House passes spending bill to head off government shutdown before midterms
Measure authorizes spending until 4 December as Republicans seek to avoid volatile issue in election seasonThe US House of Representatives on Tuesday ...
House votes to extend government funding, aiming to avoid an election year shutdown
Lawmakers are hoping to avoid a third shutdown since last September. The stopgap funding measure now heads to the Senate, where it faces an uncertain ...
The Queensland government promised to put victims first. Instead it buried a report from domestic violence survivors
Exclusive: Report from LNP-convened panel heavily criticises police responses to family violence and calls for civilian oversightGet our breaking news...
Andy Burnham shakes up Whitehall with new government department
Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet, led by Louise Haigh, will oversee both No 10 in London and northern equivalent• Andy Burnham’s first Labour cabi...
First Nations groups devastated by Canada’s wildfires say government did not help
Chiefs in Ontario say they were left to self-evacuate before homes burned to ground, after being told there was no imminent threatFast-moving wildfire...
NSW land-clearing up 16% in 2024 as conservation groups say Minns government failing to rein in habitat loss
Decline in clearing of trees and shrubs offset by sharp jump in clearing of non-woody vegetationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updates...
Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI
Company aims to develop AI software that cuts research times and use of rare metals in chipmakers’ supply chainsBusiness live – latest updatesAmazon’s...
Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing, government says
Chaos of Capita-run scheme has left some people waiting up to a year for payments and in financial hardshipRetired civil servants have been failed by ...
Government use of automated AI decision-making to be curbed under new Australian rules
New national plan accompanied by Labor push for digital duty of care legislationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe use of ...
Burnham to say his government will be ‘unashamedly Labour’ in first speech as party leader – UK politics live
‘Special conference’ to take place at noon where Burnham will be formally announced as Labour leaderGood morning. Today the Labour party is going to f...
Israeli Government Pushes Through Divisive Laws Before Election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed a series of laws undermining legal oversight of the government, benefiting allied media outlets and aiming to...
Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government
JCVI says children should have one or two doses of menB vaccine at age 15, depending on if they had one as a babyTeenagers should be offered a vaccine...
UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers
Move raises questions over position of the head of the Maritime and Coastguard AgencyUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have U-turned on plans...
Zelenskyy fires Ukraine's tech-savvy defense minister in government reshuffle
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the country's popular defense minister, who pushed for innovation in the battlefield through the use...
Venezuela’s interim government and opposition to begin formal talks
Nobel laureate María Corina Machado will not lead negotiations over new elections, contrary to expectationsThe interim government of Venezuela has ann...
Environmental groups sue government to stop a big change to the Endangered Species Act
By altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how wildlife is protected in t...
Johnson government wasted ‘vast’ sums on PPE, Covid inquiry finds
Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning reportBoris Johnson’s Conservative gover...
Robert Jenrick criticises government for not offering Nigel Farage earlier security meeting
Reform’s Treasury spokesperson said talks over party leader’s protection only happening ‘as a result’ of Ann Widdecombe’s deathUK politics live – late...
