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Government must stop dithering over energy bill support for the vulnerable | Nils Pratley
Energy bills are forecast to rise sharply from January, with gas prices pushing the cost of heating through the peak winter months. Nils Pratley argues that ministers have had warning of the risk but are still failing to prepare targeted support for people least able to afford the increase. The current price cap is £1,723…
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Stock trading ban DIES as Republican ‘poison pill’ with Trump loophole crashes and burns
The US Senate rejected the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would have prohibited members of Congress from trading stocks, in a 53-47 vote that prevented it from reaching President Trump’s desk. Although the bill had already passed the House with some Democratic support, Senate Republicans attached voter identification requirements that Democrats denounced as a “poison…
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Asus won’t say how it escaped the US router ban
Asus has received a US exemption from a ban on future foreign-made consumer routers, allowing it to sell new models, including early Wi-Fi 8 routers. The exemption matters because it covers all of Asus’s future routers through March 2028, though the company has not clarified whether it submitted a plan to manufacture in the United…
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FBI suspects missing ex-firefighter faked death to evade abuse material charges
The FBI says former Bay Area firefighter-paramedic Charles Johnathen Harris may have faked his death to evade federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse material. Harris was reported drowned in a boating accident in Suisun Bay in April 2023, but disappeared shortly before a scheduled court appearance; the FBI has now placed him on its…
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Trump signs White House AI accord bearing misspelt presidential title
The White House AI accord signed by President Donald Trump and six technology executives on Tuesday contained a spelling error, with the president’s signature appearing under “President of the Unites States” rather than “United States”. The voluntary agreement commits the companies to safely developing artificial intelligence and establishing controls and audits to address growing public…
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Iranian Revolutionary Guard urges voters to oust Trump allies at midterms
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has sent a 26-page letter to American voters calling for the removal of Trump’s allies from office, marking an unprecedented act of foreign interference in the midterm elections. This brazen intervention comes as negotiations over an eight-month conflict between the US and Iran have collapsed, with Trump rejecting Tehran’s latest…
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Russia threatens to strike Nato with nuclear weapons ‘right from the outset’ if the alliance tries to cut off its European outpost Kaliningrad
Russia has warned Nato that it could use nuclear weapons if the alliance tried to isolate Kaliningrad, its heavily militarised exclave between Poland and Lithuania. A diplomatic note accused Nato of risking direct conflict and warned that Russian strikes on alliance decision-making centres could come “right from the outset”. The threat matters amid wider tensions…
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Seth Meyers mocks Trump’s nearly $1bn federal funding cuts
Late-night hosts Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel offered satirical commentary on Trump administration developments, including the president’s confusing statements about criminal statistics, announcement of revoking nearly $1 billion in federal funding, and the launch of a new AI-powered government website. The monologues highlighted what the hosts characterised as concerning incompetence and poor judgment in governance,…
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Labour minister criticised for linking black Labradors to far-Right fantasy
Labour nature minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter faced criticism after suggesting that black Labradors represent a “far-Right fantasy” that no longer exists. Her comments are considered out of touch, as Labradors are actually Britain’s most popular dog breed, with nearly 30,000 registrations to the Royal Kennel Club last year. The minister’s assertion has drawn attention to broader…