A secretive US government spaceplane has embarked on a classified mission aboard one of the world’s most powerful rockets. The X-37B craft was launched from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. It has been on six previous missions since 2010, most recently in 2020, but the rocket used on Thursday
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Maine’s top election official has disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s US presidential primary election – becoming the second state to bar the former president over the Capitol riots. Maine secretary of state Shenna Bellows concluded that Mr Trump incited an insurrection when he spread false claims about voter fraud in
It is “the worst kept secret in parliament” that the UK is heading for a May general election, according to a Labour frontbencher. Emily Thornberry told Sky News that the date of the spring budget “seems to confirm” what many MPs suspect – that the prime minister could go to the polls early. The next
Nigel Farage has branded Home Secretary James Cleverly a “moron” for taking credit for no small boats crossing the UK channel over Christmas. On Wednesday, Mr Cleverly posted on X there had been “no small boat arrivals over Christmas for the first time since they started in 2018″. Today, Mr Farage said: “You may be
With the start of a new year, the 2024 general election campaign will officially get under way. The time for festive frivolity and fun is over. Rishi Sunak poked fun at himself with a highly amusing Home Alone-style video filmed in Number 10 Downing Street for Christmas day. Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria went
Two of Westminster’s best-connected journalists, Sky News’s Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard, guide us through their predictions of how British politics will play out over the next seven days. Click to subscribe to Politics at Jack and Sam’s wherever you get your podcasts Email with your thoughts and rate how their predictions play out:
Households are facing a “debt timebomb” next year, according to analysis from a trade unions group. The Trades Union Congress – which includes the likes of GMB, Unite and Unison – predict unsecured debts are set to surge by £1,400 in 2024. This includes borrowing which does not have property as collateral, such as loans,
MPs are calling for a specific law to punish people who enter football stadia without tickets. The House of Commons’ Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee has made the recommendation following the unrest seen at the finals of Euro 2020 at Wembley Stadium. Following the match between England and Italy in July 2021 after COVID-19
Tony Blair’s government considered setting up a holding camp on the Isle of Mull to drive down the number of asylum seekers entering the UK, according to newly released official papers. The plan, put forward by one of the then-Labour prime minister’s closest aides, was part of a “nuclear option” that would see people who
A Conservative MP has claimed that most children who struggle in his town are the “products of crap parents”. James Daly, the Tory MP for Bury North, made the claim while speaking to the i newspaper. He was first elected in 2019 as an MP for the area. Bury North has swapped between Labour and
The home secretary’s date rape joke was “misogynistic” and “very ill-judged”, a senior Conservative MP has told Sky News. James Cleverly apologised after making an “ironic joke” about putting a date rape drug in his wife’s drink, hours after the Home Office announced plans to crack down on spiking. He has faced calls to resign,
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II has sat with presidents, he’s marched with Jesse Jackson and he’s been arrested in peaceful protests for voting rights and higher wages, but his recent experience at the AMC Fire Tower 12 was new to him. The civil rights leader, at the Greenville, N.C. theater with his 90-year-old mother to
Eminem‘s handlers are arguing that he’s the real Slim Shady, and all others should not be allowed to trademark the “Shady” phrase, which is closely identified with the rapper thanks to his song The Real Slim Shady. Thus, they have requested a protective order against Real Housewives of Potomac reality stars Gizelle Bryant and Robyn
Elon Musk‘s X on Thursday has lost its bid to change a California law on content moderation disclosure by social media companies. X sued California in September to undo the state’s content moderation law, saying it violated free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment and California’s state constitution. Today, U.S. District Judge William
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has acquired Turkish streamer BluTV. The U.S. media giant already had a 35% stake in the eight-year-old streamer along with content deals in place, and has upped stake to 100%. Today’s news builds on WBD boss David Zaslav’s declaration during the company’s Q3 results call that it would be allocating capital
The secretary of state of Maine has determined that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on that state’s ballot, finding that he is disqualified under the 14th Amendment‘s insurrection clause. Shenna Bellows wrote that Trump “used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters and direct them to the Capitol to
A favorite and feverish game from Wall Street to Hollywood heading into 2024 is pairing up media companies, or pieces of them, to see what fits where in a high-stakes jigsaw puzzle that will shape the future of the industry. Ongoing streaming losses, anticipated interest rate cuts (that could lower financing costs), more robust stock
EXCLUSIVE: With the 10th edition of the Playoff set to cap off a high-rated season starting on New Year’s Day, Disney says advertising inventory is nearly sold out for the semifinals and championship. “We have a lot of consistency with brands,” Deidra Maddock, VP, Sports Brand Solutions, Disney Advertising, told Deadline in an interview. “Not
SAG-AFTRA’s use of an AI image to help promote its upcoming Labor Innovation & Technology Summit has drawn the ire of at least one noted artist who believes it took away jobs from humans. The illustration features a woman looking into the face of an AI robot, which rattled Karla Ortiz, whose credits include Black
“Ain’t gonna let nobody make me take my chair home. God made me. I belong here. I got a right to a seating’s the place. The only time you can take my chair is when I die and go to heaven. Until then I’m fighting.” That was Rev. Dr. William Barber at a press conference