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EXCLUSIVE: It took Eric Weaver nearly a year to clear his name, according to a disturbing lawsuit obtained by The Independent.

Domestic abuse victim tells Maya Oppenheim about her ex-partner’s two-decade-long campaign of abuse against her

Exclusive: Concerns are being raised about the financial health of the Conservative Party ahead of a crucial conference in Birmingham this week

Exclusive: James Lawrence was jailed for eight months in 2006 – and is still there. His mother Mandy said: ‘In his time, he’s seen murderers come in and murderers go home’

The chancellor is considering rowing back on Labour’s manifesto promise to scrap concessions

The Speaker defied Donald Trump by letting the House vote to approve a spending bill to keep the government funded until December, even though it included no provisions to tighten elections

Fans are trying to work out the meaning behind the cryptic message... was it a mistake, or a hint at new music?

Eric Garcia speaks to the conservatives — including former members of Congress, an ex-Trump staffer and lifelong members of the GOP — who can’t bring themselves to back Trump and his ‘anti-women’ running mate in November

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, 42, has spent the best part of a decade locked up on ‘bogus charges’ in Egypt

Exclusive: Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen have announced they will meet next week in Brussels and The Independent can reveal the government’s plan to reset the UK’s relationship after Brexit

Ever since CNN reported that lieutenant governor Mark Robinson called himself a ‘Black Nazi’ and a ‘perv’ on a porn site called Nude Africa, Senator Thom Tillis has found himself stuck in the most awkward of positions in a must-win state. Eric Garcia reports on the chaos tearing the North…