Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

LiveTexas floods

At least 121 dead as Camp Mystic cabins ‘found to be in extremely hazardous’ flood zone: Live updates

texas floods

Trump to tour flood zone Friday as he touts ties to deep-red Texas

texas floods

Texas floods before-and-after pictures show devastation in Kerr County

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

breakingpolitics

Trump threatens 35% tariff on Canadian goods and says he may double what other nations are charged

<p>Alan Dershowitz said on the Sean Spicer Show that he had seen the unreleased Epstein files</p>

news

Former Trump lawyer claims he knows Epstein client list names: ‘But I’m bound by confidentiality’

<p>FBI Director Kash Patel has reportedly increased the use of polygraph tests on bureau employees in a hunt for perceived disloyalty</p>

politics

The FBI is using lie detectors to test employee loyalty to Trump’s appointees

<p>A view of the South Kaibab Trail at the Grand Canyon in Arizona, where a 67-year-old hiker died on Tuesday</p>

news

Hiker dies in Grand Canyon as park warns of dangerous temperatures

<p>Svetlana Dali was sentenced to time served after sneaking onto a flight from New York to Paris</p>

crime

Delta stowaway sentenced after sneaking on flight out of JFK

<p></p>

analysisnews

Grok’s Nazi turn is the latest in a long line of AI chatbots gone wrong

Grok, fresh off its antisemitic turn, is being installed in Teslas by next week

<p>Larry David and Barack Obama will work together on a new HBO sketch comedy show about US history</p>

News

Larry David and Barack Obama join forces for HBO sketch comedy show about US history

<p>Around 1,300 jobs at job search company Indeed and employee review company Glassdoor are being cut as parent company shifts towards the use of AI</p>

news

Indeed and Glassdoor become latest companies to fall victim to AI job cuts

<p>Rosa Mena, of Port St Lucie, Florida. Mena is facing several charges, including practicing medicine without an active license, after she allegedly ran a backyard cosmetic treatment clinic in her backyard shed</p>

news

Woman left with facial paralysis after botched botox surgery as clinic found in shed: cops

<p>Jane Birkin's original Hermès Birkin bag sold for over $10 million at auction on Thursday, making it the most valuable handbag ever auctioned</p>

culture

Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag sells for over $10 million at auction

<p>Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff and Donald Faison are all set to return for ABC’s reboot of ‘Scrubs’</p>

culture

Scrubs reboot confirmed with three key stars all set to return

Trump Reshapes The World

<p>Officials and coalitions of emergency preparedness groups have raised concerns that the Trump administration has not made FEMA domestic terrorism grant applications available </p>

FEMA blamed for holding up billions in grants to fight terrorism, officials claim

politics

Lisa Murkowski’s no good, very bad summer after ‘Big Beautiful’ vote: ‘I wish I had the luxury to regret things’

<p>Family Educator Lisa Benson-Nuyen, addresses her students in a circle in the Northern Lights classroom at the Meadow Lakes CCS Early Learning, a Head Start center, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Wasilla, Alaska</p>

politics

RFK Jr moves to kick thousands of undocumented kids off low-income Head Start pre-K program

<p>GOP Rep. Tim Burchett told NewsNation that he believes the Biden administration ‘destroyed everything’ related to Jeffrey Epstein, but admitted he didn't have the proof to back that up.</p>

politics

MAGA lawmaker claims Biden administration ‘destroyed everything’ in the Epstein files

Epstein sent final ‘hanging’ message hours before he was found dead

politics

Joe Rogan ‘pushed Trump to back off on mass deportations’ at a dinner before slamming him over ICE raids

<p>The Supreme Court said federal judges went too far issuing nationwide injunctions against Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, but opened the door for judges to take on class-action lawsuits that could effectively serve the same purpose</p>

politics

Judge strikes down Trump’s birthright citizenship order in new legal challenge after Supreme Court ruling

<p>U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a lunch for African leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 9, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque</p>

Politics

Democrat blasts ‘racist’ Trump Liberian remarks as it’s revealed African leaders were pressed to take random migrants

