Burgess’s view The last time I talked to Lindsey Graham in June, he was trying to be pragmatic about President Donald Trump’s tentative deal to end the war with Iran. The time before that, he was gently panning — but accepting — Trump’s decision to endorse Ken Paxton over John ...
Former Qatar ruler Sheikh Hamad, architect of modern Qatar, diesFormer Qatar ruler Sheikh Hamad, architect of modern Qatar, dies
The News Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former emir who transformed Qatar from a little-known Gulf state with declining resources into one of the world’s richest countries per capita, has died at the age of 74. The Amiri Diwan, the country’s royal court, announced his death on Sunday ...
‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a slam dunk for the climate, according to its supporters – all generously funded by US tax dollars. But as far as ...
Stephen Miller is outraged over birthright citizenship. His arguments are nonsense | Sidney BlumenthalStephen Miller is outraged over birthright citizenship. His arguments are nonsense | Sidney Blumenthal
Trump’s immigration architect calls the supreme court’s decision ‘outrageous’ as he pushes for policy rooted in genetics, not law Neither of the supreme court majority opinions in Trump v Barbara, the 5-4 decision upholding the constitutionality of birthright citizenship, mention the true architect of the case. Donald Trump’s Executive Order ...
Police say no suggestion of political motive in Widdecombe killing after new arrestPolice say no suggestion of political motive in Widdecombe killing after new arrest
Police say they are not looking for anyone else after a 28-year-old man was arrested in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. ...
Lindsey Graham, Republican senator and Trump ally, diesLindsey Graham, Republican senator and Trump ally, dies
The News Lindsey Graham, the prominent Republican senator and staunch ally of US President Donald Trump, died on Saturday, aged 71. His office said in a statement that he died following “a brief and sudden illness.” Graham, elected to the Senate in 2002 and running for re-election in November’s midterm ...
‘This was a righteous case. A holy war’: the lawyer who took on Meta and Google – and won‘This was a righteous case. A holy war’: the lawyer who took on Meta and Google – and won
When Mark Lanier and his young client Kaley faced the tech giants in an LA courtroom earlier this year, it seemed a bigger battle than David v Goliath. But they scored a landmark victory, proving that the social media giants had created ‘addiction machines’ that harmed mental health. How did ...
‘They said to me, you were the best sex toy we ever had’: the pain, pleasure and paranoia of life in a throuple‘They said to me, you were the best sex toy we ever had’: the pain, pleasure and paranoia of life in a throuple
From Hollywood movies to confessional memoirs, three-person relationships are everywhere. But is it really possible to keep everyone satisfied? Happy trios, bruised couples and rejected lovers tell all Priscilla can pinpoint the moment she realised that her throuple was falling apart. Her fiancee, Kiara, had started kissing their shared girlfriend, Olivia, ...
The prince and the ‘professional liar’: inside Harry’s battle against the Daily MailThe prince and the ‘professional liar’: inside Harry’s battle against the Daily Mail
How the celebrity-backed legal action against one of Britain’s most powerful newspapers fell apart On 26 January 2015, Hugh Grant entertained an unusual guest at an exclusive venue in one of London’s most affluent neighbourhoods. A few weeks earlier, the disgraced former tabloid journalist Graham Johnson had been contemplating starting ...
‘More postmodern than ancient’: why the Odyssey is everywhere, from Oz to Westeros‘More postmodern than ancient’: why the Odyssey is everywhere, from Oz to Westeros
Christopher Nolan’s take on the Odyssey is set to break box-office records. What made the director so determined to adapt the ancient Greek epic? And why does a poem from 600BC hold a vice-like grip on pop culture? Warning: contains 2,600-year-old spoilers Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey movie has all the hopes ...