Politics

Mahmood in standoff with Starmer over No 10 not sacking junior minister

Mike Tapp wrote unauthorised article saying new settlement rules should not cover overseas care workers

Trump claims crowd of 45,000 attended America 250 kickoff event

President Donald Trump boasted that at least 45,000 people attended his kickoff celebration for the Great American State Fair on Wednesday night, one of many events put on by his Freedom 250 group to mark America’s 250th birthday.

Iran strikes cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz

Iran attacked a cargo ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, possibly upending President Donald Trump's diplomatic end to the war with Iran.

Senate GOP tries to mend fences with Trump after fiery lunch

Senate Republicans are trying to turn the page on a heated lunch with President Donald Trump that brought weeks of tensions to a new high-water mark.

Supreme court conservatives accused of advancing ‘white-supremacist agenda’

Lawmakers and advocates condemn ‘disastrous’ decisions that allow Trump officials to strip away migrant protections

Authoritarians Are Great at Propaganda—Until They’re Not

Their cultural campaigns reveal how brittle their art can be.

The Democratic establishment fueled the socialist hate it is now lamenting

Some members of the Democratic Party establishment are bemoaning that the party is being taken over by people who hate it. They have no one to blame but themselves.

Democrats probe Trump's troubled $16 million reflecting pool renovation

President Donald Trump has attempted to spruce up Washington in advance of the country's 250th anniversary.

Foreign ICC judges sue Trump administration for sanctioning them

Three judges from the International Criminal Court are suing President Donald Trump and his administration in a U.S. federal court, calling the government a “sanctions regime” illicitly punishing them for their prior rulings.

Dr. Oz Demands Fraud Audits of Union Dues of Home-Health Workers

EXCLUSIVE — The Department of Health and Human Services is scrutinizing the automatic deduction of union dues from home healthcare workers pay by state Medicaid programs as part of the Trump administration’s broader goal of reducing waste in social safety net programs.

Newcastle hit with demand for £3.2m over ‘deliberate’ failure to pay tax on transfers

Club owe HMRC £1.9m in tax and handed £1.25m penalty

British influencer faces possible execution in Dubai after allegedly stabbing man to death, claiming self-defense, advocacy group says

A British TikTok influencer is facing possible execution in Dubai after allegedly stabbing a man to death in what she says was an act of self-defense, according to the advocacy group Detained in Dubai.