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House GOP leaders scrambling to rally holdouts behind Trump megabill
GOP leaders are scrambling to unite their conference behind the massive Senate bill that would enact President Trump's domestic agenda and get it to the president’s desk before the holiday...
UVA ouster shows Trump higher ed fight ready to go beyond Ivy Leagues
The shocking ouster of the president of the University of Virginia (UVA) has shown the Trump administration is expanding its higher education battle to public universities and using local and...
US businesses await trade deals as financial markets brighten
U.S. stocks have come roaring back after cratering at the onset of President Trump’s trade war, with the S&P 500 index hitting a record high last week following a new...
Google undercounts its carbon emissions, report finds
Research says Google’s carbon emissions went up by 65% between 2019-2024, not 51% as the tech giant had claimedIn 2021, Google set a lofty goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions...
How Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will transform America
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Australia vows childcare crackdown after worker charged with sex offences
Officials pledge to toughen laws after 26-year-old childcare worker charged with abusing eight children under his care.
Paramount agrees to pay $16m to settle Trump lawsuit over CBS interview
'The settlement does not include a statement of apology or regret,' said Paramount.
Lucy Letby alleged to have murdered and harmed more babies
CPS says it is considering more charges against former nurse after evidence from detectives in CheshireDetectives investigating the former nurse Lucy Letby have passed evidence to prosecutors alleging she murdered...
What is the partial verdict in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial?
Jurors have been asked to keep deliberating after they were unable to reach a full verdict.
NSW weather: storm brings 13-metre high waves and wild winds as BoM warns of ‘second surge’
Vigorous coastal low forecast to keep sending severe weather across eastern New South Wales for much of Wednesday, before gradually easing on ThursdayNSW and Sydney weather live updates – latest...
Miscarriage of justice watchdog chief quits after public confidence ‘badly damaged’
Karen Kneller resigns from Criminal Cases Review Commission, heavily criticised for bungling of Andrew Malkinson caseThe chief executive of the miscarriage of justice watchdog for England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
UK's popular sausage roll seller plunges 15% as heatwave hurts sales
Shares of the bakery chain plunged around 15% Wednesday after the company said unseasonably hot weather had hit customer footfall and dented sales in June.