<p>MAGA pundit Nick Adams, and self proscribed ‘Alpha Male’ calls his nomination by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia the 'honor of a lifetime' in a video posted to X. </p>

politics

Trump’s ‘Hooters loving’ Malaysian ambassador pick causing concern among allies in Asia

<p>Ken Paxton and Angela Paxton pictured in 2022</p>

politics

Texas AG and Senate candidate Ken Paxton’s politician wife files for divorce on ‘biblical grounds’

<p>John Cornyn is running as far as 22 points behind his Republican primary challenger, Ken Paxton, according to one survey</p>

analysispolitics

Paxton’s divorce adds another wrinkle to a chaotic Texas race

<p>The Secret Service suspended six staffers without pay or benefits after President Donald Trump’s first assassination attempt nearly a year ago</p>

politics

The Secret Service suspended six staffers without pay or benefits after Trump assassination attempt

<p>Sean Duffy is the latest member of the Trump administration who will be performing multiple tasks </p>

politics

Trump puts another nail in Musk friendship with his NASA appointee

<p>President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that there would not be any further “delays” in the resumption of his planned tariffs of as high as 50 percent on some countries. </p>

Politics

How tariffs will be a weapon for countries to put the squeeze back on Trump and his red-state allies

<p>Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced Wednesday the department would resume charging interest to SAVE plan enrollees</p>

politics

Trump ends student loan subsidy for 7.7 million people who will soon see bills increase

Bulletin

<p>Anthony Curtis, the publisher of the Las Vegas Advisor website and newsletter, said that people have had enough of 'ridiculous prices' </p>

Las Vegas sees drop in visitors due to ‘Trump Slump’ and high costs

<p>Feeling anxious on Mondays is associated with significantly elevated long-term stress hormone levels</p>

Study finds ‘Monday anxiety’ doesn’t stop once you retire

<p>Indian elephants in the Jim Corbett National Park at Ramnagar in India’s Uttarakhand state. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BERGER/AFP via Getty Images)</p>

‘She was our pride’: Asia’s oldest elephant dies at 100

<p>EU Semenya Court Ruling</p>

Olympian Caster Semenya wins human rights fight over sex eligibility

More News

Russia Ukraine War

Liveukraine

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says he struck deal to supply weapons to Ukraine through Nato

Politics

Trump team wanted ‘gentleman’ Kilmar Abrego Garcia safely returned to US, emails show. Then the case made headlines

<p>Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil is seeking $20 million in damages from the Trump administration, according to court records — or an apology and rescission of the government’s policy of targeting pro-Palestine student demonstrators.</p>

Politics

Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20 million from Trump over ‘political retaliation and abuse of power’

crime

Trump-obsessed conspiracy theorist beheaded his dad on YouTube after making ‘citizens arrest’

<p>The Social Security Administration is pulling workers from its field offices to man the growing number of calls at its 1-800 number</p>

politics

Social Security is pulling workers from its field offices to man the growing number of calls at its 1-800 number

<p>Ford recalls more than 850,000 vehicles due to a fuel pump issue, just days after recalling hundreds of thousands of other vehicles</p>

news

Another Ford recall: Over 850,000 vehicles hit with fuel pump error

<p>The bottle has caused two people to go blind after they were struck in the eye by the lid</p>

news

Walmart recalls 850,000 water bottles after two customers suffer ‘permanent blindness’ from exploding caps

<p>Kazutomo Robert Hori, owner of Margotto Hawaii, must pay millions after executive chef Yohei Yagishita repeatedly beat a former sous chef, a jury has ruled. </p>

news

Restaurant told to pay sous chef $3.5 million after he was attacked by head chef in front of customers

Immigration-Deportation

exclusiveexclusive

ICE is now hunting for clergy members willing to work in Guantanamo Bay

<p>Hertz has deployed AI car scanners made by UVeye to catch customers returning damaged vehicles </p>

news

New AI tool picks up every minor scratch on your car rental – and its freaking people out

