Union boss warns Starmer over ‘echoing the right’ on immigration 
Starmer in race against time to stop Trump’s shock 50% steel tariffs hitting UK 
Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves in stand-off over Labour’s spending plans 
Trump will unfreeze Maine funding after trans athlete lawsuit: ‘We took him to court and we won’ 
Mixed economic data puts Trump’s domestic agenda at risk 
Ship carrying activists and aid to Gaza attacked by drones, NGO claims
The ship issued an SOS distress call after being hit 17 nautical miles east of Malta
Farage has ‘broken new ground’ with Runcorn win, Britain’s top pollster John Curtice says
Nigel Farage never won a by-election afresh with Ukip, but has now done so for the first time with Reform...
How MAGA forced Mike Waltz out of Trump’s inner circle
National security adviser’s reassignment is just as much a victory for some Trump loyalists as it is an acknowledgment of...
Runcorn by-election: Reform narrowly wins in major blow to Sir Keir Starmer
Reform UK claimed victory in the seat in the early hours of Friday morning, after a full recount was conducted
Local elections scorecard: How to judge a good – and disastrous – night for Labour, Reform and Tories
The Independent’s political editor David Maddox explains how we can judge whether each party has succeeded or failed in the...
Trump ousts Mike Waltz as national security adviser – and then announces him as UN ambassador nominee
Mike Waltz has been tapped to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Trump announced
Three people injured after helicopter crashes into sea off Victoria coast
Two people airlifted to Melbourne and another taken to hospital by road
Inside Trump and Zelensky’s intimate meeting at Pope’s funeral before deal breakthrough – and how Vance’s absence helped
Vatican meeting appeared to be a stark tone shift after the Ukrainian leader was ambushed in the Oval Office in...
What are Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, where are they and what does this deal with Trump involve?
More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin...
Liberation Day might have cost you Independence Day: Firework costs skyrockets on Trump tariffs
Consumers could be waiting for fireworks until 2026