26 m. ago Mike Johnson throws cold water on Trump’s musings about a third term for president

Trump would need to amend the Constitution to run again in 2028

Politics

33 m. ago White House digs in after mistakenly deporting Maryland father to El Salvador

The Justice Department is arguing that the U.S. government is powerless to ask the Salvadoran government to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to American custody

Events

48 m. ago Barrister: I asked Home Office ‘do you still want me?’ on grooming inquiries

Tom Crowther was named in January as someone who would help the Government with their work to tackle child sex abuse and grooming gangs.

Society

55 m. ago Fox News pundit accuses publisher of stealing his book idea and giving it to another MAGA personality

‘My proposal was to write a book that shed light on significant political and legal developments affecting the nation – the lawfare campaign against President Trump. Unfortunately, I believe my project was co-opted without my knowledge or consent,’ Gregg Jarrett said in a statement

Events

59 m. ago Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle announces return to music after horrific stroke

Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle said she was 'definitely back' with some 'wonderful new projects' after teasing plans for a tour and TV show, three years after a stroke changed her life

Politics

61 m. ago Musk’s Doge to fire all local workers and US diplomats from USAID, sources say

Unofficial Trump adviser’s cost-cutting team to finalize shuttering the foreign aid agency on which millions dependUS politics live – latest updatesElon Musk’s cost-cutting team is finalizing the dismantlement of the US Agency for International Development, ordering the firings of thousands of local workers and US diplomats and civil servants assigned to the agency overseas, two former top USAID officials and a source with knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.On Friday, Congress was notified that almost all of USAID’s own employees were being fired by September, all of its overseas offices shut, and some functions absorbed into the state department. Continue reading...

Politics

62 m. ago The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s tariffs: a spectacle of struggle and control | Editorial

The US president wields tariffs not as a policy tool but as an instrument of pressure, rewarding loyalty and punishing defiance – even among alliesDonald Trump has probably not read much Michel Foucault. But he appears to embody the French philosopher’s claim that “politics is the continuation of war by other means”. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his fondness for tariffs. He presents taxing foreign imports as a way to rebuild the American economy in favour of blue-collar workers left behind by free trade and globalisation. Yet he plainly thinks that politics is not about truth or justice. It is about leverage and supremacy.Britain is learning first-hand that Mr Trump, with his us-versus-them framing and taste for spectacle, is an accidental Foucauldian – using tariffs as tools of loyalty and dominance, even against allies. If Mr Trump follows through on his threat to impose a 20% tariff on all imports, UK growth will suffer. The effect depends on the response....

Politics

81 m. ago Housing minister confronted over safety of new homes in Grenfell grilling

Housing minister Alex Norris, who was grilled on the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, said safety is 'in contest with' Labour's target to build more homes

Politics

88 m. ago Trans protester arrested after washing her hands in a Florida Capitol women’s bathroom

Marcy Rheintgen was protesting a 2023 law banning people from using bathrooms in public buildings that don’t match their sex at birth

Events

92 m. ago Planned Parenthood faces Medicaid funding challenge at Supreme Court

Supreme Court will hear arguments in a South Carolina case over whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

Events

1 hour ago Britain braced for worst from Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ trade war

White House crusade against imports could cost £1.1 trillion worldwide and 25,000 jobs in Britain alone, experts warn

Politics

1 hour ago Sen. Cory Booker has now been speaking for 18 hours in protest against Trump and Musk

Senator Cory Booker has been speaking for more than 12 hours since yesterday evening

Politics

1 hour ago Labour woes clear to see as UK Government still can't answer a very simple question

Labour has had a bruising afternoon, and the publication of a letter from Liz Kendall hasn't helped

Politics

2 h. ago Trump live updates: President to announce ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs at Rose Garden event tomorrow

Trump prepares sweeping round of reciprocal tariffs that threatens to trigger U.S. recession and global trade war, as Speaker Mike Johnson says, ‘You have to trust the president’s instincts on the economy’

Politics

2 h. ago Susan Boyle teases major comeback as Scots star working on 'new projects'

Britain's Got Talent singer Susan Boyle delighted fans with the news in a huge announcement on her birthday, five years on from releasing her most recent album

Politics

2 h. ago Emmerdale's Ella star shares 'inspired' career move after soap exit

Paula Lane teased what's next for the actress ahead of her leaving the Dales

Politics

2 h. ago New measures against Russia after ‘unacceptable threats’ to UK – Home Secretary

Russia will be placed on the top level of the Government’s forthcoming foreign influence registration scheme (Firs).

Society

2 h. ago Trump tariffs will damage UK economy, Reeves tells Cabinet amid job loss fears

Sir Keir Starmer admits UK unlikely to be spared from sweeping measures to be announced by Donald Trump

Economics

2 h. ago Confused families blast major UK theme park for announcing admission fees have been axed

One of Britain's biggest theme parks revealed its plans to remove admission fees today - but the April Fool's joke has confused families grappling with the cost of living crisis.

Events

2 h. ago Trump welcomes idea of running for a notional third term against Obama: ‘I’d love that’

In a hypothetical, and nearly impossible, third-term matchup the president said he’d ‘love’ to run against Obama

Politics