Ministers also considering licence requirement and regulator to try to cut bills and increase choice UK vets may have to have a licence and cap prescriptions for pet medicine at £21 under plans being considered by the government.Ministers are also cons…
Disability benefits system ‘not working’ Timms review finds
Interim report into Pip found process had systematic and deep-rooted problems and required bold and radical overhaulA landmark government review of disability benefits has warned “challenging discussions” remain on how to overhaul and pay for a system …
Ambassadorial appointments should be subject to veto by MPs, committee recommends
Foreign affairs select committee says Peter Mandelson episode was ‘nothing short of disastrous’ for governmentPolitical selections for ambassador posts should be subject to a veto by MPs, a parliamentary committee has recommended, as it made damning cr…
All lobbying should be publicly declared in transparency laws shake-up, watchdog says
Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standardsAll lobbying of government ministers, aides and senior officials should be publicly declared – from WhatsApp chats to party conference meetings – in a fund…
Telstra glitches continue as ‘secondary’ outage hits triple-zero calls and regional trains remain stranded
Carrier says some still unable to connect to emergency hotline a day after initial mobile network outageFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTelstra customers are still having …
Bari Weiss sidelines yet another 60 Minutes veteran in favor of her own pick, report says
Senior Foreign Correspondent Holly Williams was supposed to conduct an interview with British politician Nigel Farage, but Weiss chose her colleague Trevor Phillips instead
The FTC settles with John Deere over a 2025 right-to-repair lawsuit, requiring the company to provide farmers and shops with equipment and software for 10 years (Boone Ashworth/Wired)
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The FTC settles with John Deere over a 2025 right-to-repair lawsuit, requiring the company to provide farmers and shops with equipment and software for 10 years — After more than a decade of pushback, farmers…
Fearful Trump Sends Gifted Air-Force One to EU for Protection from Iran
Trump, like Elon Musk, keeps talking about how he’s in danger. His latest move is to stop flying his new plane gifted by a foreign government, because it’s apparently unsafe. When a reporter followed up on why he wasn’t taking the new plane…
Trump announces long-shot bid to get Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship case
Trump already asked the Supreme Court to reconsider denying him an appeal of a verdict holding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll.
In shift, Trump praises Zelensky, will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles – The Washington Post
In shift, Trump praises Zelensky, will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles The Washington PostLicense to Make Patriot Missiles Could Help Ukraine Defend Against Russia The New York TimesTrump says Ukraine will get licence to produc…