President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6, including an order terminating the security clearances of those who work at the law firm Perkins Coie. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images A federal judge on Friday struck down President Trump’s executive order […]
Helen Catt Political correspondent Getty Images When the UK became the first major economy in the world to commit to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, there was so little disagreement among MPs it was simply ‘nodded through’ without a vote. Six years on, the political climate is very different, the consensus […]
A United States district judge has struck down an executive order from President Donald Trump that targeted the law firm Perkins Coie over its representation of his Democratic election rival Hillary Clinton. On Friday in Washington, DC, Judge Beryl A Howell issued a five-page order declaring the executive order unconstitutional. “Executive Order 14230 is unlawful, […]
President Trump on Friday proposed slashing $163 billion in federal spending next fiscal year, a drastic retrenchment in the role and reach of government that, if enacted, would eliminate a vast set of climate, education, health and housing programs, including some that benefit the poor. Issuing his first budget proposal since returning to office, Mr. […]
When Lyubomirsky arrived at graduate school for social psychology at Stanford in 1989, academic research on happiness was only beginning to gain legitimacy. Ed Diener, a psychologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who would eventually be known for his work in the field, waited until he was granted tenure before tackling the subject, […]
Lewis Adams BBC News, Essex PA Media The Lampard Inquiry has been told of an “extraordinary and shocking number of deaths” at inpatient units in Essex Bereaved families have been traumatised by “distressing and appalling delays” to inquest proceedings, a landmark inquiry heard. The Lampard Inquiry is examining the deaths of more than 2,000 mental […]
Harry Maguire has said Manchester United’s players feel they owe the fans a trophy to repay their faith during a miserable season in the Premier League. United are set to finish in the bottom half the table for the first time since 1990, but their league form is in stark contrast to the results in […]
The video is just under two and a half minutes long. A slim man with close-cropped hair walks into a room, pulls a long black mamba — whose venom can kill within an hour — from a crate and allows it to bite his left arm. Immediately after, he lets a taipan from Papua New […]
With Bayern Munich on the verge of regaining the Bundesliga title, head coach Vincent Kompany is keeping talk of celebrations on ice, saying “we need to prepare for the game, not for a party.” His team are preparing for Saturday’s Bundesliga clash at fifth-placed RB Leipzig where they can clinch a record-extending 34th title. Kompany’s […]
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Reuters Alice Weidel, joint AfD leader, said the decision was a “severe blow against German democracy” Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country’s federal office for the protection of the constitution. “The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the […]