4 h. ago South Carolina wants to accelerate constant push to lower income taxes

The constant push to cut income taxes in South Carolina has accelerated significantly

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5 h. ago Major new Instagram and TikTok rule demand to tackle deadly £100 driving loophole

Alarmed MPs have written to TikTok and Meta urging tougher action on so-called 'ghost' plates and warning brazen criminals are glamorising them on social media

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6 h. ago Westminster urged to act to reduce energy bills for those in greatest need

Scottish climate action minister Alasdair Allan called for a discounted rate to be introduced with a level of discount ‘proportionate to need’.

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8 h. ago Home Bargains urgently recall Easter products over asphyxiation fears

The retailer has called for immediate action as the toys pose a risk that could cause children to choke

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9 h. ago Trump reveals fate of 'f***ing idiot' who leaked top secret war messages

President Donald Trump defended his National Security Adviser Mike Waltz in the wake of the Signal app scandal, calling him a 'good man' who 'learned a lesson.'

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10 h. ago ‘Heads should roll:’ Democrats and Republicans calling for action in the wake of Signal text leak

Jeffrey Goldberg says that 18 national security and cabinet officials – including Pete Hegseth, JD Vance and Marco Rubio – were added to the ‘Houthi PC small group’ chat

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12 h. ago Scots Pizza Hut Delivery workers accuse franchise owner of 'stealing wages'

Glenshire Brands has been accused of slashing pay, prompting protests and union action against what Unite calls a "systematic attack" on workers' rights.

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25 h. ago Snow White overperforms in red states despite ‘Snow Woke’ moniker

The live-action Disney remake has performed better in Republican-leaning states than in those voting Democrat

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28 h. ago Democrats want to punish Trump in the 2026 midterms. Here are the five Senate seats most likely to flip

Analysis: The 2026 midterm election will largely be about Donald Trump. That puts Maine and North Carolina in Democratic grasps, while Republicans eye Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire. Eric Garcia reports

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43 h. ago Takeaways from AP's report on sexual misconduct in US statehouses

In an updated report, The Associated Press has cataloged at least 147 state lawmakers in a total of 44 states who have been accused of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct since 2017

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55 h. ago ‘I’m not stepping down’: Chuck Schumer defies Democrats’ calls over funding bill

Party leader faces backlash over his decision to support Republican-led bill to avoid government shutdownChuck Schumer defied calls to give up the top Democratic position in the Senate after he voted for Republicans’ funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, saying on Sunday: “I’m not stepping down.”Schumer has faced a wave of backlash from Democrats over his decision to support the Republican-led bill, with many Democrats alleging that the party leader isn’t doing enough to stand up to Donald Trump’s agenda. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Christian nurse takes legal action after NHS 'punished' her for calling transgender paedophile ‘Mr’

Jennifer Melle, from Croydon, was disciplined by Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust when she declined to use female pronouns for a convicted paedophile

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3 d. ago ‘They hate us’: Democrats now fear midterms could result in their ouster as voters want candidates to take on Trump

Democrat voters are frustrated with the results of the 2024 election and growing angry with Democrat leaders for rolling over to Republicans

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3 d. ago I was dismissed by a physician associate when I complained of a chest infection and told I just had a 'runny nose'

A woman left with lifelong lung damage after a medic missed the signs of a chest infection is calling on the Government to take urgent action to protect patients.

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3 d. ago I was dismissed by a physician associate when I complained of a chest infection

A woman left with lifelong lung damage after a medic missed the signs of a chest infection is calling on the Government to take urgent action to protect patients.

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3 d. ago Box office figures reveal extent of Disney's humiliation over 'woke' Snow White car crash

Box office figures for the opening day of Disney's live-action 'woke' remake of Snow White have been revealed with critics calling it a 'painfully muddle-headed affair.'

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5 d. ago Higher medicine sales tax makes UK ‘uninvestable’, drugmakers warn

Industry lobby group calls for action from government ahead of summit in April

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6 d. ago Greenpeace to appeal verdict ordering them to pay at least $660m to energy firm for pipeline protests – live

Organisation condemns verdict that could bankrupt its US operation and risks ‘destroying right to peaceful protest’Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says juryDemocratic congressman Glenn Ivey told constituents at a town hall meeting in his Maryland district that Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, should step down from his position after a bitter intraparty fight over government funding last week, HuffPost reports.Ivey is the first member of Congress to say Schumer should leave his leadership position, after the leader supplied enough votes to pass a Republican-backed government funding bill through the Senate. House Democrats had near-unanimously rejected the measure, and many in the party believe Schumer, who argued the bill was better than allowing a shutdown that could be exploited by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, gave up leverage he could have used against the administration. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago North Carolina lawmakers approve additional $528M for Hurricane Helene recovery

North Carolina lawmakers have agreed to spend another $528 million on still-pressing needs from Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding nearly six months ago

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6 d. ago Trump’s press secretary attacks federal judge in deportation case by name and calls him ‘Democrat activist’ – live

Karoline Leavitt singles out James Boasberg in briefing attacking federal judges as court battle over deportations continuesDemocratic congressman Glenn Ivey told constituents at a town hall meeting in his Maryland district that Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, should step down from his position after a bitter intraparty fight over government funding last week, HuffPost reports.Ivey is the first member of Congress to say Schumer should leave his leadership position, after the leader supplied enough votes to pass a Republican-backed government funding bill through the Senate. House Democrats had near-unanimously rejected the measure, and many in the party believe Schumer, who argued the bill was better than allowing a shutdown that could be exploited by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, gave up leverage he could have used against the administration. Continue reading...

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