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D oes Nigel Farage, as leader of Reform UK, need more protection than the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch? Should the police have to guard members of the Scottish, Northern Ireland and Welsh parliaments as well...
LA Metro ridership surges by two million thanks to a series of high-profile events
Los Angeles Metro experienced a significant surge in ridership last month, with World Cup fan zones, major concerts and cultural events driving a substantial increase across its bus and rail networks. The agency said...
House to vote on bill that could end changing clocks twice a year in your state
The House of Representatives could soon vote on a bill that could leave states to decide what time it is. This week, the U. S. House is set to vote on the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025. The bill has the support of...
Trump contradicts medical examiner’s initial report on Lindsey Graham’s death
President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to contradict the Washington, D. C. Medical Examiner ’s preliminary findings about what killed South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham over the weekend when he told reporters...
Washington Post intern gets to the bottom of Mitch McConnell’s ‘proof of life’ photo
An intern for the Washington Post has gotten to the bottom of Senator Mitch McConnell ’s so-called proof of life photo, showing the newspaper’s sports section. Conspiracy theories about the Kentucky Republican’s health...
Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline sworn in to South Carolina Senate seat
Darline Graham Nordone was sworn in as the junior senator from South Carolina on Tuesday, three days after her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, died suddenly from an aortic dissection. The younger sister of Graham, 71, by...
Port of Dover has done ‘absolutely everything’ to avoid summer chaos
The Port of Dover has declared it has done "absolutely everything" to prepare for the upcoming summer getaway, despite significant concerns over potential delays stemming from new EU border checks. Doug Bannister, chief...
Jon Stewart breaks after Fox can’t keep Trump on topic during phone interview
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart was left giggling after he showed a clip of a Fox News anchor trying — and failing — to keep President Donald Trump focused during a call-in interview. Stewart was discussing Trump's...
Trump teases false election claims in Thursday address: ‘Country has to shape up’
Nearly six years after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, President Donald Trump is signaling his intent to revive the brazen lies that led to a deadly riot at the U. S. Capitol — this time with help from his...
Several people found dead in lift after fire within building
A devastating fire ripped through a building undergoing renovation in central Brussels on Tuesday, leaving two people injured and six unaccounted for. Authorities in the Belgian capital later confirmed the grim...
Mapped: Cases of ‘explosive diarrhea’ cyclosporiasis are soaring
Cases of a parasitic disease that causes “explosive diarrhea” are continuing to rise in 40 states this week. Cyclosporiasis infections are rarely fatal but can lead to an uncomfortable illness lasting for weeks, with...
Soft US inflation helps FTSE shake off oil surge
The FTSE 100 shrugged off a weak start to close higher on Tuesday as soft US inflation figures helped offset jitters caused by soaring oil prices. The FTSE 100 closed up 31.10 points, 0.3%, at 10,529.39. The FTSE 250...
Gold trader gets time served in Iran sanctions case that strained US-Turkey relations
Reza Zarrab, a businessman who admitted conspiring with a Turkish bank to help Iran evade U. S. sanctions by trading its oil for gold will not spend any more time behind bars in a case that strained relations between...
Wife of man ‘sucked out of Ryanair flight’ describes horrifying ordeal
The wife of the man who was ‘sucked’ head-first through a broken window on a Ryanair flight at 20,000ft has described desperately trying to pull him back in as he repeatedly lost consciousness while stuck “outside up to...
Video shows DoorDash driver finishes her delivery after being hit by a car
A Texan DoorDash driver finished her delivery despite being hit by a car which was trying to escape from Houston police officers, according to a report. Miracle Herron, 23, said she was hit by the car last week after...
E. Jean Carroll is paid $5.8M in Trump sex abuse and defamation case
The writer E. Jean Carroll has collected over $5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, court records and her lawyers said. The payment — representing...
Trump’s latest White House makeover includes ‘security enhancements’ on North Portico
President Donald Trump is continuing his campaign to spruce up the White House, making a series of “security enhancements” to the entrance of the North Portico in addition to restoring its columns. A White House...
Bystanders step in to stop naked man from snatching an 7-year-old at an park: police
A naked Oregon man allegally attempted to kidnap a 7-year-old girl in front of her family Saturday at a waterfront park in Portland. Daniel Vassi, 31, allegedly approached an out-of-town family visiting Tom McCall...
