The News Agents

Trump is campaigning for the midterms with a mix of racism and lies, mostly targeting Michigan Democrat candidate Abdul Al-Sayed. But will his "jihadist" scaremongering still work with voters, despite none of it being true? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

Donald Trump says he's campaigning in Michigan to stop a "jihadist Muslim" from winning a senate seat – but that's just a racist lie. But will the lie work? "We'd be idiots not to recognise that when Trump hits a racist nerve it – to some extent – absolutely hits the target"

“Young people in Serbia said they were bloody fed up of all the corruption. “They aren’t just protesting in the streets, they are organising so it works out at the ballot box as well.” The youth turned the tide in Serbia's elections – is this the start of something bigger?

"We said before Donald Trump's election he was either going to end up in the White House or the jailhouse." "It's exactly the same thing for Netanyahu now." Israel votes for its prime minister next week. Is there any chance Netanyahu holds onto power? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-t...

"I remember this twinkle in his eye. He'd reach out, grab their arm and say: "My God, look at you," Miles Taylor, who served in Trump's first administration, says. Why has Trump swapped MAGA for homoerotic tales at his midterm campaign rallies? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

"Our closest neighbour is telling people to stay indoors because they don't trust people on the streets." The French government has lost control. Is this how centrist politics ends? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/how-...

“With Trump, always assume the pettiest, most vain, pathetic, wriggling urges and you're probably close to what he's thinking." Why Donald is too ignorant and uneducated to ever get it right when it comes to Russia and Ukraine www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

"The Congressional Republicans are so afraid of the president, they won’t take action against him. “He is usurping their authority, and they’re not doing much about it.” Has Trump exposed a fundamental weakness in Congress?

“They’d plug in keywords like: gender, bias, trans, woman. “If those words were in the title, they’d just cut the grant.” The ‘disturbing’ ways Elon Musk’s DOGE tried to save money for the US government.

"He screwed up Twitter. He screwed up the federal government." Elon Musk promised his DOGE project would save America $2 trillion. He came nowhere close. Was it always going to fail? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

“Elon Musk screwed up Twitter, he screwed up the federal government. “He’s just a carnival barker.” Is Elon Musk actually a good business man, or simply a good conman?

"You listen to the sounds from Tirana last night - water cannons and stun grenades - it seems apocalyptic." As protests in Albania intensify, can this all really be traced back to the Trump family?

"We said before Donald Trump's election he was either going to end up in the White House or the jailhouse." "It's exactly the same thing for Netanyahu now." Israel votes for its prime minister next week. Is there any chance Netanyahu holds onto power? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-t...

"The stakes could not be higher for Netanyahu. "Either he goes down as a great figure of Israeli politics, or as this crook who ends up behind bars." Next week’s Israeli elections could see Netanyahu lose more than just his premiership.

“He’s questioning whether she was raped as a 12-year-old girl? “How dare he!” Has Vivek Ramaswamy - who allowed a toxic attack ad in which his rival's estranged mother calls her a 'liar' - stooped to an all time low?

"I remember this twinkle in his eye. He'd reach out, grab their arm and say: "My God, look at you," Miles Taylor, who served in Trump's first administration, says. Why has Trump swapped MAGA for homoerotic tales at his midterm campaign rallies? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

“Putin is a demagogic dictator. He does not respect human rights in his country or anywhere else for that matter.” Steve Witkoff says Putin is a ‘humanitarian’. Does that square with the reality of four years of Russian war in Ukraine, asks @jonsopel1.bsky.social.

"I remember this twinkle in his eye. He'd reach out and touch these guys. He'd grab their arms and say: "My God, look at you," Miles Taylor tells The News Agents. Why has Trump swapped MAGA for homoerotic tales at his midterm campaign rallies? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

"There were whispers.. 'the president has some interesting opinions about the male form'. "It's been on the radar, or the gaydar, for a number of years." As Trump goes on about mens asses, @milestaylor.bsky.social remembers some "odd" moments from his time working in the White House..

“With Trump, always assume the pettiest, most vain, pathetic, wriggling urges and you're probably close to what he's thinking." Why Donald is too ignorant and uneducated to ever get it right when it comes to Russia and Ukraine www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

“We can talk about the geopolitics all day long, but Trump is simply jealous of Zelenskyy. “He knows deep down he’s 100x the man he’ll ever be.” Is Trump’s disdain for Zelenskyy really this petty?

"With Trump, always assume the pettiest, most vain, pathetic, wriggling urges and you'll be close to what he's thinking." Why Donald is too ignorant and uneducated to ever get it right when it comes to Russia and Ukraine www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

“You’d have to go back to the Jim Crow era to find a party so celebrating of racism”. Trump’s rallies are now ‘dripping in racism’ - as his approval ratings continue to plummet. Does he really think Americans will vote for this?

Labour MP and former migration minister Mike Tapp supports sending those coming to the UK illegally to a third country for processing. “I’ve no doubt the Home Office are looking at it” But if not Rwanda, where?

"Our closest neighbour is telling people to stay indoors because they don't trust people on the streets." The French government has lost control. Is this how centrist politics ends? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/how-...

