David Brennan

News Reporter

David Brennan is currently a World News reporter for Newsweek based in London, U.K. Prior to joining Newsweek in early 2017, he reported on British politics and global current affairs as a staff writer at International Business Times. He has also held reporting roles at a selection of trade publications covering the healthcare, transport and property industries. Originally from London, David graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2012 where he studied history. You can contact him at d.brennan@newsweek.com.

  
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 Bikers to Guard New Zealand Muslims at Mosque The president of the Waikato Mongrel Mob said the group would “support and assist our Muslim brothers and sisters for however long they need us.”
  
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 Putin: Sanctioned Russians Must Be Doing a Good Job “This is a sure sign of your successful work in Russia,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told a director from the country's Ministry of Energy.
  
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 TripAdvisor ‘Covering Up Sexual Assault’: Rape Survivor "In the era of #MeToo, this company is not taking violence against women seriously," the petition reads.
  
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 Telecom Firms Block Sites Showing Christchurch Attack "These are extreme circumstances and we feel this is the right thing to do," said Telstra, Austalia's largest telecommunications company.
  
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 Anti-Vax Politician Hospitalized With Chickenpox The politician is now at home recovering and thanked all those who had sent him messages of support.
  
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 Sherman: Impeachment More Likely With Secret GOP Ballot California Representative Brad Sherman told Newsweek continued Republican support for the president is “not out of love for Trump.”
  
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 ISIS Calls Trump 'Frightened and Cowardly Thief’ The official spokesman for ISIS released a new message mocking President Donald Trump, even as the group faced annihilation in its final tiny pocket of territory in Syria.
  
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 Dan Rather on Trump: 'Manure Spreader in a Windstorm' The long-time journalist and broadcaster told CNN the president's social media output was "ridiculous, but...unrelenting."
  
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 'Egg Boy' to Donate Crowdfunding Cash to Attack Victims "All those who consider Muslims a terrorist community have empty heads," said Will Connolly, 17.
  
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 Ocasio-Cortez Says 'Scarcity Mindset' Breeds Conflict Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York called on students and parents to demand progress rather than fight with one another over admission to a handful of prestigious institutions.
  
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 Can Stop-and-Frisk Bring Down London Knife Crime? Conservative politicians are calling for search operations to be boosted—but London's spiking murder rate may require a much more nuanced approach.
  
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 New Zealand Attack: Social Media Debates Gun Control Progressive Twitter users lamented the massacre and used it as an example of the consequences of weak laws on gun ownership.
  
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 Jailed for My Music: Mehdi Rajabian on His Peace Album "I produce whatever real ideas come into my mind, even if I go to prison for years,” Rajabian said.
  
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 GOP Senators Try to Placate Trump Over Rebukes "My hope is he realizes this has nothing to do with him," said North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer.
  
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  Polish Newspaper Front Page: 'How to Spot a Jew' The piece lists “Names, anthropological features, expressions, appearances, character traits, methods of operation" and adds: "How do defeat them? This cannot go on!"
  
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 Donald Trump Controls Frightened GOP, Says Columnist “They will vote to surrender military spending projects in their own home states and districts to avoid displeasing him,” Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote.
  
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 Congress Can’t Impeach Trump Without Hannity's OK? Representative Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, said impeachment would not be possible "until Sean Hannity calls for us to remove this president. Or until Laura Ingraham does.”
  
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 U.S. Cruise Guests Outraged by Market Golliwog Dolls  The guests said the offensive dolls had tarnished their visit to the tourist market.
  
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 U.S. Withdraws Last Diplomats From Venezuela "The presence of U.S. diplomatic staff at the embassy has become a constraint on U.S. policy," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
  
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 Donald Trump Wanted to Fire Ivanka, Kushner: Report “Get rid of my kids. Get them back to New York,” the president told his then–chief of staff, John Kelly, according to a new book.
  
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 Plane Turns Around After Mother Left Baby at Airport Video footage captured air traffic controllers telling the pilots: “This is totally a new one for us!”
  
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 John Oliver Unveils Robocall Campaign Against FCC Oliver suggested that hating robocalls might be "the only thing that everyone in America agrees on now."
  
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 Arkansas Senator Storms Out of Fiery Gun Rights Debate "I’m the only person here of color, OK?" Senator Flowers said. "I am a mother too. And I have a son. And I care as much for my son as y’all care for yours. But my son doesn't walk the same path as...
  
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 Venezuela: Nationwide Blackout Blamed on ‘Sabotage’ The outage is reportedly affecting the capital Caracas and 15 of the nation's 23 states.
  
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 Trump Won't Survive 'Another Week Like Last' Fox News analyst and former Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano said the president must meet his challenges "soberly, directly and maturely."
  
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 Ilhan Omar Retweets About Meghan McCain 'Faux Outrage' Omar is embroiled in allegations she used anti-Semitic tropes in her criticisms of the state of Israel and the pro-Israel lobby in the U.S.
  
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 Why Do Ivanka and Jared Need Top-Secret Clearance? The nuanced day-to-day business of the White House means that some senior officials must have classified information available to them.
  
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 Anti-Semitic Float Makers in Belgium Have No Regrets The float featured Orthodox Jewish puppets standing among bags of money and rats.
  
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 Ivanka Should Surrender Security Pass: CNN Contributor "She is as bad of a liar as her father is," another CNN panelist said.
  
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 Malaysia Has No Gay People, Tourism Minister Claims “I don't think we have anything like that in our country,” Mohamaddin Ketapi, Malaysia’s travel minister said, referencing gay people.
  
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 U.S. Bombs Killed Hundreds of Yemeni Civilians: Report American-made weapons were likely used in at least 25 unlawful attacks on civilians between April 2015 and April 2018, according to a new report by human rights groups.
  
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 Final Mueller Indictments May Come Friday: John Brennan Brennan said he expected "the final indictments, as well as the report to the attorney general” very soon.