27 h. ago Dumbarton FC to exit administration as deal agreed to save historic SPFL side

The Sons collapsed into administration in November with fans raising more than £120,000 to keep the League One side afloat

Economics

45 h. ago How Celtic could win the title at Rangers as SPFL risks history repeating itself with post

The Hoops need just a point to clinch four-in-a-row at Tannadice - but there's an outside chance it could happen at Ibrox

Events

6 d. ago IRS chief resigns after Trump administration strikes deal to share undocumented taxpayer data

‘Backroom deal’ could hand taxpayer data to ICE agents as part of Trump’s deportation blitz

Economics

7 d. ago Trump threatens 104% tariffs on Chinese goods as part of unfolding global trade war

Beijing vows to ‘fight to the end’ as president claims ‘many’ countries are seeking a deal with USUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump is poised to unleash his trade war with the world on Wednesday, pressing ahead with a slew of tariffs on the US’s largest trading partners despite fears of widespread economic damage and calls to reconsider.The US president claimed “many” countries were seeking a deal with Washington, as his administration prepared to impose steep tariffs on goods from dozens of markets from Wednesday. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago Trump confirms 104% tariffs on Chinese goods as part of unfolding global trade war

Beijing vows to ‘fight to the end’ as president claims ‘many’ countries are seeking a deal with USUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump is poised to unleash his trade war with the world on Wednesday, pressing ahead with a slew of tariffs on the US’s largest trading partners despite fears of widespread economic damage and calls to reconsider.The US president claimed “many” countries were seeking a deal with Washington, as his administration prepared to impose steep tariffs on goods from dozens of markets from Wednesday. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Ben Jennings on the price of a trade deal with the US – cartoon

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Economics

2 w. ago Livingston boss says SPFL Trust Trophy win is for family and history

David Martindale says his Livi stars wrote themselves into the club's history books, and was pleased his family were there to see it

Politics

2 w. ago Farage claims Trump’s Ukraine approach is ‘turning Putin into a winner’

Nigel Farage has distanced himself from the Trump administration’s approach to a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal, claiming it is ‘turning Putin into a winner’.

Politics

2 w. ago Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson review – make America build again

Over-regulation has rendered progressive change impossible, argue the authors of this clear and rigorous book. But what about the tradeoffs?Every political movement has an image of the past that motivates its view of the future. For conservatives, it might be the imaginary suburbia of a 1950s coffee commercial; for liberals, the solidarity of a New Deal-era Works Progress Administration poster. For Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, it is the techno-optimism of the 1964 New York World’s Fair “Futurama” exhibit: a vision of commuter flights to the moon, desalinisation turning deserts into farmland, hotels on the ocean floor. In their book, Abundance, they argue for a new politics that unlocks the potential of the remarkable technologies that already exist, as well as those yet to be invented.But that future is behind schedule – and Abundance holds late 20th‑century liberalism responsible. (Klein and Thompson critique the right, too – they are themselves liberals – but this book spea...

Politics

3 w. ago IRS nears deal with Ice to share data of undocumented immigrants – report

Immigration officials could give names and addresses, raising concerns about abuse of power by Trump administrationThe US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reportedly nearing a deal to allow immigration officials to use tax data to support Donald Trump’s deportation agenda, according to reports by the Washington Post.Under the proposed data-sharing agreement, said to have been in negotiations for weeks, Immigration And Customs Enforcement (Ice) could hand over the names and addresses of undocumented immigrants to the IRS, raising concerns about abuse of power from the Trump administration and the erosion of privacy rights. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago In The Style: popular UK fashion brand returns from administration with rescue deal, securing 87 Jobs

The brand has been saved from administration in a deal that preserves 87 jobs 💼

Economics