President Donald Trump dug his latest line of attack out of the dustbin of history. With the midterm elections approaching, calling his opponents “communists” is shaping up as his go-to counteroffensive. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/08/us/5-things-pm-july-8-trnd
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More than a dozen immigration detention facilities have gone over a year without inspection under revised ICE policies
Fifteen of the 45 immigration detention facilities holding 500 or more people hadn’t been inspected in over 12 months as of late June, while five had no inspection on record, a CBS News analysis of inspection reports found. This follows a shift in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s policies from inspecting most of its facilities twice…
England fans to get bank holiday if Three Lions win World Cup, Starmer suggests
The outgoing Prime Minister has all but confirmed that, should Thomas Tuchel’s side bring football home, England fans will be able to celebrate with a day off work. Speaking from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkiye, Sir Keir hinted that he would grant the bunk-off bonanza should England put an end to 60 years of…
Show a liberal a Lime bike and he will show you his soul
These days it can be hard to know what a liberal really believes. Thankfully a simple test throws light on their soul. It is similar to the one Hermann Rorschach designed in the 1920s. https://www.economist.com/business/2026/07/01/show-a-liberal-a-lime-bike-and-he-will-show-you-his-soul
‘Separate in name and power’: How America reinvented English
In August 1813, he wrote an impassioned letter to his friend John Waldo about the blossoming of new terms in fertile terrain of the 37-year-old United States of America. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260630-how-america-reinvented-english