<p>Longtime Washington Post columnist Joe Davidson quit because his columns were described as ‘too opinionated’ amid Jeff Bezos’ reshaping of the paper’s coverage.</p>

news

Longtime WaPo columnist quit after editors spiked column for being ‘too opinionated’

<p>Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been in a years-long legal battle over their French winery</p>

news

New twist in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie legal battle as he demands her private messages

<p>More than 40 years after Teresa Peroni disappeared, her boyfriend was charged with her murder.</p>

Crime

California man’s girlfriend disappeared in 1983. Cops have just charged him with her murder

<p></p>

news

Huge tunnel collapses in Los Angeles with 31 workers still inside

Paul Simon’s daughter rips Richard Gere for selling family home

<p>Kate Beckinsale </p>

Culture

Kate Beckinsale posts emotional video at mom’s bedside after commenting on ‘deeply painful’ time

<p>‘She’s very strong,’ Teller (left) said about his wife</p>

Miles Teller praises wife Keleigh as couple rebuild after LA fires

<p>Chia seeds vanilla pudding raspberry and blueberry berries on table background</p>

lifestyle

What is fibermaxxing? The new TikTok trend that might be better for your gut health than protein

<p>Shannon Price 'failed' a polygraph test when questioned about the death of her ex-husband, actor Gary Coleman</p>

News

Gary Coleman’s ex-wife claims she had ‘no choice’ but to take actor off life support

<p></p>

Dolly Parton shares update on new music after her husband’s death

<p>Ralph Leroy Menzies</p>

crime

Judge schedules execution by firing squad for man with dementia

<p>Founding OneRepublic member, Tim Myers, is running for Lieutenant Governor of California</p>

news

OneRepublic star announces run for top political post in California

<p>Justin Bieber is releasing his seventh studio album Friday</p>

Culture

Justin Bieber reportedly dropping surprise album this week: Everything we know

<p>These are photogenic strips of sand that you can only capture on the widest of lens settings</p>

travel

Nine of the US’s most epic beaches revealed, from flour-soft sand in Florida to castaway havens in California

<p>The homemade tire spikes allegedly used to try to disable federal vehicles and thwart a raid on undocumented migrants</p>

News

Four arrested for trying to flatten ICE truck’s tires with spikes

<p></p>

HBO cancels ‘the most underrated’ show of 2025 after one season

<p>James Carter Cathcart posing with a toy of one of the ‘Pokémon’<em> </em>characters he voiced, Meowth </p>

Pokémon voice actor James Carter Cathcart dies aged 71

<p>Paul McCartney is bringing his Got Back tour to North America</p>

culture

Paul McCartney announces huge North America tour - here's how to get tickets

California Wildfires

news

13-year-old boy suspected of setting off fireworks that sparked Southern California wildfire

<h2><p>Researchers have raised concerns that reliance on artificial intelligence reduces critical thinking skills</p></h2>

Tech

OpenAI is taking on Google Chrome with its own web browser - but will it make you dumber?

<p>Taco Bell has taken aim at McDonald’s as its Snack Wrap returns Thursday</p>

lifestyle

Taco Bell takes subtle dig at McDonald’s on Snack Wrap release day

Culture

<p>Ben Stiller with Robin Williams in ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb’</p>

Night at the Museum to be rebooted by 20th Century Studios

<p>Queer Eye's Fab Five: Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jeremiah Brent, and Karamo Brown</p>

Netflix’s longest-running unscripted show is ending after 10th season

<p></p>

HBO cancels ‘the most underrated’ show of 2025 after one season

<p>Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been in a years-long legal battle over their French winery</p>

Brad Pitt demands Angelina Jolie’s private messages in legal battle

<p>Kevin Sussmann’s ‘Big Bang Theory’ character Stuart will head up a new spin-off</p>

Big Bang Theory fans brand multiverse spin-off show ‘ridiculous’

<p></p>

Michelle Yeoh confirmed for new version of successful Chinese film

<p>Wallace stepped aside from ‘MasterChef’ in the wake of allegations made late last year</p>

