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February 14, 2026
Media

Newsmax CEO Hits Out at ‘Not Fully Informed’ Trump, Blasts ‘Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy criticized the FCC’s handling of a controversy involving Jimmy Kimmel at a Senate hearing.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Chris Ruddy, President Trump, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, and Jimmy Kimmel.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred on Capitol Hill during a ‘Media Ownership’ hearing on Friday.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I don’t believe in the censorship of Jimmy Kimmel.” – Chris Ruddy

🎯IMPACT: The comments highlighted tensions over media regulation and potential impacts on media mergers.

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Newsmax chief Chris Ruddy used a rare appearance on Capitol Hill on Friday to lash out at President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC), telling Senators at the ‘Media Ownership’ hearing: “I don’t believe in the censorship of Jimmy Kimmel.”

The intervention came after Trump-aligned FCC chairman Brendan Carr found himself in a spat with the late-night comedy host over the false claim that conservative leader Charlie Kirk was murdered by a Trump supporter.

“Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said at the time, leading to Kimmel’s firing. “These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or, you know, there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

Kimmel was reinstated after industry-wide condemnation of his suspension, which apparently triggered the Newsmax CEO, too.

Ruddy, who was appearing as part of a debate on the existing broadcast cap and its impact on media mergers, lashed out further at President Trump and Chairman Carr, claiming Trump was not “fully informed” on the subject.

“I think the president makes a lot of good decisions, and he does when he’s fully informed. I think Chairman Carr has not informed him and advised him well on this issue,” Ruddy said towards the end of the two-hour hearing reviewed in full by The National Pulse.

Most of the conversation revolved around the Nexstar-Tegna merger and local news production and investment across the United States, with Ruddy claiming that his Newsmax would suffer due to larger broadcasters acquiring local news channels nationwide, even though Newsmax does not compete in local media markets.

The meeting was convened by Senator Ted Cruz, a major beneficiary of Chris Ruddy’s political donations.

Recently asked about his spat with Kimmel, Chairman Carr joked: “Well, you can’t see it because I have a collar and a tie on, but underneath I have a ‘No Regrets’ tattoo right across the bottom of my neck… And that’s sort of the motto that I tend to live by.”

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UK

Farage’s Reform Party Backs British Workers With Plan for Tax on Hiring Migrants.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is proposing tax incentives for hiring British workers and levies on firms employing foreign labor.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Robert Jenrick, the Reform UK party‘s Shadow Chancellor, announced a policy to prioritize British workers by reducing employer National Insurance (NI) contributions for domestic hires while imposing levies on businesses employing foreign workers. The plan also includes scrapping indefinite leave to remain (ILR) for low-wage migrants and introducing a graduated levy for each foreign worker employed.
📺 DETAIL: Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Jenrick argued that mass low-wage immigration and rising welfare dependency among Britons had created economic, social, and cultural problems, noting that millions of migrants had filled jobs that should have gone to British workers. He said Reform would not renew visas for many low-paid migrants, would scrap indefinite leave to remain, and expected large numbers to leave the country as more Britons moved from benefits into employment. Reform would additionally abolish the current immigration skills charge and replace it with a graduated annual levy on employers hiring foreign workers, which Jenrick said would incentivize firms to recruit from the domestic workforce instead.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Under Reform, it will be British workers first, migrant workers second. The tax reform that I’m announcing today will end the cheap migrant labor racket once and for all.” – Robert Jenrick
🎯 IMPACT: If implemented, the policy would reshape the labor market by reducing reliance on migrant workers and encouraging businesses to hire from the domestic workforce.

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TECH

Social Media Ban for Under-16s Will Force Anonymous Adults to Prove Their Identity.

The British Government has unveiled plans to ban under-16s from accessing social media platforms, jeopardizing online anonymity and raising concerns about the effectiveness of such measures.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The British Government has announced a ban on social media access for children under the age of 16, which will force anonymous adult users to give up their identity.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “A full ban is the right choice… I am not prepared to compromise on the safety and happiness of our children,” said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in a press conference on Monday.
🎯 IMPACT: Crucially, the ban will require adults to upload ID to use social media to prove that they are aged 16 or over, ending online privacy. Social media companies have warned that barring access to safer, regulated platforms could incentivize children to use less safe, unregulated ones and become more isolated. The government has regularly cited Australia’s social media ban as an example of how such a measure can work, but experts and critics have pointed to numerous enforcement challenges, particularly the ability of children to bypass restrictions using VPNs. Critics of the ban in the United Kingdom, such as Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, have proposed giving children mobile devices with limited features as an alternative.
📺 DETAIL: On Monday, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced his government’s intention to pursue a ban on social media for under-16s. Platforms like X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube will need to implement age-verification systems, such as facial recognition and official ID checks. Messaging apps and educational platforms, such as WhatsApp and Google Classroom, are excluded from the ban. The government has cited potential bullying, mental health, child endangerment, and “addictive” algorithms as justifications for the ban, which will be introduced under the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act.
📺 FLASHBACK: This represents another major crackdown on online privacy in the United Kingdom. Earlier in the year, the government pushed to implement digital ID, and in 2025 it enacted the Online Safety Act. Notably, the latter was also framed in terms of protecting children, but was subsequently used for political censorship, such as forcing the removal of videos of Members of Parliament (MPs) discussing Muslim grooming gangs.

