Labour peers called for £50,000 cap on political donations amid a row over Reform UK’s billionaire backers. Lord Wills, a former Labour justice minister, called for a donation cap of £50,000 per year to stop the mega-rich “buying access” to political figures as part of the Representation of the People Bill, which returned to the … Read more
I recently visited Ontario, New York, a tiny town named after Lake Ontario, which runs along on its northern edge. I wanted to know how people in a community that overwhelmingly voted for President Donald Trump felt about him renaming the body of water to Lake America. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/02/watch-ontario-new-york-residents-sound-off-lake-america-name-change/
MS NOW’s Chris Hayes castigated far-right influencer Laura Loomer over what he called her latest “racist tirade” after she attacked several Black female lawmakers, including Democratic Reps. https://www.ms.now/news/laura-loomer-racist-tirade-trump-connection
The escalation in hostilities between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend shows the U.S. is running out of patience with the slower-moving sanctions approach, according to analysts. U.S. forces destroyed two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on Sunday, as the Islamic Republic prepared to fire mine-carrying rockets into the Strait of Hormuz, ending … Read more
Private markets are having a moment. Once the province of a small circle of institutional investors bound to rigid, closed-end fund structures, private capital has grown into one of the most important engines of financing in the global economy. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayrarodriguezvalladares/2026/08/19/private-markets-have-a-plumbing-problem—the-industry-needs-to-modernize/
Private markets are having a moment. Once the province of a small circle of institutional investors bound to rigid, closed-end fund structures, private capital has grown into one of the most important engines of financing in the global economy. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayrarodriguezvalladares/2026/08/19/private-markets-have-a-plumbing-problem—the-industry-needs-to-modernize/