“Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption, but I am now,” Pritzker said.
Month: April 2025
Trump signed an executive order ramping up his efforts to embolden law enforcement across the country and shield them from accountability.
Canadian PM right candidate for the moment in success shaped more by chance than meticulous planning
Mark Carney, the economist, banker and politician, has long professed a simple article of faith when navigating through crisis: “A plan beats no plan.”
And his rapid ascent to Canada’s top job might be taken as evidence of such preparation.
Common Wealth says private gas-fired stations can charge exorbitant fees when renewable energy is in short supply
Britain’s gas power stations should be nationalised to prevent their owners from holding the electricity market “to ransom”, a thinktank has urged.
The country’s dwindling fossil fuel power plants are ripe for nationalisation as ministers aim to reduce gas consumption to just 5% of the electricity system by 2030, according to a report by Common Wealth.
Trussell report finds that higher levels of poverty mean Britain is losing out on £38bn a year of potential output
Keir Starmer has been warned that Labour’s tough stance on benefits is costing Britain’s economy billions of pounds each year while adding to the pressure on public services by pushing more people into poverty.
With the government under fire over its planned benefit cuts, the anti-poverty charity Trussell said that failing to tackle hunger and hardship would have severe human costs and cause damage to the wider economy and public finances.
Campaigners warn against removing group as statutory consultee as part of plan to speed up building new homes
Thousands of playing fields could be lost to housing if the government strips Sport England of its role in national planning policy, campaigners have warned.
As part of the national planning and infrastructure bill the government has said it wants to “speed up the delivery of new homes and critical infrastructure” by removing the powers of some of the statutory consultees on planning decisions.
A sweeping power outage left millions of people across Spain, Portugal and parts of France without power on Monday. Authorities are still unclear what caused the incident. Follow for live updates.
BALTIMORE — It was only one outing, but Devin Williams’ first time on the mound not as Yankees closer — at least for now — was a step in the right direction.
Steve Cohen isn’t fretting over Juan Soto’s slow start to his Mets tenure, saying on Monday that “I’m not worried about Juan” while praising other things the $765 million man has been doing at the plate thus far.
Charles Barkley may have said it best during halftime as he took the Heat to task for what was an ugly effort on Monday night.