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Crime
Immigration
UK

‘Pakistani-Heritage’ Suspect Appears in Court After Teen Girl Stabbed in Neck.

A 30-year-old man of Pakistani heritage has been charged with attempted murder following a broad daylight stabbing of a teenage girl in Brierfield, England.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A 17-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck in Brierfield, England, on Friday. The suspect has since been confirmed to be a Pakistani heritage man named Junaid Nawaz, who has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a knife.
📰 DETAIL: The victim was taken to a local hospital, where her injuries were determined to be non-life-threatening. She has since been discharged to recover at home. Nawaz, meanwhile, was remanded in custody and appeared before Blackburn Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Lancashire Police, who described Nawaz as British-born of Pakistani heritage, said extra patrols have been deployed in the area and appealed for witnesses. The attack, which was captured on video and shared online, has shocked residents of the town, amid wider public concern over violent crime involving migration-background men in Britain following the murder of white teenager Henry Nowak, who was fatally stabbed with a Sikh religious dagger by Vickrum Digwa. Public anger over the handling of the case, which saw responding police officers arrest Nowak as he was dying instead of helping him because Digwa falsely accused him of racism, sparked violent protests earlier this month, leading to dozens of arrests. Separately, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a Sudanese migrant was charged with the attempted beheading of a local man, triggering anti-immigration demonstrations, clashes with police, arson attacks, and the deployment of water cannons.
🎯 IMPACT: The Brierfield stabbing is just one of several in recent weeks involving migration-background men brutalizing white Britons, increasing the ongoing sense of tension in British society.

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News
UK

Farage Vows to Repeal the ‘Equality’ Act and Abolish DEI, Citing Anti-White Racism.

Nigel Farage has criticized the Equality Act and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies in Britain, arguing that they institutionalize anti-white racism and undermine meritocracy.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage has called for the repeal of the so-called Equality Act of 2010, arguing that it institutionalizes anti-white racism and promotes divisive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies across Britain. In the first of a planned series of Substack articles published Sunday, he noted that the legislation, introduced by a former Labour Party government, has created a “two-tier” system that disadvantages white Britons and prioritizes identity over merit.
📺 DETAIL: Farage criticized Section 149 of the Equality Act, which mandates public sector bodies to promote participation from supposedly underrepresented groups, stating that it effectively enforces DEI principles and undermines merit-based standards. He also highlighted “positive action” provisions that allow for hiring and promotion practices favoring minorities at the expense of white candidates. “Equality has nothing to do with it. The intention is to dominate. Employees working in one civil service department were told they should ‘yield positions of power to those otherwise marginalised’ in order to be in the ‘growth zone’, and ‘surround [themselves] with others who think and look differently,'” he said of DEI guidelines within government, warning: “Identity network groups focused around race and religion – which can exert staggering power over senior staff members – operate as unelected and unaccountable networks of power.”
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Reform would bring this madness to an end, abolishing the Equality Act and reverting to previous anti-discrimination legislation… No recruitment, training or promotion policies that favour one group over another will be lawful: we will restore meritocracy so your skin colour, sex, age or sexuality has no bearing on your job prospects or treatment as an employee. It’s the best person for the job that matters.” – Nigel Farage
🎯 IMPACT: Farage’s call for reform follows the brutal murder of white teenager Henry Nowak, who was put in handcuffs by police officers instead of being helped while he was bleeding to death because his killer, Vickrum Digwa, falsely accused him of racism.

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4 hours ago
News
War

Trump’s Iran Deal Announcement Triggers Oil Price Drop, Stock Market Surge.

