‘The king has been dethroned’: Stormy Daniels speaks on Trump indictment

Read More In her first major interview since Donald Trump’s indictment, Stormy Daniels has said that while she wants the former president to be “held accountable” she doesn’t believe he should go to prison. “I don’t think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration. I feel like the other things that he has […]

Essex mental health inquiry pointless without legal powers, say families

Read More Bereaved relatives have said an independent inquiry into the death of almost 2,000 mental health patients across NHS trusts in Essex is not “fit for purpose” in the absence of legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence. The call for a statutory inquiry by 83 families comes after the chair of the […]

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia has ‘highly likely’ reached Bakhmut centre, says UK; Pentagon investigating files leak – report

Read More Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on spying charges, has been awarded the US National Press Club‘s highest press freedom honour as the Washington Post runs an advertisement calling for his release. Gershkovich, 31, was arrested on Thursday in Ekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city. He is the first US correspondent […]

Denver to spend up to $20 million on migrants in just six months, officials say

Denver officials say that the city expects to spend up to $20 million on housing and caring for migrants within a six-month period, with costs estimated to be up to $1,000 per migrant per week. In a briefing at a city council budget meeting on Monday, officials outlined the ongoing costs of the city-wide crisis […]

Kansas Legislature OKs opt-outs for LGBTQ materials in schools

Kansas lawmakers approved a bill Thursday aimed at helping parents opt their children out of public school lessons with LGBTQ-themed materials, as a Democratic lawmaker whose vote was crucial to banning transgender female athletes from girls’ and women’s sports faced calls to resign. The Republican-controlled Kansas House voted 76-46 to approve a “parental rights” measure […]

Nebraska Gov. Pillen appoints replacement for outgoing conservative lawmaker

Republican Gov. Jim Pillen named a former prosecutor Thursday as the newest member of the Nebraska Legislature, which has been largely hamstrung by progressive lawmakers who are filibustering every bill before the body this session. Carolyn Bosn, of Lincoln, will replace Lincoln Sen. Suzanne Geist, who announced a day earlier that she is stepping down, […]