeclared £5 million (roughly $7 million) donation from a crypto billionaire. Farage has said he wanted to prove that he retains voters’ support by winning the seat back. Farage contends that the donation, provided by Reform UK patron Christopher Harborne, was a personal gift intended to fund his ongoing security and not a political donation, rendering it exempt from normal reporting requirements. The matter was being investigated by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner until Farage resigned. The…Open
Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in federal court, which could have significant legal and sentencing implications. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The federal charges—interstate stalking resulting in death […]
Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in federal court, which could have significant legal and sentencing implications. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The federal charges—interstate stalking resulting in death and stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death—carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. DETAIL: In a Friday hearing, Mangione admitted to posing as an investor to gather intelligence on a UnitedHealthcare event in New York City. He explained his actions stemmed from frustrations over years of severe back pain and difficulties…Open
OPINION: Randall Lane, the top editor at Forbes Magazine, has been fired after reportedly taking a $6 million payment from RJ Shook, founder of Shook Research, which has a close working relationship with Forbes. #Forbes #RandallLane #ConflictofInterest About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important…
Exclusive surveillance video may shed new light on the Houston ICE shooting and death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. MS NOW’s @ Rosa Flores tracks the critical minute before the fatal encounter, raising new questions about the training and tactics used by federal agents. MS NOW reached out to DHS for comment on this reporting and has not heard back.
Army veteran and Congressional Democratic candidate Cait Conley of New York joins Morning Joe to discuss her campaign to unseat Republican Congressman Mike Lawler in the race for New York’s 17th Congressional District in November. Conely criticizes Lawler for claiming to be a moderate Republican while “falling in line” with President Trump. Conely also discusses the crisis involving the USS Lincoln.
Nunes regularly made headlines during the first Trump administration. He was accused of meddling in Trump’s Russia investigation to protect the president.
