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Via the AP:  Spectacularly punished by voters who took away her majority in Parliament, a politically wounded but defiant Theresa May soldiered on Friday as Britain’s prime minister, resisting pressure to resign after the failure of a high-stakes election gamble that made the massive challenge of untangling Britain from the European Union only more complex

British police say casualties from the London Bridge attack could have been much worse had the attackers succeeded in hiring a 7.5-ton truck instead of a van, which was used to plow through a crowd of pedestrians during the first stage of their bloody onslaught.  Read Full Article

Can we say no?  Puerto Rico is preparing to vote on becoming the 51st US state, but there are several other options that the islanders can choose from in the non-binding referendum, including maintaining the status quo to becoming a full-fledged country on its own.  Read Full Article

“No collusion, no obstruction, he’s a leaker”. Via LI Donald Trump has laid down the gauntlet, or maybe taken the bait, on key portions of James Comey’s Senate testimony. We’ll have a transcript and video when available. Here are the key Trump points: Never told Comey to close Flynn investigation, never asked for loyalty pledge,

To #Resist or Not to #Resist, that is the question… Senators Stab Trump to Death in Central Park Performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Take a look at @PublicTheaterNY’s first Shakespeare in the Park production of 2017, a Trump-inspired Julius Caesar https://t.co/iTPiJMSSaq pic.twitter.com/t5VfDfZVRe – Playbill (@playbill) May 30, 2017 Shakespeare in the Park, an annual summer

Trying to make the economy more capitalistic and better.  Against a unified Democratic Party in the US House, Republicans have passed a bill to undo much of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which further regulated the banking industry in response to the financial crisis of 2007 to 2008.  Read Full Article

A controversial integration law that will fine women for wearing face-concealing Islamic dress from October, and deprive of benefits migrants who fail to take language lessons has officially been enacted, after being rubberstamped by the President.  Read Full Article I am zero fan of dress codes in public. I’m less of a fan of allowing

Who knew that BINGO could be so expensive!  The Democratic Party in Michigan has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine, the 11th largest penalty given out by the Federal Election Commission, after an investigation of the party’s decades-old bingo fundraisers found campaign finance and reporting violations.  Read Full Article

He opened his mouth again before thinking.  President Donald Trump’s counsel has just two weeks to hand over, if they exist at all, recorded “tapes” of conversations Trump had with fired FBI director James Comey to the House panel probing alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.  Read Full Article

The first whistleblower to stand trial for leaking classified information to the media under the Trump administration pleaded ‘not guilty’ to espionage charges.  Read Full Article

Japan has passed legislation paving the way for 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to abdicate. The law sets the stage for the first abdication of a reigning monarch in two centuries, in a royal family which has a history stretching back 2,600 years.  Read Full Article

European leaders took little time to digest Britain’s complex general election result before insisting that Brexit negotiations must go on, regardless of the hung parliament which threatens to sink talks before they’ve even begun.  Read Full Article

Donald Trump has issued a much anticipated tweet in response to James Comey’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, accusing the former FBI director of “false statements” and “lies,” and pointedly noting that Comey leaked the details of a meeting.  His tweet references Comey’s Thursday hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, in which he recalled conversations he

Don’t text and drive.  Don’t text and walk. 

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn passed the electoral test with flying colors after delivering his party’s best results since 2001. But will his opponents inside the party finally rally behind the socialist?  Read Full Article

Thou shalt not speak ill of thine royal family.  A Thai man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for Facebook posts deemed insulting to the royal family, media and human rights groups have said. The sentence is one of the harshest ever recorded in the kingdom for such an offense.  Read Full Article

I guess their being Republican trumps their being gay. <pun intended> Pro-Trump gays banned from pride parade Those who preach tolerance and equality are normally the least tolerant and least equal of all. That’s why I was not terribly surprised to learn that organizers of a gay pride parade in Charlotte, North Carolina, banned a

Fox & Friends Sunday hosts apologized after two of the show’s guests — one of whom works for the channel — floated the possibility of using internment camps to detain terror suspects in the U.K. following the June 3 attack in London. The day after the attack in London, which killed seven and injured dozens,

British politician and recent media pundit Nigel Farage appeared on Fox Business News with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the latest terrorist attack in London, England.