The two Republican senators who President Donald Trump considered “losers” for saying that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem needed to step down have hit back at the president. “I’m kind of excited to be called a ‘loser,’” said Senator Thom Tillis The Independentt. “Apparently that qualifies me to be DHS secretary AND senior adviser to … Read more
Tributes have been paid to a “pure-hearted” British mother who was allegedly stabbed to death at her home in Spain. Victoria Hart, 33, was found dead on the floor of her home in the Andalusian town of AlhaurÃn el Grande on Saturday, according to local authorities. Her ex-partner was arrested after turning himself in at … Read more
Teachers could follow the resident doctors and strike next year unless Labor increases pay and close school funding gaps, the bosses of two major teaching unions have warned. Matt Wrack, general secretary of the National Association of School Captains and the Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), said The Independent that strike talks were “inevitable” at … Read more
Kate McCann has written a rare and deeply personal supporting column The IndependentSafeCall campaign, reflecting on the moment her daughter Madeleine went missing and thanking readers for helping to fund a new national lifeline for vulnerable young people. Kate and Gerry McCann’s lives changed forever when their three-year-old daughter, Madeleine, disappeared in the village of … Read more
Alicia reported for her scheduled check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in April, a process she had completed numerous times as an immigrant living in Louisiana for nearly a decade. This time, she was suddenly taken into federal custody. ICE transported her to the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, where agents performed a … Read more
Peter Cripps voted Labor in the last general election because he was desperate to get rid of the Conservatives. But he would not vote for the party again, not least after the Chancellor’s make-or-break Budget on Wednesday. As he stood outside his shop, Car, Home and Garden in Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in … Read more
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly gave a verbal order to leave no survivors behind as the Donald Trump administration launched the first of more than a dozen attacks on alleged drug boats that have killed more than 80 people over the past three months. On September 2, US military personnel fired a missile that hit … Read more