Politics - Thursday, May 21, 2026

DHS reports over 3 million illegal immigrants have left the U.S. in Trump's first year, including an estimated 2.2 million self-deportations.

Democratic lawmakers voted against a women's history museum bill Republicans amended to focus on biological women, not trans people.

There is especial interest in latest revision by equalities watchdog as it includes guidance on single-sex spaces Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC Continue reading...

The president said he postponed the executive order, which would give the government power to evaluate A.I. models before their release, over concerns about “aspects of it.”

New survey shows voters believe welfare fraud is rampant, but most still prioritize ensuring eligible people receive government benefits over crackdowns.

Policy adviser Jen Reed says tech-facilitated abuse has become ‘increasingly prevalent’ and calls for its inclusion in Domestic Abuse Act The Domestic Abuse Act fails to fully recognise the danger of technology-facilitated abuse, such as location tracking or hidden stalkerware, a Lords select committee has heard. Tech abuse has become “increasingly prevalent” and “very commonplace now within a domestic abuse context”, said Jen Reed, the head of policy at University College London’s Gender and Tech Research Lab, during an evidence session. Continue reading...

The Trump-backed DOJ Anti-Weaponization Fund sparks debate over whether Jan. 6 defendants and pro-life activists could receive taxpayer compensation.

Sen. Bernie Sanders lashes out at reporter when pressed on Maine candidate Graham Platner's vulgar Reddit posts, telling them to get a better job.

Updated code of practice covering England, Wales and Scotland also relates to changing rooms and follows supreme court ruling What is the updated EHRC code of practice about and how does it apply? Single-sex toilets and changing rooms in England, Wales and Scotland must exclude transgender men and women, according to a new code of practice from the equalities watchdog. But the long-awaited guidance also says that businesses and service providers have to offer practical alternatives such as gender-neutral toilets for people who do not wish to use services for their biological sex. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayor’s decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50m Metropolitan police deal with the controversial US tech company Palantir, sparking a bitter row between the London mayor and Scotland Yard. After the UK’s largest police force had agreed to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations, Khan intervened, citing “serious concerns” about how the deal had been struck. Continue reading...