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Burnham unveils £442m plan to end homelessness and get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has unveiled a £442 million package aimed at ending rough sleeping, promising to “get everyone in for Christmas” by recreating the pandemic-era Everyone In scheme that housed thousands of street sleepers. The initiative comes as official figures show rough sleeping in England reached a record high of an estimated 4,793 people…
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Narcos expert who placed US sanctions on notorious Kinahan trio reveals KEY strategy the State must implement immediately to stop Cartel rivals’ plans to fill inevitable vacuum
A US expert who helped design the sanctions programme that targeted Ireland’s notorious Kinahan cartel has warned that the state must act swiftly to prevent rival gangs from stepping into the vacuum left behind. The intervention highlights ongoing concerns that dismantling one criminal network, however successful, does not eliminate the underlying drug trade, and that…
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Sanders to introduce bill to end Social Security garnishment for student loan debt
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Monday he will introduce legislation seeking to prevent the federal government from garnishing Social Security benefits for seniors with unpaid student loan payments. The bill, titled the Stop Social Security Garnishment Act of 2026, proposes barring the Education Department from cutting an individual’s Social Security retirement or disability benefits to…
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4 states face off in trial against Meta
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story States square up against Meta in California trial A group of four states faced off against Meta in a high-profile trial in California on Tuesday, accusing the tech giant of hooking young users on its social media sites and misleading the public about the risks. Noah Berger, Associated…
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Court upholds EPA rule forcing polluters to pay for ‘forever chemical’ pollution
An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule putting polluters on the hook to clean up toxic “forever chemicals” was upheld in court on Tuesday despite an industry challenge. The rule in question formally designates two specific forever chemicals, called PFOA and PFOS, as “hazardous substances.” That gives the EPA more authority to investigate and clean up…
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Canada braces for 50 percent US tariffs amid last-minute talks
Canada is on guard Tuesday, bracing for the possibility that 50 percent U.S. tariffs will hit its exports to the United States without a trade truce before midnight. If no eleventh-hour deal is struck between the U.S. and Canada, Trump has threatened to impose 50 percent tariffs on a plethora of Canadian imports in response…
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Burnham urged to join EU pact to tackle small boats and fix Brexit ‘mess’
The Liberal Democrats have urged Andy Burnham and the government to take the UK into the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact as a way of tackling Channel small boat crossings. Party leader Sir Ed Davey argued that Brexit has undermined Britain’s ability to check migrants crossing the Channel, since the Home Office lost access to…
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Joe Biden’s FBI accused of unprecedented stunt to keep his family’s alleged crimes secret
Republican senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson have written to the Justice Department, FBI and Office of the Director of National Intelligence demanding the declassification of documents relating to an FBI investigation into alleged wrongdoing by Joe Biden and his family, particularly Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine. The senators accuse the FBI under former…
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT experience for teens
OpenAI announced the launch of its new “ChatGPT for Teens” feature on Tuesday, unveiling an experience geared at people aged 13 to 17 that will include parental controls and stronger, built-in safety protections. The program builds on previous efforts to limit teen users’ exposure to sensitive materials and alert parents if signs of distress emerge…
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Navy destroyer went days without power in the South China Sea, leaving sailors without toilets
A Navy destroyer went four days without power in the South China Sea last month, leaving sailors aboard without toilets, air conditioning, galley service and potable water, according to the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet. The USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, experienced loss of power following an “engineering casualty” on July 24 in the Indo-Pacific….