Employees of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) have entered the US Institute of Peace despite protests from the non-profit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency. The organization’s CEO, George Moose, said: “DOGE has broken into our building.” Police cars were outside the Washington … Read more
Donald Trump said Monday he was ending “immediately” the Secret Service protection details assigned to Democrat Joe Biden’s adult children, which the former president had extended to July shortly before leaving office in January. Trump posted his intention on Truth Social after a reporter asked him about Hunter Biden’s Secret Service detail: “Hunter Biden has … Read more
Thousands of Whitehall officials will have their government “credit cards” suspended this week in Labour’s latest crackdown on what it regards as wasteful spending in the civil service. Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister, said on Monday he would freeze almost all of the 20,000 government procurement cards (GPCs) within days with a view to … Read more
A teenage motorist has admitted causing the deaths of three passengers, who died in a collision in Warwickshire five weeks after he passed his driving test. Police said the case of Edward Spencer showed the “devastating consequences” that can occur if a car is driven carelessly. Spencer, 19, pleaded guilty at Warwick crown court on … Read more
Many of the people who drowned in the biggest ever loss of life in a migrant dinghy in the Channel could have been saved if rescue services had searched for them for longer, lawyers for their families have said. Their comments came after the independent Cranston inquiry which is scrutinising the circumstances surrounding the mass … Read more
Keir Starmer will unveil drastic cuts to disability benefits on Tuesday, despite deep opposition from Labour MPs and poverty campaigners, and warnings from economists against making kneejerk savings to hit fiscal targets. In the government’s most controversial move yet, it will announce a package of changes expected to affect some of the UK’s most severely … Read more
Canadian police have confirmed the identity of a second woman whose body was dumped at a private landfill near Winnipeg by a serial killer who preyed on Indigenous women and left their bodies hidden in trash. The Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted police said in a statement on Monday that the human remains found in the … Read more
The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, has postponed several stops on a tour to promote his new book, citing security concerns, as the New York Democrat faces intensifying backlash over his vote to support a Republican-drafted spending bill and avert a government shutdown. Schumer was scheduled to participate in events in Baltimore, Washington DC, New … Read more
Ireland’s prime minister has denounced anti-immigration comments made by Conor McGregor as the MMA fighter visited the White House before a Saint Patrick’s Day meeting with Donald Trump. McGregor said “Ireland is on the cusp of losing its Irishness” and that an “illegal immigration racket” was “running ravage on the country”. Last week, Donald Trump … Read more
The drag artist known as The Vivienne died of a cardiac arrest caused by the effects of taking ketamine, their family has said. James Lee Williams, who won the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK as The Vivienne in 2019, died at their home in Cheshire in January. Their sister Chanel Williams said it … Read more