Semafor The New York publisher who is now the lead bidder for the Telegraph, the British Conservative Party’s newspaper of record, is still working to assemble investors to back the $550 million deal. Dovid Efune, the bidder, has approached the group founded by the conservative American business figure Charles Koch,…
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The Baby Bust: Planetary Population Set to Decline for the First Time Since the Black Death in the 1300s
Foreign Affairs Although few yet see it coming, humans are about to enter a new era of history. Call it “the age of depopulation.” For the first time since the Black Death in the 1300s, the planetary population will decline. But whereas the last implosion was caused by a deadly…
Read MoreJudge to Unseal Additional Filings from Jan. 6 Case as Trump Signals Challenge
The Hill U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed Thursday to unseal additional filings from special counsel Jack Smith laying out his election interference case against former President Trump, something Trump’s attorneys signaled they plan to challenge. Chutkan agreed to a request from Smith to unseal exhibits that accompany his 180-page brief asserting that prosecutors can still bring much…
Read MoreMilton Leaves at Least a Dozen Dead, Millions Without Power
NBC News Hurricane Milton wrought havoc across Florida, where it whipped up tornadoes, cut power for more than 3.3 million energy customers, put some 11 million people at risk of flooding and caused at least 12 deaths. Milton was moving into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning after making landfall…
Read MoreReport: Top Democrat Operatives Worry Blue Wall Is Slipping Away from Kamala Harris
Breitbart Top Democrat politicians and operatives fear polling numbers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania show Vice President Kamala Harris running behind former President Donald Trump, Axios’s Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei reported. The report confirmed private Harris campaign polling from earlier this week that showed Harris is in a lot of trouble, according to political…
Read MoreSuspect’s Trial in University of Idaho Murders Delayed until August 2025
CBS News The trial of Bryan Kohberger, who has been charged with killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, has been set. The trial will begin on Aug. 11, 2025, and continue through Nov. 7, 2025, according to a scheduling order issued by the state of Idaho. It had been scheduled to…
Read MoreTester Trails Sheehy in Montana Senate Reelection Bid with Control of Chamber in Balance
The Hill Incumbent Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is trailing Republican rival Tim Sheehy by 8 points in the Montana Senate race, according to the latest survey from The New York Times/Siena College. The polling, released Thursday, shows Sheehy garnering 52 percent support from likely voters in the state compared to Tester’s 44 percent. Four…
Read MoreFEMA Spent Nearly Half Its Disaster Budget in Just Eight Days
Politico Eight days into the fiscal year, the federal government has spent nearly half the disaster relief that Congress has allocated for the next 12 months. The rapid spending — which is likely to accelerate as aid flows to states pulverized by Hurricanes Helene and Milton — soon will force…
Read MoreUniversity of Kansas Prof Placed on Leave after telling students men who won’t Vote for a Woman Prez Should Be ‘Lined Up’ and ‘Shot’
The Post Millennial A professor at the University of Kansas has been put on administrative leave after telling students during a recent lecture that men who do not vote for a female president should be lined up and shot. The comments were made by Professor Phil Lowcock, the director of international student-athlete…
Read MoreHurricane Milton to Make Landfall In Florida Tonight with Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Winds, Flooding
The Weather Channel Hurricane Milton will make landfall in Florida tonight into early Thursday where it poses a major threat to life and property as it hammers the state with destructive storm surge, devastating wind damage, potentially catastrophic flooding rainfall and several tornadoes. “The track of Hurricane Milton continues…
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