56 h. ago Stephen Miller said Trump has ‘plenary authority’. What does that mean?

White House deputy chief of staff had an odd pause during a CNN interview when asked about the president’s power to deploy national guard troopsAn odd moment in a CNN interview with Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has been circulating on social media after Miller’s distinct pause when discussing the “plenary authority” of the president. A technical glitch – crossed wires from another broadcast in Miller’s earpiece – caused him to stop talking before completing his thought, CNN said.But the term “plenary authority”, has been taken as subtext for the broader ambitions of the Trump administration to assert legally-unassailable power over the use of the military and other functions of government. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Toxicology report of couple who die in hot bath reveals sinister detail as girl orphaned

Fresh details have emerged after a couple tragically died in a motel room after partying at a nightclub. Just hours before, they had been celebrating their little girl's birthday

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4 d. ago Heartstopping moment surfer caught in powerful rip current after being swept out to sea is rescued

This is the dramatic moment a surfer who was swept to sea after being caught in a powerful rip current is rescued by volunteers of Porthcawl RNLI rescue.

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4 d. ago Battersea Power Station 'milestone moment': £21 million Tube station entrance opens onto new pedestrianised high street

Debate over station’s name continues as deputy mayor reveals: ‘I do like saying Battersea Power Station station’

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5 d. ago Girl, 4, left orphaned after mum and dad die in scalding hot hotel bathtub

Jeferson Luiz Sagaz, 37, and his partner Ana Carolina Silva, 41 had spent the day celebrating their daughter’s birthday at a food park and drinking before heading to a nightclub

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5 d. ago Battersea Power Station 'milestone moment': £21million Tube station entrance opens onto new pedestrianised high street

Debate over station’s name continues as deputy mayor reveals: ‘I do like saying Battersea Power Station station’

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1 week ago Ukrainian nuclear plant's longest power outage since war began is 'critical' moment

Concerns are growing over Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been without external electricity for over a week

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2 w. ago Moment Putin’s troops are ordered to ‘kill everyone’ before executing family – and taking orphaned girl as human shield

THIS is the shocking moment a Ukrainian family was executed before a child was kidnapped and taken from a front line village. In a clipped-together video, soldiers can be seen attacking the village and even pulling a dead person inside a building. As the soldiers approached the village, a Russian commander told them to "kill...

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2 w. ago Transgender Americans are seeing a wave of hate unleashed by Charlie Kirk’s killing | Erin Reed

In the aftermath of Kirk’s death, the far-right and Trump administration have turned up attacks on transgender peopleOn the day anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was shot, fear rippled through the left that the far right would seize the moment to consolidate power. Nowhere was that fear more acute than in the transgender community.Within hours, Republicans were already blaming trans people; one commentator even claimed the bullets carried “transgender symbols”, a claim investigators quickly debunked. But the deeper fear wasn’t misinformation – it was the crackdown that would follow. With fragile rights hanging by the thread of court rulings and blue-state protections, trans people braced for the worst. And they were right: The right has seized on the shooting as its own Reichstag fire, accelerating a campaign to target transgender existence – now with the full weight of the Trump administration behind it.Erin Reed is a transgender journalist based in Washington DC. She tracks LGBTQ+...

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2 w. ago Keegan Bradley reveals biggest Ryder Cup regret that still burns as Team USA share 'powerful' moment

USA skipper cannot stop thinking about what it would have been like to play in the team and not be the captain

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2 w. ago Tearful Erika Kirk says she forgives Charlie's 'assassin' Tyler Robinson in devastating farewell at memorial

In a powerful moment before tens of thousands of supporters, Erika addressed Robinson, who is accused of shooting Charlie Kirk in the throat earlier this month.

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3 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing fans left 'in tears' by 'powerful' launch show moment

The series kicked off with an opening number featuring all of this year's stars

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3 w. ago ‘The old white patriarchy isn’t knocking on my door!’ Sandra Oh on joy, despair – and going viral with a euphoric dance

In her apocalyptic new film, everything’s sorted – but you have to die at the age of 50. The actor talks about tech shocks, doomscrolling and the agent who told her to go back to CanadaThis summer, Sandra Oh stood behind a lectern at a graduation ceremony in New Hampshire, preparing to give university-leavers words of hope at a time of permacrisis. She rose to the challenge, opening up about her past battles with depression and anxiety, before making a heartfelt case for embracing discomfort and kindness “so we can meet cruelty again and again and not lose our humanity”. This was increasingly important, she explained, when many world leaders “claim power through fear and oppression”. And then came the moment that would go viral. Oh instructed everyone to stand up and do something Cristina Yang, her career-making character on Grey’s Anatomy, used to do when times got tough. “Dance it out!” she exhorted as David Guetta’s Titanium washed over the crowd. “Remember this feeling!”“I was v...

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3 w. ago Powerful moment orphaned girl, 9, walks with new artificial leg in stricken Gaza

Malak, who lives in a tent, suffered severe injuries and underwent an above-the-knee amputation earlier this year but is back on her feet after charity’s help

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4 w. ago LIZ JONES: Men always want a younger woman, and I know the sad reason why. Have them, you boring saps

In their 40s and 50s, people are attracted to those at least a decade younger. This is particularly the case for men. Of course it is, the unhelpful, unrealistic b*****ds.

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4 w. ago LIZ JONES: Men always want a younger woman, and I know the sad reason why. Have at them, you boring saps

In their 40s and 50s, people are attracted to those at least a decade younger. This is particularly the case for men. Of course it is, the unhelpful, unrealistic b*****ds.

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4 w. ago LIZ JONES: Have your younger women, you boring saps, and feel powerful, tall, manly, for a moment

In which I am done with men

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4 w. ago Starmer fancies himself a leader among leaders – but his tough talk on defence is just expensive bluster | Simon Jenkins

With the world in crisis, the PM is spending billions to back his posturing. But he has no clout over Gaza or Ukraine, and it’s time he acted accordinglyEach night we wonder where we are. We sit in comfort watching death and destruction fall on thousands in Gaza and Ukraine. Each night we see buildings exploding, people screaming and children starving. Statesmen stand around and deplore. There is anxious talk of what next – another 9/11 perhaps, or a Cuba 1962? Or is it, as some say, a 1939 or 1914 moment? As for the one man with notional power over the world, Donald Trump, his pledge of an end to wars has proved futile – and a bonanza for defence industries everywhere.Whenever someone cries that something must be done, I always ask by whom? Day after day, Britain’s Keir Starmer – when he isn’t battling domestic crises and scandals – rises in the Commons to announce that he is working towards a ceasefire. But he is not. He is talking about working. If Trump cannot stop the killing –...

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4 w. ago Powerful moment Charlie Kirk's widow Erika holds hands with Usha Vance on his final journey on Air Force Two

Usha Vance held hands with Charlie Kirk's widow Erika in a heartfelt gesture as they deplaned Air Force Two, which carried the right-wing influencer's casket from Utah to Arizona.

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