42 h. ago US supreme court rules Doge can access social security data during legal challenge

Key player in Trump’s drive to slash federal workforce keeps access to sensitive records including family court and mental health recordsThe US supreme court on Friday permitted the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), a key player in Donald Trump’s drive to slash the federal workforce, broad access to the personal information of millions of Americans in Social Security Administration data systems while a legal challenge plays out.At the request of the justice department, the justices put on hold Maryland-based US district judge Ellen Hollander’s order that had largely blocked Doge’s access to “personally identifiable information” in data such as medical and financial records while litigation proceeds in a lower court. Hollander found that allowing Doge unfettered access likely would violate a federal privacy law. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says

Government defence expert Fiona Hill warns UK to respond to threats by becoming more cohesive and resilientRussia is at war with Britain, the US is no longer a reliable ally and the UK has to respond by becoming more cohesive and more resilient, according to one of the three authors of the strategic defence review.Fiona Hill, from county Durham, became the White House’s chief Russia adviser during Donald Trump’s first term and contributed to the British government’s strategy. She made the remarks in an interview with the Guardian. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Government moves to drop Sheetz discrimination case as Trump targets key civil rights tool

Federal authorities are moving to drop a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Sheetz convenience store chain, part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to halt the use of a key tool for enforcing the country’s civil rights laws

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51 h. ago Minnesota’s boundary waters are pristine. Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ could pollute them forever

A little-known provision would open thousands of nearby acres to a foreign mining company, risking acid drainageThe story is co-published with Public Domain, an investigative newsroom that covers public lands, wildlife and governmentA little-known provision of Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” would open thousands of acres of public lands at the edge of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters wilderness to a foreign-owned mining company. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Elon Musk’s business empire was built on government help. How badly could Donald Trump hurt him?

If the President follows through on his threats, the price tag could be enormous. Yet financial loss is far from the worst damage that Trump can cause his erstwhile ‘first buddy’, Io Dodds writes.

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66 h. ago Musk says SpaceX will retire Dragon spacecraft amid bitter Trump dispute

World’s richest man says craft, which Nasa relies on to take astronauts to ISS, will be withdrawn from commissionTrump-Musk spat – latest updatesMusk calls for Trump to be impeached as extraordinary feud escalatesElon Musk, the world’s richest man, on Thursday said his company SpaceX would begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft after he engaged in an extraordinary public fallout with Donald Trump who had threatened to cancel government contracts with Musk’s businesses.“In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately,” Musk posted on the social media platform X, which he owns. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Trump and Musk's relationship flames out just as intensely and publicly as it started

President Donald Trump is threatening to cut Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud

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4 d. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of assembling ‘rogues’ gallery’ to attack NGOs

Congressional Integrity Project calls Wednesday hearing led by Greene ‘political theater’ and exercise in hypocrisyThe far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has assembled a “rogues’ gallery of extremists, conspiracy theorists and C-team political operatives” to promote Donald Trump’s crackdown on non-government organisations (NGOs), a congressional watchdog has claimed.The House of Representatives’ Delivering on Government Efficiency (Doge) subcommittee, chaired by Greene, is due to hold a hearing on Wednesday entitled “Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Government ‘confident’ it can implement US deal in time to protect steel sector

UK Steel has urged the Government to ‘apply rocket boosters’ to negotiations.

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5 d. ago Healey insists defence funding will rise to 3% target to meet review aims

Defence Secretary John Healey said he was ‘100% confident’ spending will rise to 3% of gross domestic product.

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8 d. ago How did Elon Musk get that black eye? White House rife with rumours over Trump aide's wife as she quits West Wing to work for world's richest man

Elon Musk appeared at a White House event with a visible black eye, which he attributed to playful roughhousing with his son. His exit from the Trump administration coincided with that of Katie Miller.

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8 d. ago Elon Musk reveals truth behind his shocking black eye at White House farewell

Tesla founder Elon Musk sparked concern today after he was seen with a black eye in the Oval Office while bidding Donald Trump farewell as head of the Department of Government Efficiency

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9 d. ago Man 'threatened to shoot Donald Trump in the head' after President deported his family

Ramon Morales Reyes, 54, was arrested after he allegedly sent a letter to the U.S. government in which he threatened to assassinate President Donald Trump for deporting his family

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9 d. ago Elon Musk's 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair leaves NYC court smiling after custody showdown with billionaire

Only a day after Elon Musk officially resigned from his position at DOGE, he got on his next big hurdle... tackling the custody case with 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair and appearing virtually in court.

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9 d. ago Elon Musk breaks silence on rumours of 'fall out' with Donald Trump after leaving DOGE

SpaceX mogul, Elon Musk, has broken his silence on his alleged "falling out" with Donald Trump after stepping down from his role as a Special Government Employee in the Department of Government Efficiency

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9 d. ago Elon Musk faces off with 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair in NYC court over custody one day after quitting DC post at DOGE

Only a day after Elon Musk officially resigned from his position at DOGE, he got on his next big hurdle... tackling the custody case with 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair and appearing virtually in court.

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1 week ago ‘Calm and measured dialogue’ required after Trump tariffs blocked, says Tanaiste

Ireland’s deputy premier, Simon Harris, said his Government will ‘continue to monitor the implications’.

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1 week ago Elon Musk QUITS Donald Trump government amid 'big, beautiful bill' row

The Tesla owner previously spoke of his 'love' for the US President

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1 week ago Elon Musk quits as Donald Trump adviser after hitting out at 'big beautiful bill'

The tech titan has left his role after expressing disillusionment with red tape and the recent congressional spending package.

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1 week ago Musk gives parting message to Trump as he officially quits DOGE after blasting new spending bill

Elon Musk has officially quit the Department of Government Efficiency and bid farewell to the White House just one day after he publicly split with President Donald Trump.

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