Alex McIntyre BBC News, West Midlands Jen Aitken BBC Stoke and Staffordshire political reporter Reform UK Ian Cooper, leader of Staffordshire County Council, was chosen as the authority’s leader in May The leader of a Reform UK-led council says the party needs to prove it’s competent enough to run local authorities. Ian Cooper, leader of…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The lone House Republican in Maryland’s congressional delegation is warning that his state could lose its main connection to the White House if Democrats there made good on threats to redraw district lines. “Right now, as the sole Republican representative, I’m the liaison between the state and…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Justice convened a grand jury to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking an escalation in President Donald Trump’s fight with New York’s top prosecutor. The investigation is being run out of Albany, New York, and focused on possible deprivation of rights allegations,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Biden-appointed federal judge issued a nationwide injunction on President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order, arguing that the directive is likely to be found in violation of the Constitution. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman issued her opinion Thursday after agreeing to certify a class-action lawsuit from…
Beginning this week, you’ll see us testing a new Google Finance, reimagined with AI at its core. Here’s what to expect: Research your finance questions with AI: Now, you can ask detailed questions about the financial world and get a comprehensive AI response, all with easy access to relevant sites on the web. Rather than…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While Texas House Democrats hunker down in Illinois, breaking quorum to prevent their Republican colleagues from voting on redistricting during a special session, the Lone Star State is pursuing legal action, hoping to get the Prairie State to assist in apprehending the state legislators. A filing with…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump shared his thoughts on Georgia’s former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan swapping political parties after the state’s GOP expelled him earlier this year for disloyalty to the party. Duncan, an open critic of the president in recent years, wrote an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution…
Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) An artist’s drawing of what the new planet might look like. Our Sun is the small dot of light between the two bright stars on the left and right. Scientists have found strong evidence of a giant gas planet in the nearest star system…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) is eliminating statewide standardized end-of-year testing for several subjects as part of an effort to give “local control back to school districts.” OSDE stated that the changes will take effect in the 2025-2026 school year and will…
Getty Images The UK could experience a record UV level of nine on Thursday as the temperature continues to rise. So what is UV and why could records be broken now? What is the UV Index? The UV Index (or UVI) is a standard international measure of ultraviolet radiation emitted by the Sun – which…
