<p>President Donald Trump speaks, as he signs an executive order. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum stand to his left, in the Oval Office</p>

LiveUS politics

Trump heads to Daytona 500 as cuts to federal agencies continues: Live

According to the White House the president will arrive at the Daytona International Speedway just before the green flag

<p>Dubbed the ‘Zizians’, six people have been left dead after a series of bizarre crimes across the country</p>

Inside the ‘Zizians’: A cultish radical vegan group linked to 6 deaths

<p>Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old missing transgender man who died after enduring prolonged physical and psychological abuse over a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field, in Canandaigua, N.Y., according to New York State Police</p>

Crime

Police find body of transgender man they say was tortured for more than a month

<p>Zelensky has warned that Putin could invade other Nato countries </p>

US warns that next few days are vital to Ukraine-Russia peace hopes

<p>Left to right: Donald Trump Jr., Vivek Ramaswamy, Glenn Youngkin, and Ron DeSantis.</p>

Who does Donald Trump see as his successor, if not JD Vance?

<p>MAGA influencer Ashley St Clair caused a stir online on Friday after announcing on X that she and Musk share a five-month-old child</p>

Ashley St Clair says she was told to keep Musk’s alleged 13th child 'a secret forever’

<p>Quebec Vasquez's mother brought her to the U.S. when she was seven years old. Despite having temporary legal status, she no longer feels safe here and is leaving with her husbands and three daughters for a country she can barely remember</p>

TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

Fearing Trump’s deportations will break up her family, one woman is sending herself back to Mexico

<p>A Waymo autonomous vehicle drives by San Francisco City Hall on April 11, 2022 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco is serving as testing grounds for autonomous vehicles with Waymo, a Google subsidiary and Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, logging millions of test miles throughout San Francisco in 2021</p>

TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

DOGE impersonators storm San Francisco city hall demanding sensitive documents

Letters: Under Musk and Trump, the US is no longer a serious country

<p>Seeing double: Robert Pattinson and Robert Pattinson in Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Mickey 17’</p>

Mickey 17 is an absurdist, anti-capitalist, Trump-mocking masterpiece

Robert Pattinson says he based Mickey 17 accent on Coen Bros character

American among three Israeli hostages released by Hamas, while hundreds of Palestinian prisoners freed

Released hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, who was seized during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, embraces his wife as he is reunited with his family in Israel, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on February 15, 2025

<p>Kathy Hochul is under pressure to fire Eric Adams </p>

NY gov under pressure to fire Eric Adams after Trump ‘quid pro quo’

<p>‘Actors tend to get along. We’re like a tribe, a family. Every once in a while there’s somebody you’d like to push down the stairs’</p>

INTERVIEWCHRISTOPHER WALKEN

‘I’ve been married for over 50 years. I live in a house. I’m a very normal person’

<p>During the first overseas trip in his official post, Hegseth said that a NATO membership for Kyiv was off the table</p>

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Republican who salvaged Pete Hegseth ‘disturbed’ by Ukraine comments

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EUROPE

Teenager dead and five injured after ‘random’ knife attack in Austria

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives to meet with the German Chancellor at the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, 15 February 2025. High-level international decision-makers meet at the 61st Munich Security Conference in Munich from 14 to 16 February 2025 during their annual meeting to discuss global security issues

LiveUKRAINE

Europe to be excluded from peace talks by US as Zelensky calls for ‘army of Europe’

<p>Trump and Musk tell Fox News anchor Sean Hannity that they believe media outlets are trying to drive a wedge between them</p>

Trump and Musk tell Fox News the media is trying to drive them apart

<p>FDA increases risk level of granola bar recall due to ‘adverse health’ effects</p>

FDA increases risk level of granola bar recall due to ‘adverse health’ effects

<p>Sheryl Crow attending the Grammys in February 2025</p>

Sheryl Crow protests Elon Musk by selling Tesla and donating to NPR

<p>Sarah Knafo, MEP in the European Parliament for French far-right party 'Reconquete!’, poses for a picture after an interview in Paris, France, February 3, 2025</p>

TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

The little-known far-right French politician with a direct line to Trump world

<p>Benny Blanco sparks mixed reactions with ‘gross’ Valentine’s Day gift for fiancée Selena Gomez</p>

Benny Blanco sparks mixed reactions with ‘gross’ Valentine’s Day gift for fiancée Selena Gomez

<p>The house has four bedrooms and two bathrooms</p>

Dazed and Confused home up for sale in Austin — and it’s less than $1 million

<p>A damaged car is seen at the scene after a vehicle was driven into a Verdi demonstration in Munich</p>

EUROPE

Mother and child die from injuries in Munich car attack

Anti-terror police in Germany investigating incident

Sacha Baron Cohen ‘furious’ with Isla Fisher’s comments on divorce

<p>Afrikaans farmers picket in support of an executive order by US President Donald Trump</p>

TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

White South Africans gather to thank Trump for support

<p>Sexual Misconduct Diddy Jay-Z</p>

News

Woman drops lawsuit against Jay-Z and Diddy accusing them of rape

<p>The Justice Department has formally asked a court to drop the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams</p>

Trump's first 100 days

Justice Department asks court to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

Why didn’t DOJ Leader Emil Bove drop Eric Adams case himself?

