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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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