US president says Ross Ulbricht was victim of ‘weaponisation of government’ Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for masterminding an online marketplace for illegal drugs and hacking services. “The scum that worked to convict him [Ulbricht] were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponisation of government against me,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth…

Even the anti-Donald Trump graffiti on the streets of West Hollywood is scarce and halfhearted now. Eight years ago, California was the “resistance” state. It is a different mood that a visitor encounters in 2025: resignation, boredom with the subject, a we-had-it-coming attitude among thoughtful Democrats and, at times, something approaching curiosity about the economic potential of America under a deregulating president. A great liberal shrug is going on. It…

President Donald Trump has ordered that all US government staff working on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) schemes be put on immediate paid administrative leave. In an executive order late on Tuesday, he called for an end to the “dangerous, demeaning and immoral” programmes. The White House confirmed that all federal DEI staff had to be put on leave by 17:00 EST (22:00 GMT) on Wednesday, before the offices and…

….Says we were wrong that day One of the people who served jail time for taking part in the US Capitol riot four years ago has refused a pardon from President Donald Trump, saying: “We were wrong that day.” Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in prison, told the BBC that there should be no pardons for the riot on 6 January 2021. “Accepting a…

Immigration authorities can now enter schools, healthcare facilities and places of worship to conduct arrests, according to a new policy from the Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, announced the change in a statement, emphasizing the importance of eliminating spaces where individuals could evade arrest. Churches and schools are previously classified ”off-limit” for enforcement. The…

Twenty-two Democratic-led states and civil rights groups filed several lawsuits challenging US President Donald Trump’s bid to roll back birthright citizenship on Tuesday in an early bid by his opponents to block his agenda in court. After his inauguration on Monday, Trump, a Republican, ordered U.S. agencies to refuse to recognise the citizenship of children born in the U.S. if neither their mother nor father is a U.S. citizen or…

UK welfare fraudsters could lose licence for two years under ‘biggest crackdown in a generation’ Benefit cheats face being banned from driving for two years under a proposed new anti-fraud law. People who owe more than £1,000 in wrongly claimed welfare payments and who have ignored repeated requests to return the money could be punished under the proposed changes. Other measures to tackle benefit fraud in the legislation include letting investigators directly take…

Sandie Peggie refuses to use gender-neutral pronouns when addressing Beth Upton, a biologically male doctor who identifies as female The NHS is attempting to ban a nurse from referring to a transgender doctor as a man as part of a legal battle. A lawyer acting for NHS Fife said an order should be imposed to prevent Sandie Peggie from using male pronouns or terminology to refer to Beth Upton, a…

Turkish OnlyFans model, Azra Ay Vandan, has been arrested for her controversial plan to sleep with 100 men in 24 hours and stream the encounters with her husband, Pedram Behdar Vandan. The shocking announcement, made on January 14 through a post on the social media platform X, led to a viral stir, with Vandan claiming she would become the first Turkish woman to achieve such a feat. In the post,…

A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 66 people and injuring 51 others, the interior minister said. Witnesses said desperate guests had tried to escape using ropes, and video showed bedsheets hanging from the windows. Media reports suggested some people had died after trying to jump to safety. “Our pain is great,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told reporters at the…

A collection of advocacy groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit late Monday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order to halt the automatic granting of citizenship to children born in the United States. Trump signed his order to deny citizenship to children whose mothers were unlawfully present in the United States when they were born and the father wasn’t a citizen or legal permanent…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the Justice Department to not enforce a law that effectively bans TikTok for 75 days. It directs the Justice Department not to take action or impose penalties against “any entity for any noncompliance” with the law. The widely popular short-form video app briefly shuttered in the U.S. this weekend hours before a bipartisan law that gave TikTok’s China-based parent company…