Politics

President Donald Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio on Friday despite the Arizona sheriff having a human records history that would make the most brutal dictators blush. Arpaio was a vocal proponent of Trump's candidacy during his presidential campaign, and used his national notoriety to advocate for Trump's similarly aggressive stance on border security and deportations. In a brief statement released late Friday evening, the White House praised Arpaio's career, saying he gave "50 years of admirable service" to the United States. Arpaio...

Police have confirmed they are carrying out a “significant” investigation into possible Conservative breaches of electoral laws during June’s election. The potential misuse of a call centre to campaign in marginal constituencies was revealed by a Channel 4 News undercover investigation. The Conservative Party has denied these allegations. But South Wales Police have confirmed that they are carrying out an investigation of "scale and significance" into the whether the party acted illegally by misusing a call centre in Wales to...

A conservative councillor has refused to apologise after comparing the huge crowds at Jeremy Corbyn's rallies with Nazi rallies under Adolf Hitler. Cllr Chris Steward, who is a former City of York council leader, drew the comparison on his Twitter account on Sunday, but has since removed the tweet. The tweet read: "You can judge mass attendance at rallies as the proof of a great leader if you want, I will judge their views," and was posted alongside an image...

French President Emmanuel Macron has spent a whopping €26,000 (£24,000) on makeup during his first three months in the top job, despite saying that "intelligent" savings can be found in local government. The progressive candidate swept to power earlier this year after seeing off mainstream parties and opposition from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. But he's found himself in hot water in his first months in power, causing stirs within the European Union over labour reform and plans to give...

Daniel Kammen included a hidden message in his resignation to Donald Trump today - but can you spot what it is? The prominent University of California, Berkeley energy professor resigned his post with the US State Department today in response to President Donald Trump’s “attacks on the core values” of the country. In the letter he said Trump's actions have "harmed the quality of life in the United States, our standing abroad, and the sustainability of the planet," adding that his failure...

Shocking new research has revealed that a quarter of people who voted for Brexit - the equivalent of over 4.3 million people - believe they were duped by the Leave campaign. With several promises outlined as part of the campaign since rubbished following the vote many Leave voters unsurprisingly feel they were lied to by prominent campaigners such as Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. But even though the politicians peddled blatant fabrications in order to settle Britain's divorce with...

Steve Bannon has been removed from his post as White House chief strategist capping off what has been a brutal month for US President Donald Trump. A statement released by the White House on Friday afternoon confirmed that right-wing personality Bannon had been removed from his position after a highly contentious career at the centre of the Trump administration. But we mustn't let Bannon camouflage the procession of departures over the last month as he joins Reince Priebus, Anthony Scaramucci and others on the White...

The late George Carlin, a man who knew well the subtle trickery of language, used to do a routine based on the shifting terms used to describe the same condition. The easily understandable shell shock gave way to the slightly vaguer battle fatigue, ending up with today's post-traumatic stress disorder. One now hears of the term PTSD applied to all manner of life's shocks – everything from a nasty divorce to the loss of one's job; or you know, the...

There are these peak learning moments in all our lives that don't necessarily happen in classrooms, or from reading books, not even from sitting on your grandfather's knee while he teaches you the good rules of living. Certainly all those can all apply, yet sometimes true learning moments come out of nowhere, unexpected from their sources and as such those become the vivid ones, the ones where some important aspect of the world reveals itself with the shocking vividness of...