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A senior Democratic congressman vowed to “stop Doge’s illegal power grab” after operatives from Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” gained entry to the US Institute of Peace in Washington – an independent organization established by Congress – and forced out its leaders. “I was at USIP tonight to conduct congressional oversight over Doge’s … Read more

A 19-year-old man who shot dead his mother and two younger siblings had planned to kill 30 children at a primary school, a court has heard. Nicholas Prosper, from Luton, Bedfordshire, had wanted to carry out the killing at his former primary school to gain notoriety as a mass murderer, and had been planning it … Read more

The UK’s two biggest steel companies have said that they have already lost customers in the US and are bracing for a flood of cheap imports after Donald Trump imposed steep metals tariffs. The bosses of Tata Steel and British Steel on Tuesday told MPs on parliament’s business committee that customers were looking for alternative … Read more

Over the weekend, more than 120 tornadoes rampaged across at least 11 states in a three-day severe weather outbreak that killed more than 40 people. In addition to the tornadoes, the storm system brought extremely strong winds to drought-stricken parts of the plains states, kicking up dust storms and wildfires from Texas to Kansas. The … Read more

A “wide-eyed” 20-year-old woman found Noel Clarke “sexually threatening” and was frightened of him when he propositioned her over dinner, the high court has heard. Clarke, 49, is suing Guardian News and Media (GNM) for libel over seven articles and a podcast published between April 2021 and March 2022 accusing him of sexual misconduct. Giving … Read more

Russia and other state actors are driving an increase in politically motivated cyber-attacks and sabotage of infrastructure and public institutions in the EU, the bloc’s police enforcement agency has found. Europol’s 80-page serious and organised crime threat assessment for 2025 also describes in detail how “hybrid threat” actors have established a “shadow alliance” with organised … Read more

A man accused of battling police with a baseball bat and shield during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol announced a run for the US Senate in Florida. “WE ARE TAKING OVER THE CAPITOL AGAIN,” Jake Lang, a prominent January 6 defendant, wrote on X, announcing he is seeking the seat vacated by … Read more

A man has been found guilty over the theft of a £4.8m gold toilet from the Oxfordshire country house where Winston Churchill was born. Blenheim Palace’s 18-carat lavatory was stolen in September 2019 while it was featuring in an art exhibition. The fully functioning toilet, created by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was plumbed in … Read more

Germany’s parliament has voted in favour of unleashing historic levels of spending to boost the military of Europe’s biggest economy and inject its infrastructure with investments worth hundreds of billions of euros. The conservatives of Friedrich Merz and the Social Democrats (SPD), who are likely to form a new coalition following last month’s election, led … Read more

Thames Water has said it hopes to agree a deal with one of six bidders by the end of June and has secured a delay to a review of its bill increases to smooth the rescue process. The UK’s biggest water company said negotiations were ongoing and it wanted to complete the transaction by the … Read more