Washington — An independent panel tasked by President Biden with reviewing the July assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, found the Secret Service suffers from “deep flaws” that enabled the attack at the Trump campaign rally, and called for the agency to undergo “fundamental reform” to carry out its mission of…
Billions of pounds of government borrowing could be spent on new infrastructure projects because of new self-imposed Treasury rules. The “guardrails” will allow the government to borrow for investment “more efficiently going forward”, the Treasury Chief Secretary Darren Jones said. The admission is the clearest sign yet ahead of the Budget that the government is…
Getty Images Iceland is one of the world’s most volcanically active places I’m in one of the world’s volcanic hotspots, northeast Iceland, near the Krafla volcano. A short distance away I can see the rim of the volcano’s crater lake, while to the south steam vents and mud pools bubble away. Krafla has erupted around…
Fraud cases have risen by 16% with con artists stealing more than £3m a day, according to figures from the banking industry. Criminals have particularly targeted victims by tricking them out of their one-time passcodes, trade body UK Finance said. Despite the increase in reported cases, total losses have fallen slightly – totalling £572m in…
The gamble paid off for Vice President Kamala Harris. The Democratic presidential candidate’s contentious Wednesday evening interview on Fox News returned nice dividends from a ratings perspective. According to final numbers from Nielsen Media Research, 7.8 million total viewers and 1.126 million views in the advertiser-coveted Adults 25-54 demo viewers tuned in to see Harris…
Former President Donald Trump will be headlining the annual Al Smith charity dinner Thursday night, where he was jeered eight years ago as he delivered a pointed speech targeting his 2016 opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Vice President Kamala Harris isn’t attending the event in person, declining to leave the campaign trail in…
The numbers 5 million — The number of subscribers Netflix added in Q3, beating Wall Street’s expectations. 282.7 million — Netflix’s total global subscribers. $9.83 billion — The streaming giant’s Q3 revenue, up 15% year-over-year. The company’s operating margin was 30% compared with 22% from last year. 150% — The increase in ad sales commitments…
Prime Election Day: Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service has officially thrown its hat into news coverage. As Puck’s Dylan Byers reported weeks ago, Prime Video has struck a deal with former NBC News anchor Brian Williams to helm special election night coverage that will free to watch for Prime Video subscribers. Election Night with Brian…
A Labour MP came unstuck as he was challenged on Question Time to agree that raising taxes on employers would break his party’s general election promise not to. This week’s programme came from Rotherham with panellists including the left-wing commentator Ash Sarkar, former Tory MP Damian Green and Trade Policy Minister Douglas Alexander. In their…
Liam Payne’s former One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik released a statement on Thursday saying they are “completely devastated” by his death. Payne died Wednesday after falling into the interior patio of a hotel in Buenos Aires, officials in Argentina said. He was 31-years-old. “We’re completely devastated by the news…
