38 h. ago Aryna Sabalenka grinds down Emma Raducanu in Cincinnati Open classic

Briton beaten 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (5) in third roundMatch lasted three hours and nine minutesBy the end of another breathless opening set against the best player in the world, Emma Raducanu was a picture of frustration and despair. Instead of allowing her emotions to consume her, though, they inspired one of the most impressive performances of her career as she pushed Aryna Sabalenka, the world No 1, to her limits over three hours and nine minutes on court before narrowly falling 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-6(5) in the third round of the Cincinnati Open.Although Raducanu’s record against the top five now stands at 1-11, this is just the third time that she has won a set against a top two opponent. In recent months, Raducanu has performed well against lower-ranked opponents but she has been the first to recognise the gulf between her and the top players and the necessity for her to continue working on her game and general level in order to compete with them on equal ground. On Monday afternoon, sho...

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41 h. ago Judge rejects Trump administration request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts

Judge wrote transcripts from case of Jeffrey Epstein associate couldn’t be released because it would risk ‘unraveling secrecy’ of grand juryDismissing it as little more than a “diversion,” a federal judge in New York has formally rejected the Trump-led US justice department’s request to release transcripts of pre-indictment, grand jury interviews with witnesses in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and associate of Jeffrey Epstein.Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote that the transcripts could not be released publicly – “casually or promiscuously” – as Donald Trump’s government had pushed for because it would risk “unraveling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Two thirds of Britons believe judges and the justice system have become too political, poll finds

Two thirds of Britons believe judges and the justice system have become too political, a poll reveals.

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4 d. ago Robert Jenrick demands end to 'activism' by judges as poll reveals most Brits think justice system is too politicised

A survey of 3,000 over-16s found 67 per cent of people agreed the criminal justice system had become over-politicised.

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7 d. ago America's most likeable politician revealed in new poll that shows the Pope and Zelensky at the top

New polling released by Gallup Tuesday revealed the politician Americans feel most favorably towards.

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7 d. ago Democrats have early edge over Republicans in 2026 midterm election poll

Dissatisfaction about the economy, inflation and immigration is driving voters away from Donald Trump and GOP — including among young voters who turned out for him in 2024

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7 d. ago Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course | Ed Davey

Poll after poll shows most voters think leaving the EU has been a failure. Closer ties with Europe would bring huge rewardsBrexit isn’t working, and the British people know it. Poll after poll, including that unveiled this weekend by More In Common for the Sunday Times, shows that people are feeling the terrible damage caused by the deal forced upon us by Boris Johnson, Kemi Badenoch and the rest of the Conservative party, and want something different. The latest shows less than a third of Britons would vote to leave the EU if a referendum were repeated. There’s no doubt that fundamental change is needed. There’s no doubt the public will is there to make it happen. The question is: will Keir Starmer seize the moment and deliver it?There are big prizes on offer if he does. Giving our economy the boost it desperately needs, pulling it out of the cycle of low growth and high debt that the Conservatives plunged us into. Helping to raise more funding to lift our NHS and other public serv...

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9 d. ago Democrats see their party as ‘weak and ineffective’ in fighting Trump, damning new poll finds

Opposition struggling to hold Donald Trump’s administration to account and accused of ‘rolling over’ by their own supporters in latest survey of voter sentiment

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1 week ago Labour does not deserve to win next election if it does not deliver change, says Reeves

Speaking at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, the chancellor says she is ‘impatient for change’ but ministers ‘can’t do everything straight away, all at once’

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3 w. ago Labour minister says he is ‘not at all surprised’ by Reform’s lead in the polls

Steve Reed said the success of Nigel Farage’s party is a sign of the public’s ‘disenchantment with politics’

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3 w. ago Free speech under threat as Brits fear causing offence over race religion and immigration

More than a third of Britons felt they had to self-censor their views on race or ethnicity while 32 per cent said they felt they could not speak freely about immigration or religious extremism.

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4 w. ago Trump sees his approval rating waver as backlash from Epstein files engulfs MAGA

Cheerleading of Epstein conspiracies by the likes of JD Vance and Donald Trump Jr. leave second Trump administration facing a MAGA rebellion

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4 w. ago US supreme court allows Trump to resume gutting education department

Justices lift federal judge’s order that reinstated nearly 1,400 workers affected by mass layoffs in win for presidentThe US supreme court on Monday cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume dismantling the Department of Education as part of his bid to shrink the federal government’s role in education in favor of more control by the states.In the latest high court win for the president, the justices lifted a federal judge’s order that had reinstated nearly 1,400 workers affected by mass layoffs at the department and blocked the administration from transferring key functions to other federal agencies. A legal challenge is continuing to play out in lower courts. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Supreme court clears way for Trump to gut education department – live updates

Conservative justices lift federal judge’s order that had reinstated nearly 1,400 workers affected by mass layoffsWith Trump’s headache not showing any signs of going away, Politico learned that “an ally supportive of the Trump DOJ’s handling of the Epstein case, has pitched senior White House officials on the idea of Bondi and deputy attorney general Todd Blanche doing an all-questions-addressed news conference in an attempt to exhaust the press and put the story to bed.”Maga influencer and far-right activist Laura Loomer also told Politico on Sunday that “there should be a special counsel appointed to do an independent investigation of the handling of the Epstein files so that people can feel like this issue is being investigated, and perhaps take it out of [Pam Bondi’s] hands, because I don’t think that she has been transparent or done a good job handling this issue”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Voices: ‘Schengen, the euro, the whole thing’: Readers say UK must fully commit to rejoining EU

Our community agrees that Brexit’s challenges mean the UK must embrace Schengen, the euro, and full EU membership – no half-measures – to truly move forward

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last month Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain want UK to rejoin EU, poll finds – but on new terms

Poll results after prime minister Keir Starmer welcomed the French president for the first state visit from a European Union leader since the UK left the bloc

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