UK Conservatives Suspend Lee Anderson Over “Islamist” Remark

LONDON — The U.K.’s governing Conservative Party has suspended ties with one if its lawmakers after he accused London Mayor Sadiq Khan of being controlled by Islamists, as tensions over the Israel-Hamas war roil British politics. The party said on Saturday that Lee Anderson was suspended after he refused to apologize for remarks made about … Read more

Trump repeats ‘poisoning the blood’ anti-immigrant remark

By Nathan Layne DURHAM, New Hampshire (Reuters) -Donald Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner, said on Saturday that undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” repeating language that has previously drawn criticism as xenophobic and echoing of Nazi rhetoric. Trump made the comments during a campaign event in New Hampshire where he railed against … Read more

New House Speaker Kicks Things Off With Crass Remark About His Wife

Usually when a new speaker of the House is elected, they have major plans to unveil, recontextualizing the House’s work. Speaker Mike Johnson, however, had some other priorities. First thing on his agenda? Make a weird joke about his wife. Shortly after the little-known congressman won the title that he claimed he never sought, Johnson … Read more