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6+ min ago (352+ words) Legendary actress Dame'Judi Dench'said she believes convicted sex offender'Harvey Weinstein "has done his time," claiming she can forgive him because "to me it's personal." Dench sat down for an interview with Radio Times in which she discussed her previous friendship with both Weinstein and actor'Kevin Spacey, who was found not guilty of charges of sexual assault in 2023. Spacey is facing additional allegations of sexual assault, and is set to be tried next October. "Kevin has been exonerated and I hear from Kevin, we text," said Dench. "I saw a bit of film of Harvey walking with two sticks and you think, "Well" I knew Harvey and I knew him well and worked with him, and I had none of that experience " very fortunately for me," she said. Dench said she can extend forgiveness to Weinstein, who is currently serving out…...

13+ min ago (415+ words) Donald Trump's recent appearance at a FIFA event highlights how he's a full-blown "elderly man" losing the support of his hardcore fans, an analyst wrote Monday. The president received the FIFA Peace Prize at the World Cup 2026 draw last week, but his "yammering" appearance was more important for highlighting his "obvious decline", according to Heather Digby Parton. The Salon columnist suggested Trump's power base, including that of FIFA president Gianni Infantino, is surrounding Trump with made-up medals and praise. But even his own supporters are seeing through the cracks and believe the president is fading. Parton wrote, "Mind you, the hardcore base is sticking with Trump so far because, like their idol, they can never admit they were wrong." "But even they are starting to feel the dissonance of hearing this feeble, elderly man yammering about peace amid daily news…...

14+ min ago (694+ words) Massacres at the start of the war in Sudan should have shocked the world into action. They didn't. And so more massacres followed. By Dr Javid Abdelmoneim Over the last two months in Darfur, Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed horrifying atrocities in the city of el-Fasher. There, they have fired on and killed civilians already shattered by more than 500 days of siege; people already so starved they have been forced to eat animal feed. People have been massacred, tortured, and summarily executed. Many remain stranded or unaccounted for as the violence that has swept through the city continues unchecked; several thousand people remain detained, held for ransom. My Sudanese colleagues are treating patients as they await news of their relatives. Most of my colleagues in Tawila have family members, friends, or colleagues whom the RSF killed in…...

16+ min ago (769+ words) Senate Republican leaders are hoping that President Trump will intervene to quell a conservative rebellion in the upper chamber against a package of spending bills that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is trying to advance before Christmas," NewsNation reports. Conservative Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Rick Scott (R-FL) have brought a package of five appropriations bills " the so-called mini-bus " to a standstill because they object to the dozens of earmarks in the bill, a controversial practice that has divided Republicans for years." The Best Laptop I've Ever Used In 25 years of running Political Wire, no computer has ever served me better than the latest MacBook Air. It's the rare machine that's powerful enough to handle my entire workflow yet light enough to take everywhere " and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's on sale now for…...

16+ min ago (226+ words) A widening human rights crisis emerges as new disclosures reveal orders to kill shipwrecked survivors. His justification has been undermined by the disclosures about the September 2 vessel's destination and by the administration's increasingly speculative logic about potential future drug flows. Legal experts note that whatever contraband the vessel carried, the survivors clinging to debris posed no threat and could not continue any mission. Himes has urged the administration to release the video so the public can see what occurred. He said, "Any American who sees the video that I saw will see its military attacking shipwrecked sailors," and noted that the men "were not in position to continue their mission in any way." Criticism continues to grow as more details reach lawmakers and human rights groups. The United Nations has previously warned that those ordering and carrying out such strikes…...

18+ min ago (706+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said negotiators discussing a US-brokered peace initiative remain divided over territory as President Donald Trump expressed disappointment in Kyiv's handling of the deal," Bloomberg reports. The Best Laptop I've Ever Used In 25 years of running Political Wire, no computer has ever served me better than the latest MacBook Air. It's the rare machine that's powerful enough to handle my entire workflow yet light enough to take everywhere " and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's on sale now for an astonishing 21% off. Senate Republican leaders are hoping that President Trump will intervene to quell a conservative rebellion in the upper chamber against a package of spending bills that Senate Majority Leader John" Gov. Andy Beshear has spent years building a distinct political identity in the reliably red commonwealth of Kentucky by winning statewide as a Democrat…...

20+ min ago (843+ words) Right or left, east or west, small-town/rural or city dwellers, blue collar or middle-class, who knows anyone (but the affluent) not paying through the teeth for the insufferable Trump Clown Show? The tragic Trump farce, pitted by irony: first, manipulate inflated MAGA grievances, then ruthlessly make real grievances universal for all but the richest. Don't some Christians link suffering and salvation? Despite the basest pandering to his base, Trump policies are just as horrific for MAGA family life as for befuddled centrists or outraged Never Trumpers. No group, besides the 1%, is better off one year after the ultimate rip-off election ever. In fact, assets held by the top 1% of U.S. families total $52 trillion " adding a whopping $4 trillion, an 8% surge, since 2024 (the Trump billionaire dividend). When else, except for Gilded Age inequality, have the fattest cats got so much richer while…...

23+ min ago (832+ words) Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) got a dressing down on Monday morning for his performance over the weekend on ABC after he lashed out at "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos who put him on the spot about Donald Trump's pardon of a cocaine kingpin.Schmitt, the former attorney general of Missouri before being elected to the US Senate, was asked about the pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hern'ndez, who was convicted of plotting to flood the US with cocaine. The Missouri lawmaker claimed he was in the dark about the president's interference on the convicted drug dealer's part.That led the ABC host to shoot back, "What do you mean you're not familiar with the facts and circumstances of the pardon? It's been well-reported all across the country. He is the former president of Honduras. He was convicted of…...

25+ min ago (460+ words) Trump's big thing is the $20 trillion in investment that he imagines is coming into the country. This sum is equal to two thirds of annual GDP and almost seven times the current annual level of investment. But there is zero evidence of it anywhere in the data. Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED/St. Louis Federal Reserve After an unprecedented boom under Biden, investment in factory construction has trended downward under Trump. It's hard to imagine some huge explosion of investment that won't involve building some new factories or renovating existing ones. The story doesn't look any better from the standpoint of manufacturing employment, which Trump has put at the center of his economic agenda. Manufacturing employment is down by 49,000 from when Trump took office in January. Employment had already been falling in 2024, but manufacturing jobs are still…...

26+ min ago (340+ words) Shri T V Somanthan The ongoing Indigo crisis, which has caused trauma to passengers and disrepute to overall governance in our country, was waiting to happen. In this connection, you may refer a cautionary letter written by me six months ago to the then Civil Aviation Secretary. The Civil Aviation Ministry is trying to wash its hands off the mess by issuing a "show cause notice" to the CEO of Indigo, trying to pretend as if it has nothing to do with this crisis." What is the role of the Competition Commission in the case of this ugly Indigo crisis? They seem to remain passive. Since the Civil Aviation Ministry has failed to promote adequate competition in the aviation sector, the government should set up an independent regulatory authority not amenable to political manipulation, as it is happening today with…...