President Trump’s agreement with Tehran to end the Iran war and reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz has cut oil prices and sparked optimism for global economic relief, despite lingering inflation concerns.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Oil prices fell sharply after President Donald J. Trump announced a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, a critical waterway for global crude oil and fertilizer transport. The agreement includes lifting the U.S. naval blockade on Iran, and the strait is expected to reopen by Friday.
📺 DETAIL: Brent crude dropped 4.8 percent to $83.11, and West Texas Intermediate fell 5.2 percent to $80.47 following the announcement. Analysts caution that while oil tanker traffic may resume soon, it could take weeks to reach half of pre-war levels due to concerns about the deal’s stability and insurance risks. Additionally, experts warn that inflation pressures will persist in the short term, as gas prices remain significantly higher than pre-war levels.
🎯 IMPACT: The deal has sparked optimism in financial markets, with U.S. stock futures pointing to gains. However, American households and businesses are likely to continue facing elevated costs at the pump for the time being, with gas prices still 37 percent higher than before the conflict.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “This Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region. Many presidents have tried to make Peace with Iran, and all have failed before me. The Leaders of the Region have, for the first time, found a President who can help them achieve real Peace. With the opening of the Strait upon the signing of the Deal on Friday, for purposes of mine removal, oil will flow on both ends again for the Region, and the World!” – President Trump

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June 13, 2026
Immigration
News
World

Migrants Now Account for 20% of School Students in This European Country.

New data has revealed a huge demographic shift among students being enrolled in Spanish elementary and secondary schools, with Hispanic students, particularly Colombians, driving the trend.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: New data from Spain’s Education Ministry shows that approximately 20 percent of the country’s elementary and secondary students come from migrant families.
📺 DETAIL: Official data from the Spanish government has revealed that the number of students from migrant families has increased from 724,635 in 2014-2015 to 1,151,694 in 2024-2025. Hispanic students are the primary drivers of this growth. Enrolment of Hispanic students has surged by almost 115 percent. In particular, Colombian students saw a major 310 percent increase, rising from 27,957 to 114,723 over the past decade. Notably, 30.6 of migrant students are now Latin American. African student enrollment has slowed to an increase of 18.8 percent over the same period. Overall, Moroccans remain the largest migrant group in Spain’s education system, though the number enrolled appears to be declining.
🎯 IMPACT: At present, Spain hosts 47.4 percent of Europe’s entire Hispanic migrant population. The demographic shift highlights Spain’s growing role as a destination for Hispanic migrants. However, thousands have been taking advantage of the European Union’s open borders Schengen Area to travel to other countries in the bloc, with Venezuelan and Colombian nationals being convicted of gruesome murders in EU member states as far away as Poland.
📺 FLASHBACK: These stats follow the far-left Spanish government’s decision to grant amnesty to a projected half a million illegal immigrants, many of them from the countries that experienced a large surge of enrollment. This decision has led to a collapse in local services across the country as municipal governments struggle to meet the demands of both residents and migrants. Notably, because there is no certainty as to the number of illegals in the country, the number who claim amnesty under the terms of the decision could exceed projections by hundreds of thousands.

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June 12, 2026
Crime
News

Instagram Influencer Posts Image of Himself Urinating on Austin Metcalf’s Grave.

An Instagram user with a significant following sparked outrage by posting an image appearing to show him desecrating the grave of white teenager Austin Metcalf, while calling for the release of his murderer, Karmelo Anthony.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: An Instagram account with over 10,000 followers posted an image appearing to show the black account owner urinating on the grave of Austin Metcalf, a white student athlete who was murdered last year by black student athlete Karmelo Anthony. The post, which may have been AI-generated, also called for Anthony’s release.
📰 DETAIL: Instagram user @onebigrichfolkz74, an amateur rapper, captioned the image, “I woke up and chose violence,” and “FREE #KarmeloAnthony.” The post quickly gained significant attention online, with more than 10,000 likes within hours. The controversy comes amid reports that the Metcalf family has received escalating death threats and harassment following Anthony’s murder conviction and 35-year prison sentence. Anthony was found guilty of fatally stabbing the 17-year-old during a dispute at a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025. Prosecutors argued that eyewitness testimony and video evidence contradicted Anthony’s self-defense claim, a position ultimately accepted by the jury. Legal experts note that while physically desecrating a grave can violate Texas law, the legal implications of AI-generated or digitally altered images depicting such acts are less clear, though related harassment or civil claims could still arise.
🎯 IMPACT: The post garnered over 10,000 likes in less than 12 hours, sparking widespread outrage and calls for legal action. A number of AI-generated copycat posts were also shared. Under Texas law, desecrating a grave is a serious offense, and even creating realistic images of such acts could potentially lead to criminal charges or civil claims for emotional distress.

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June 12, 2026
NatSec
News

Trump Switches Director of National Intelligence Nomination to Jay Clayton.

