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Conservative hardliner and powerful Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good shockingly lost his seat in Congress following a recount of his contentious primary against Trump-backed John McGuire.The Virginia lawmaker’s burn-it-all-down tactics in the House has made enemies out of colleagues including former President Donald Trump and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy – who he ousted last year. The initial race on June 18 had been so close that it took weeks for the results to come out and Good funded the recount himself. But ultimately it did not make up for the nearly 400-vote gap of 62,000 votes cast and the Associated Press…
Donald Trump has nominated former Congressman and Fox Business host Sean Duffy to be his Transportation Secretary.The president-elect announced late Monday he had picked Duffy, a father of nine who appeared on MTV series the ‘Real World’ in the 1990s, to take the spot currently occupied by Pete Butttigieg. Duffy is married to fellow Fox News personality Rachel Campos-Duffy, who he met on the reality series ‘Road Rules: All Stars’ in 1998.After leaving his reality TV career behind, Duffy then turned to politics and public service. In 2010, he was elected to Congress to represent Wisconsin’s seventh congressional district. He served in the role…
Josh Hazlewood suffered a calf strain on Tuesday The Aussie quick had returned from a side strain this weekHis absence could open the door again for Scott Boland By ED CARRUTHERS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and JOEL GOULD AND SCOTT BAILEY FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 02:52 EST, 17 December 2024 | Updated: 02:54 EST, 17 December 2024 Josh Hazlewood’s summer Test series could be over after the Aussie pace bowler pulled up with a sore calf on the fourth morning of the Brisbane Test. The 33-year-old quick had overcome a side strain heading into this week’s clash against India at the Gabba. But…
Conor McGregor was once one of the highest earning athletes on the planet – a monetary match for Cristiano Ronaldo taking home up to £128million-a-year at the height of his UFC fame.But the controversial Irishman, 36, is fighting to salvage his reputation after he lost a civil case brought by Nikita Hand, 35, who won almost €250,000 (£210,000) in damages on Friday after accusing him of rape.And he may also face a battle to save more of his fortune because at least four women have made similar allegations over the past five years – and may now feel empowered to sue him despite police and…
Men’s life expectancy has dropped by half a year while women’s has fallen by three months since the Covid pandemic, new official figures show. Children born in England and Wales are expected live to 79 years, while women will reach 83 on average, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today revealed.That’s 26 weeks lower for men and 13 weeks lower for a woman that before the pandemic, according to the data.Despite life expectancy increasing over the past 40 years, due to advances in healthcare, living and working conditions, since 2011, it had started to plateau. While experts blamed the recent drop primarily…
There’s nothing new about a Christmas ceasefire. But the current break in hostilities between A-list actress Blake Lively and her once obscure co-star in It Ends With Us, Justin Baldoni, isn’t down to anything as heart-warming as a spot of seasonal goodwill. It’s simply due to the fact that the courts are shut over the festive period.It was last Friday, just before the break, that the bombshell news first broke that 37-year old Lively – who found fame on TV soap opera Gossip Girl and is married to film star Ryan Reynolds – had filed an 80-page legal complaint against…
Germany could leave the European Convention on Human Rights if it is unable to overhaul Europe’s asylum system, one of the country’s leading conservative politicians has said.Jens Spahn, who was a minister under Angela Merkel and represents the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the Bundestag, said the move is only one component of a far-reaching plan to lower migration levels.Politicians in Britain’s Conservative Party have made similar suggestions, with leader Kemi Badenoch recently signalling that she would consider pulling the UK out of the Europe-wide treaty.Berlin and London have signed a new agreement aimed at tackling immigration-related crime, with Germany tightening its…
Learning she had advanced bowel cancer at the age of 36 understandably came as a devastating shock to Carla Mitchell – not least because the disease is normally associated with those in their 60s and above.What the marketing representative from Kent did not know at the time was that she was born with Lynch syndrome – an under-recognised genetic condition that affects up to 200,000 Britons, that significantly raises their risk of numerous cancers early in life.Those with Lynch syndrome have mutations in one of four genes – MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 – that normally help repair DNA errors…
Would you go on a tourist trip to Afghanistan? No?Well, you’re missing out according to intrepid traveller Jannis M, who visited the country this year and tells Mailonline Travel that it was a ‘great experience’.The 23-year-old traveller from Germany, who has so far been to 93 countries, says: ‘I loved Afghanistan and felt very safe. I was treated very well. Afghan people are among the most hospitable people in the world. I was greeted so many times and the people were curious [about] where I was from.‘I was invited into homes, to have dinner with locals and to have tea together.…
By SAMANTHA RUTT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 20:01 EST, 17 December 2024 | Updated: 13:54 EST, 18 December 2024 A Royal Caribbean passenger who was caught on camera having a violent meltdown died just hours after being detained by ship security.Michael Virgil died after being filmed in a narrow hallway kicking a door and ripping his shirt as he removed his clothing. Fellow passenger Christifer Mikhail claims Virgil threatened to kill him. ‘The gentleman that was drunk said that he was gonna kill us, and then he started chasing us down the hallway,’ Mikhail told FOX11.While trying to flee the escalating incident, Mikhail…