73 m. ago Funniest JFK files memes as Americans left underwhelmed by latest assassination paper release

On Tuesday, the latest trove of bombshell documents were released by the National Archives. Since then, social media users have been relentlessly poking fun at the documents.

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75 m. ago Fans 'will never sleep again' after 'criminally underrated' horror

Housebound, which was released in 2014, has a near-perfect 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes - yet it remains criminally under-rated and has failed to make it to the big screen

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93 m. ago Leading think tank throws support behind Labour’s £5bn welfare cuts

‘For too long now it’s been sickness that pays,’ says CSJ

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96 m. ago Brits look for these top traits when it comes to choosing a new dog

A poll of 2,000 adults who either have, or would like, a dog found these were key attributes alongside, 21% wanting their pet to be good with other animals

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1 hour ago Conservative former federal judge says Trump has ‘declared war’ on US rule of law

J Michael Luttig said a constitutional crisis is brewing due to Trump’s defiance of a court order over deportationsNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.Donald Trump has “declared war on the rule of law in America” and is pitching the country into a constitutional crisis, a prominent former conservative federal judge said.“The president of the United States has essentially declared war on the rule of law in America,” J Michael Luttig told MSNBC. “In the past few weeks the president himself has led a full-frontal assault on the constitution, the rule of law, the federal judiciary, the American justice system and the nation’s legal profession. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Starmer fails to repeat commitment not to extend freeze on income tax

In the autumn budget, Rachel Reeves decided not to extend the freeze on the thresholds at which people start to pay different rates of income tax.

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3 h. ago I could not live on £70 a week in benefits, says 'hypocrite' Labour minister as he defends Starmer cuts

Torsten Bell, the pensions minister, said he had a 'mortgage to pay' as he explained why he thought he could not live on that amount.

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4 h. ago Dispute between parents' group, Ohio school district over gender pronoun policy goes before judges

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati is hearing arguments in a lawsuit pitting a suburban Ohio school district’s policy on preferred pronouns against the free speech rights of classmates who believe there are only two genders

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4 h. ago London’s black cabs destined for extinction in 20 years, TfL warned

Centre for London says numbers are falling and wants the government to step up to support the industryBlack cabs could disappear from London’s roads in 20 years, a thinktank has warned, unless authorities take steps to halt the decline – including giving cabbies bigger loans for new electric taxis and making the Knowledge test easier.Centre for London said that if the number of taxis in the capital continues to fall at the current rate, there would be none left by 2045. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago DWP PIP rates to rise within weeks despite major benefits announcement

Ms Kendall said there are millions of people across the UK who have become 'trapped on benefits'

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4 h. ago Nigel Farage's Reform leapfrogs Tories in Scotland with new record high support that puts it on course to win 14 Holyrood seats in next year's election

A new poll by Survation has the hard right party leapfrogging the Tories in terms of support into third behind the SNP and Labour, after a four-point rise in the constituency vote since January.

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4 h. ago Ralph the dog reunited with tearful owners after he was suspected of being XL Bully and seized

It comes after hundreds called for Ralph's return, insisting he was an American bulldog and not an illegal breed. His owner said he had been in tears and unable to sleep while he waited to hear his dog's fate

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4 h. ago Urgent warning to Britons as South American SPIDER arrives in the UK: Egg sac from venomous arachnid hitches a ride on a bunch of Aldi bananas

A shopper got an unexpected freebie with her bananas when she discovered an egg sac thought to be from a venomous South American spider.

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4 h. ago There’s still over one million Americans who can claim $1,400 stimulus check – here’s how to know if you qualify

IRS warns that taxpayers who fail to file their returns by April 15 could forfeit the pandemic-era relief payment

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5 h. ago What a difference a job makes! Minister who used to savage benefit cuts as a lefty think

Torsten Bell, the pensions minister, said he had a 'mortgage to pay' as he explained why he thought he could not live on that amount.

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5 h. ago Major UK town struck by earthquake as double 'quake whammy hit on same day

Seismic activity across the United Kingdom appears to be increasing at a rapid rate, with another two striking just seven hours apart earlier this week, the BGS has reported

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5 h. ago There’s still over a million Americans who can claim $1,400 stimulus check – here’s how to know if you qualify

IRS warns that taxpayers who fail to file their returns by April 15 could forfeit the pandemic-era relief payment

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5 h. ago How sly Putin kept Trump waiting for historic phone call knowing he was 'holding all the cards' over Ukraine

Vladimir Putin was an hour late for his Tuesday call with Donald Trump and seemingly unbothered by the fact that he had kept the American president waiting.

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6 h. ago Russian drones strike Ukraine after Putin's ceasefire talks with Trump

Russia has launched a series of drone strikes that struck civilian areas overnight and damaged a hospital in Ukraine following the refusal by President Vladimir Putin to back a full 30-day ceasefire during discussions with his American counterpart

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6 h. ago China rehearses star wars with the West: Beijing has been holding satellite

China has been rehearsing 'dogfighting in space' with satellites, a top American space official has revealed. 

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