The legislation, brought in by the last Labour government in 2008, committed the UK to cut climate emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 and had five-yearly carbon budgets to keep the country on track.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats spent the first day of the federal government shutdown blaming each other for the dysfunction, as iconic sites representing the nation’s core identity — ...

Tory leader wants to repeal Climate Change Act, despite warnings it would be a 'monstrous act of economic and environmental vandalism' ...

Children are being “let down at the front door of our hospitals”, a top doctor has warned, as leading medics set out how children’s A&E services can improve. Experts from the Royal College of ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer arrives at Copenhagen airport ahead of the European Political Community summit (Suzanne Plunkett/PA) Sir Keir Starmer has said there will be no “golden ticket” to ...

Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and service ...

President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.

Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church.Leo was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime ...

LONDON: Britain will no longer automatically extend settlement and family reunion rights to migrants who have been granted asylum, the government announced on Wednesday in a further effort to curb ...

A panel of federal judges began considering Wednesday whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and launched an expanding redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterm ...

THE SHUTDOWN FIGHT IS A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE EXPANSION OF THE GOVERNMENT. It’s not hard to understand why many Americans are bored by the government shutdown battle now underway in Washington, D.C.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) walks to a House vote on Sept. 13, 2023. Spanberger, who's the frontrunner in Virginia's gubernatorial race, has slammed the ongoing government shutdown as "DOGE 2.0." ...