The Statue of Liberty is such a symbol of Americana, that often we forget it was cast, assembled and built in Paris years before it was disassembled, shipped across the Atlantic and dedicated to the United States as a gift from Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
One of the founders of the world’s oldest breastfeeding support charity has quit in protest at its inclusion of transgender women. Marian Tompson denounced La Leche League International as an ‘organisation that has become a travesty of my original intent’. In a damning resignation letter from the board of directors, the 94-year-old condemned the group’s shift from focusing on mothering to ‘indulging the fantasies of adults’.
An emotional President Joe Biden was guided onstage as he attended a plaque unveiling Monday for his late son Major Beau Biden marking Veterans Day. The president traveled back to Delaware Monday afternoon, with the White House giving no information about why he was making the trek home after spending the weekend away at Rehoboth Beach. On-site he was spotted giving a smooch on the lips to sister Valerie Biden and hugging Beau’s widow Hallie – who famously dated Hunter Biden after Beau’s death from brain cancer in 2015.
Former Fox News host Geraldo Riviera has delivered a blistering takedown as to why Kamala Harris lost last week’s presidential election against Donald Trump. Geraldo admits that he voted for Kamala, acknowledging that she ‘ran a pretty good campaign under tough circumstances’ after President Joe Biden stepped aside in July. Geraldo says he believed Trump’s campaign was able to capitalize on fears about immigration and ‘wokeness’, framing the election as a battle for America’s identity.
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s position looked increasingly untenable last night after a senior bishop told him to resign. The Bishop of Newcastle broke ranks to say Justin Welby must step down after a damning report found that his failure to act meant a prolific child abuser was never brought to justice. Helen-Ann Hartley joined the growing chorus of voices demanding the Archbishop resign immediately so the Church of England can begin drawing a line under the scandal.
Phil Foden’s party-loving mother has upset neighbours with a ‘deafening two-hour fireworks party’ that they compared to displays at ‘Sydney Harbour Bridge or Disneyland’ in the back garden of her house in leafy Cheshire. Residents in the upmarket lane in Prestbury had to calm terrified pets and infants when the ‘display-standard’ pyrotechnics began and claimed they were given no warning by Claire Rowlands of the event which lasted from 6pm until 8.30pm on Wednesday night. One, who lives close by, said: ‘It must have cost thousands.
Donald Trump will name his former nemesis Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, sources tell DailyMail.com. Rubio, who was elected to the Senate in 2010, is considered a foreign policy hawk and will lead Trump’s prowess on the world stage. He currently serves as the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee and was considered to be on Trump’s shortlist for vice president earlier this year.
