A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted a Trump administration plan to reduce disaster relief and anti-terrorism funding for states with so-called sanctuary policies for undocumented immigrants. U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy granted the temporary restraining order curtailing the cuts at the request of California, 10 other states and the District of Columbia, which…
The energy price cap is on course to remain steady through this winter but may jump in six months’ time, according to a respected industry forecast. Ahead of the 2% rise in the default tariff, which is imposed from Wednesday until the end of December, Cornwall Insight said it was currently predicting that the latest…
Diehard college football fans Glen Powell and Michael Waldron are going to ask you what college football team you root for if you talk to them about their new show, βChad Powers.β Thereβs a decent chance theyβd ask you even if you didnβt bring up the sport at all. βChad Powers,β a new Hulu comedy,…
So where does Sir Keir Starmer’s ferocious attack on Nigel Farage rank among the great party conference speeches by Labour leaders? One former minister told Sky News Sir Keir’s claim that Mr Farage “hates Britain” was right up there with Neil Kinnock’s blistering assault on the Militant Tendency almost exactly 40 years ago. In Bournemouth,…
Hollywood stars are raising concerns over an AI-generated actress known as Tilly Norwood. She was created by Eline Van der Velden, an actor who founded the world’s first AI talent studio. Van der Velden said she’s spoken with several talent agents vying to represent her AI character, drawing sharp criticism.
Despite missing the last three weeks of the season with a fracture in his right hand, catcher Will Smith was included on the Dodgersβ roster for their best-of-three wild card series against the Cincinnati Reds this week, the team announced ahead of Game 1 on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear if Smith would be…
Former Vice President Kamala Harris offered a spirited defense of her short, unsuccessful 2024 presidential bid, lamented the loss of votersβ faith in institutions and urged Democrats to not become dispirited on Monday as she spoke at the first hometown celebration of her new book about her roller-coaster campaign. She appeared to take little responsibility…
The group of lenders which want to take control of Britainβs biggest water utility and keep it out of government ownership are to pledge to the industry regulator that they will not offload the company before the end of the decade. Sky News has learnt that Thames Water‘s largest creditor group, which account for the…
Book Review Shadow Ticket By Thomas PynchonPenguin Press: 304 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. With next weekβs publication of his ninth novel, βShadow Ticket,β Thomas Pynchonβs secret 20th century is at last complete. For many of us, Pynchon…
A total of 125 workers are to be made redundant after administrators were appointed at one of Britain’s few remaining oil refineries. The losses come despite attempts to find a buyer for the business following the collapse of its owner, energy conglomerate Prax Group, which triggered the receivership process at the Lincolnshire site. A further…