4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (461+ words) For thousands of parents across the US, the launch of the Trump Accounts app marks the beginning of a new government-backed savings scheme aimed at giving children a financial head start. The mobile app, now available on major app stores,…...

48+ min ago  (531+ words) Two Russian daredevils who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building carrying a protest banner before staging a surprise marriage proposal are now facing a long list of criminal charges. Angela Nikolau, 33, and Ivan Beerkus, 32, were arrested after…...

32+ min ago  (523+ words) The Trump administration has finalised new federal employment rules that expands the reasons civil servants can be removed from government service, extending 'suitability' standards beyond job applicants to cover current employees. Under the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) final rule,…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago  (428+ words) Trump's decision to hold up a bipartisan housing bill in Washington has sharpened criticism from within his own MAGA camp, even as Americans face record homebuying costs and a deepening shortage of housing. The president called the legislation 'of minor…...

43+ min ago  (393+ words) TG Jones, the high street chain carved out of WH Smith and rebranded last year, came within days of running out of cash, telling the High Court it faced an "8 M shortfall by the end of the week that left…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago  (526+ words) A coalition of 25 states and the District of Columbia has sued the Trump administration in Massachusetts, accusing federal health officials of unlawfully narrowing Medicaid work requirement exemptions for people deemed medically frail. The lawsuit, filed on 29 June in federal court,…...

52+ min ago  (259+ words) A University of Tennessee professor sacked over a Facebook comment about Charlie Kirk's assassination will collect roughly "1. 5 million ($1. 9 million) to end a First Amendment lawsuit that reached into donor money and Republican political pressure. Tamar Shirinian, a former assistant professor…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (355+ words) Mayer also defended Meghan, saying the Duchess had 'great people working for her,' though she added that she did not think Meghan fully understood how strong that support was at the time. In Mayer's view, anyone who has not lived…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (601+ words) Taylor Swift is facing intense public scrutiny in New York City amid reports that she intends to marry NFL star Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden on 3 July. Locals and fans have branded the timing 'tone deaf', citing the inevitable…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (410+ words) Donald Trump's health cuts are under renewed scrutiny in the United States as experts warn holidaymakers heading to beaches for the 4 July weekend about Vibrio vulnificus, a potentially deadly 'flesh-eating' bacterium detected this spring in coastal waters off New York…...