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 […]
Pep Guardiola has told ESPN that while he does not know if he will retire from coaching when he leaves Manchester City, he is “sure” he is going to take a break from management. The 54-year-old’s nine-year City reign is comfortably the longest coaching spell of his career — he spent four years at Barcelona […]
Television graphics are seen in the window of Nasdaq headquarters in Times Square, as Nasdaq fell nearly 4 percent this morning on January 27, 2025 in New York City. BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images/AFP President Trump and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., don’t […]