13 h. ago Appeals court allows removal of head of watchdog agency as legal battle rages over Trump firing

An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican President Donald Trump’s authority to fire the special counsel

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20 h. ago Drugs boss spared deportation because it would be ‘unduly harsh’ on his daughter, judge rules

Xhoni Leka was jailed for over three years for running a large-scale cannabis farm in Whitehaven, Cumbria

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22 h. ago Supreme Court tells Trump to pay out $2 billion to USAID after rejecting his bid to pause spending

High court’s ruling clears the way for nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funding to be released

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24 h. ago The LA Times’ AI ‘bias meter’ looks like a bid to please Donald Trump | Margaret Sullivan

The paper’s billionaire owner, who barred it from endorsing Kamala Harris, is leaving human journalists out of the equationThe past few months have been brutal ones for the readers and journalists of the largest news organization in California, the Los Angeles Times.Since he bought the paper in 2018, the billionaire and medical entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong has become something of a Donald Trump acolyte. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Starmer could head for White House with Zelensky and Macron in desperate bid to save Western alliance

Keir Starmer is said to be ready to make the trip with the Ukrainian president and Emmanuel Macron as they try to keep Donald Trump on side.

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44 h. ago Zelenskyy says Ukraine ‘ready’ to talk peace in bid to placate Trump

Conciliatory statement comes after White House clash led to US suspending military aid

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68 h. ago TSMC to unveil $100bn investment in advanced manufacturing in the US

Latest corporate overture to Trump administration marks bid to ward off possible tariffs on chips from Taiwan

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3 d. ago Millionaire’s £18m ‘promise’ to ex over lunch is not legally binding, judge rules

Christina Haynes was less than half her 46-year-old multimillionaire boyfriend Mark Austin’s age when they met in 2000

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3 d. ago Stable hand who sued for £436,000 after injuring her arm in fall from horse loses case after being caught playing rugby and as football goalkeeper

A judge at the High Court in London ruled that Hazel Boyd was culpable of 'dishonest embellishment' after viewing the secretly shot footage.

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4 d. ago Trump’s firing of watchdog agency chief illegal and would give ‘license to bully officials’, judge rules

Case is seen as early test of scope of presidential authority as Trump seeks to rein in federal agencies’ independenceA US judge on Saturday declared president Donald Trump’s firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency illegal in an early test of the scope of presidential power likely to be decided at the US supreme court.US district judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington had previously ruled that Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel who is responsible for protecting whistleblowers, could remain in his post pending a ruling. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Fired federal watchdog must keep his job, judge rules, striking blow to Trump’s reshaping of government

A federal judge said President Donald Trump’s bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful

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4 d. ago Outrage as convicted paedophile, 44, who moved to the UK is allowed to STAY as judge rules blocking him would violate his human rights

The 44-year-old criminal, named only as OS, was convicted for a sex attack on a girl aged under 16 in the US in 2009 but has now been allowed to stay in the United Kingdom by a judge.

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4 d. ago Judge rules head of watchdog agency must keep his job, says Trump's bid to oust him was unlawful

A federal judge has ruled that the head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, saying President Donald Trump’s bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful

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4 d. ago Socialite sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell 'considers pardon bid' from old pal Donald Trump

"Given how many pardons Trump has issued in the weeks since being back in power, those in Ghislaine clique joked she should push for one."

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4 d. ago Donald Trump 'pardon bid' for jailed British socialite and sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell

Maxwell got 20 years in June 2022 for grooming and trafficking underage girls for her former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein – who was also a friend of Donald Trump.

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5 d. ago Marco Rubio in outrageous bid to blame Zelensky's 'behaviour' for Donald Trump attack

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed Donald Trump's outburst against Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House was a 'predictable outcome' and blamed the Ukrainian president for the ugly scenes

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5 d. ago 'Keir Starmer's bid to bridge divide between Donald Trump and Europe is being tested'

Keir Starmer returned home buoyed by a positive meeting with Donald Trump but hours later Ukraine peace talks were hanging in the balance after ugly scenes in the Oval Office

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6 d. ago Part of claim against Barry Manilow to be paused in England, judge rules

Hipgnosis Songs Fund is bringing legal action over unpaid royalties and a bonus against the singer at the High Court in London.

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9 d. ago The 1975 band members not liable for Malaysian festival closure, judge rules

Lead singer Matty Healy kissed a bandmate after a ‘profanity-laden speech’ at a 2023 show which angered Malaysian authorities.

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1 week ago US supreme court temporarily blocks firing of head of federal whistleblower protection office

Trump administration is seeking to oust Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counselThe US supreme court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over the agenda of Donald Trump’s second presidency.The justices said in an unsigned order that Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counsel, could remain in his job at least until Wednesday. That’s when a lower-court order temporarily protecting him expires. Continue reading...

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