<p>OpenAI board ‘unanimously’ rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion bid for company</p>

Tech

OpenAI board ‘unanimously’ rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion bid

<p>Ruben Navarro Jr., known as Junior, fell out of a sixth-story window at the Hotel Corona Plaza in Rosarito, Baja California on February 2</p>

News

California boy, 13, dies after falling out a window at a Mexico hotel while on his family vacation

<p>Sir Isaac Newton predicted the end of times in the middle of the 21st century</p>

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Sir Isaac Newton letter from 1704 predicts when world will end – and it’s not far away

<p>Egg prices hit an all-time high in January at nearly $5 per carton for one dozen Grade A eggs</p>

News

Egg prices keep going up. Here’s the average cost for a dozen across the U.S.

<p>Smoke billows from the tunnel at Green River, Wyoming </p>

News

Two dead and multiple injured in Wyoming tunnel collision as police warn of ‘explosion threat’

<p>A Texas judge fined a New York doctor $100k for prescribing Texas woman abortion-inducing drugs</p>

News

New York doctor slapped with heavy fine for prescribing Texas woman abortion-inducing drugs

Trump Reshapes The World

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ANALYSISTRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

Trump’s craven appeasement of Putin spells danger for us all

<p>President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland</p>

ANALYSISTRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

‘If they charge us, we charge them’: What is Trump’s goal with his trade war?

Trump's First 100 Days

Trump family and library have raked in whopping $80 million since White House return

Trump Media lost more than $400m in 2024

<p>Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, warned that ‘there's no way to assure world leaders of anything’</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

Senators warn Europe: America under Trump is not coming to help

<p>'Border czar' Tom Homan has asked the Department of Justice to look into whether New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'crossed a line' when she hosted a webinar explaining migrants' rights</p>

AOC fires back at Trump’s border czar as she becomes his latest target

<p>President John F Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas</p>

News

In the JFK files, there’ll be no smoking gun – only bombshells

Trump's First 100 Days

Donald Trump’s infamous mugshot now hangs just outside of the Oval Office

<p> Right-wing podcaster Steve Bannon leaves a Manhattan courtroom this week after he admitted he <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk//news/world/americas/us-politics/steve-bannon-plea-jail-trump-b2696212.html">bilked donors as part spurious multi-million-dollar campaign</a> to build parts of Trump<a href="/topic/donald-trump"></a>’s U.S.-Mexico border wall</p>

Steven Bannon warns Trump and Musk that loads of MAGAs are on Medicaid

<p>Ron Wyden claims that ‘Musk’s henchmen’ has been sent at the IRS</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

DOGE being at the IRS could delay your tax refund, Democrat senator says

<p>Donald Trump has said he’s in talks to facilitate the sale of TikTok to a U.S. buyer - and the app has returned to phone stores as he pledges to save it</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

TikTok is back on the app store, but it’s not safe from another ban. Here’s what happens next

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<p>The family of Julian, a 9-year-old who is battling brain cancer, are begging scammers to stop using his photos for their schemes</p>

News

Family begs scammers to stop using their cancer-stricken 9-year-old boy’s picture for their fake campaigns

<p>Leo Woodall at a screening of 'Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy' in New York in February 2025 </p>

Bridget Jones star Leo Woodall says he’d ‘love’ to play James Bond

<p>Luigi Mangione has broken his silence as he awaits trial for the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson</p>

crime

Luigi Mangione shares first message since arrest after CEO killing

Lucy Estelle Wetkin (11) sleds off a jump in front of the U.S. Capitol on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.

News

Dangerously cold arctic air moves into US

<p>Trinity Shockley has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder after allegedly plotting a Valentine's Day school shooting </p>

Crime

Teen girl planned to commit ‘Parkland part two’ in Valentine’s Day school shooting, police say

<p>Brian Cox claimed Kevin Spacey’s actions were ‘misguided’ </p>

Brian Cox fiercely defends ‘old friend’ Kevin Spacey, says he ‘never found him abusive’

<p>Gold bars are being flown from London to Manhattan in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariff threats </p>

trump's first 100 days

Why are U.S. banks flying gold from London to New York?

