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• Tiger Woods confirms his relationship with Vanessa Trump in a social media post

  24-03-2025 01:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tiger Woods has confirmed his relationship with the former daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump
  
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• More evacuations as wildfires burn in the Carolinas. Forecasts aren't encouraging for firefighters

  26-03-2025 18:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  More people have been asked to leave their homes in the North Carolina and South Carolina mountains as wildfires spread and the forecast for the rest of the week isn't encouraging
  
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• Rep. Jasmine Crockett has a history of mocking Gov. Gregg Abbott’s wheelchair use

  26-03-2025 18:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Texas congresswoman under fire for ridiculing the Republican governor as ‘Hot Wheels’ but insists she was referring to the ‘planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants’
  
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• ‘I thought I was going to die’: Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked in West Bank accuses Israeli soldiers

  26-03-2025 17:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hamdan Ballal accepted an Oscar as co-director of ‘No Other Land’ just three weeks ago
  
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• ‘Big Balls’ gave tech support to criminal group that cyberstalked an FBI agent, report says

  26-03-2025 17:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old Elon Musk acolyte and DOGE staffer, allegedly provided services to cyber gang EGodly while in high school
  
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• 300 of America’s wealthiest citizens ask Congress not to carry out tax breaks for them. Here’s why

  26-03-2025 17:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Group of wealthy Americans includes member of the Disney family, founder of Seventh Generation, heir to the Rockefeller family and more
  
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• Trump administration stops some green card processing for ‘additional vetting’

  26-03-2025 17:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Immigration services has instructed officials to suspend processing green card applicants submitted by immigrants who have already been granted refugee or asylum status
  
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• Fox News immediately downplays full damaging texts from Atlantic group chat story

  26-03-2025 17:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Looks like Goldberg overpromised,’ Lawrence Jones asserted shortly after The Atlantic published the latest texts. ‘There’s not war plans here’
  
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• ‘A deal with Putin is an illusion’: Ukrainian officials warn Russia making ‘mockery’ of ceasefire talks

  26-03-2025 17:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Deals with the Russian president cannot be trusted and once Donald Trump sees this he may change his attitude, says Zelensky ally
  
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• ‘It’s really not a big deal’: Trump responds to latest round texts published in Signal text scandal

  26-03-2025 16:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump claimed there was ‘nothing in there that compromised’ the attack
  
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• Boxer on death row for 46 years after he was framed for quadruple murder by police awarded record payout

  26-03-2025 16:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iwao Hakamada is believed to be the world’s longest-serving death row inmate
  
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• Trump news today: Journalist shares Signal attack plans after officials denied they contained classified information

  26-03-2025 16:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  President insists National Security Adviser Mike Waltz not at fault and blames ‘low level’ White House employee for blunder that saw Atlantic editor added to group chat on Yemen airstrikes by mistake
  
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• Donald Trump Jr’s attempt to smear Jeffrey Goldberg is brutally shot down

  26-03-2025 16:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Don Jr.’s efforts to besmirch the journalist on social media were met with backlash
  
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• Boxer on death row for 46 years after he was framed for quadruple murder by police awarded record £1m

  26-03-2025 16:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iwao Hakamada is believed to be the world’s longest-serving death row inmate
  
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• Here is the 2025 Atlantic hurricane forecast and the regions of the US facing the biggest risk

  26-03-2025 16:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Forecasters predict between three and six direct impacts to the US this season
  
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• Trump’s FDA appointment raises fears for future of abortion pill

  26-03-2025 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  The new FDA commissioner has declined to give his stance on mifepristone
  
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• Search underway after four American soldiers go missing in Lithuania

  26-03-2025 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  The soldiers went missing from a training area outside of Lithuania’s capital
  
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• ICE arrests Tufts University doctoral student who co-authored op-ed supporting Palestine and revokes her visa

  26-03-2025 15:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  The arrest of PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk follows a string of similar incidents targeting international students
  
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• US could run short of money to pay its bills by August without a debt limit deal, CBO says

  26-03-2025 15:41 via independent.co.uk
  The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills— as early as August without a deal between lawmakers and the White House
  
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• JD and Usha Vance make a last-minute change of plan to Greenland trip - and Denmark is relieved

  26-03-2025 15:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen described the change in plans as a de-escalation
  
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• Russia’s ceasefire delays suit Ukraine - if it survives another year, Kyiv can win the war

  26-03-2025 14:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia is manipulating ceasefire terms over the Black Sea and energy, but that suits Ukraine and gives Kyiv time to build up help from Europe writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley
  
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• Rep. Jasmine Crockett refuses to apologize for calling Gov. Greg Abbott ‘Hot wheels’

  26-03-2025 14:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘At no point did I mention or allude to his condition,’ Crockett defended herself in a statement on X
  
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• After Ruby Franke abuse case, Utah tightens law on influencers

  26-03-2025 14:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Children ‘cannot give informed consent’ to be put on social media, YouTuber’s ex-husband says
  
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• What is the Black Sea ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine – and will Putin honour it?

  26-03-2025 14:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Truce has been announced by the White House, but the Kremlin has so far shown no signs of implementing it
  
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• How Trump’s trade war is hitting one Canada-reliant US exclave

  26-03-2025 14:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Point Roberts is part of the US, but its sole land connection is to Canada
  
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• Gerard Depardieu’s daughter wears X-rated sweatshirt to father’s sex assault trial

  26-03-2025 14:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  WARNING: Roxane Depardieu sported an outfit with graphic language when she attended court in France
  
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• Trump live updates: Journalist shares Signal attack plans after officials denied they contained classified information

  26-03-2025 14:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  President insists National Security Adviser Mike Waltz not at fault and blames ‘low level’ White House employee for blunder that saw Atlantic editor added to group chat on Yemen airstrikes by mistake
  
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• Boy, 7, loses arm in crocodile attack in front of horrified family on fishing trip

  26-03-2025 13:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Johandre Blom was pulled underwater as he played in the shallows of the Roodekopjes Dam, near Brits
  
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• Entire Signal chats about Yemen attacks are published after Trump team denied it included any classified information

  26-03-2025 13:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The messages from Hegseth contain a detailed timeline of when U.S. forces would strike in Yemen and the type of weapons they would use
  
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• Former US attorney Jessica Aber’s cause of death is revealed by authorities

  26-03-2025 13:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jessica Aber, a career federal prosecutor, was found dead at home Saturday morning
  
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