US supreme court strikes down limit on spending by political parties in support of candidates
Case stems from 2022 lawsuit challenging Federal Election Commission’s enforcement of limits on ‘coordinated party expenditures’Sign up for the Breaki...
Nigel Farage received £270,000 from gold marketer he promotes
Reform UK leader’s Direct Bullion payment is double his fee from 2025UK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage received £270,000 from a gold marke...
US supreme court upholds laws excluding trans women from competing in female sports
Justices voted to overturn judgements issued by lower courts in favor of trans students who sued after being barred from competing in West Virginia an...
People with strong chest and back less likely to have a heart attack, analysis suggests
Researchers think people with greater muscle density in torso area, who are also less likely to die prematurely, are those who exercise morePeople wit...
Trains disrupted on UK’s busiest intercity line as cows wander on to tracks
London to Manchester among routes affected after cows blocked west coast mainline for more than three hoursBusiness live – latest updatesA herd of cow...
Burnham’s No 10 North ‘will be based on brownfield site on edge of Manchester’
The prime minister in waiting is seeking an interim base in the city centre before Ancoats site is completed in 2028A civil service base that is under...
Number of billionaires globally soars by 13% amid AI shares boom
Billionaires’ wealth grew by 25% on average in the year ended in April, research from Swiss bank UBS findsBusiness live – latest updatesThe number of ...
New Orleans man named Santa Claus arrested in child predator sting
Police allege the 75-year-old tried to meet someone he believed was a 15-year-old boy after explicit online chatsSign up for the Breaking News US news...
Florida woman swimming in river killed in rare alligator attack at state forest
Officials say 31-year-old woman’s arm was severed in attack at a river in Seminole county’s Little Big Econ forestA woman swimming in a Florida river ...
Rocky week for AI as shares slump but no sign of crash – yet
The markets are souring on artificial intelligence, but is this the bubble being burst? Meanwhile, California proposes a tax on billionairesHello, and...
ICE releases Texas nun intercepted walking to church dressed in her habit
Diocese officials in south Texas say a nun was released after members of Congress intervenedA Roman Catholic nun was released from the custody of US I...
Labour MPs tell Burnham to ignore ‘deluded’ calls for more North Sea drilling
Critics debunk economic claims as research finds Rosebank development would produce estimated 250m tonnes of CO2UK politics live – latest updatesScore...
UK ‘minded to’ intervene in Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
Lisa Nandy to ask regulators to assess mega-merger involving Channel 5, CNN and TNT Sports on grounds of media plurality and competitionThe UK culture...
One million migrants in Spain apply to regularise status in new scheme
Programme defending benefits of immigration attracts double number of applicants expectedMore than 1 million undocumented migrants and asylum seekers ...
Starmer warns Burnham not to borrow to fund defence as he reveals £15bn plan
The prime minister unveiled his long-awaited defence investment plan on Tuesday after months of delaysKeir Starmer warned his successor not to borrow ...
First Thing: Supreme court backs Trump’s ability to fire agency chiefs but rules against him on mail-in ballots
Decision in case concerning Rebecca Slaughter overturns decades of precedent curbing executive power. Plus how one man survived eight days lost in the...
China is a clear winner from Trump’s war in Middle East, report concludes
Beijing, whose stockpiles and renewables industry allowed it to withstand energy shock, is now gaining from global solar and EV pushChina has emerged ...
Reform MP chair of Welsh environment committee may ‘undermine scrutiny’, says thinktank
Climate campaigners question choice of James Evans for role given past criticism of green energy projectsUK politics live – latest updatesThe appointm...
Nuclear weapons storage in spotlight as US plans $4bn boost for its UK airbases
Exclusive: Pentagon files suggest some new facilities will store nuclear arsenal, with $163m also earmarked for secretive spy baseMore than $4bn (£3bn...
Did US drug agents allow lethal fentanyl to hit New Mexico’s streets?
Explosive AP story based on whistleblower testimony suggests agents ‘sat back and watched’ in hopes of securing larger drug-trafficking bustDid the Dr...
UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ on mobile app stores
CMA says developers should be able to steer users away from app stores for payments to increase competitionBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s comp...
Grand Theft Auto workers seek union recognition after mass firings
Exclusive: Staff at Rockstar Games hope move can be completed before release of GTA VI scheduled for NovemberThe makers of Grand Theft Auto are attemp...
UK disposable incomes squeezed by price rises and tax changes
ONS confirms 0.6% GDP growth in first quarter, with services, production and construction sectors expandingBusiness live – latest updatesUK households...
Monaco bombing was ‘attempted assassination’, not terror attack, say prosecutors – Europe live
Authorities are still searching to identify the suspect of an alleged assassination attempt of a Ukrainian business tycoonPolice in Monaco are searchi...
Police units deployed across South Africa before anti-immigration protests
Government fears repeat of anti-migrant violence in 2008 that led to looting and resulted in deaths of 62 peopleSouth African authorities have deploye...
Chris Martin’s lost James Bond theme goes on auction with unheard Coldplay tapes
Acoustic recording of a song titled The World Is Not Enough included in wide-ranging auction featuring formative Coldplay recordingsA lost demo record...
Kash Patel draws flak for posting FBI case details on social media ‘to make himself look good’
FBI veterans believe director may have flouted legal rules by prematurely divulging details of UFC attack plot inquiryKash Patel may have flouted lega...
Sainsbury’s chief says grocery inflation not as bad as feared so far
Supermarket has lifted sales with Aldi price match, and has benefited from hot weather and World Cup matchesBusiness live – latest updatesGrocery infl...
Anger at supreme court ruling on Trump’s power to fire agency chiefs – US politics live
Today is the final day for the supreme court to lay out the last rulings of its nine-month termHello, and welcome to the US politics live blog.In a si...
Labor’s gambling ad legislation a ‘capitulation’ to industry lobby, Liberal MP says
Coalition, Greens and crossbenchers all say the planned reforms are too weak and the proposals are ‘half-arsed’Get our breaking news email, free app o...
