Powell’s City of Books, the well-known Portland bookstore that previously banned journalist Andy Ngo’s best-selling book on Antifa, has begun laying off staff as financial struggles deepen. According to an internal email obtained by the Portland Business Journal, 18 positions across departments were cut in July, with more layoffs expected in the coming months.
Federal agents have carried out the largest seizure of methamphetamine precursors in U.S. history, intercepting nearly 700,000 pounds of chemicals headed from China to Mexico. Authorities said the shipments were bound for clandestine labs operated by the Sinaloa Cartel.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage declared that Britain’s Labour government is in “deep crisis” and predicted it would not last a full term, telling supporters that his party must prepare to take power as early as 2027. Speaking at Reform’s annual conference in Birmingham on Friday, Farage addressed party members just hours after Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned, calling it the clearest sign yet of fractures inside Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has cast his latest “special election” as a referendum on President Donald Trump, but in reality, it is a referendum on his own failed leadership. The ballot measure, Proposition 50, seeks to enshrine gerrymandered congressional maps at a staggering cost of $250 million, even as thousands remain displaced by wildfires and the state bleeds deficits.
Wisconsin Democrats, led by state Sen. Kelda Roys (D), are moving to strip licensed gun owners of their right to carry for self-defense on college campuses. The proposal, introduced September 4, 2025, would outlaw firearms entirely on university and college property, even for individuals who hold valid concealed carry licenses.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has quietly modified its firearm transfer form 4473, which all gun buyers must complete before a background check, to include a third gender option: “non-binary.” The change, introduced under the Biden administration, departs from the traditional “male” or “female” selections that had long been the standard.
Former Conservative cabinet minister Nadine Dorries has delivered a major blow to Britain’s ruling party, announcing her defection to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Dorries, who served as Culture Secretary under Boris Johnson, declared in a Daily Mail column that the “Tory Party is dead” and that only Farage has the answers to the crises facing the country.
A shocking incident in Chihuahua, Mexico, has exposed the grip of cartel power over law enforcement. According to leaked reports, ten state police officers were surrounded, abducted, and beaten by more than 80 Sinaloa Cartel gunmen before being released. The attack occurred on August 24, but Mexican officials attempted to suppress details until testimonies surfaced this week through El Diario de Juarez.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced that Alligator Alcatraz's operations can continue under a new court ruling blocking an order that called for further construction on the facility to cease.
CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert lashed out at President Donald Trump this week after the president highlighted Chicago’s persistent crime problem. On his show, Colbert impersonated Trump and responded directly to the president’s remarks. “Yesterday, Trump also posted, ‘Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the world, by far.’ Worst and most dangerous? Two words: F*** you,” Colbert declared, drawing applause from his audience. He continued mocking Trump, saying, “Trump slandered on, ‘Chicago is the murder capital of the world!’”
