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Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is set to help rally donors for Graham Platner on Sunday — a major show of support from a top establishment figure for the embattled Maine Senate candidate. Schatz is listed as the special guest at a “virtual pre-primary event in support of Graham Platner,” according to two donors familiar with the event and an invitation obtained by POLITICO. Tickets range from $100 to $7,000, the maximum allowed contribution, for the Sunday evening event, per the invite. The invitation was circulated to donors on Friday afternoon, as Platner continued to face an onslaught of criticism from…

Xavier Becerra has advanced to the November general election in California’s gubernatorial race, cementing a stunning come-from-behind primary victory in one of California’s most turbulent campaign seasons in recent memory.Election officials are continuing to count ballots to determine whether he will face fellow Democrat Tom Steyer, the environmental activist who championed progressive policies like universal healthcare and more taxes on billionaires like himself, or Republican Steve Hilton, the former UK political operative turned Fox News personality who was endorsed by Donald Trump, in the fall.“The people of the great state of California, in the greatest nation on earth, have spoken…

Accra, Ghana – Ghana has recorded 14 arrests linked to false news and offensive speech in less than 16 months, nearly double the number documented during the previous administration’s entire eight-year tenure, according to the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA).The rise has triggered a sharp debate in one of West Africa’s most stable democracies over whether authorities are simply enforcing long-standing laws in a new digital environment, or edging into a more restrictive approach to public speech.The controversy carries added political weight because President John Mahama, while in opposition in 2022, warned that using state power to intimidate dissent…

Donald Trump has said that he wants Bill Pulte, his new acting director of national intelligence, to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during the president’s second term.Trump noted that the size of the office as been “way too high for way too long,” and that “if he cut, I wouldn’t mind”.“Bill Pulte is very good, he’s very talented,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. The president said in an earlier interview with the Wall Street Journal that he has asked Pulte to start the process of firing employees.ICE to stop reporting deaths of newly…

On the coastal road in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, seven university students – four in medicine, two in dentistry, one in software engineering – are behind the counter of an ice cream parlour.One student takes the orders, hastily filling ice cream cups, adding nuts and toppings before handing them over to a line of customers with a smile. Another moves between tables in the small seating area, serving customers, while a third manages the kitchen, keeping everything in order. A fourth handles the accounts, processing every transaction electronically since cash has largely disappeared from Gaza.Behind them all, is one…

Complaint filed to African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights challenges controversial expulsion practice.Published On 5 Jun 20265 Jun 2026An international coalition of lawyers has filed a lawsuit with a top African human rights body seeking to block deportations to Equatorial Guinea from the United States.The lawsuit filed on Friday against Equatorial Guinea at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights specifically targets a so-called “third-country” agreement between the West African nation and the administration of US President Donald Trump.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listUnder the policy, the US can deport to Equatorial Guinea individuals who cannot…

Judge says restrictions put lives of immigrants in ‘indeterminate legal limbo’, motivated by ‘anti-immigrant sentiment’.Published On 5 Jun 20265 Jun 2026A federal judge has struck sweeping restrictions imposed by the administration of US President Donald Trump on immigration processing for 39 countries.The ruling on Friday by District Judge John McConnell condemned the restrictions imposed in November 2025, following the Washington, DC shooting of two National Guard members.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listMcConnell said the policy effectively barred citizens from 39 countries from receiving final decisions on asylum cases, green cards, work approval and citizenship applications.The change “threw the…

Available for over a yearWe’ve got together with Americast/Newscast and Football Daily for three special episodes on what could be the most political World Cup ever. How much will Donald Trump make it about him? Will the US-Iran war affect the tournament? And why are tickets so expensive? We tell you everything you need to know about what’s going on off the pitch. Anthony Zurcher and Marianna Spring join from Americast, and 5 Live football commentary legend John Murray is on from Football Daily. In this episode we look at why the US, Canada, and Mexico were picked as hosts,…

With a year to go until the World Cup starts in Brazil, this was a concerning scoreline that gives Wiegman plenty to ponder.Facing world champions Spain away is arguably the toughest test in football, but to lose so comfortably was not an easy watch.Former England midfielder Fran Kirby said Wiegman’s players looked “deflated” at full-time and she “hurt just watching it”.”They will learn from it, and they have to rise up to put in a good performance against Ukraine,” Kirby told BBC Radio 5 Live.Just the top team from their group automatically qualifies for the World Cup and even if…

Anthropic is proposing that the world’s top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of advanced AI systems, warning that the technology is improving so quickly that there’s a risk humans would lose control.The company behind the Claude chatbot said in a blog post on Thursday that, as cutting-edge AI gets increasingly faster at carrying out tasks, “it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause” its development.Anthropic said its internal research institute plans to explore the issue in collaboration with others and “take actions” to help build the…