3 d. ago Jess Carter ‘didn’t want to leave hotel’ after racist abuse at Euro 2025

The defender has called on social media companies and police to work together

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4 d. ago January 6 cop curses at Republican blaming Capitol Police for insurrection at Jack Smith hearing

A January 6 cop told a Republican blaming Capitol Police for the insurrection to 'go f*** yourself' in a heated moment during Jack Smith's testimony to Congress.

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1 week ago Surrey police defend extraditing influencer HStikkytokky on £16,000 private jet

Police insisted the chartered plane was the ‘only option’ after a judge criticised the cost

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1 week ago Police defend extraditing TikToker on private jet that cost taxpayer £16,000

Surrey Police confirmed it spent £15,990 on the chartered flight to bring HSTikkyTokky back from Malaga Airport

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1 week ago The FBI’s raid of journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding | Seth Stern and Chip Gibbons

The trend of invading newsrooms, in violation of federal law, has now spread to the highest levels of the federal governmentThe raid of a journalist’s home, along with the jailing of their alleged source, are shocking acts of authoritarianism. And they are in line with Trump’s willingness to use the national security state as a weapon against the press, which is a serious threat to our democracy. But those weapons were not invented by Trump nor did he pioneer their use against free press.The raid of Hannah Natanson, is a shocking escalation, not a rupture. The United States has been backsliding to this point – at both the federal and local levels – for quite some time.Seth Stern is the Director of Advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation and a first amendment lawyerChip Gibbons is the policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent. A journalist and researcher focusing on the US national security state, Gibbons is currently working on The Imperial Bureau, forthcoming from Verso...

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1 week ago Nasa to launch emergency return mission for astronaut suffering mystery health issue

Crew-11 mission cut short in first ever medical evacuation from the ISS in its history

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1 week ago West Midlands Police chief admits to misleading MPs with AI as he defended decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa match

West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford has apologised to MPs for giving them erroneous evidence about the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, blaming the use of AI.

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2 w. ago Record low homicide rates in London as mayor defends policies

Record low homicide rates in London as mayor defends policies  Hürriyet Daily News

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2 w. ago Virginia man pleads not guilty to charges in DC pipe bomb case

A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021

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2 w. ago Trump’s condemnation of Jan 6 rioters resurfaces after White House tries to ‘rewrite history’

A video of Donald Trump condemning the January 6 rioters in 2021 as “heinous” has resurfaced after his administration has been accused of attempting to rewrite history.

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2 w. ago JD Vance posts bigoted sombrero meme mocking Democrats holding vigil to Jan 6 Capitol violence

Tuesday marked five years since rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a failed attempt to keep President Donald Trump in power

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2 w. ago Republicans silent and Democrats incensed on fifth anniversary of US Capitol attack

Democrats held hearing to examine impact of January 6, while protesters commemorated attack on Capitol groundsCongressional Republicans were largely silent on the fifth anniversary of the January 6 insurrection on Tuesday, even as Democrats sought to use the occasion to blast Donald Trump and a small group of protesters convened on the grounds of the US Capitol in solidarity with those who carried out the attack.Democrats, who are in the minority in Congress after fruitlessly hoping that the well-documented violence would cause voters to reject Trump for good, seized on the anniversary to decry the president as a threat to democracy, and accuse Republicans of acting as his accomplices. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago West Midlands police insist decision to ban Maccabi fans ‘not politically influenced’

Police leaders defend position after being recalled to give further evidence in second hearing to home affairs committeePolice chiefs facing scrutiny over a decision to ban fans of an Israeli football team from attending a match in Birmingham have insisted the move was not politically influenced.West Midlands police (WMP) leaders defended their position at the home affairs committee on Tuesday after being recalled to give further evidence over the decision to ban fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending a Europa League match against Aston Villa on 6 November. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago White House website rewrites history of Jan 6 attack as Trump

January 6 defendants demand ‘retribution’ as administration promotes bogus narrative of Trump-fueled attack and aftermath

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2 w. ago Fifth anniversary of Jan 6 Capitol riot brings fresh division to DC

There is no official event planned to memorialize what happened that day

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2 w. ago January 6, five years on: sustained effort by Trump to rewrite history

President and Republican allies have tried to make sure the deadly attack on the Capitol has been erased from memoryFive years after the deadly attackon the US Capitol, Donald Trump and other Republicans have engaged in a near-complete effort to rewrite the history of the day and erase it from the collective American memory.On his first day in office, Trump pardoned anyone involved in the attack, a move that affected some 1,500 people. His administration has paid $5m to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter killed by a Capitol police officer as she attempted to breach doors near the House floor. Hundreds of other rioters are also seeking millions of dollars in compensation. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves says Treasury watchdog WON'T check she is balancing the books in the Spring... and will she even face MPs to defend her policies?

Rachel Reeves has announced that the Office for Budget Responsibility will produce an economic forecast on March 3.

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3 w. ago Mystery of missing plaque made to honor police who defended the Capitol during Jan 6 attack

Visitors pass through the Capitol without any formal reminder of what happened that day

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3 w. ago Mystery of missing plaque made to honor police who defended the Capitol during 6 January attack

Visitors can pass through the Capitol without any formal reminder of what happened that day

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3 w. ago Officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 say their struggles linger, 5 years after the riot

Five years after the Capitol riot, some of the police officers who fought off the rioters that day say they're still struggling with what happened

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