<p>A Pride flag pictured flying in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2015. A GOP state lawmaker says a new bill would ban the flag in schools, but would allow for the Nazi and Confederate flags to be temporarily displayed as part of the curriculum</p>

Politics

New Utah law would allow for Nazi and Confederate flags to be shown in schools but not Pride flag

<p>A crane offloads a piece of wreckage from a salvage vessel onto a flatbed truck, near the wreckage site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter</p>

News

Black Hawk helicopter may not have heard order to go behind American Airlines jet

<p>Kendrick Lamar and Hulk Hogan</p>

Super Bowl LIX

Hulk Hogan says he ‘couldn’t understand a word’ of Super Bowl show

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Apple says it is about to launch a ‘new member of the family’

<p>Christina Parcell, 41, was stabbed to death in her Greer, South Carolina home in October 2021. Zachary Hughes has been accused of the slaying</p>

Crime

A woman was found dead, her body surrounded by rose petals. Now, a concert pianist stands trial for her murder

<p>Daniel Day-Lewis in ‘Lincoln’, Jodie Foster in ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and Tom Hanks in ‘Forrest Gump'</p>

Oscars 2025

12 Oscar-winning roles that were supposed to go to different actors

<p>The Prince and Princess of Wales have marked Valentine’s Day with a photograph for the first time</p>

Royal Family

William and Kate release loved-up photo to mark Valentine's Day

<p>In stellar clusters, binary black holes can collide with massive stars. Now, new simulations show that these collisions influence the spins of black holes. As the black holes move closer together, their spins align with the binary orbit creating a beautiful sight in simuliations</p>

Space

Black holes spin in captivating embrace in stunning new simulation imagery

LiveUkraine

Zelensky warns Putin will attack NATO ‘next year’ as Chernobyl hit by drone

<p>Nine-year-old Madeline Vernon died from flu complications</p>

News

Girl, 9, dies from flu complications as cases spike across the US

<p>Menghan Zhuang, 23, (left) was found murdered in her apartment complex in Newhall, California on February 4. Now authorities are frantically looking for a person of interest (pictured right)</p>

Crime

Authorities offer $20,000 reward for information in Los Angeles college student murder

<p>McDonald’s customers upset over new Grimace tumbler not being sold in the U.S.</p>

News

McDonald’s unveils new Grimace tumbler — but some customers are furious

<p>An aerial view of deforestation in Maues, Amazon Rainforest (WWF/PA)</p>

World

Man from uncontacted tribe filmed emerging from Amazon and asking for fire

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Pete Davidson reveals where he stands with ex-fiancée Ariana Grande

<p>Sabrina Carpenter and Dolly Parton in the music video for 'Please Please Please'</p>

Sabrina Carpenter fans speculate over identity of her ‘ex-boyfriend’ in new video

<p>Adaline Deal, 12, has allegedly been denied a heart transplant from an Ohio hospital because her parents refused to get her vaccinated</p>

News

JD Vance’s relative, 12, refused heart transplant over vaccine status

<p>Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez</p>

Selena Gomez announces surprise album about ‘love story’ with fiancé Benny Blanco

<p>Kanye West and Bianca Censori</p>

Kanye West rep reveals truth about Bianca Censori divorce rumors

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Robert Pattinson called ‘incredible’ in new sci-fi ‘masterpiece’

<p>Joann closing more than 500 fabric stores in 49 states — see the full list of locations</p>

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Joann fabrics closing more than 500 stores in 49 states — see the full list of locations

<p>‘I can sing if I want to, or I can stay at home for the rest of my life because the cheques keep coming in’</p>

Candi Staton: ‘I told him, If you kill me, you’ll die too’

<p>Drake and Kendrick Lamar</p>

Drake slams ‘rap beef’ days after Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show

<p>Tranyelle Harshman killed three of her daughters before turning the gun on herself </p>

crime

Mom killed 3 of her young daughters. Their devastated dad blames PTSD: She 'loved those kids'

<p>Until now, Archaeopteryx was the only unquestionable bird known from the Jurassic, which ended roughly 145 million years ago</p>

Jurassic fossil rewrites what we thought we knew about bird evolution

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James Bond’s in danger of losing his name in trademark battle

<p>Bradley Robert Dawson, right, is escorted by police at the High Court in Lautoka, Fiji, on Tuesday, Feb. 11</p>

Crime

Man who murdered wife during Fiji honeymoon before escaping by kayak is jailed for life

Bank Branches

NEWS

JPMorgan CEO demands workers return to office in foul mouthed rant

Explaining Trump's America

<p>Republican Anna Paulina Luna is leading a task force to investigate de-classifying matters of ‘public interest’ such as the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy</p>

Deep Dive

Inside the committee that will look at the nation’s biggest secrets and when you can expect to see info released

Meet the GOP lawmaker revisiting JFK files and Epstein’s list

<p>President Donald Trump has blasted the use of paper straws in recent days, signing an executive order to reverse federal purchasing policies that encourage paper straws and restrict plastic ones. But, what straws are the best?</p>

Deep Dive

Trump sucks the air out of paper straws with new ban. Why does he hate them?

