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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The White House ramped up its feud with Democratic leaders in Illinois Wednesday, releasing a video blasting Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.In the video, which appears to show police and immigration authorities, President Donald Trump described Chicago as “a mess.””You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent,” Trump said. “We have a governor that refuses to admit he has problems. Everybody knows how bad it is. This open borders nightmare flooded our country with fentanyl and with people that shouldn’t be here, some of the worst people on earth…

When Kemi Badenoch was knocking on doors in her Essex constituency in the run up to the last election, she was confronted by a former Tory voter who told her: “I don’t know what the blue rosette you’re wearing means any more.”While she went on to retain her seat, Badenoch’s majority was slashed by almost 25,000 and the Conservative party as a whole suffered its worst defeat in parliamentary history.Ever since that day, her allies say, she has been thinking about how to redefine what the Conservative party stands for and turn the page after a tumultuous chapter in the…

New Delhi: As many as 65 per cent of industry leaders identified credit cards as the top growth segment leading the next wave of transformation in India’s fintech and payments landscape, a report said on Wednesday. In the survey report from PwC India that surveyed 175 industry leaders who identified cards, over 90 per cent said that they believed in credit cards’ promising growth potential. The survey revealed that 73 per cent of respondents expect Gen AI and Agentic AI to significantly impact the payments landscape. Nearly 50 per cent of the survey respondents believe that Agentic AI and biometric…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Florida state Rep. Kevin Steele has fielded a bill that would order institutions of higher education to rename roads after the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.The bill has real teeth since it stipulates that state funds should be withheld from schools that fail to comply.”State funds shall be withheld from any state university or Florida College System institution whose board of trustees fails to redesignate the roadway or portion of a roadway listed in subsections (1) and (2), respectively, within 90 days after the effective date of this act,” the text of…

Ministers are preparing to raise the amount the NHS pays pharmaceutical firms for medicines by up to 25% after weeks of intensive talks with the Donald Trump administration and drugmakers.The government has drawn up fresh proposals to end a standoff with the industry over drug pricing, including changing the cost-effectiveness thresholds under which new medications are assessed for use on the NHS, according to industry sources.The row has been cited as one of the reasons why big companies in the sector, including MSD (known as Merck in the US) and AstraZeneca, have cancelled or paused investments in the UK in…

2025 Toyota Fortuner Leader Edition Launched: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) launched the 2025 Fortuner Leader Edition, bringing minor cosmetic updates and new features to its popular SUV. Bookings will open in the second week of October 2025. The 2025 Toyota Fortuner Leader Edition is available in four colours – Pearl White, Attitude Black, Silver, and Superior White. It sports a new grille, redesigned front and rear bumper spoilers, and added chrome garnish.  A dual-tone black roof, glossy black alloy wheels, and a unique hood emblem give the SUV a more premium and sporty appeal. The cabin gets a black and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: One of only two House Republicans serving in districts won by former Vice President Kamala Harris last year is preparing to announce that he’s brought in more than $1 million in the latest fundraising quarter.Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., one of Democrats’ top targets in the 2026 midterms, will announce later on Wednesday that he’s raised $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2025.His campaign said it was the strongest third quarter the moderate House Republican has had in a non-election year.Lawler’s campaign spokesman Chris Russell told Fox News Digital…

The Conservatives will scrap stamp duty on sales of primary residences if they win the next election, Kemi Badenoch has said in a policy-heavy speech designed to improve her party’s economic credibility.The Tory leader told her party’s conference that she would abolish the tax that new buyers in England and Northern Ireland have to pay on house purchases over £125,000. The Conservatives calculate that this would cost £9bn a year to the Treasury. Stamp duty will still apply to additional properties and properties bought by companies, and for purchases by non-UK residents.Badenoch said the pledge was affordable because of a…

New Delhi: While governmental debts are rising globally, India’s general government debt will moderate to 77 per cent of GDP by FY31 and further to 71 per cent by FY35, from the current level of 81 per cent, a report said on Wednesday.  The report from the ratings firm CareEdge Ratings attributed this decline to Centre’s fiscal consolidation and sustained GDP growth of approximately 6.5 per cent. However, the firm maintained that the sticky aggregate state debt amid the distribution of freebies by some states remains a monitorable going forward. Add Zee News as a Preferred Source While India’s government…

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will join Gaza ceasefire talks in Egypt on Wednesday, as Hamas said the two sides had taken an initial step toward a key point of the U.S. plan to end the devastating war. The arrival of the U.S. delegation, as well as the leader of mediator Qatar, comes after a second day of indirect talks as Israel and Palestinians mourned the two-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks and the brutal conflict that has followed. Hamas released a statement Wednesday saying that a list of Palestinian prisoners who would…