Residents of the Kursk region will no longer be notified of attack threats via SMS. The governor explained this by saying that the messages were already delayed. 😆😆😆 theins.ru/news/292715

Cornyn, Paxton in dead heat with Talarico as early voting begins for Texas Senate GOP runoff: Poll One thing that Talarico has over the 2 Republicans is favorability, according to the poll. More than 45% of respondents viewed the national political newcomer favorably thehill.com/homenews/cam...

Democrats on the brink of war powers breakthrough Democratic lawmakers are on the verge of passing a resolution to end President Trump’s war with Iran — with some help from a steadily growing group of Republicans. thehill.com/policy/defen...

ICE officer charged with four counts of assault in Minnesota shooting of Venezuelan immigrant A state prosecutor said the officer fired through the front door of a residence, with the bullet going through the man’s leg and lodging in the wall of a child’s bedroom. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

News organizations sue to unseal filings in DOJ’s Fulton County election investigation Federal investigators have demanded the names and addresses of 2020 election workers, but officials in the Atlanta-area county have refused. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Pentagon’s internal watchdog to probe U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have raised concerns about the legality of the strikes. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Fears of new China shock as EU industry’s reliance on imports grows Rising volume of components imported from China prompts warning of cannibalisation of European industries www.theguardian.com/business/202...

From sanctioned cars to beauty clinics, Russian rubles have flowed into China’s border towns since Ukraine war Suifenhe, a small city in China’s economically depressed rust belt, is a microcosm of an evolving Chinese-Russian trading relationship www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The drone attacks Putin doesn’t want Russians to see As Ukraine targets Moscow, terrified residents are forced to turn to foreign news organisations for information www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

What will it take for Putin to end the war? Even as Kremlin minions prepare the ground for a post-conflict Russia, there is still a deafening silence from the top archive.is/2026.05.18-1...

Trump demands power to veto Greenland deals with China President seeks to prevent Beijing from accessing the territory’s essential mineral reserves Greenland still on the menu archive.is/2026.05.18-1...

Dodging the drones: Aerial attackers stalk Ukrainian troops, and a CNN team, on a key road to the front The CNN team walked a small, supposedly safer section of the road between two Ukrainian positions www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/e...

Trump administration proposes admitting more White South African refugees The Trump administration is proposing increasing the refugee admissions ceiling for fiscal year 2026 to 17,500 for White South Africans Maga = immigration is bad 🤷‍♂️ www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/p...

Germany’s Merkel criticizes EU for not talking to Russia The former German chancellor also said she wouldn’t be the right person to lead European talks with the Kremlin as she holds no power. www.politico.eu/article/germ...

EU looks to cow manure to keep food prices down Brussels’ plan, due Tuesday, bets on manure. The fast tools that could have helped farmers were too politically toxic to touch. www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...

Ex-commando Al Carns ‘keeping options open’ for challenge to Keir Starmer A little-known British defense minister is being urged by MPs to consider a bid to replace Keir Starmer www.politico.eu/article/ex-c...

Kristi Noem released 19 prisoners without customary review. Twelve have been charged with new crimes Three pled guilty to new charges: drug possession, misdemeanor domestic violence, and driving under the influence www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

We need to talk about Brexit Editorial: Don’t let the ugly civil war breaking out in the Labour Party over the EU deter us from the fact that we need to rerun this painful debate 10 years after we left This will stop farage, he has no answer for rejoining. www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

UK prepares multibillion-pound boost for joint stealth jet project Estimated £6bn funding would allow Britain, Italy and Japan to agree long-term contract for programme archive.is/2026.05.19-0... Not a boost but contractual payments, Japan and Italy are kinda angry at UK slacking over funding.

Burnham vows to reverse privatisation and austerity if he replaces Starmer Greater Manchester mayor also insists he will not rip up the UK’s fiscal rules I think nearly all rail franchises are renationalised and network rail is next on the list archive.is/2026.05.19-0...

Elon Musk loses case against OpenAI after two hours of jury deliberations Decision hands a legal victory to Sam Altman in a case that had overshadowed the AI lab’s plans to go public www.ft.com/content/cfc4...

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Poles blindsided by US troop move say they are a ‘proven ally’ Poland’s oft-divided politicians are working together to get answers from Washington. www.politico.eu/article/us-c...

A Different Kind of Fading President Joe Biden became quieter, while Donald Trump grows even louder. When Donald Trump took the oath of office last January, he was the oldest president to begin a term, clocking in at 78 years and 220 days www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

“It’s now the occupiers’ military commandant’s office”: Who is moving into Ukrainians’ homes in the temporarily occupied territories? zmina.info/en/articles-...