“If Vladimir Putin’s goal is to sow discontent in Europe, he must be rubbing his hands with delight.” Violence has gripped the streets of France in levels not seen for decades - as protests break out in other parts of Europe. Is this exactly what Russia wants?

“Trump being king of his own jungle isn’t enough. “He looks at Putin, and thinks he’s got everything - ‘I want to be an autocrat, I want to have control over my country, I want to have the longevity you have.” Is Trump channelling The Jungle Book in his obsession with Putin?

Jon is left head in his hands at ITV News' investigation exposing Reform standing by councillor registered on a white supremacist dating site. “You might as well have 'Nazi dating website'". “It reveals a complete lack of understanding about what racism is.”

“Since the rise of Restore, Farage has been more indulgent of things Zia Yusuf has been saying. “I don’t know what Farage is playing at!” Tim Montgomerie says Reform has been ‘spooked by Restore’, but warns against 'playing footsie' with them to win votes.

“That is the language of child abusers, frankly.” The shocking footage unveiled in ITV’s undercover investigation into Reform that made Emily's “flesh crawl”…

"Trump is mentioned 38,000 times in the Epstein Files. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 1,000 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦!" The Epstein Files - for both Democrats and Republicans - is ranking above affordability as the top voting issue, as the midterms loom.

"She's not in the family. They're throwing her overboard… While the Trump family continues to profit." Trump has ousted Kimberly Guilfoyle as Greece ambassador over claims she asked a donor to pay a $100k Amex bill. How bad does corruption have to be to get sacked by Trump?

“Musk is deciding who wins a war and who loses it? He’s not the president of the United States! “But Musk and Trump are now back on the same side - and that side is Russia.” Why is Musk using his control over the skies to help Putin, and has it got something to do with Trump?

"This is what Donald Trump went to bed thinking about, he will not be able to stand the coverage." The new White House press secretary lasted only 14 painful minutes at the podium in her debut briefing. Is Trump already plotting ways to replace her?

Is the new target voter for the Tories really 'Waitrose Women'? Emily and Jon press John Glen for answers.

“The prime minister seems to be making random assertions of his aspirations without any mandate", says John Glen. Do some MPs - including Burnham - need to accept they were on the losing side with Brexit and just move on?

“The notion that somehow moving to the EU moves us into a super league of economic performance is for the birds.” John Glen, MP for Salisbury, tells the News Agents the Tory Party will not relitigate Brexit. www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-t...

"Donald Trump has long had an obsession with this woman, he's said the worse of the racist taunts that you could make - fit in or F off." US immigration agents have raided Trump critic Ilhan Omer's home - is this an attempt to "fire up the base" ahead of the midterms?

Trump mocks a woman being attacked at his rally after she shouts ‘Release the Epstein Files’.... “Trump came to power promising to drain the swamp, but he’s not releasing the Epstein files. “Is it any wonder that women are protesting and saying: 'what have you go to hide?”

“Stamp duty is a horrid tax. “There should be no place for a stamp duty in a modern tax system.” Helen Miller from the IFS on whether Kemi Badenoch’s pledges on scrapping stamp duty and inheritance tax could change the country’s fortunes.

“The amount of oil you are buying you could have easily bought from Canada. “But it’s easier to be nice to Putin than Mark Carney?!” Trump’s US-Russia diesel deal has left Jon Sopel with one question: What does Putin have on him?

“Buying Russian diesel weeks before the midterms is like me going on a diet the day before my wedding.” “It's not going to get you over the line. It's not even going to touch the edge.”

"Meaningless for the United States. A massive gift for Vladimir Putin. And the world reacted with absolute horror." What does Donald Trump's diesel deal mean for American consumers and the Russian war effort? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/dona...

"Donald Trump is clearly scared enough that he is actually visiting places on his weirdo tour of America that he should never have had to worry about." Is Trump killing his own party’s midterm chances every time he opens his mouth? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

"Democrats will have power to launch their investigations into whether what has happened has been lawful or if there needs to be prosecutions. “This will make the last two years of Donald Trump's term in office utterly miserable.”" Is Trump's time up? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/does...

"One of the reasons I did so badly at school was that I didn't get to mark my own homework... We all saw the Channel Four report." Reform has cleared itself of all wrongdoing over its donations, but is the real trouble for Farage just around the corner? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/refo...

"He shouldn't really be involved in this at all. But when he does get involved, his sympathy is for the men." Trump has spoken about the Cornell University rape case – but made it all about himself... www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

"Hegseth thinks it's a good idea, in a country which has a genuinely sick relationship with gun violence, to broadcast the state killing people via firing squad." The US will livestream an execution for public viewing in a "pathetic and grotesque" new low for Trump's America

"The Greens' 'Zionism is racism' vote was a blunt instrument which has cost Zack Polanski dearly." The Green Party leader lost the Holborn & St Pancras by-election. Can this be blamed on the vote Polanski missed at last weekend's party conference?

"Democrats will have power to launch their investigations into whether what has happened has been lawful or if there needs to be prosecutions. “This will make the last two years of Donald Trump's term in office utterly miserable." Is Trump's time up? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/does...