Kanye West and Donald Trump’s law firm among 700,000 firms getting PPP loans

The Trump Administration’s coronavirus bailout program handed out up to $5 million to prop up Kanye West’s production company while also pushing out funds to the law firm of Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, the Treasury revealed Monday. The loans were part of a rush to inject billions into businesses as the coronavirus pandemic hit, … Read more

Tory MP to cancel licence fee after BBC podcast on: ‘How can white women not be Karens?’

Fury at BBC over race podcast where presenters branded white women ‘Karens’ and said they should ‘read some books’ and ‘stop being so loud’ The clip is from an episode of the BBC’s No Country For Young Women podcast The host and two guests were discussing ‘How can white women not be Karens?’ Karen is … Read more

TikTok says it will stop its app from working in Hong Kong following ‘recent events’

TikTok says it will stop its app from working in Hong Kong due to introduction of China’s security law after insisting it does not share users’ information with Beijing TikTok said last night it would be stopping operations in Hong Kong within days  Beijing last week imposed a sweeping new national security law on Hong … Read more

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says US is ‘looking into’ banning TikTok

The United States is ‘looking into’ banning TikTok amid concerns the social media platform poses a threat to national security, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Monday.  Pompeo told Fox News’ Laura Ingram that he and President Trump are taking claims the app collects users’ cellphone data and then shares the information directly with … Read more

PAUL THOMAS on the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell

PAUL THOMAS on the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell By Paul Thomas For Daily Mail Published: 03:25 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 03:27 BST, 7 July 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178 Share or comment on this article:

Headteacher, 40, who murdered estranged wife 39, and her lover, 48, was a ‘cowardly bully’

A jealous headteacher who stabbed his estranged wife and her new boyfriend to death in a New Year’s Day bloodbath was a ‘coward’ and a ‘bully’ who abused her for years, friends have claimed. Rhys Hancock, 40, killed Helen Almey, 39, and Martin Griffiths, 48, at the £400,000 detached property the formerly-married couple used to share in … Read more