President Donald J. Trump has announced his decision to nominate Jay Clayton to lead U.S. intelligence, switching from the previously announced Bill Pulte.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump has nominated Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence. The President received pushback from the GOP over his previous nominee, Bill Pulte.
📺 DETAIL: On Thursday, via Truth Social, President Trump announced his intention to nominate Jay Clayton, the current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, for Director of National Intelligence. This follows the resignation of Tulsi Gabbard, who is leaving her role to support her husband in his ongoing battle with cancer on June 30. “I cannot in good conscience ask him to face this fight alone while I continue in this demanding and time-consuming position,” said Gabbard in her resignation letter at the time.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “I am pleased to announce the Nomination of very Highly Respected Jay Clayton… the current United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be the next Director of National Intelligence and, importantly, to serve in my Cabinet. Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay. I encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible.” – President Donald Trump.
🎯 IMPACT: Having been nominated by the President, Clayton will need to be confirmed by the Senate. Resistance from Senate Republicans is believed to have killed Trump’s previous attempt to install Bill Pulte, Director of U.S. Federal Housing, as DNI. The change at ODNI is the second replacement nomination made by the President this month. Earlier in June, he announced his decision to nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for Attorney General. Blanche was appointed as interim head of the Department of Justice following the departure of Pam Bondi.

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June 12, 2026
Data
UK

DATA: Musk’s ‘Restore Britain’ Puppet Party Set to Hand Victory to the Left in Crunch Election.

Labour Party candidate Andy Burnham is leading the polls in a crunch British parliamentary by-election (special election), with the Elon Musk-backed Restore Britain party likely to siphon enough votes from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party to hand him the victory.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester for Britain’s governing Labour Party, is leading in the polls ahead of a crucial parliamentary by-election (special election) in the Makerfield constituency (electoral district). Burnham’s five-point advantage over Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is likely due to the presence of the Elon Musk-backed Restore Britain party, notionally led by ex-Reform politician Rupert Lowe, drawing votes away from Reform.
📰 DETAIL: The poll, conducted by More in Common and the UCL Policy Lab, shows Labour at 45 percent, Reform UK at 40 percent, and Restore Britain at eight percent. Other parties, such as the formerly governing Conservatives and the far-left Green Party, are polling well below five percent. Notably, Restore Britain recently declared itself “the enemy of populism” in general and of President Donald J. Trump in particular, despite selling itself to voters as a hard-right party.
🎯 IMPACT: Should Burnham win a seat in the House of Commons, he is expected to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour Party’s leadership and, by extension, the office of Prime Minister. He is expected to win such a contest, pulling the party further to the left and canceling planned immigration restrictions.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Elon Musk’s spite party is tossing the keys to 10 Downing Street to Andy Burnham because Nigel Farage hurt his feelings.” – The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam
👀 FLASHBACK: Ahead of the 2024 general election, in which Lowe was returned to Parliament as a Reform candidate, he complained about the notionally right-wing Conservatives standing in his Great Yarmouth constituency and potentially peeling enough votes away from him to let Labour win. “Sad to see these attempts to split the vote and allow a Labour candidate in for Great Yarmouth,” he wrote in a social media post directed at former Conservative politician David Campbell-Bannerman, who was campaigning door to door for the Conservative candidate. “Look at the odds and polling David – the Tories WILL lose. Every leaflet you deliver is a leaflet for the Labour candidate,” Lowe argued.

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June 12, 2026
Data
News
UK

DATA: White Working-Class Boys Are Britain’s Most Disadvantaged Group.

New figures have revealed that white working-class boys are falling behind in Britain’s education system, making them the most disadvantaged group in the country.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: White working-class boys are the most disadvantaged group in the United Kingdom, according to an official report.
📺 DETAIL: A report by the Independent Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes, an ongoing investigation commissioned by Star Academies, a multi-academy trust, and led by Public First, a policy research firm, reveals that white working-class (WWC) students are nearly twice as likely to be absent from school. WWC students are also two and a half times more likely to be severely absent from school; that is, missing over 50 percent of lessons. Additionally, 34 percent of WWC students require special education assistance, compared to just 19 percent among other student demographics. “White working-class kids get amongst the worst outcomes in the education system,” Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson admitted, adding: “I think I do have to be honest in saying that we do have some big ideas about things we want to do to make this work better… But if we had all the answers, we would have solved it by now.” The report emphasized the struggles of WWC boys in particular, reaffirming a long-standing trend of WWC boys falling behind in educational attainment.
🎯 IMPACT: The recent figures support comments made by Suella Braverman, Shadow Education Secretary for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, last month. “The drive to pander to minority communities has completely undermined and pushed aside white working-class boys and their families,” said Braverman. Experts have warned that the taboo around addressing the challenges faced by WWC students, especially WWC boys, could lead to socio-economic and political instability. The figures cast further doubt on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology, which has largely neglected to address or resolve problems and disparities facing WWC students.

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