The promotion of Australian-born Mary from princess to queen proves what a pure lottery the aristocracy has always been | Van Badham

With Denmark’s Queen Magrethe abdicating, Mary may come to fulfil an imaginative role as a local queen for Australians when her husband Prince Frederik accedes to the throne The new year 2024 has begun with Queen Margrethe II of Denmark handing in a shock abdication. After 52 years of monarching, the sovereign of the wealthy … Read more

Longtime Texas Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson dies at 88

U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, one of the most prominent Democrats from the Dallas area, died on Sunday at the age of 88.  The Dallas Morning News also confirmed her death with an unnamed source close to the family. No cause of death was given. Johnson was born in Waco and grew up in the … Read more

NFL roundup: Purdy rebounds as San Francisco 49ers clinch NFC’s top seed

Niners beat Commanders 27-10 to clinch No 1 seed in NFCEagles stunned by Cardinals 35-31 for fourth loss in DecemberChiefs hold on to defeat Bengals and clinch AFC West title Brock Purdy bounced back from the worst game of his NFL career to throw two touchdown passes, and the San Francisco 49ers clinched the top … Read more

US-Mexico border crossings in December sets monthly record high

Over 300,000 people were on track to cross as Biden makes urgent efforts to curb migrant flows that have become political liability More than 300,000 people were on track to cross the US-Mexico border in December without authorization and are being processed by American immigration officials, a tally that sets the latest monthly record, according … Read more

Former aides warn Trump re-election could ‘end US democracy as we know it’

Sarah Matthews, Cassidy Hutchinson and Alyssa Farah Griffin insist Trump’s behavior would be worse if he wins second term The re-election of Donald Trump in 2024 could “end American democracy as we know it”, according to three women who worked for him in the White House during his chaotic term in office. All three gave … Read more

Harvard honor council student says Claudine Gay got by on ‘lower standard’ in plagiarism case, should resign

An undergraduate member of Harvard’s Honor Council believes university president Claudine Gay is “getting off easy” from her recent plagiarism allegations. The student, who remained anonymous, wrote an op-ed published in the Harvard Crimson student newspaper on Sunday. Gay is facing widespread accusations of antisemitism and plagiarism, but the university’s board has declared it still … Read more

Texas AG blasts Biden admin for ‘aiding and abetting’ cartels after migration numbers smash record

Following reports of data showing migration at the southern border smashed monthly records in December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the Biden administration of “aiding and abetting” drug cartels.  “We’ve got the Biden administration, as I said, aiding and abetting the cartels, encouraging the cartels to make billions of dollars and to bring as … Read more

XFL and USFL announce new, merged spring football league

The United Football League to kickoff in March 20242023 XFL and USFL champions will play in opening game The latest edition of a spring football league will be called the “United Football League”, after the merged XFL-USFL leagues confirmed they will be merging. Former XFL president/CEO Russ Brandon will hold the same position in the … Read more

Congressman Jonathan Jackson on Biden, Gaza and making his famous father proud

After a lifetime of activism, a son of Jesse Jackson marks his first year as a politician representing Illinois Jonathan Jackson’s eyes brim with tears as he recalls the 1984 campaign of his father, Jesse, to become the United States’ first Black president. “To see my great-grandmother, who couldn’t read or write, vote,” the US … Read more