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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., vowed to stand fearlessly with young conservatives in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination — a tragedy that sparked national outrage and led to three Clemson professors being fired after allegedly celebrating his death.In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital ahead of her address Wednesday at a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) gathering at Clemson University in South Carolina, Mace said she and other conservative leaders will continue speaking in public to honor the late TPUSA founder’s legacy, noting, “we’re not going to be afraid.”The South…

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing festive season, the Union government has released an additional tax devolution of Rs 1,01,603 crore to state governments, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. This is an additional amount to the normal monthly devolution, which is scheduled to be released on October 10. According to the ministry, the decision was taken in view festive season to enable states to accelerate capital spending and finance their development and welfare-related expenditure. Uttar Pradesh, the nation’s most populous state, got the highest–Rs 18,227 crore, followed by Bihar (Rs 10,219 crore), Madhya Pradesh (Rs 7,976 crore), West Bengal (Rs…

CHONGQING, China — It’s unclear how soon President Donald Trump will visit China, but in the meantime, China has Ryan Chen.His knack for impersonating the U.S. president has turned Chen, 42, into a social media star, sweeping across Instagram and TikTok as the “Chinese Trump.”“Guys, you know where we are? We’re in Chongqing, CHI-na!” Chen says in a typical video from his hometown, describing the city of more than 30 million people as “tremendous.”It began last fall, when Chen posted a video on Chinese social media as a dare, complete with Trump’s rambling linguistic style and signature hand gestures.“It went…

People granted asylum will no longer be given “the golden ticket” of resettlement and family reunion rights, Keir Starmer said, amid deepening concerns from charities that his words are demonising refugees.As the prime minister prepared to discuss illegal migration with European leaders, No 10 outlined plans to strip successful claimants of the right to automatically invite spouses and children to join them.The right to permanently settle in the UK will be bestowed upon those who prove to be contributing to society, he said, “not by paying a people-smuggler to cross the Channel in a boat”.Under current rules, successful asylum seekers…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Bipartisan talks on reopening the government began to materialize less than a day into the shutdown, with Republicans and Democrats trying to find a middle ground on expiring Obamacare tax credits.The federal government entered its first full day of a shutdown on Wednesday, and so far neither side of the aisle is willing to buckle as the hours ticked by.Still, in the middle of Senate Republicans’ third attempt to pass the House GOP’s short-term funding extension, a group of nearly a dozen senators huddled on the floor in the first public display…

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached six immovable properties valued at Rs 10.55 crore belonging to the directors, shareholders and beneficial owners of Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd (APIL) in connection with a money laundering case, the agency said on Wednesday. ED Gurugram zonal office attached these properties under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. Based in Gurugram (Haryana), Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) and Ludhiana (Punjab), the properties are held by directors, shareholders and beneficial owners of APIL namely Sushil Ansal, Pranav Ansal and Son HUF and Kusum Ansal, in a money-laundering case…

Dr. Jane Goodall, who will be remembered as an advocate for animals and a renowned chimpanzee researcher, died due to natural causes, the Jane Goodall Institute announced in a Wednesday statement. She was 91. “Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world,” the statement announcing her death said. Jane Goodall appears in the television special “Miss Goodall and the World of Chimpanzees” in 1965.CBS via Getty Images fileGoodall was in California at the time of her death, on a speaking tour in the U.S., the…

The gradual gentrification of Britain’s creative industries is a matter of record and an all too familiar theme. The alarm has repeatedly been sounded in recent years by senior figures in the arts. In 2022, Mark Rylance memorably questioned a distribution of cultural resources in which England’s most famous public school enjoys the luxury of two theatres, while arts education is relentlessly downgraded in the state sector.To paraphrase Macbeth, the sound and the fury has yet to signify very much in the way of meaningful change. One recent study found that between 2020 and 2023, working-class representation across the creative industries actually…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Thomas Massie announced a third-quarter fundraising haul of more than $700,000, notching the personal record as he seeks another term with the shadow of President Donald Trump looming over his re-election bid.The maverick Republican legislator, who has served in the House for a bit less than 13 years, is expected to face a Trump-backed opponent in 2026.”Our momentum keeps growing. Last week I did nine events with Senator [Rand] Paul in Kentucky with standing room only crowds at every venue. And this quarter’s fundraising was my best ever in the 13…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the welfare of the country’s farmers, who play a vital role in building a developed India, is a top priority for his government.  “To this end, the decision to increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for rabi crops has been taken. While this will strengthen our food security, it will also benefit our farmer brothers and sisters,” the Prime Minister said in a post on X. He was referring to the Cabinet decision taken on Wednesday to increase the MSP for rabi crops for the 2026-27 marketing season to ensure…