Gregg Wallace banned from working at BBC

<p>Paris Jackson (right) has allegedly found irregularities in payments made by her father Michael's estate</p>

Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris flags ‘irregular payments’ by estate

<p>Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean in the seminal rock spoof ‘This Is Spinal Tap’</p>

Spinal Tap invented the rockumentary – and its influence is everywhere

<p>Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘J Edgar’, Tom Hardy in ‘Capone’ and Naomi Watts in ‘Diana'</p>

17 awful performances by great actors

IndyBest

<p>I tried and tested 15 different formulas to whittle down to my top eight</p>

Best drugstore self-tanners for a natural glow, tried and tested

<p>I’m stocking up this Prime Day</p>

I’ve found the best Color Wow deals in the Prime Day sale

<p>A Grubhub+ subscription would set customers back $9.99 per month without Amazon’s offer </p>

How to get 50% off your next Grubhub order thanks to Amazon Prime Day

<p>I’ve been covering the retailer’s sales for more than five years</p>

When does Amazon Prime Day end in the U.S.? Everything to know

Lifestyle

<p>Chia seeds vanilla pudding raspberry and blueberry berries on table background</p>

What is fibermaxxing? A TikTok trend encourages fiber consumption

<p>Taco Bell has taken aim at McDonald’s as its Snack Wrap returns Thursday</p>

Taco Bell takes subtle dig at McDonald’s on Snack Wrap release day

<p>The Snack Wraps retail for $2.99</p>

McDonald’s fans sound off after Snack Wrap return excludes two flavors

<p>‘She’s very strong,’ Teller (left) said about his wife</p>

Miles Teller praises wife Keleigh as couple rebuild after LA fires

<p>Family preparing meal in backyard on barbecue grill</p>

Woman defended for bringing her own vegan food to family BBQ

<p>Brock Davies and Scheana Shay attend 2023 ChainFEST Gourmet Chain Food Festival VIP Night at Nya Studios on December 01, 2023</p>

Scheana Shay reveals her husband cheated on her while she was pregnant

<p>Mart in hospital due to a blood clot</p>

Health & Families

Dad’s symptoms dismissed as a virus before incurable cancer diagnosis

<p>Rob Brydon speaks to actress Fiona Shaw</p>

Who is in the Royal Box on Wimbledon day eleven?

Partner content

Let Hims help you regrow your hair

<p></p>

Shop summer savings on travel, fashion and more

<p></p>

Rethink summer style with MR PORTER

<p></p>

Stay connected with half price Jitterbug phones and medical alerts

Latest videos

<p></p>

Vanessa Kirby shows off baby bump on Fantastic Four red carpet

<p></p>

Child crawls into claw machine and gets stuck

<p>Founding OneRepublic member, Tim Myers, is running for Lieutenant Governor of California</p>

Pop star announces he is running as a Democratic candidate

<p>U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a lunch for African leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 9, 2025</p>

Watch: Trump asks Liberian president where he learned English

Travel

<p>Queenie on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art</p>

Does NYC live up to the hype of millennial TV shows?

<p>On top of price issues, Vegas has been hit by a 'Trump slump'</p>

‘Ridiculous prices’ blamed for slump in Las Vegas visitor numbers

Heathrow has turned airport noises into music. Here’s why

Tech

Explore news for you

indy100

news

Cedar climbed by Beatles and oak in Woolf poem among Tree of the Year nominees

Cedar climbed by Beatles and oak in Woolf poem among Tree of the Year nominees

sport

Christian Horner's most memorable Drive To Survive scenes following Red Bull sacking

news

Ex-England midfielder Jill Scott replaces Prince of Wales as charity president

news

One essential item may get a 200 per cent tariff thanks to Trump

news

Kim Jong Un is being sued for abuse - here's everything we know so far

news

Kim Jong Un is being sued for abuse - here's everything we know so far

news

Ed Sheeran launches exhibition of his Cosmic Carpark Paintings in London

viral

Moo Deng fans worldwide travel to Thailand to celebrate the hippo's 1st birthday