6 h. ago Free football tickets, university courses, driving lessons and even hair extensions! ROSS CLARK reveals the astonishing list of perks taxpayers are funding for asylum seekers

Banned from working or claiming the benefits for which United Kingdom citizens can apply, it is commonly said they are surviving on as little as £8 a week.

Economics

6 h. ago Karen Read’s prosecutor asked for $1 million in funding for second trial that ended in acquittal

The Norfolk DA described Read’s trial as the ‘ perfect storm’ to strain his office’s resources

Economics

7 h. ago Your security check at the airport might get faster — just need to scan your face first

A new bill in the Senate would require any facial scans collected at airports to be deleted after they’re used for verification

Events

7 h. ago 35 Union Pacific train cars derail near Texas town, no injuries reported

Authorities say 35 cars of a Union Pacific train derailed near a small Texas town but there were no injuries reported and no evacuations ordered

Events

7 h. ago Mexico expels 26 cartel figures wanted by US officials in deal with White House

High-ranking figures extradited to US as Trump officials ratchet pressure on networks sending drugs across borderMexico has extradited 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as US authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks sending drugs across the border.Authorities sent 26 prisoners who were wanted in the US for ties to drug-trafficking groups, Mexico’s attorney general’s office and security ministry said in a joint statement on Tuesday. The transfers were carried out after a promise from the US justice department that prosecutors would not seek the death penalty in any of the cases. Continue reading...

Events

9 h. ago Minnesota prosecutor seeks to overturn man's 1998 murder conviction after a witness confesses

A Minnesota prosecutor is seeking the release of a man in prison for 27 years for murder after a key witness recanted her testimony and confessed to the crime

Events

9 h. ago Russian bus passengers ordered to rush to bomb shelters over 'imminent nuclear strike'

A video going viral on Russian social media shows a woman passenger as she heard the warning today on the intercom of bus 191 to Grachevskaya station in the Russian capital

Events

10 h. ago White House says homeless people in DC will be forced into shelters or put in jail. Advocates say ‘that should terrify everyone’

Trump is criminalizing homelessness while doing ‘nothing’ to make housing more affordable, critics tell Alex Woodward

Events

10 h. ago Now Rachel Reeves plots inheritance tax raid on Middle England to plug huge gap in public finances as Tories blast Labour's 'politics of envy'

The Chancellor is said to be looking at tightening rules on gifting of money and assets before someone passes away to address an estimated £50billion spending hole at the next Budget .

Politics

10 h. ago Moscow bus passengers told to rush to bomb shelters as nuclear warning played

Terrified Russian bus passengers were played a message warning of an imminent nuclear strike by pranksters. The incident in Moscow saw people on a bus ordered to run to a bomb shelter

Events

11 h. ago Victims of ‘random’ shooting at Target in Texas identified as grandfather with 4

Police have identified Ethan Nieneker, 32, as the Texas Target shooter

Events

11 h. ago New York City mayoral race: Mamdani leads Cuomo by 19 points, poll shows

Poll says 44% of voters for Mamdani and 25% for Cuomo as Elise Stefanik chips away at Hochul’s lead in governor raceThe closely watched New York mayoral and governor’s races appear to be forming into shapes that will bring little comfort to centrist Democrats, with both elections happening in November.A new Siena Institute poll released on Tuesday shows New York City’s Democratic socialist mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, leading former New York governor Andrew Cuomo by 19 percentage points – while the Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik is chipping away at incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul’s lead in a hypothetical contest for the New York governor’s mansion in 2026. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Andrew Cuomo swipes at Zohran Mamdani over a classic New York topic: rent

As he seeks to boost his campaign for New York City mayor, Andrew Cuomo is proposing an overhaul to New York City’s rent laws and escalating his attacks on the frontrunner, Zohran Mamdani

Politics

11 h. ago Republican’s town hall descends into chaos as angry voters rage over Epstein files and Trump agenda

Voters called the California lawmaker a ‘liar’ and launched expletives at him throughout Monday’s event

Politics

12 h. ago Texas attorney general seeks jail for O’Rourke as senate passes Republican

Ken Paxton asks judge to fine and jail ex-congressman for defying order to halt political fundraisingThe Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has asked a local judge to consider jailing Beto O’Rourke, saying the former congressman was openly defying a judicial order blocking him and his political group from fundraising and paying the costs of Democrats who left the state to stop Republicans from passing a new congressional map.Tarrant county district judge Megan Fahey granted a request from Paxton last week halting O’Rourke and a group aligned with him, Powered by People, from fundraising. The order bars the group from using funds to pay the costs of Texas lawmakers during the special session or paying the $500 daily fines the lawmakers face for each time they are absent. Continue reading...

Politics

12 h. ago If stopping the boats were simple, it would have happened by now

Editorial: With the number of people who have crossed the Channel on small boats since Keir Starmer came to power passing 50,000, it is a reminder that, during the election, Labour gave the impression it had a plan to fix the problem of irregular migration. But that is not to decry their efforts so far

Politics

12 h. ago Bike vigilante Cycling Mikey returns to scene where he pushed his bike in front of a car to perform same stunt AGAIN

The biker, whose real name is Michael Van Erp, this week uploaded a clip showing him pushing his bicycle into a car as the driver tried to pass on Paddenswick Road in Hammersmith.

Transport

12 h. ago Alexander Isak’s rental home on market amid push for move to Liverpool from Newcastle

Removal vans seen at player’s Ponteland residenceStriker made to train alone as he seeks exitThe house Alexander Isak has been living in just outside Newcastle is back on the rental market. The striker is trying to secure a move to Liverpool and it emerged on Tuesday that new tenants are being sought.Removal vans have been sighted at Isak’s Ponteland home, which is understood to have been put on the market some weeks ago. The Sweden international started renting the property after he joined Newcastle from Real Sociedad in 2022. Continue reading...

Society

12 h. ago Before killing 3 in a Target parking lot, suspect had many run

Records show the accused 32-year-old gunman who opened fire in a Target parking lot in Texas, killing two adults and a child, has a history of arrests for domestic violence and assault

Events

12 h. ago Jet2 Passenger Finds ‘World’s Smallest Armrest’ on £200 London Flight

Jet2 Passenger Finds ‘World’s Smallest Armrest’ on £200 London Flight  Aviation A2Z

Economics