A sense of chaos has gripped the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), one of the world’s premier research agencies, with key staff hastily fired and then rehired, cuts to vital weather forecasting operations and even a new, unsecured server that led to staff being deluged by obscene spam emails. Noaa is currently being upended … Read more
Good morning. As Donald Trump prepared to unveil a swathe of reciprocal tariffs, global markets braced themselves and some Republican senators voiced their opposition to a strategy that critics warn risks a global trade war, provoking retaliation by major trading partners such as China, Canada and the EU. The US president said on Monday he … Read more
The Football Association has stepped up its lobbying of the government to make forced entry into football stadiums, so-called “tailgating”, a criminal offence before the United Kingdom and Ireland host the 2028 men’s European Championship. The policing minister Dame Diana Johnson was a guest of the FA at Wembley for last month’s Carabao Cup final, … Read more
Housebuilders in the UK are failing to supply much-needed new homes not because of restrictive planning laws, but because they are “very bad” at building houses, the head of one of the UK’s biggest nature charities has warned. “There’s planning permission today for a million new houses,” said Craig Bennett, chief executive of the Wildlife … Read more
A 17-year-old boy from the West Bank who was held without charge for six months in an Israeli prison has died after he collapsed in unclear circumstances, Palestinian officials have said. According to his family, Walid Ahmad was “a healthy high schooler” at the time of his arrest last September for allegedly throwing stones at … Read more
US voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday in Wisconsin and Florida in elections that some see as a test of Donald Trump’s popularity and the political clout of his billionaire ally Elon Musk. The most closely watched contest is a battle for a seat on Wisconsin’s seven-member supreme court. Conservatives are trying to … Read more
The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has denied that the issue of free speech has directly featured in tariff negotiations with the US following reports a deal could be jeopardised by the outcome of a criminal case held at a magistrates court in Dorset. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labour (DRL), an office within … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Special elections to deliver voters’ verdict on Trump’s chaotic first months Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours. We … Read more
Investors defrauded by Melissa Caddick before her disappearance and death will recoup a portion of their $23m in losses after settling a class action lawsuit with her auditors. Victims have already been repaid $7.25m after liquidators of the dead fraudster sold off her assets in 2023 and 2024. The 32 investors also launched a class … Read more
Food inflation increased last month, driven by price rises in chocolate and confectionery, while Britons have already splashed out more than £130m on Easter eggs and other seasonal sweets despite the late fall of the holiday. Sales at the UK’s main grocers rose 3.2%, just behind grocery inflation which rose to 3.5% in the month … Read more