3 h. ago At least 11 detained after protesters and police clash outside Chicago Ice center

Officers reportedly tackled and dragged several people after authorities told demonstrators to stay in ‘protest zones’At least 11 people were taken into custody outside the Broadview Ice detention center outside Chicago after heated confrontations between Illinois state police and protesters on Friday.Authorities had instructed demonstrators to remain in designated “protest zones”, but tensions escalated when officers moved to clear the roadway. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Trump goes on spyware purchasing blitz to help ICE find people who they claim want to ‘overthrow of the United States Government’

ICE is spending tens of millions of dollars on new spyware contracts, including eye-scanning and facial recognition apps

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36 h. ago Trump's migrant crackdown in 'the most dangerous city in the world': ICE guards drag people off Chicago's 'war zone' streets... while anti

Chicago is descending into a 'war zone' with ICE guards dragging people off the streets and vigilante groups fighting back amid Trump's ruthless migrant crackdown

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52 h. ago County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court

Cook County’s top judge signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court

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61 h. ago NS&I issues unclaimed Premium Bonds update and says 'prizes are never lost'

The government has issued advice to Premium Bond holders to unite with unclaimed prizes

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5 d. ago Locals face being kept in the dark over plans for new nightclubs and round

Locals newspaper editors across the country have united in a warning regarding how the Governments plans on kickstarting a revival in night-time establishments after a decline

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7 d. ago Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake

Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control• UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has been accused of pushing some of his last remaining progressive allies out of government as he embarks on another shake-up of his Downing Street operation designed to empower his chief secretary, Darren Jones.The prime minister is overseeing a reorganisation of several key parts of his government, including the delivery and policy units, to refocus the policy work and give Jones more direct control of the machinery of government. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Venezuela asks UN Security Council for emergency session over US military actions in the Caribbean

Venezuela's government has requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council

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1 week ago ICE is struggling to detain more people despite a huge influx of money. And officials are blaming one man

Critics say the Trump administration’s new funding policies and strategy of working with states to house immigration detainees has slowed the expansion of its deportation campaign

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1 week ago ‘Dumb question’: Stephen Miller says ‘Black people are thrilled’ as he explodes on CNN host over Portland, Chicago deployment

Trump’s chief strategist gets irate when pressed on whether ICE officers are targeting people based on race

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1 week ago Judge blocks national guard deployment to Oregon after legal action by Newsom

California governor says president ‘attacking rule of law’ as Trump-appointed judge rules twice to stop national guard from any state being used in OregonA federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any national guard units to Oregon a few hours after the California governor, Gavin Newsom, announced he would sue the president over the planned deployment of his state’s troops.Both states sought the temporary restraining order after the president sent guard members from California to Oregon earlier in the day. On Saturday, the same judge temporarily blocked the administration from deploying Oregon’s national guard troops to Portland. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago £10m in fines paid by water firms funds restoration of sewage

Fifty-one projects have won funding, including restoring riverbeds in Exmoor National Park and tackling septic tank spills into Windermere.

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2 w. ago Democrats finally have some leverage in the shutdown fight. They should use it | Robert Reich

The government has effectively been shut down since Trump returned to office, as officials clamp down on work they opposeThe United States government is officially closed.Starting on Wednesday at 12.01am Washington time, the federal government ran out of money.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 125 jobs to be axed at Lindsey oil refinery after administration

Unions have said the job cut plans come despite ‘at least two bids’ to buy and operate the facility as a going concern.

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2 w. ago Chicago officials blast Trump’s plan to send in 100 National Guard troops: ‘This is no way to live’

The move comes after several people involved in anti-ICE protests outside an immigration facility in Chicago were reportedly charged with assaulting officers

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2 w. ago In UN speech, Beijing makes clear its intent to remold global norms, seizing on Trump's retreat

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has made a strong case for China's role in global governance at the United Nations General Assembly

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2 w. ago Donald Trump will 'run Gaza' with Sir Tony Blair as part of 20

The United States president would oversee the transitional governance of the besieged Palestinian territory

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3 w. ago Donald Trump steps in to block Israel being banned from 2026 World Cup

The United States government and Donald Trump have stressed they will intervene if FIFA ban Israel from international competition ahead of next year's World Cup

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3 w. ago Officials reportedly identify Dallas Ice facility shooter; DHS corrects death toll down to one person killed – live

Joshua Jahn killed one detainee and severely injured two other before taking his own life, NBC News reports, as JD Vance blames Democrats for surge in political violenceFull report – Three people shot at Texas Ice buildingTexas Ice facility shooting: what we know so far about deadly attackThe Kremlin on Wednesday brushed off a comment by US president Donald Trump describing Russia as a “paper tiger”, and said president Vladimir Putin valued his efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was a bear, not a tiger, and “there is no such thing as a paper bear”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Texas Ice facility shooting: two dead and one injured, and ‘anti

Authorities said all three people shot were detainees at the immigration facility located in Dallas and that alleged shooter killed selfTexas Ice facility shooting – latest updatesTwo people have been killed and another was injured in a shooting at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) field office in Dallas on Wednesday morning, officials said.Authorities added that the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Continue reading...

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