38 m. ago Defying a court order, Trump administration refuses to fund Radio Free Europe

Delay in financing has forced the news organization to furlough some staff and cut some programs.

Politics

88 m. ago Another Republican edges away from Trump: Senator Kennedy sounds alarm on plunging market

Kennedy joins a small but growing group of Republican lawmakers getting restless over Trump levies and the market meltdown

Politics

1 hour ago Historic stock plunge leaves Americans rattled after Trump tariff announcement: Live updates

Trump’s trade war escalates as China strikes back with 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. goods, sending stock markets plummeting and wiping out $6 trillion in two days

Politics

2 h. ago Donald Trump extends deadline to keep social media TikTok running in the US

Donald Trump had described TikTok as "worthless" without a permit, which he insists the US will be able to provide - and he even used the social media as a bargaining tool amid his tariff chaos

Politics

2 h. ago Obama makes brutal admission about Michelle marriage as 'divorce' crisis deepens

Former President Barack Obama admitted he's trying to dig out of a 'deep deficit' with wife Michelle Obama, a quip he made when addressing Hamilton College students Thursday.

Events

2 h. ago Keir Starmer 'hopes to win over Donald Trump in tariffs row with trip to Scotland to meet the King

Although the trip is not directly linked to diplomatic efforts to improve tariffs between the UK and the US, some Whitehall officials are hoping that the royal itinerary makes way for constructive talks.

Politics

3 h. ago Real Housewives of Cheshire insiders reveal how 'toxic' Dawn left housewives with anxiety and the shocking cocaine controversy

A deliciously bitchy reality TV series that chronicles the lives of a select group of Cheshire's wealthiest women, it follows the WAGs as they go about their champagne-fuelled social lives.

Events

3 h. ago IRS plans to cut up to 25% of staff, starting with closing its civil rights office, AP sources say

The IRS plans to cut as many as 20,000 staffers as part of layoffs that began Friday

Politics

3 h. ago Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge

Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library this week

Politics

3 h. ago Wall Street ‘Einstein’: ‘There’s blood on the streets. It’s unbelievable; they know nothing’

‘The formula they used for these numbers to measure the trade deficit, it’s like ‘apples, oranges, a couple of cashews, divided by ten, times four — none of it makes any sense’

Events

3 h. ago Trump admin sends Hegseth to ceremony for remains of US soldiers while president attends fundraiser at Mar

Trump skipped past transfers during first term in office

Politics

3 h. ago Let's take a breath: Definitely not 'happy' Starmer embarks on diplomatic mission to talk allies out of any big retaliations over tariffs

The Prime Minister last night began a flurry of diplomatic calls designed to coordinate responses to President Trump's 'Liberation Day' announcement on tariffs

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4 h. ago Trump’s tariffs squeezes Republicans as they struggle to pass his agenda

Analysis: Trump’s tariffs are making it harder for Republicans to cut taxes and spending, Eric Garcia writes

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4 h. ago Trump’s tariffs squeeze Republicans as they struggle to pass his agenda

Analysis: Trump’s tariffs are making it harder for Republicans to cut taxes and spending, Eric Garcia writes

Politics

4 h. ago Former Trump official explains the reason he believes the administration is using Signal

The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief was mistakenly added to a Signal group chat with administration officials discussing attack plans last month

Politics

4 h. ago Trump’s 10% tariff on UK products to come into force as stock markets plunge

The FTSE 100 fell on Friday in its worst day of trading since the start of the pandemic while markets on Wall Street also tumbled.

Politics

4 h. ago Trump campus crackdown continues with threat Harvard must end ‘ideological capture’ or lose billions

White House has targeted five Ivy League universities so far as part of efforts to enforce priorities on antisemitism, DEI, and transgender people

Politics

4 h. ago Trump administration ends key grant program that helps communities prepare for disasters

The Trump administration is ending a key program used by communities to pay for projects designed to help them prepare for natural disasters like flooding and fires

Politics

5 h. ago Farmers fear tariffs could cost them one of their biggest markets in China

Heading into this year, most U.S. farmers were hoping to break even or maybe record a small profit

Economics

5 h. ago As Trump's tariffs trigger market meltdown, leading bank warns there is now a 60 per cent chance of a global recession

As the market meltdown triggered by Donald Trump's trade war accelerated, the FTSE 100 suffered its sharpest drop since the outbreak of the pandemic.

Economics