Trio of senior defence figures accuse Starmer of underfunding military
PM hit by three-pronged attack from ex-defence secretary, former defence minister and chief of defence staffUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer is leaving British troops underfunded and unable to carry out the operations he expects from them, according to scathing remarks delivered in parliament on Tuesday by three senior defence figures.The prime minister came under fire in separate interventions from his former defence secretary John Healey, the former defence minister Al Carns and t...
Trump’s War Now Means Iran Can Shut Strait Of Hormuz Anytime, U.S. Intel Finds
BreakingBusinessTrump’s War Now Means Iran Can Shut Strait Of Hormuz Anytime, U.S. Intel FindsBySara Dorn,Forbes Staff. Sara Dorn is a Forbes news reporter who covers politics.Follow AuthorJun 16, 2026, 12:19pm EDTToplineThe U.S. war with Iran showed the regime it can successfully shut down the Strait of Hormuz—giving it a new tool that it didn’t have before the conflict, with nothing barring it from using it again, U.S. intelligence assessments reportedly found. The Ateela 2 Oil Tanker boat nav...
'I put up with politics': Sen Raphael Warnock confesses to Jon Stewart he is 'not in love' with the system
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., told comedian Jon Stewart during an interview on Monday that he wasn't in love with politics when pressed on whether he could separate it from his faith.Stewart jokingly asked Warnock if he would rather convert someone to Christianity or to being a Democrat, which prompted laughs from the senator and the audience. Stewart followed up by asking if the Democratic senator is able to separate politics from faith."Absolutely. Look, Democrats have got some issues too," he...
'If everyone in this country ... ': CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke clears stance on fighting polls
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke ruled out electoral politics, emphasizing that citizens shouldn't need to contest elections to demand basic rights. Ahead of a nationwide demonstration against the NEET-UG paper leak, Dipke criticized the Centre for its lack of engagement with the youth and demanded the Union Education Minister's resignation.
Kash Patel Paying MAGA Loyalists Through FBI ‘Slush Fund’, Democrats Claim
BreakingBusinessKash Patel Paying MAGA Loyalists Through FBI ‘Slush Fund’, Democrats ClaimByAlison Durkee,Forbes Staff. Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news.Follow AuthorJun 16, 2026, 11:34am EDTToplineDemocrats on the House Judiciary Committee told FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday they’ve received reports of political allies at the FBI receiving extra taxpayer-funded payments on top of their usual salaries, describing it as a “slush fund,” the latest in a strin...
Farage’s plan for equal pay legislation may cost female workers money, say unions
General secretary of TUC calls Reform proposal ‘a smokescreen for slashing women’s rights’UK politics live – latest updatesA law proposed by Nigel Farage to “strengthen women’s rights” could cost female workers money by removing equal pay for work of equal value, unions have said.A proposal, made by Reform UK days before the Makerfield byelection, to introduce a Women and Motherhood Protection Act that it says will restore equality before the law has been described as “shameless and deceptive”....
Macron and Zelensky caught in bombshell hot mic moment discussing how to deal with Trump
SPECIAL OFFER: Sign up to our weekly US politics newsletter and get three FREE months of DailyMail+ HERESee more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy CHASE HOPE, POLITICAL REPORTER FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 16:06, 16 June 2026 | Updated: 16:08, 16 June 2026 e-mail View comments
US lawmakers fight Trump administration cuts to $386m ocean monitoring program: ‘supreme stupidity’
Lisa Murkowski, a Republican senator, joins Democrats in bid to stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories InitiativeUS politics live – latest updatesA group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees, sent letters on Monday to the National Science Foundation asking it to reverse course on its plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network, with House lawmakers going further and accusing the agency of acting illegally.The Ocean Observatories Initi...
Epstein Was Trying To Offer Prosecutors Dirt On Trump, Report Says—But Didn’t Have Anything
BreakingBusinessEpstein Was Trying To Offer Prosecutors Dirt On Trump, Report Says—But Didn’t Have AnythingByAlison Durkee,Forbes Staff. Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news.Follow AuthorJun 16, 2026, 09:24am EDTToplineJeffrey Epstein’s attorneys were in discussions with prosecutors before his death about potentially trying to get him a more lenient sentence if he gave up information that could help them in other cases, The New York Times reported Tuesday—with not...
