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It was billed as Keir Starmer’s big chance. Finally, the prime minister would spell out the progressive, patriotic answer to a summer of far-right hate, culminating…

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought attends a cabinet meeting with President Trump at the White House on July 8, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images…

President Trump canceled a meeting to discuss government funding with top Democrats in Congress, leaving no clear path to avoiding a government shutdown next week. MICHEL…

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Amid all the other breaking news consuming the United States this month, the University of California, Berkeley, arguably the nation’s most elite public university, gave the…

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, right, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speak with members of the press on Capitol Hill on Sept. 11. The two…

Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Democrats would be seeking a restoration in funding to Medicare and to extend Obamacare subsidies in the…

Dan WhitworthReporter, Radio 4 Money BoxAndrea PatersonAndrea (left) persuaded her mum Sally to apply for attendance allowance on behalf of her dad Ian, which helped them…

Mere hours after the killing of Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump blamed the “radical left” and signaled a crackdown was coming — despite the killer’s identity…

Donald Trump’s government is increasingly authoritarian.The president is launching pretextual investigations against his enemies, while providing pardons and military honors to the most violent of his…