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EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

Trump’s command risks a global arms race while the Doomsday clock ticks closer than ever to midnight, experts say

A ‘drunk driving’ ICE agent continued to question a Black deputy’s nationality as he was being driven to jail in extended footage unearthed by The Independent.

Death toll climbs in Caribbean island as ‘powerless’ family members wait to hear from loved ones

Exclusive: Florida man Tristen Elijah Giroux allegedly became enraged after becoming stuck in a phone tree while calling U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to previously unreported court filings

‘States of Play’ is one of seven books on a ‘heavyweight shortlist’ for the prestigious award, with the winner announced on 25 November

NEWS ANALYSIS: The whole exchange in the Senate about SNAP shows nobody is serious about stopping people from going hungry. Eric Garcia writes that Democrats aren’t blameless, but Trump bears the most responsibility

The steep cuts to the news division included the entire race and culture unit, two streaming shows and the bureau in Johannesburg. Additionally, the network’s Saturday morning news show was gutted and its two hosts were let go.

A federal judge had blocked ICE from deporting Chanthila Souvannarath, warning ‘inherent and obvious harm’ in deporting a citizen

MIGRANT CRISIS : This week, the prime minister’s official spokesperson suggested migrant hotels are ‘luxury’ places to live. But with rodent and slug infestations, substandard food and large families packed into single rooms, those living there have a very different story to tell. They talk to Shaheena Uddin about the…

North was a pioneering green voice who later challenged the movement he helped shape, championing progress, free thought and the value of hard-won scepticism