52 m. ago Corbynista MP Zarah Sultana under fire because she 'didn't declare marriage to senior official at trade union she lobbied for in Parliament'

Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana married the FBU's Craig Lloyd last August - and then went on to speak up for key FBU demands in the Commons, including calling for more funding for fire services.

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2 h. ago Immigration authorities extend activity in Los Angeles area amid street protests

U.S. immigration authorities have extended activity in Los Angeles area in the wake of protests at an federal detention facility and a police response that included tear gas, flash-bangs and the arrest of a union leader

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3 h. ago Musk may indeed have won Trump the election. But his Wisconsin cheesehead humiliation proved he’d lost the juice

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s shared personality traits made their alliance a heavenly match. They also made it a ticking time bomb, writes Io Dodds

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3 h. ago Voices: As a former judge, I used to defend Britain’s rights – mine are now at risk

Since the Supreme Court’s decision in April, trans women like me have had their rights systematically taken away, writes Victoria McCloud – who appears on The Independent’s Pride List 2025

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3 h. ago Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster responds after receiving devastating health department grade

Trump’s NJ golf club scored lowest in Somerset County’s health inspection on May 6, which the general manager says is a “politically motivated attack.”

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3 h. ago London fair features veggie sculptures from squash Trump to ‘Cauli Parton’

London fair features veggie sculptures from squash Trump to ‘Cauli Parton’  The Guardian

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4 h. ago Trump warns Musk of ‘very serious consequences’ if he backs Democrats

US president says he’s ‘too busy doing other things’ to try to reconcile with erstwhile ally and campaign backerDonald Trump warned Elon Musk on Saturday that he faces “very serious consequences” if he funds Democratic candidates following the pair’s epic public bust-up this week.The warning, delivered in an interview with NBC News scheduled to broadcast on Sunday, follows days of feuding and threats after Musk called Republicans’ budget legislation an “abomination”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Elon Musk deletes explosive Trump claim off social media as feud boils over

Elon Musk has sparked a political firestorm after posting — then deleting — a bombshell claim linking Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.

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5 h. ago Trade unions join forces to demand end to ban on 'sympathy strikes'

Secondary industrial action - where a trade union asks its members to take action against their employer in solidarity with workers elsewhere who are in dispute - has been banned since the early 1990s

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5 h. ago A quirky vegetable sculpture contest features a squash Donald Trump and a papal 'cornclave'

Vegetable likenesses of Donald Trump and Dolly Parton and a papal “cornclave” are on display at the Lambeth Country Show

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5 h. ago Abbott calls Starmer’s immigration comments ‘fundamentally racist’ at rally

Thousands of trade unionists, campaigners and activists gathered to ‘send a message’ to the Government at a demonstration in central London.

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5 h. ago ‘Okay, wow’: JD Vance reacts to Trump and Musk feud after seeing Elon’s Epstein tweet

JD Vance broke his silence on the feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk during an interview with comedian Theo Von.

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5 h. ago Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the US, charged with human smuggling as attorneys vow ongoing fight

The fight over the mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador now returns to the U.S. court system

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6 h. ago Trump threatens Musk with 'very serious consequences' if he funds Democratic candidates

Donald Trump says he is "too busy" to speak to "depressed and heartbroken" ex-bestie Elon Musk after the two shared jibes on social media earlier in the week - and threatened 'serious consequences'

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6 h. ago Katie Miller, Stephen Miller’s wife, in a ‘tricky situation’ after Musk and Trump’s falling out

Katie Miller worked for Mike Pence when Trump began attacking his then-vice president for not helping him overturn 2020 election

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7 h. ago Elon Musk DELETES social post making wild allegation about Donald Trump

The bromance between the US President and the erratic tech billionaire spectacularly imploded this week - with both sides making wild and unsubstantiated claims about each other on social media

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7 h. ago JD Vance says Elon Musk should not have gone 'nuclear' on Trump but hopes he 'comes back'

Trump's links to Epstein are well documented and he's downplayed them for years, but Musk has dragged them back into the spotlight with a bombshell post on X, which he later deleted

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7 h. ago JD Vance says Elon Musk’s attack against Trump is a ‘huge mistake’

Vice-president was interviewed by comedian Theo Von, who also asked him if he ‘got high’ on election nightJD Vance said Elon Musk was making a “huge mistake” going after Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a falling-out between the two men.But the vice-president, in an interview released on Friday after the very public blowup between the world’s richest person and arguably the world’s most powerful, also tried to downplay Musk’s blistering attacks as an “emotional guy” who got frustrated. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Donald Trump wants his new Air Force One as soon as possible. That could be an issue

Air Force One is the call sign for any plane that's carrying the president

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7 h. ago JD Vance reveals how President Donald Trump really feels about his Elon Musk bromance feud

JD Vance revealed how Donald Trump truly felt after his spectacular bromance breakdown with Elon Musk, which played out online, as the US Vice President addressed some major accusations

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