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Sunak’s scrapping of HS2 will cost £100m and take up to three years, National Audit Office warns

NAO lays bare the cost and complications of decision to scrap phase 2 of the high-speed rail plan, first revealed by The Independent

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AOC and lawmakers of color reveal concerns about Kamala Harris facing racist and sexist attacks

‘As a an elected official, who is a prominent woman of color, I’ve seen a lot,’ AOC tells The Independent

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Violence against women soars by 40% as police chief brands crime rate a ‘national emergency’

Deputy chief constable brands violence against women and girls ‘national emergency’

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Trump threatens to sue FBI over Mar-a-Lago search for classified documents, but experts say it won’t go anywhere

Trying to drag the Department of Justice into court over a legally-authorized warrant would be little more than a fool’s errand, one former federal prosecutor tells The Independent.

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Labour need to remove two-child benefit cap immediately amid ‘unacceptable’ levels of poverty, MPs say

Debate over two-child benefit cap a ‘defining issue for the new Labour government’, John McDonnell says

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Aides only found out Biden was quitting campaign when they saw statement

One campaign aide told The Independent they had ‘no idea’ the announcement was coming, even as they told reporters the president was staying in the race

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Kamala Harris, unburdened by what has been, now free to run for president

A phrase often repeated by Kamala Harris — ‘What can be, unburdened by what has been’ — has become a rallying cry as she becomes the presumptive nominee, write Richard Hall, Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia

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Use of ‘junk science’ lie detector tests for sex offenders triples in three years

Exclusive: ‘This junk science puts women and victims at risk,’ Labour MP warns

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Summer city breaks – are they getting too risky?

The Man Who Pays His Way: disruption is now at such a pitch that apprehension may prevail over anticipation

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Probation chief warns 97% of service already failing – even before launch of early release prison scheme

Exclusive: Chief inspector warns new staff promised to help ailing service will need time to ‘bed down’

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Republicans are quietly pushing to defund transgender healthcare - and not just for minors

For a year and a half, GOP lawmakers have been stealthily adding amendements to government appropriations bills, which are key to funding major government departments, to ban any federal money being used for gender transition procedures. This will dramatically curtail trans people’s access to medical care — just like the…

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Labour rejects Jack Straw’s two-state solution for Cyprus as island marks 50 years of division

New British government under pressure to broker deal to end half-century-long crisis

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January 6 committee members are telling Biden to step aside: ‘Trump cannot be elected’

Trump wants to ‘indict’ them, and they’re now joining calls to warn Biden about the stakes of his potential loss

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‘Hold On, I’m Coming’ closed out Trump’s convention speech. The songwriter says he didn’t want it played

‘We create music for uplifting people, not separating them,’ David Porter, who co-wrote the iconic track with R&B legend Isaac Hayes, told The Independent

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Ex-Trump White House Lawyer: RNC was ‘executed well’ but Donald is an ‘empty soul’

“He doesn’t stand for anything but pure ambition,” Ty Cobb told The Independent. “There is no principle at all.”

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Republicans are already shaping their message around Kamala Harris

Turns out Harris can be burdened by what has been

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Massive outage causes worldwide chaos as software firm warns full fix could take ‘some time’

Britain hit as bug in cybersecurity update on Microsoft systems causes worldwide meltdown

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White nationalist bodybuilders and liberal elites: Here’s who JD Vance is following on X

JD Vance, who was chosen as the Republican vice presidential nominee this week, follows accounts on X that promote white nationalist views.

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Goldsmiths University accused of ‘quietly killing off’ queer and black history degrees

Exclusive: The institution insists it is ‘committed’ to providing the programmes, despite making key staff redundant

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Florida man arrested for threatening to ‘slit Biden’s throat’ two days after Trump assassination attempt

According to authorities, the man wrote statements on his X account such as ‘Joe biden’s health is declining rapidly. Not doing too good at all. Should I finish him off?’

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George Conway launches ‘Anti-Psychopath PAC’ focused on Trump’s mental health

The former litigator and ex-husband of Kellyanne Conway is pouring a substantial amount of his own money into the PAC, which is immediately displaying billboards at the RNC and in Milwaukee

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Revealed: The coronavirus outbreak plan ignored by the government during the pandemic

As the Covid Inquiry publishes its findings, The Independent reveals the ready-to-go pandemic plan that the government ignored

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Disney’s Doctor Who deal with BBC ‘hangs in the balance’, claims new report

Disney struck a deal for the popular sci-fi series back in 2022

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Viggo Mortensen criticises ‘appalling’ Amazon as ‘shameful’ for releasing 2022 film on streaming

Thai cave rescue movie ‘Thirteen Lives’ only played in cinemas for a week

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Choosing JD Vance shows how much Trump believes he’s going to win

Trump is done making friends and concessions, even in his own party

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