NYPD investigates after video shows two officers punching and kicking man

New York mayor Mamdani calls footage of arrest of wrongly identified suspect ‘extremely disturbing and unacceptable’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The New York police department has launched an internal investigation after videos posted online showed two police officers repeatedly punching and kicking a man … Read more

Teleportation, aliens and cancer-busting soda – it’s not just Trump going cuckoo, his officials are too | Arwa Mahdawi

As the president’s men rave about paranormal events and Diet Coke, it seems the US’s only hope is extraterrestrial intervention People often criticise the Democrats for being overly cautious and never getting anything done. But this week they’ve surprised us all by unveiling concepts of a plan for getting Donald Trump out of the White … Read more

Justice Thomas warns progressivism is a threat to America in rare public remarks

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a blistering critique of modern-day progressivism in a rare public speech on Wednesday, describing the modern political philosophy as a threat to America’s founding principles. Speaking to a packed auditorium of students and faculty at the University of Texas at Austin to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing … Read more

US kills 3 alleged drug traffickers in another Eastern Pacific strike

The U.S. military carried out its third strike in days against suspected narco-terrorist targets in the Eastern Pacific, killing three men aboard an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in a lethal operation, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The lethal kinetic strike targeted a vessel operated by what SOUTHCOM called Designated Terrorist Organizations, though it did not … Read more

Republicans rip 4 blue states for keeping taxes on tips, overtime after Trump reprieve

Four Democrat-led states that rejected President Donald Trump‘s policy of no taxes on tips and overtime pay are getting called out by Republicans for going against efforts to increase affordability. The governors of the three largest Democrat-run states, California, New York and Illinois, are continuing to tax tips and overtime against Trump’s One Big Beautiful … Read more