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Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, US court hears
Primaries: Trump-endorsed Mills loses; 2 spots remain uncalled in Alaska Senate race
Trump Pushes for Kim Jong Un Meeting This Year
Do not cut benefits for disabled young people, dozens of UK charities urge ministers
More than 40 charities write to Pat McFadden and review head Alan Milburn over fears of stricter eligibility rules
More than 40 of the UK’s leading charities have warned ministers against imposing tougher benefit sanctions or cuts on disabled young people, as the government considers how to encourage more young people into work.
The charities raised concerns that an imminent review of young people and work by Alan Milburn could bring in stricter eligibility rules for keeping disability benefits – or remove them altogether – as part of a wider plan to boost flagging youth job rates.
Continue reading...Quilt exhibit showcases artwork of inmate turned criminal justice activist
Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, US court hears
'The party is in charge of everything,' freed pastor says of China's crackdown on religion
Жизнь и карьера умершей Хейден Панеттьер в фотографиях: актриса-ребенок, звезда «Крика» и невеста Кличко
США ввели санкции против председателя Международного уголовного суда
The Indian activist jailed after taking on a luxury hotel plan
Lindsay Clancy murder trial puts spotlight on treatment for severe mental illness
Poor sleep can cost over-50s nine months of career, study finds
Findings highlight importance of sleep health during middle age, particularly for those with lower socioeconomic status
Sleep that is extremely disrupted or that goes on too long could mean a loss of nine months from working life after the age of 50, a study has found.
It also found that women with no sleep disturbances had a longer working life from 50 to 68 than their male equivalents.
Continue reading...NASA images show 60-foot-wide crater on moon after SpaceX rocket booster crash
WATCH: The 2026 VMA race, Derran "Derry" Brownson: Here's what's trending
Man accused of New York City synagogue attack faces federal hate crime charges
Scientists explore new ways to target mosquitoes as warming climate expands threat
ABC says FCC waging a retaliatory campaign violating free speech rights
WATCH: Trump scales back US-South Korea drills
Judge clears way for termination of Ethiopians' temporary protected status
The fake L.A. mayor poll adds to challenges facing the public opinion industry
The fake opinion survey showing Karen Bass with a commanding lead in the L.A. mayoral race comes amid a wave of low-quality polls that have missed the mark in marquee races.
South Korea relationship shift highlights Trump's transactional approach to allies
2020 election deniers on the ballot for key offices in battleground states
News Wrap: Meta faces trial over arguments its platforms harm children
Kornacki Cam: Steve analyzes primary election results in Florida, key updates from WY, AK
The Papers: 'Look at my husband' and 'Vlad plots revenge'
In Zavier Gozo, Crystal Palace land a US prospect living up to the hype
The 19-year-old US youth international has turned heads in MLS this year, and is on the cusp of a USMNT breakthrough
For much of the past year, the story of American starlet Zavier Gozo has been one of realizing potential – even in failure. Speaking with the Guardian the day after he and Real Salt Lake teammate Diego Luna learned they wouldn’t be on Mauricio Pochettino’s squad for this summer’s World Cup, the 19-year-old Gozo admitted the rejection made him realize how close he’d gotten to earning a spot.
“I thought I would be less disappointed than I was,” Gozo said in May. “Obviously, it wasn’t like I was supposed to go. I feel like I was disappointed, but I also think it just gave me so much more motivation to be able to make the first team, whenever that is.”
Continue reading...Ukraine’s dismissed defence minister calls for wartime presidential election
Mykhailo Fedorov’s appeal is most direct challenge to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russian invasion in 2022
Ukraine’s recently dismissed former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for a wartime presidential election in the most direct political challenge to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
The politician, whose abrupt sacking last month triggered a wave of protests, said that Ukraine had to “restore a full democratic process even amid a prolonged war” in a video address released online late on Tuesday evening.
Continue reading...ULEZ research 'proves we were right', says Khan
The growing debate over big money influence in American politics
Trump’s latest assault on public lands
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here.
Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is trying to open up more public lands to logging,
What’s happening? On Tuesday, the administration filed a proposal to repeal the “roadless rule,” a 2001 regulation protecting nearly 45 million acres of national forests not just from having roads built through them, but from logging.
The majority of the forests that would be affected fall in 10 Western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, while two — Colorado and Idaho — have their own state-level roadless protections.
The next step in the rulemaking process is a 30-day public comment period, after which the repeal can be finalized — though it’s likely to face legal challenges that could delay implementation.
Why is the Trump administration doing this? According to the Agriculture Department, the change is intended to reduce the “regulatory burden” and return decisions about forest management to a more local level; the US Forest Service and some Republican governors in affected states have pointed to fire management concerns and the need to clear out accumulated fuel in forests.
As Wall Street Journal reporter Robbie Gramer pointed out, however, only a tiny fraction of wildfires start in roadless areas of national forests (unsurprisingly, given the relative lack of people).
Why are public lands advocates alarmed? Opponents of the repeal say ending the rule could irreversibly damage some of America’s most pristine forests and cause a long list of environmental harms. They have good reason to be wary: In 2025, Trump signed an executive order directing the “immediate expansion” of timber production in the US, including a 25 percent increase in logging in federal forests.
And with that, it’s time to log off…
The Smithsonian National Zoo is welcoming three new red panda cubs, who were born earlier this summer. According to the zoo, right now, the cubs are “really just balls of fur that eat and sleep.” But they’re also pretty dang cute, and the zoo shared some photos here. Enjoy, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow!
Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution was restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
Children’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found.
Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) found a restoration of lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution.
Continue reading...Poor sleep can cost over-50s nine months of career, study finds
Findings highlight importance of sleep health during middle age, particularly for those with lower socioeconomic status
Sleep that is extremely disrupted or that goes on too long could mean a loss of nine months from working life after the age of 50, a study has found.