Tactical voting by Greens and Lib Dems could be key to Labour victory in Makerfield
Left-leaning voters more willing to back Andy Burnham than Restore supporters are to vote ReformUK politics live – latest updatesTactical voting could be fundamental to a Labour victory in Makerfield, with Green and Liberal Democrat supporters willing to back Andy Burnham to stop Reform from winning.Conversely, Reform’s main competitor for votes on the right is Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain party. Polling experts have said that current data suggests the size of their vote share is roughly simila...
Trump shocks world leaders at G7 with bold reprimand of Israel's bombing of Lebanon - with chilly warning for Bibi
Trump shocks world leaders at G7 with bold reprimand of Israel’s bombing of Lebanon - with chilly warning for BibiSPECIAL OFFER: Sign up to our weekly US politics newsletter and get three FREE months of DailyMail+ HERE See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy ELINA SHIRAZI, US SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER and JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT Published: 14:10, 16 June 2026 | Updated: 14:12, 16 June 2026 e-mail View comments
Oklahoma begins choosing a new US senator and governor in crowded primary – US politics live
Race set to test Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican partySign up for the Breaking News US emailHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Races for the Senate and governor in Oklahoma in primary elections begins today, as Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican party faces its next test.The United States and Iran have signed a memo of understanding giving them 60 days to find a way out of the war. The terms of the deal, which has not been publicly released, remain unclear. Vice-pr...
James Carville suggests the specific holiday by which President Trump will resign
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville made the case on Sunday’s episode of "Politics War Room" for why he thinks President Donald Trump will resign by Easter of 2027.During their podcast, Carville and his co-host Al Hunt were asked if they think Trump, on some level, actually wants to lose the midterms so that he can play off grievances from Democrats."No way in the world, Danny," Hunt responded. "If he wanted to lose the midterms, why has he orchestrated all this gerrymandering, trying t...
Trump's White House UFC fight target of 'explosive drones' plot with 'staged snipers' designed to kill thousands, FBI says
Trump’s White House UFC fight target of ‘explosive drones’ plot with ‘staged snipers’ designed to kill thousands, FBI saysSPECIAL OFFER: Sign up to our weekly US politics newsletter and get three FREE months of DailyMail+ HERESee more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT Published: 11:38, 16 June 2026 | Updated: 11:38, 16 June 2026 e-mail View comments
AIMIM's alliance politics: Owaisi sets stage to do a Bihar in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections
NEW DELHI: Asaduddin Owaisi, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), is all set to do a Bihar in Uttar Pradesh.
Jo Cox’s murder prompted calls for a ‘kinder, gentler politics’. Why has intolerance prevailed?
The late MP’s family, politicians and academics on the factors they believe have heightened division in the last 10 yearsHow the murder of my sister changed Britain – podcastTen years on from Jo Cox’s murder, Kim Leadbeater fears that the consensus around “kinder, gentler politics” in the wake of her sister’s death was short-lived.“Sadly and regrettably, over the last decade things are worse,” she says. Cox, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen and mother of two young children, was murdered outside...
Anti-Burnham fake news on Makerfield Facebook accounts has surged, report finds – UK politics live
Nearly one in six pieces of news shared in local Facebook groups during the campaign is false, Social Market Foundation report findsGood morning. Andy Burnham seems to be on course to win the Makerfield byelection on Thursday. But, if he does win, it will be despite a huge increase in the amount of hostile, fake news about him circulating on local Facebook groups. This has been documented in a report out today by the Social Market Foundation thinktank that has important implications not just for...
Opinion: Opinion | Heir Not-So-Apparent: The New Reality Of Indian Politics
Trinamool's turmoil is a warning to regional parties that legacy can open the door, but only legitimacy keeps the house from breaking.
Football upstages politics as Iranians rally behind their team at World Cup
In opener against New Zealand in Los Angeles, Iran's Team Melli gets cheers from thousands of anti-regime supporters.
Iran v Iran in the stands as politics and football intertwine
Iran v Iran in the stands as politics and football intertwineImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Iran fans during the 2-2 draw with New Zealand at Los Angeles StadiumByShaimaa KhalilBBC North America correspondent at Los Angeles StadiumPublished2 minutes agoOn the tickets and in the listings, this match was billed as Iran v New Zealand.But in the stands and chanting outside the stadium, it was not the Kiwis who were Iran's most vocal opponents - it was their own dissidents.Time and again, I...