Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

First shutdown in nearly seven years as Republicans accused of ‘risking America’s healthcare’ in spending bill * US politics – latest updates The US government shut down on Wednesday, after congressional Democrats refused to support a Republican plan to extend funding for federal departments unless they won a series of concessions centered on healthcare. The GOP, which controls the Senate and the House of Representatives, repudiated their demands, setting off a legislative scramble that lasted into the hours before funding lapsed at midnight, when the Senate failed to advance both parties’ bills to keep funding going. Continue reading...

Reach’s chief content officer says issue is part of a national trend that goes wider than the party The publisher of the Nottingham Post has spoken of an “increasingly Trumpian approach” to the media creeping into British politics, amid a Reform-led council’s continuing ban against the title. The 150-year-old paper, as well as its website, Nottinghamshire Live, have been prevented from speaking to Reform’s Nottingham county council leader, Mick Barton, while he has also prevented the titles from receiving updates and press releases. Continue reading...