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WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Four House Republicans broke with party leadership on Wednesday to join Democrats in overriding the GOP majority and forcing a vote on extending healthcare tax credits β a defection that underscores the partyβs growing vulnerability on economic issues ahead of next yearβs midterm elections. The healthcare tax credits, which were central to the fight that…
Christian Turner is a mandarin’s mandarin. His appointment to the most glamorous posting in the UK diplomatic service is a victory for the Sir Humphreys over the politicians. After the disaster and humiliation of Peter Mandelson‘s demise over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, it always made sense to appoint a scandal-free career diplomat as his…
It is too late to investigate whether Nigel Farage broke election law on spending at the general election, Essex Police has said. The Reform UK leader had been referred to the police following claims by a former member of his campaign team that the campaign to get Mr Farage elected in Clacton last year overspent….
Foreign Office data has been compromised by hackers, a minister has confirmed to Sky News, but he said the government is “fairly confident” that no individual data has been accessed. Trade minister Sir Chris Bryant told Sky’s Mornings with Jones and Melbourne that the government first became aware of the hack in October, and was…
A worried mother working miles away from her family frantically tries to get her three children out of harmβs way as an out of control fire ravages their community. Firefighters do everything they can, but strong winds are working against them to make the destruction go from bad to worse. This scenario is reminiscent of…
A worried mother working miles away from her family frantically tries to get her three children out of harmβs way as an out of control fire ravages their community. Firefighters do everything they can, but strong winds are working against them to make the destruction go from bad to worse. This scenario is reminiscent of…
It is often said that film directors are siloed off from one another, that they donβt get to watch how others work. So when you put a group of them together, as with the six participants in The Envelopeβs 2025 Oscar Directors Roundtable, they are quick to share all sorts of ideas. Like where they…
Pete Davidson has officially entered fatherhood, welcoming his first child with British model-actor Elsie Hewitt. The former βSaturday Night Liveβ comedian, 32, and his girlfriend, 29, are new parents to a baby girl, Hewitt announced Thursday. βOur perfect angel girl arrived 12/12/2025,β the model captioned her Instagram post. Hewitt shared scenes from Scottie Rose Hewitt…
BP is parting ways with the chief executive who led its early drive for increased profits from oil and gas, after investor pressure for more progress. It was announced after markets had closed in the US last night that Meg O’Neill, the head of Australia’s Woodside Energy since 2021, would take over from Murray Auchincloss….
Executives at Vodafone will next month meet parliamentarians amid growing scrutiny of its treatment of dozens of its retail franchisees, which a prominent MP said possessed “uncomfortable echoes of the Post Office [Horizon IT] scandal”. Sky News understands that senior executives from the FTSE-100 telecoms giant will hold talks with MPs, including the Reform deputy…
