Keir Starmer is resigning less than two years after Labour’s historic 2024 win, which ended 14 years of Conservative rule. His government struggled with falling poll numbers, anger inside Labour, and the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
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Mayor Mamdani gives Knicks’ Josh Hart the key to New York City. Mayor Adams had previously given the key to the city to Diddy.
Kenyan McDuffie has effectively conceded the DC Democratic mayoral primary to Councilmember Janeese Lewis George. In his statement, McDuffie said the final certification process is still ongoing, but it is clear voters chose a different path.
D.C. is on the verge of electing a democratic socialist mayor. Janeese Lewis George is leading the Democratic primary with 53% of the vote.
Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton advanced out of the state’s top two primary, where the two highest vote getters move on regardless of party.
Mike Collins wins the Georgia Senate runoff in a nasty Republican Primary season that showers everyone’s dirty laundry. Collins now heads to the general against Senator Jon Ossoff. Once again Trump’s pick won showing he controls the party.
Drop Site News reports that Rep. Espaillat received a last minute surge of pro-Israel donor money in the NY-13 primary. On June 4, Espaillat raised nearly $112,000 from 69 wealthy donors, with an average donation of $1,623.
On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln warned that America was becoming a “house divided” over slavery in the new Western territories. Speaking to Illinois Republicans, he argued the nation could not survive half slave and half free. Many of his friends were distressed over Lincoln’s “radical” speech.
Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong finished second place at Wisconsin’s Democratic Convention in a WisPolitics straw poll with 138 votes, or 23.1%. She came in just behind Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, who led with 164 votes, or 27.5%.
Darializa called out her opponent during a recent debate over his ICE funding record and accused him of failing to show up for Mahmoud Khalil’s family when ICE targeted one of his own constituents. Shame.
Crews have removed Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the eve of his 80th birthday. Trump’s birthday is tomorrow, June 14, and he is still acting like a quinceañera with an attitude.
Pakistan’s prime minister says a U.S.-Iran peace deal is closer than ever and could be finalized within 24 hours. He says Pakistan is preparing for an electronic signing, followed by talks next week.
Mr. Schlossberg continues to double down on Americans paying for Israel’s iron dome. Israel’s government officials have multiple arrest warrants for war crimes.
On this day in 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Evers was a World War II veteran who became the NAACP’s first field secretary in Mississippi.
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball moved three GOP-held Senate races toward Democrats. Alaska and Ohio shifted to toss-ups, while North Carolina moved to leans Democratic.
Home of the Brave USA said on social media they are putting up hundreds of billboards across the country featuring Trump’s quote, “I love the inflation,” from June 10, 2026.
Africans online are backing Mexico over South Africa in their World Cup match as a protest against xenophobic attacks on African immigrants in South Africa.
A landlord pressured by Mayor Zohran Mamdani has agreed to forgive millions in back rent for tenants across 5,100 mostly rent-stabilized apartments. Tenants had faced unsafe conditions, including heat outages, damaged ceilings, and dark hallways. The tenant union called it a major victory!
NBC News reports that Florida’s Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new congressional map, allowing it to be used in the 2026 midterms. Voting rights groups say the map violates Florida’s anti-gerrymandering rules.
NBC News reports that Jacob Reses, Vice President JD Vance’s chief of staff, is leaving the Trump administration at the end of the summer. Reses has been with Vance since his 2022 Senate campaign in Ohio and stayed with him through the 2024 Trump-Vance campaign and into the White House.
A sleepy Trump says he loves inflation because “the numbers were great,” then rambles about the same lie that the Iranian military has been obliterated.
MSNOW is doing Olympic level stretches trying to conflate a consensual extramarital affair with billionaire sex predators assaulting children. I’m sorry but what the f*ck?
A new Tulchin Research poll shows Abdul leading Republican Mike Rogers in a hypothetical 2026 Michigan U.S. Senate race. Abdul leads Rogers 46% to 41%, with 13% undecided.
Anti-trans loser Nancy Mace has lost her South Carolina GOP governor race and failed to make the runoff. Mace has used inflammatory language against trans Americans all while shielding herself behind her religion. It looks like her cheap fundraising tricks didn’t work as she heads into irrelevance.
Politico reports that Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant, Lesley Groff, told House Oversight investigators in a closed door interview that she set up phone calls between Epstein and Donald Trump.
The Pentagon has labeled Chinese competitors of Tesla, Amazon and Google as “military companies.” BYD, Alibaba and Baidu were added to a U.S. list of companies allegedly helping China’s military.
Reuters reports that Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan was denied entry to the U.S. days before the World Cup, despite reportedly having a valid work visa. Artan was set to become the first Somali official to referee a World Cup match.
