The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas said Wednesday that the incoming administration of presidential election winner Donald Trump must ‘work seriously to stop the war’ in the Gaza Strip.  The declaration comes after a report emerged claiming Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wrap up the conflict by the time he gets inaugurated on Jan. 20 if he had won ...

Asda is mandating that head office employees work on-site at least three days a week, while also announcing job cuts to streamline operations and stabilise its market position. The changes, communicated in an internal email by interim CEO Lord Rose, affect over 5,000 staff across Leeds and Leicester, taking effect from January 2025. Since Asda’s £6.8 billion sale to the ...

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has warned that pint prices may increase as the company faces a £60 million surge in costs following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget. Founder Sir Tim Martin highlighted that rising costs from National Insurance (NI) and national living wage hikes are putting substantial pressure on the hospitality sector, prompting many pub businesses to consider price increases. Martin ...

The pound fell sharply against the dollar, dropping 1.4% to $1.285—its lowest in two months—as traders adjusted to the news of Donald Trump’s projected return to the White House. Known for his “America First” policies, Trump’s victory sent the dollar soaring, with gains of 2% against the euro and 1.8% versus the yen. Investors are betting that his plans for ...

The UK Treasury may have breached the law by withholding £9.5 billion in spending pressures ahead of Jeremy Hunt’s final Budget in March, according to Richard Hughes, head of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). Hughes suggested that vital financial data on departmental budgets, required by the OBR under the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011, was not shared, ...

The four progressive Democrat members of the ‘Squad’ and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders cruised to re-election victories as American voters have chosen to keep familiar faces in Washington.  For House Republicans, Speaker Mike Johnson sailed to victory in Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District, while Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Republican Conference Chairman Elise Stefanik also won in Louisiana’s 1st Congressional ...

First-term Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., is projected to survive his first re-election bid in his suburban 17th Congressional District. He defeated former Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., delivering a much-needed victory for House GOP leaders as they seek to hold onto their razor-thin margin of control over half of Congress, according to The Associated Press, which called the race after 5 ...

It seems that as more and more time goes by, my appreciation for the ingeniousness of our Founding Fathers elevates. I write this before knowing the outcome of the election. I sit behind a ‘veil of ignorance,’ with no advance knowledge of who will win the popular vote and who will win in the Electoral College. We have a growing ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the first world leaders to congratulate former President Donald Trump on his stunning political comeback victory on Wednesday. Netanyahu, who is leading a seven-front existential war against Iran’s regime and its proxies, wrote on X, ‘Dear Donald and Melania Trump, Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback! Your historic return to the ...

Farming leaders and suppliers are warning that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax on farming assets exceeding £1 million could undermine Britain’s food security, making the UK more dependent on foreign imports. Senior business figures, including Nigel Murray, managing director of Booths supermarket, have voiced concerns that the tax changes could erode incentives for domestic food production, potentially leading to higher ...