Labour will plough as much as £392m into its drive to deport more illegal migrantsamid accusations it is trying to ape Nigel Farage’s resurgent Reform party, The Independent can reveal. The Home Office is seeking a company to oversee the booking and oversight of flights deporting those with no right to remain in the UK. […]
The spike in crime rates prompted by the pandemic in 2020 cemented the backlash to progressive criminal justice reform. In the years that followed, lawmakers from both major parties passed laws that rolled back changes to the criminal justice system that had aimed to lower penalties and reduce the prison population. And in 2024, tough-on-crime […]
Known for criticizing COVID mandates, he has shown courage in taking on the scientific establishment.
After his nephew and fellow Migos member Takeoff was shot and killed in November 2022, Quavo decided to turn his grief into action. That same month, the rapper, who has been named Variety Hitmakers Humanitarian of the Year, established the Rocket Foundation, an organization dedicated to honoring Takeoff’s legacy and combating the ongoing issue of […]
Monique Worrell, who won reelection on Nov. 5 after being suspended from her state attorney position by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in August 2023, stands outside her former office in the Orange County Courthouse complex in Orlando, Fla., on Aug. 9, 2023. Photo: Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Imagine having so […]
The US National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, is composed of 27 institutes and centres.Credit: Duane Lempke (CC0) The world’s largest public funder of biomedical research seems poised for a major overhaul in the next few years. US funders to tighten oversight of controversial ‘gain-of-function’ research Proposals from both chambers of the US […]
“Social Security reform” is one of those soundbites you might hear every election cycle without anything ever changing. Politicians have been sounding the alarm for decades, saying that the program — which helps retirees, people with disabilities, and their families stay afloat — is quickly running out of money. So what’s actually at stake? Social […]
