Vote goes PM’s way but he faces anger from his own MPs who accuse him of creating perception of ‘cover-up’ UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer saw off an opposition bid to refer him to a standards committee over Peter Mandelson’s appointment after Downing Street deployed its full weight to force Labour MPs to shore up the prime minister. However, the Labour leader bore the brunt of anger from some of his own backbenchers who accused him of creating a situation where they would be perc
The move follows an administration push for cuts to the NSF and raises concerns in the scientific community that it could jeopardize a tradition of independent decisions about federal science grants. (Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein)
Remarks marking 250th anniversary of American independence tell US lawmakers: ‘The actions of this great nation matter’ King Charles has extolled the importance of Britain’s “special relationship” with the United States in a speech to US Congress that made pointed reference to the importance of Nato, the defence of Ukraine and the climate crisis. In a speech that will be read as a veiled plea to Donald Trump to return to the United States’ traditional European alliances and restore his country’s
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In her first appearance on Capitol Hill this year, lawmakers questioned Education Secretary Linda McMahon about cuts to federal education spending and students' civil rights. (Image credit: Aaron Schwartz)
NBC News · Oct 8
Artist Beeple, Mike Winkelmann, poses inside his installation titled Regular Animals, with robots in the likeness of Kim Jong Un, left, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, center, and Mark Zuckerberg, right, at the Neue Nationalgalerie museum in Berlin, on Tuesday.
NBC News · Oct 8
NBC News' Matt Dixon joins "Here's the Scoop" to talk about how Republican efforts to redistrict Congressional maps to gain seats may backfire on the party in the future.
NBC News · Oct 8
The 2026 Interstate Mullet Toss is underway at the Flora-Bama in Perdido Key where thousands gathered to see who could throw their fish the farthest across the Florida-Alabama state line. NBC News' George Solis reports.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
US representatives Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin earlier this month called agreements outrageous and unlawful Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The Trump administration blocked two permitted US wind energy projects from development this week, with an agreement to pay millions of dollars in refunds to the companies behind them if those funds are reinvested in oil and gas. US Department of the Interior officials framed the canceled agreements as a way t
