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Authorities have arrested two more people for the attack on a White House employee that attracted the attention of President Donald Trump ahead of his decision to deploy National Guard troops to Washington. Laurence Cotton-Powell,19, and Anthony Taylor, 18, have been charged in the August attack on Edward Coristine, an employee of the administration’s DOGE … Read more
QUITO — The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean was released by authorities in Ecuador after prosecutors said they had no evidence he committed a crime in the South American nation, a government official said Monday. The official, who asked not … Read more
What was a seven-week funding punt is now a four-week patch, and some in the GOP want to extend funding into next year. When House Republicans first passed a stopgap spending bill last month, it was written to give Congress a seven-week window to come to a long-term deal on government funding. With the government … Read more
SACRAMENTO, California — The ongoing government shutdown is leaving federal paychecks and jobs in limbo. California’s smelling a recruitment opportunity. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign to recruit former federal workers has yielded a steady stream of job applications since its launch in March, at the peak of the Elon Musk-led job cuts that saw tens of … Read more
ATHENS — A doctor whose daughter was killed in a train crash has emerged as the unlikely figurehead of a wave of protests against the political establishment in Greece. ATHENS — A doctor whose daughter was killed in a train crash has emerged as the unlikely figurehead of a wave of protests against the political … Read more
“Political stability is essential right now,” said Sanae Takaichi. TOKYO — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a … Read more
The leader of Reform UK’s flagship local authority has told her fellow councillors that she launched a hunt for the “cowards” who leaked a recorded meeting in which she said those who disagreed with decisions would have to “fucking suck it up”. Bitter divisions among Reform members of Kent county council, one of 10 controlled … Read more
Polling finds majority consider £1bn funding for Aids, TB and malaria vaccines a UK success story Pressure is mounting on Keir Starmer not to cut the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria after polling found 62% of Britons believe the government should maintain or increase its support. The prime … Read more
Post-summer bounce in activity fails to materialise as buyers and sellers, in the south especially, opt to ‘wait and see’ The UK’s housing market is showing signs of slowing down amid speculation that Rachel Reeves could announce tax increases on property in next month’s budget. In a sign of growing caution among house hunters, figures … Read more
Exclusive: Housing secretary and capital’s mayor face calls from within party for rethink on homebuilding plans Labour MPs are urging ministers and the London mayor to drop controversial plans to reduce affordable housing quotas in the capital in order to boost homebuilding. MPs have said they are concerned about the proposals being drawn up by … Read more