9 h. ago Trump's plan to begin 'phasing out' FEMA after hurricane season burdens states, experts warn

President Donald Trump’s plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane season is likely to put more responsibilities on states to provide services following increasingly frequent and expensive climate disasters, experts say

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42 h. ago Britain’s voters can’t resist a messy drama. How fortunate for Nigel Farage and Reform | Marina Hyde

Former party chair Zia Yusuf was out – then he was back in. But the chaos won’t dent the party’s poll ratings one tiny bit It was a busy week for on-again off-again Reform chair Zia Yusuf, whose job over the past 11 months had been to reform Reform. (I know.) Zia quit on Thursday. Had his job split on Friday. Returned on Saturday. Chilled on Sunday. The job split seems to have endured though, as Yusuf will now run a UK version of Doge – as we know, the perfect role for highly emotional men – while this very morning, Nigel Farage was unveiling a new chair: Dr David Bull. David brings extensive experience with witchcraft, ghosts, spirits and beasts from his time as presenter of paranormal reality TV show Most Haunted Live, where he packaged the wailings of reekingly obvious charlatan/compelling spirit medium Derek Acorah for a studio audience. I can’t imagine what this CV could do for Reform, but Nigel Farage must have seen something in it.Derek Acorah crossed permanently to the spiri...

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59 h. ago Barbara becomes the first hurricane of the east Pacific season

Barbara was located approximately 155 miles southwest of Manzanillo

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65 h. ago Tropical Storm Barbara forecast to become the first hurricane of the Pacific season

Barbara was located approximately 170 miles southwest of Zihuatanejo

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4 d. ago ‘I’m paranoid all the time’: surveillance and fear in a city of immigrants as White House ramps up deportations

New York’s once-bustling immigrant neighborhoods are chilled as Trump administration cracks downTwo months after fleeing death threats in Colombia, Juan landed a construction job in New York. But on his first day, the bulky GPS monitor strapped to his ankle caught the manager’s attention. It wouldn’t fit inside standard work boots. The boss shook his head. “Come back when you’ve resolved your status,” he said.Since arriving in the US with his teenage daughter to seek asylum, Juan has lived in a state of constant anxiety. “It feels like I committed a crime, like they’re going to arrest me at any moment,” he said, speaking near the migrant shelter where they now live in Queens. Juan started wearing oversized pants to hide the monitor, a style he finds uncomfortable. “I’m paranoid all the time,” he said. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago US jobs market slows down as businesses cope with Trump trade war uncertainty

May’s jobs report was dragged down by loss of 22,000 federal workers’ jobs as Doge cut positionsThe US economy added 139,000 jobs in May, a slowdown compared with recent months as American businesses cope with uncertainty around Donald Trump’s continuing trade war.After signs of a strong labor market in April – which was largely seen as resiliency against teetering trade policy from the White House – May saw a drop in new jobs added to the labor market, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.2%, unchanged from last month. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week rises to highest level in eight months

Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in eight months last week but remain historically low despite growing uncertainty about how tariffs could impact the broader economy

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8 d. ago A storm is brewing in the Atlantic and could be the first to impact the US this season

Associated showers and thunderstorms are expected to bring flash flooding and dangerous surf conditions regardless of formation

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8 d. ago DHS downplays FEMA Chief questioning hurricane season a ‘joke’

FEMA chief David Richardson alarmed staff members Monday when he reportedly made the remark during a briefing with staff members

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9 d. ago Trump’s new FEMA head stuns staff by telling them he didn’t know US had a hurricane season, report says

Trump administration wants to shutter emergency agency and shift disaster response to the states

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9 d. ago Fema chief tells staff he did not know US has hurricane season

Staff reportedly baffled after remark from David Richardson – but spokesperson says comment was a jokeStaff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the US disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.The US hurricane season officially began on Sunday and lasts through November. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast last week that this year’s season is expected to bring as many as 10 hurricanes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins

As hurricane season begins, experts in storms and disasters are worried about massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to the storms

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1 week ago Every Floridian should have a plan for this year's hurricane season, DeSantis says

Two days away from the start of hurricane season, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top emergency manager joked that they didn't want to encounter each other again until the storm season ends in late November

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1 week ago Scots supermarket worker quits job after scooping £10k per month Lotto win

Olivia Love plans to start a new career after winning £10,000 per month for a year on the Set For Life game

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1 week ago KEMI BADENOCH: This country deserves a leader who doesn't treat economics like showbiz

KEMI BADENOCH: In their first ten months, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have hiked taxes on jobs, farms and family businesses, and snatched winter fuel support from vulnerable pensioners.

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1 week ago DOGE worker reveals why he was fired less than two months into the job as department implodes under Elon Musk exodus

Sahil Lavingia, a former DOGE employee has opened up about the inner workings of the controversial agency as he revealed why he was fired after less than two months on the job.

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1 week ago Inside Elon Musk and Donald Trump's bitter uncoupling after Tesla CEO leaves US cabinet

Musk and Trump appeared to be two peas in a pod, but their bromance appears to have soured in recent months and now the billionaire car salesman has left his 'job' with the government

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2 w. ago Warren Gatland lands surprise new job in South America three months after Wales sacking

Former Wales boss Warren Gatland has found himself work in Uruguay and will head to South America to serve as an advisory following his sacking during the Six Nations

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2 w. ago Erik ten Hag one step away from new job seven months after Man United sacking

The very latest Manchester United news as Erik ten Hag prepares to take over at Bayer Leverkusen.

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2 w. ago I’m feasting on the contents of hedgerows like a horse in plimsolls – and I’ve never felt so healthy | Nell Frizzell

Nettles, hedge garlic, sticky weed: Britain in May is a lush salad bar that I can’t resist, and it’s doing wonders for my skinI had a daughter during one of the bone-cold early months of this year, which means that my full-time job is now to produce a yield. Between the hours of dawn and midnight, with a few lactic minutes in between, I am a feeding machine for a new person.And it is this, perhaps, that has led to my somewhat strange new eating habits. Pregnancy may traditionally be the time associated with cravings and aversions – the old cliches of sardines and jam, coal and creosote, bread and crackers. But here, in my postnatal feeding frenzy, I’m eating nettles by the handful. I am chomping on sticky weed. I have been biting the heads off dandelions (bitter – like really serious dark chocolate) and sucking the nectar from inside honeysuckle. This recent chlorophyll gala has, of course, coincided with England’s greatest month: May. Some of us love the look of May, some of us enj...

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