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US Vice President JD Vance, speaking at the US Air Force Academy graduation ceremony in Colorado, told cadets that decisions over life and death must be made by humans and not machines, citing AI's impact on warfare and referencing a recent papal document from Pope Francis.
At least 10 ICE detainees, all men, died by suicide since Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, with seven deaths since October already surpassing any prior fiscal year; the victims averaged 32 years old, including Brayan Rayo Garzon, 26, a Colombian military veteran who died in Phelps County Jail, Missouri in April 2025 after his request to call his mother was denied.
The official Democratic Party account posted a five-word insult telling White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller to 'shut up, you ugly ----' after Miller attacked Democratic Texas Senate hopeful Rep. James Talarico, prompting a Substack post from former GOP strategist Rick Wilson of The Lincoln Project celebrating the moment.
Enfield Council, now under Conservative leader Alessandro Georgiou, has withdrawn from the government's new towns programme, halting the planned 21,000-home development at Crews Hill and Chase Park on green belt land, in a blow to Labour's flagship housebuilding scheme and a potential test of Rachel Reeves' planning changes.
The US Attorney's Office for Washington under Jeanine Pirro issued grand jury subpoenas to Reddit and X demanding names, addresses, and banking information of anonymous users who posted criticisms of ICE including 'expletive ICE,' with motions to quash pending before U.S. District Chief Judge James Boasberg.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin faces criticism for pushing to put his wife on the agency payroll, flying on a $70 million luxury jet to Oklahoma similar to predecessor Kristi Noem, and proposing halting flights into blue cities, prompting analyst Andrew Egger at The Bulwark to write that Mullin is failing to stop the pattern of scandals at DHS.
Barrister Peter Ward will stand for the Rejoin EU Party in the June 18 Makerfield by-election, where Labour Mayor Andy Burnham and Reform UK's Robert Kenyon are also candidates, as campaigner Robert McMaster's petition to rejoin the EU passed 100,000 signatures, triggering consideration for Parliamentary debate, with YouGov polling showing 56% of Britons support rejoining.
President Donald Trump pledged via executive order to build a National Center for Warrior Independence on the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center campus to house 6,000 homeless veterans by January 1, 2028, but his $2.2 trillion fiscal 2027 budget allocated zero dollars for the project, sparking bipartisan outrage and accusations of corruption from lawmakers including Rep. Mike Bost and Rep. Derrick Van Orden during a May 13 House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, while his administration also made VA officials sign nondisclosure agreements about the project.
During a White House Cabinet meeting, each official was given a $55 red cap sold by the Trump Store featuring Mount Rushmore, a bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, and the Liberty Bell for America's 250th anniversary; President Trump has made at least $1.4 billion since taking office with a net worth of $6.5 billion according to Forbes, and watchdog group CREW reported over 600 products launched by the Trump Store since he took office.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a billionaire and former Cantor Fitzgerald CEO, informed automakers in October 2025 of a retroactive tariff credit for American-made cars after May 2025 levies, but industry executives were left with billions fewer than anticipated, reflecting his unorthodox and aggressive governing style.
Vice President JD Vance, speaking to over 900 cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy's 68th commencement in Colorado Springs on Thursday, preemptively told graduates they could not boo him, referencing recent heckling incidents at the Milan Winter Olympics and in Michigan.
Reform UK's Makerfield by-election candidate Rob Kenyon, 41, who claims to be 'born and bred' in Makerfield, was raised in Haydock (within the St Helens North constituency) and attended English Martyrs Catholic Primary School there; the Reform party argues he was 'bred' in Makerfield as he attended secondary school and visited family within the constituency.
US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened to remove Customs and Border Protection agents from airports in sanctuary cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, to reassign them to protect DHS employees at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, which critics say would cause apocalyptic chaos and massive economic damage.
Xavier Becerra leads the California governor's race with 23 percent support in a mid-May PPIC poll, ahead of Republican Steve Hilton at 20 percent and Democrat Tom Steyer at 15 percent, positioning him as the frontrunner heading into the final week of the primary.
Labour's £660m migrant deal with France faces legal challenges after French environmental group Flemish-Artois Coastal Environmental Defense Assembly filed an appeal against a new detention centre near Dunkirk, with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood committing £500m for police patrols, vessels, helicopters, drones and surveillance plus £160m for new tactics, as critics note over 1,000 migrants crossed the Channel in recent days and total UK payments to France exceed £1.3bn.
Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has spoken publicly for the first time since her estranged husband, former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the Scottish National Party. Speaking at Listowel Writers' Week in County Kerry, Ireland, Sturgeon described the period as "probably the worst week of my life," saying she feels deceived, betrayed, and lied to by someone she "obviously didn't know at all." Murrell used the embezzled funds to purchase luxury goods including a Niesmann and Bischoff motorhome for £124,550, a Montblanc fountain pen, jewellery, cosmetics, and two cars. He was remanded in custody following his guilty plea and faces sentencing on June 23, 2026. Sturgeon was arrested in June 2023 as part of the Operation Branchform probe but faced no further action. She said she was unaware of Murrell's spending sprees and learned details of the embezzled items through newspaper reports. Meanwhile, First Minister John Swinney dismissed calls for a Holyrood inquiry into the Murrell case during FMQs on May 28, 2026.
US Representative Jamie Raskin (Maryland-8) argues that the Democratic National Committee, meeting with about 50 leaders to write the 2028 presidential primary rulebook, should adopt ranked-choice voting to manage an expected crowded field of over two dozen candidates and avoid problems seen in 2016, 2020, and 2024 primaries.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage faces demands from the Liberal Democrats for the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to investigate his claim that his phone was compromised by Russian state hackers, after details of an undeclared £5 million gift from Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne were leaked to The Guardian.
Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is expected to release a trove of evidence alleging foreign interference by China, Iran, and others in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to right-wing journalist John Solomon, speaking on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast on Thursday.
Columnist Greg Sargent on The New Republic's 'The Daily Blast' podcast analyzes Trump's statement 'I don't care about the midterms' during a May 27, 2026 Cabinet meeting, arguing Trump's endorsement of Ken Paxton (who won the Texas Senate runoff on May 26) over Sen. John Cornyn could drag down the GOP while opening a path for Democrat James Talarico in a competitive Texas Senate race.
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