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett details moment son found her bulletproof vest
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told lawmakers Tuesday that a significant surge in threats against her and fellow justices is increasingly intruding upon their private and family lives. During a rare appearance...
ICE ends most traffic stops after pair of deadly shootings in the last week: report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have reportedly been instructed to no longer perform traffic stops after officers fatally shot two drivers in Texas and Maine within a week. The guidance marks a major policy...
Spread of diarrhea parasite could be worse than we know thanks to Trump cuts
The nationwide outbreak of cyclosporiasis — a gastrointestinal illness that causes “explosive diarrhea”— may be far more extensive than federal officials have reported due to Trump administration cuts, experts say. The...
Southport attack victims’ records ‘accessed by ambulance staff’
An ambulance trust has launched an investigation into whether staff inappropriately accessed the records of victims of the Southport attack — as one victim’s father claimed workers “wanted to satisfy their own morbid...
Todd Blanche faces grilling over Epstein files, Trump ties and Jan 6
Todd Blanche faces a high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing this week as he seeks to become attorney general, with his nomination hanging on the support of every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Blanche,...
It took ICE 12 hours to comment on fatal Maine shooting as protestors demand answers
Nearly 12 hours after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a 26-year-old father in Maine, the Department of Homeland Security finally responded, claiming the man was “an illegal alien” shot after...
Balogun admits Trump’s World Cup intervention affected US team before Belgium loss
USA striker Folarin Balogun has admitted he anticipated significant backlash following President Donald Trump ’s intervention in overturning his World Cup suspension, stating he knew it would "cause a lot of...
License plate readers in limbo as another police agency halts use
The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners is set to consider suspending the deployment of automated license plate reader cameras Tuesday, days after LAPD became the latest police agency to halt use of the...
Trump has officially paid E Jean Carroll the $5.6M he owed in sex abuse case
President Donald Trump officially paid magazine writer E. Jean Carroll more than $5.6 million that he owed her after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. More than three years after the jury’s...
How Gulf countries are preparing for life without the Strait of Hormuz
A s Dubai looks to build a new port and terminal to bypass the beleaguered Strait of Hormuz, it appears that Gulf countries are already preparing for a life without the crucial waterway. Port operator DP World is in...
Woman charged with aggravated arson over devastating moor fire
A 20-year-old woman has been charged with arson over a wildfire which has been burning since Saturday near Manchester. Shania Care-Slede, of Hyde, was arrested on Monday and has now been charged with aggravated arson,...
Stockpile food in case of Russian cyber attack, public to be told
The public will be urged to stockpile food and water in case of a cyberattack from Russia, under widescale plans to prepare Britain for “should the worst happen”. A new “resilience” campaign will urge people to be...
UK and EU sign new Gibraltar treaty to ease border delays
A new treaty governing the future of Gibraltar has been formally signed by the UK and the European Union, aiming to alleviate border crossing complexities and resolve long-standing uncertainty regarding its relationship...
Ann Widdecombe latest: Counterterror police say attack was targeted in case update
Ann Widdecombe murder was 'targeted attack', say counterterrorism police Police say it is “clear” Ann Widdecombe’s killing was targeted, as officers are given more time to question their main suspect over the death...
The Latest: Supreme Court justices set to testify in rare appearance before Congress
Weeks after the end of a historic term, Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett will make a rare appearance before Congress on Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET. The justices could face wide-ranging questions as...
Warren Buffett pulls $6 billion in Gates Foundation funding
Warren Buffett has ended nearly two decades of donations to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, redirecting about $6 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock to four family foundations instead. The Berkshire Hathaway...
AZ man stabbed his wife 24 times because he wanted to stop her talking, police say
An Arizona man allegedly stabbed his wife 24 times because he wanted her to stop talking, according to a report. Nathaniel Gotham, 32, has been accused of carrying out the stabbing on Saturday in Mesa, a city in the...
Millions of beachgoers urged to avoid the water amid heat wave
A dangerous heat wave is expected to drive Americans to the coast in search of relief this week but millions of beachgoers are being told to avoid the ocean because of elevated bacteria levels. Public health officials...