Lord David Evans of Watford, 82, offered access to ministers during discussions about a commercial deal, an undercover investigation can reveal. Lord Evans was recorded explaining to Guardian undercover reporters – who were posing as property developers looking to lobby the government – on how to approach Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister and housing…
Trump-forward budget proposal imperiling Medicaid narrowly passes in Republican-led House The House narrowly passed the budget resolution by a 217-215 vote after an intense push by Mike Johnson, the speaker, and Donald Trump. The budget plan includes an estimated $800bn in potential cuts from Medicaid, a federal program providing healthcare coverage to more than 72…
PM announces another $2bn for Melbourne airport rail The prime minister has promised it would partner with the Victorian government to fund and build the rail link to Melbourne airport. Anthony Albanese outlined the package as follows: Our Labor government is committing $7bn to build Melbourne airport rail, the next important step in suburban rail…
New South Wales police are yet to speak to a second nurse involved in a viral video, despite his colleague being charged for allegedly threatened to kill Israeli patients. Sarah Abu Lebdeh, who worked at Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital in Sydney’s southwest, was charged with three offences including threatening violence, using a carriage service to threaten to…
People walk past an AMC theatre in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., February 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters AMC Entertainment topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, boosted by wildly popular releases including “Moana 2” and “Wicked” that helped draw a strong crowd of moviegoers. Shares of the company rose about…
Donald Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to visit the White House on Friday to sign a rare earth minerals deal to pay for US military aid to defend against Russia’s full-scale invasion. The announcement followed days of tense negotiations between the US and Ukraine in which Zelenskyy alleged the US was pressuring…
Authorities in Chile have declared a state of emergency and overnight curfew after a sweeping blackout stranded commuters, knocked out traffic lights, paralyzed countless businesses and left millions of people in the South American country without electricity. The National Electrical Coordinator, Chile’s grid operator, said a disruption had occurred in a high-voltage transmission line that…
Israeli warplanes have carried out several airstrikes on military targets outside Damascus and in southern Syria, as Israeli officials warned the country’s army not to move south of the capital city. Israeli jets struck military sites late on Tuesday in the town of Kiswah, south of Damascus, as well as in the southern province of…
The White House said it will take control over which news organizations and reporters are allowed into the presidential press pool covering Donald Trump. “The White House press team in this administration will determine who gets to enjoy the very privileged and limited access in spaces such as Air Force One and the Oval Office,”…
The Philadelphia school district will reportedly ignore a rule directing schools to ban transgender athletes from participating in sports that match their gender identities, according to reporting from the Philadelphia Inquirer. The school district “strives to ensure safety, equity and justice for all students regardless of gender identity or gender expression so that they can…