How much is Donald Trump costing America’s economy? We calculate the drag on growth from fitful presidential policymaking archive.is/2026.05.18-1...

Farage accounts ‘not consistent’ with claim he paid for £1.4 million house with I’m A Celeb fee Opponents of the Reform leader have called for ‘transparency’, accusing him of ‘dodging scrutiny’ over a £5 million from Thai-based billionaire Christopher Harborne www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Trump goes to China, without any cards It's enough to make the Nixon era seem like the good old days. Instead, we have Donald Trump, who just went to China as a supplicant, freely offering to help China undermine America itself www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-chin...

Donald Trump’s Nixon Moment That Wasn’t In Beijing, the president scrapped hardheaded diplomacy in favor of an imagined personal bond. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Xi Jinping told Donald Trump that Putin might ‘regret’ invasion of Ukraine US president also suggested they should co-operate with Russian leader against the International Criminal Court I'm thinking Xi has plans 🤔 archive.is/2026.05.19-0...

Pentagon walks away from Canada-U.S. defence board Canada 'failed to make credible progress' on military spending, says Trump administration official www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Opinion Trump’s Golden Age Has Arrived—It’s a Golden Age of Grift It is an achievement that is almost impossible to comprehend. That is due in part to the fact that what is now happening was supposed to be impossible archive.is/2026.05.19-0...

Trump official helped secure US visa for fugitive Polish minister While the Trump administration has made it a priority to support ​conservative views in Europe, granting a visa to a politician facing criminal charges by a U.S.-allied government is highly unusual. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

US Extends Russian Oil Waiver As Bessent Urges Tougher Iran Sanctions The US Treasury Department has extended for another 30 days a sanctions waiver allowing at-risk countries to purchase Russian oil shipments at sea www.rferl.org/a/us-renews-...

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Councillors that have left reform... Not a big list 🤷‍♂️😏

1140 sacks of 💩 removed from Ukraine

Recce Strike: The British Army’s new way of warfare It is deceptively simple in concept but revolutionary in execution archive.is/2026.05.18-1...

DeSantis on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We’ve saved taxpayers money’ 12 months after opening 'Alligator Alcatraz' it is now a waste of money Trumps admin quite adept at fraud and waste.. www.wlrn.org/2026-05-14/d...

CNE 2026: Inside the Royal Navy’s Hybrid Navy ambition The Royal Navy’s transition toward a Hybrid Navy model, integrating crewed and uncrewed platforms across air, surface, and underwater domains, is moving from concept to reality ukdefencejournal.org.uk/cne-2026-ins...

Putin appoints child abduction suspect as human rights chief www.thetimes.com/world/russia...

As Aukus spending and delays blow out, will Australia’s nuclear submarines ever materialise? The deal will cost Australia $368bn but the strongest signal yet has come that the US is not building enough subs for itself, let alone for Australia www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Police probe Reform councillor's election papers Ryan Coogan, the new leader of the Reform group at Huntingdonshire District Council, was elected to represent the Ramsey ward after the local elections on 7 May. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Facebook accounts using AI to promote fake ‘good news’ stories about politicians Posts which ‘weaponise empathy’ are garnering hundreds of thousands of reactions online – as fact checkers warn false narratives are being ‘churned out at an industrial scale’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Nigel Farage’s accounts challenge claim that he paid for £1.4mn house with TV fee Reform UK leader has said he did not use £5mn gift from crypto billionaire to buy Surrey property archive.is/2026.05.18-1... Took FT a while...

Germany Orders More JSM from KONGSBERG Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (‘KONGSBERG’) has signed a contract worth about NOK 3.5 billion for the delivery of Joint Strike Missiles to Germany. www.joint-forces.com/defence-equi...

Military planners behind Iraq invasion warn operation could not be repeated today The invasion saw 32,000 British troops and 100,000 tonnes of military hardware delivered to theatre and ready for war in just 10 weeks www.forcesnews.com/operations/i...

Fact check: A widely shared online post claimed the UK has the “highest arrests for social media comments in the world”. The post compares the UK to 13 others countries in a chart of those with “the most arrests for online comments”. pa.media/blogs/fact-c...

Rejoin, reset or go Swiss-style? How the UK could try to unpick Brexit Wes Streeting has suggested he wants to see the UK ‘back in the EU’ one day – but the bloc might take some convincing www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

How Corrupt Is Trump? Here Are the Numbers. He’s the swampiest swamp creature ever. THIS IS THE TRUMP ERA, which means if you blink, you will miss another shattering example of unabashed corruption. www.thebulwark.com/p/how-corrup...