<p>President Donald Trump signs an executive order. There are several parallels between Project 2025 and the many orders he has signed since taking office</p>

Deep Dive

All the times Project 2025 has appeared in Trump’s executive orders

<p>An aircraft carrying Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025. President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that the U.S. buy the island </p>

Deep Dive

Why does Donald Trump want to buy Greenland?

<p>Students receiving federal financial aid to attend college won’t be impacted by President Donald Trump’s recent pause on federal loans and grants</p>

Deep Dive

Could Trump’s freeze on federal loans and grants impact my student aid?

<p>First Lady Melania Trump tours the Egyptian pyramids and Sphinx in Giza, Egypt, October 2018 during a partnership with USAID, the federal agency President Donald Trump is now trying to dismantle.</p>

Deep Dive

How Melania and Ivanka promoted federal agency Trump now calls a massive ‘fraud’

Setting The Agenda

Trump's First 100 Days

Not cool anymore? Trump sees massive drop in young people support

<p>Then President-elect Donald Trump talks with Elon Musk during Fight Club event at Madison Square Garden just weeks after Trump won the 2024 presidential election</p>

TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

14 states sue DOGE and ‘agent of chaos’ Elon Musk

<p>Stonewall Inn became ground zero for the gay rights movement on June 28, 1969, when gay and transgender patrons and neighborhood residents fought back against a police raid</p>

Trump's First 100 days

US Park Service erases word ‘transgender’ from Stonewall Inn website

<p>A federal judge blocked Trump’s executive order restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender youth</p>

TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

Another judge serves as a roadblock to Trump with transgender order

Politics

‘Sort of an oddity’: Republicans mythologize Barron Trump, but NYU classmates tell a different story

<p>Wrestler Triple H sits behind Linda McMahon at her Senate confirmation hearing</p>

Trump's First 100 Days

Wrestler Triple H sits behind Linda McMahon at her Senate hearing

APTOPIX Trump Modi

Trump's First 100 Days

Trump wants to halve US defense spending and let Russia back into G7

Culture

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Bafta award winners 2025: The full list of triumphant films

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Doctor Who announces reunion of Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper

<p>Drake attending an NBA game between the Houston Rockets and the Cleveland Cavaliers on March 16, 2024</p>

Drake’s Wireless shows divide opinion as Kendrick feud rages on

Cate Blanchett gives verdict on celebrity-led plays ruining theatre

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Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer urge Drake and Lamar to ‘hug it out’

Bloodhounds star Kim Sae-ron found dead at home, aged 24

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Toby Stephens shares details of mother Maggie Smith’s final moments

Lifestyle

<p>Standout looks from the Bafta red carpet 2025</p>

Bafta Awards 2025: All the most daring looks on the red carpet

<p>Pancake Mix-Recall</p>

Quaker Oats’ recall on pancake mix elevated to highest FDA level

<p>In ‘Mad About the Boy’ Bridget Jones finds a new, younger man</p>

Health and Wellbeing

The truth about secondary grief after loss

<p>Joann closing more than 500 fabric stores in 49 states — see the full list of locations</p>

Joann fabrics closing more than 500 stores in 49 states

<p>Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet help Meghan Markle produce Valentine’s Day treat.</p>

Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet star in new video with Meghan

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Jeremy Clarkson defends Gino D’Acampo as he attacks ‘cancel culture’

Latest videos

<p>Colin Firth and Renee Zellweger in ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’</p>

Renee Zellweger admits Colin Firth made her cry filming Bridget Jones

Watch: Zelensky warns Putin is preparing for war against Nato

Legislators propose $10K fine for men ‘ejaculating without intent’

<p>JD Vance’s Greta joke falls flat at Munich Security Conference</p>

JD Vance’s Greta joke falls flat at Munich Security Conference

Travel

<p>Simon Calder enjoyed luxury for less in the Polish city of Łódź</p>

We’ve been all over the world in 2024 – these were favorite places

Disney Treasure first look: Adventures with Aladdin and Donald Duck

<p>The property where the Duttons live in Yellowstone is a real life, working ranch in Montana </p>

Inside the real-life ranch where Yellowstone was filmed

<p>Atlanta makes the perfect city break for anyone into food, art and history </p>

Atlanta city guide: What to do and where to stay

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