US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report
GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold costThe US government paid federal workers $9...
Exiled Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano detained by ICE in Florida
Galeano, who has had asylum application pending for about seven years, was pulled over by agents while driving for LyftVeteran journalist Luis Galeano...
Macklemore pledges his $1m Ed Sheeran tour salary to Palestine
Rapper, who was dropped from tour after his speech in support of Palestine, challenges Robert Kraft to do the sameMacklemore has announced that he wil...
Top Trump military adviser says US must prepare to fight around moon
Gen Dan Caine comments at Washington summit come after US revealed it has deployed weapons in spaceAmerican troops need to prepare for combat not only...
LA homelessness non-profit workers arrested over alleged corruption and bribes
Pair accused of misappropriating millions in taxpayer dollars as Trump officials target alleged fraud in blue statesFederal law enforcement officers h...
Australia politics live: Labor to reveal new immigration rules; PM hails narrowing of gender gap
Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastForeign students will face tough restrictions on the ability to ...
Key House Democrat refuses to clear Trump’s $2.8bn arms sale to Israel
Pro-Israel Gregory Meeks raises concerns over threat to civilian lives from package of 40,000 one-ton bombsThe top Democrat on the House foreign affai...
Charlie Kirk's family blame Utah university officials for his killing
String of ‘reckless decisions’ by Utah Valley University officials left him exposed to sniper, attorneys sayCharlie Kirk’s family blamed Utah official...
‘Made in Europe’ laws could derail UK plans for reset with EU
Government sources say legislation aimed at China poses a risk to British businesses and must be addressedEuropean legislation that threatens to lock ...
Colin Kaepernick says NFL owners are colluding against Macklemore after Ed Sheeran tour ban
Rapper was dropped from tour after pro-Palestine remarksFormer NFL star settled case over collusion in 2019Colin Kaepernick has accused NFL owners of ...
Palestinian American activist arrested and ‘charged for trespassing at a public hearing’
Noura Erakat says a Florida mayor shortened speaking time and banned discussion of investment in Israeli bondsThe human rights lawyer Noura Erakat was...
Republican senator blames Trump administration policies for measles deaths in Pennsylvania
Health committee chair Bill Cassidy said fatal outbreak of disease is a ‘terrible legacy’ for Trump administrationUS politics live – latest updatesSen...
Is EU’s offer to Canada a blueprint for Britain – or a reminder it is out in the cold?
Ursula von der Leyen has opened door for Canada to become associate member to deepen links in ‘openly hostile world’Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carn...
Nato leader warns of ‘most dangerous and complex security environment in a generation’
Mark Rutte asked UK and Europe to ‘provide the hard power Nato needs’ in face of geopolitical uncertaintyNato needs “more UK and more Europe in the al...
Prisoners to ‘double up’ in one-person prefab cells, leaked documents show
Exclusive: Ten category C prisons in England and Wales asked to add second beds, in breach of safe occupancy limitsThe Prison Service has drawn up pla...
Family of pregnant woman who died sues Ken Paxton for wrongful death
Tierra Walker, 37, was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia at 20 weeks, and family says denial of abortion led to deathA wrongful death lawsuit filed on Tues...
New lawsuit accuses Trump administration of blocking NIH grants as form of censorship
The administration has used a list of 235 keywords – such as ‘gender’ and ‘racist’ – to prevent topics from being fundedResearchers filed a class acti...
US Federal Reserve votes to hike rates for the first time since 2023
Move comes after Trump nominated Kevin Warsh as Fed chair and said US should have lowest rates in the worldThe US Federal Reserve voted to raise inter...
Greens just four points behind Labour in urban areas, poll reveals
Exclusive: Party could take 40 seats if result replicated at next election, according to Labour-linked thinktankThe Green party is just four points be...
No conspiracy, no mystery, just a gift from a Russian oligarch
A ‘generous wedding gift’ from a ‘dear friend’ raises questions not entirely answered by Bettina and Don Jr’s Instagram captionThis was originally pub...
Suspect in ‘Putney pusher’ case found dead at his west London home
HSBC director Nicholas Brandram, 44, was found unresponsive by emergency services on Tuesday evening A senior city banker suspected of pushing a woman...
Federal Reserve expected to announce interest rate increase – live
Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump’s pick for Fed chair, expected to raise rates despite intense pressure from presidentGood afternoon. The US Federal Reserve ...
Amazon raises starting pay to $20 an hour and adds Whole Foods discount
Wage increase brings Amazon’s US minimum pay in line with Costco and includes new grocery discount benefitAmazon has raised its minimum wage in the US...
More Republicans are turning on Iran war as midterms come into view
Three more GOP members voted for war powers resolution to force withdrawal from the conflict as election loomsUS politics live – latest updatesAs the ...
Far-right extremist from Stafford who discussed killing Jews, Muslims and migrants is jailed
Ivan Jennings, 46, sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to encouraging terrorism on social mediaA rightwing extremist who discussed poisoning...
Body found in search for three-year-old Noah Woods
Body found in pond in Suffolk village of Brantham, where Noah was last seen on Tuesday afternoonPolice searching for a three-year-old boy who went mis...
Girls creator Lena Dunham welcomes baby girl delivered via surrogate
Writer and actor, 40, had long struggled with endometriosis before undergoing total hysterectomy at age 31Lena Dunham has welcomed her first child wit...
House speaker sending lawmakers home early ahead of US midterm election recess
Mike Johnson cancels votes on Thursday, meaning House members will avoid voting on impeaching Pete HegsethUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republi...
Labour holds No 10 drinks party for donors amid growing calls for donations cap
Labour has also increased fundraising from members in response to Reform’s £72m donations from crypto billionairesLabour has hosted major party donors...
Sunny, who joined the Obama family at the White House in 2013, was the second Obama dog after Bo, who died in 2021Sunny Obama, the Obama family’s seco...
