The Latest Breaking News from The Independent

Campaigners call on PM to stop trying to ‘protect himself’ and open up his discussions on Eat Out to Help Out scheme and other policies

Outlandish threats to bomb the German parliament, kill British politicians and bring about ‘nuclear apocalypse’ seem to be keeping Putin happy – but is anyone outside Russia actually listening? Arpan Rai reports

Dave Doogan said he had repaid the money and apologised to his constituents for the error

“For the first time in a decade”, Tate Britain has rehung its free displays, said Eloise Hendy in The Independent. The museum boasts “the most comprehensive collection of British art in the world”, making the task of rearranging and in some cases replacing the 800 works on display – spanning…

The bill goes to President Joe Biden’s desk before the United States would default on its debt

In an interview with The Independent, assistant health secretary Rachel Levine rejected the idea that peer pressure is behind the long-term rise in trans children

The Cabinet Office on Thursday confirmed it was seeking a judicial review of inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s document request.

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Levine is assistant secretary of state for health in the Biden administration and the most senior transgender official in American history. She talks to Io Dodds about her contentious confirmation hearing and her belief bigotry against trans people is in the minority and borne from misinformation.

More Democrats vote to raise the debt limit than Republicans as the bill heads to the Senate

Family of Tennessee woman say their three-week ordeal could have been avoided if she and boyfriend Tyler Stratton were taken into custody

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Speaking to The Independent, Mark Calaway opens up about life after WWE, and the stars he would have ‘loved’ to face