It also found that women with no sleep disturbances had a longer working life from 50 to 68 than their male equivalents.
Continue reading...Ukraine’s dismissed defence minister calls for wartime presidential election
Mykhailo Fedorov’s appeal is most direct challenge to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russian invasion in 2022
Ukraine’s recently dismissed former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for a wartime presidential election in the most direct political challenge to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
The politician, whose abrupt sacking last month triggered a wave of protests, said that Ukraine had to “restore a full democratic process even amid a prolonged war” in a video address released online late on Tuesday evening.
Continue reading...Voters Head to the Polls on Either End of the Country
Why has Russia threatened the UK and what happens next?
Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in antisemitism investigations targeting universities
Where things stand in Iran as White House sends mixed messages on U.S.-Iran communications
NASA spots new crater on the moon created when a SpaceX rocket crashed
Preservation group urges supreme court to suspend Trump White House ballroom project
National Trust for Historic Preservation filing comes after president made emergency bid for construction to continue
A historic preservation group that sued to block construction of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom urged the US supreme court on Tuesday to suspend the project while it considers whether the work can continue.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed its request less than a week after the Trump administration asked the nation’s highest court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400m ballroom project during the appeals process.
Continue reading...GPs’ advice service is causing cancer diagnoses to be missed, inquiry finds
Advice and guidance services for doctors in England found to be creating risk of missed or late detection of illness
Cancer diagnoses have been missed or delayed because of a system designed for GPs to seek specialist advice before referring patients to hospital, according to an investigation.
The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) identified patient risks linked to how advice and guidance (A+G) services have been implemented across England.
Continue reading...Judge blocks the Trump administration from moving FBI headquarters out of Maryland to DC office building
From 1981: Yankees pitcher Tommy John
From 2024: Tommy John on Tommy John surgery, before and after
CNN Condemns the White House’s Attacks on Journalist Kristen Holmes: Here’s What to Know
CNN condemned the White House for launching personal attacks on one of the network’s journalists.
“Kristen Holmes is one of the most respected and accomplished journalists covering the White House,” CNN said of its senior White House correspondent in a statement shared on X on Monday. “This afternoon, she did her job and asked the President of the United States a tough, relevant, and newsworthy question on behalf of the American people.”
“Public officials are free to challenge reporting they disagree with, but personal attacks on journalists for asking questions are beneath the office and inconsistent with the principles of a free press,” CNN continued. “We stand firmly behind Kristen and reject these attacks in the strongest possible terms.”
The network’s rebuke came after a question that Holmes asked President Donald Trump during an Oval Office event on Monday drew a heated response from Trump and, later, a series of critical posts from the White House targeting the journalist.
“Jon Ossoff said that you’d rather travel with your aide Natalie Harp and build the ballroom than do your job as President,” Holmes asked the President, referring to a comment the Democratic Georgia Senator made during a speech the day before. “What is your response?”
“You mean Pee-wee Herman? Pee-wee Herman lookalike?” Trump replied. “No, I would much rather do other things. We’re building a great facility here. We’re fixing a White House that hasn’t been taken care of.”
The event in the Oval Office celebrated a teenage lifeguard who rescued a 10-year-old boy at a beach in Santa Cruz, California, in July. But it is common practice for journalists present at events like this to ask the President questions about a variety of issues.
Later on during the event, Holmes tried to ask the President another question, this time about whether North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un had asked him to “scale back” American military exercises with South Korea. Trump didn’t answer her, instead telling her “quiet.”
“You’re very disrespectful,” Trump said to Holmes. “Quiet.”
He then asked Holmes which news outlet she was with, to which she replied that she was with CNN.
“Fake news,” he shot back. “You’re a loud, boisterous person. You’re fake news.”
As Holmes tried to ask her question again, Trump repeatedly said: “Be quiet. Be quiet. Be quiet.”
“You’re a fake reporter and you report fake news,” he said to Holmes.
Tensions further rose after the official White House Rapid Response account on X shared a clip of Holmes asking Trump about Ossoff’s remarks and called Holmes “a disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment to her alleged profession.”
“@POTUS hosts a hero lifeguard in the Oval Office and she uses it as an opportunity to take a cheap shot about one of President Trump’s staffers,” the White House continued. “These scumbags are the lowest of the low.”
Less than an hour later, the account made another post attacking Holmes.
“Someday, your children will come across your disgusting and inhumane question,” the White House said, tagging Holmes in the post. “They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive. It’s quite troubling.”
In addition to CNN’s official statement, many of Holmes’ colleagues fired back at the White House for its remarks.
“What a horrible … thing to say. Kristen is an incredible reporter, person and, above all, mother,” Alayna Treene, a White House correspondent at CNN, said in a post on X. “I don’t understand such a reaction to a journalist asking the president for his response to something a Democratic senator has leveled against him.”
“Kristen is an excellent reporter who asked a good question, to which the president gave a fulsome answer,” Betsy Klein, a senior reporter and writer covering the White House for CNN, said in a social media post. “You know what’s disgusting and inhumane? Bringing her perfect children into this.”
Trump has repeatedly targeted news outlets and individual journalists throughout his political career. He has attacked female journalists in particular on a number of occasions; in November, for instance, he told one female reporter “quiet, piggy” after she asked him a question and, on a separate occasion later that month, called another “a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.”
The President propagated the term “Fake News” to denigrate the press, and members of his Administrations have continued to use the phrase in the years since. The White House has also created what it calls a “Media Bias Portal,” which lists journalists, news outlets, and articles that it claims are biased against the President. Several CNN stories, including some by Holmes, are listed on the site.