Month: January 2026

Republicans refuse to move forward without further restrictions on abortion coverage – Democrats say that’s a non-starterWhen subsidies for US healthcare plans expired at the end of last year, millions of Americans saw their monthly premiums suddenly hit eye-watering, unaffordable levels. But the congressional fight over reviving the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies has gotten stuck on a familiar snag in US politics: abortion.Congressional leaders said on Thursday they had […]

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce says it did not approve a promotional stunt linked to the actor, after lingerie was draped over the landmark’s lettersThe Housemaid star Sydney Sweeney has been reprimanded by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for a promotional stunt that involved draping bras over the celebrated Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.Sweeney posted footage on social media of her and a group of people climbing up to the sign […]

Vindman, who served on national security council, will challenge Republican incumbent in Florida if nominatedUS politics live – latest updatesAlex Vindman, who became a key player along with his twin brother in Donald Trump’s first impeachment, announced on Tuesday that he is running for the US Senate as a Democrat in Florida.Vindman, an army veteran, was serving on the national security council in 2019 during Trump’s first presidency. That year, […]

More than 30 have died across a dozen states as deep snow and ice halted traffic, canceled flights and closed schoolsMany in the US faced another night of below-freezing temperatures and no electricity after a deadly, colossal winter storm heaped more snow Monday on the north-east and kept parts of the south coated in ice.More than 30 deaths were registered in more than a dozen states afflicted with severe cold, […]

Exclusive: Report on six Labour councillors comes just weeks before byelection triggered by Andrew Gwynne’s retirementLabour’s campaign for a vital byelection has been dealt a fresh blow after six local councillors were found to have breached standards rules in a “vile” WhatsApp chat.Andrew Gwynne, a former health minister, was suspended last year over offensive messages he sent in the “Trigger Me Timbers” group, including one saying he hoped a 72-year-old […]

More than 100 flood warnings issued in England, with two red warnings in Ottery St Mary and DorchesterStorm Chandra – live updatesTwo red flood warnings – meaning danger to life – are in force for rivers in south-west England as Storm Chandra brings heavy rain and strong winds to many areas of the UK, causing huge travel disruption and shutting hundreds of schools.The Environment Agency (EA) said severe flooding was […]

Manchester mayor suggests claims he was told Labour would not give him permission to stand were untrueUK politics live – latest updatesThe Labour party’s civil war over the Gorton and Denton byelection has intensified after Andy Burnham accused Downing Street sources of lying about his decision to apply to stand in the Manchester seat.The Manchester mayor was reacting to suggestions by unnamed Keir Starmer allies that he had been told […]

Milan’s mayor says agents ‘clearly not welcome’ in co-host city and that Italy can take care of security itselfA unit of US immigration and customs enforcement agents (ICE) will have a security role in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Italy, sparking uproar and petitions against the deployment.Sources at the US embassy in Rome confirmed a statement from ICE, the agency embroiled in a brutal immigration crackdown in the US, […]