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🇬🇧 Redress schemes for Post Office Horizon scandal have serious failings, MPs find — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Committee says thousands of victims still waiting for compensation and ‘face unacceptable delays and inadequate offers’The redress schemes for victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have...
Related: #Scandal redress
🇺🇸 Lorries with unsafe meat imports skip border checks, UK government says — 04/03/2026 [USA]
Data provided to Commons committee highlights major flaw in post-Brexit inspection regime
Related: #Border security failures, #Post-Brexit trade complications, #Food safety concerns, #Data management issues
🇺🇸 Commerce Secretary Lutnick will testify to House committee about Epstein ties — 03/03/2026 [USA]
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will be questioned under oath about his association with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, House lawmakers said Tuesday.
Related: #Political transparency, #Epstein investigation, #Congressional oversight
🇺🇸 Nancy Mace under investigation by House Ethics Committee — 03/03/2026 [USA]
The House Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) over allegations that she may have engaged in “improper reimbursement practices” and violated House rules. The committee wrote in a...
Related: #Congressional ethics, #Political conduct investigations
🇺🇸 This photo of Lutnick on Epstein's island was removed from Justice Department files — 27/02/2026 [USA]
A photo released last month as part of the Epstein files that showed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein's island has been removed from the DOJ's w...
Related: #Epstein connections, #Document transparency
🇺🇸 US tax agency broke privacy law ‘approximately 42,695 times’, judge says — 27/02/2026 [USA]
Federal judge rules that the Internal Revenue Service violated its code by giving immigration agency confidential data.
Related: #Privacy rights, #Immigration enforcement
🇺🇸 GOP senators warn Justice Department to release all Epstein files mentioning Trump — 26/02/2026 [USA]
Republican senators are putting pressure on Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department to release all files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that mention President Trump’s ...
Related: #Transparency, #Political pressure
🇺🇸 Takeaways from Trump's State of the Union. And, House rejects aviation safety bill — 25/02/2026 [USA]
Trump's State of the Union underplayed the economic problems that voters are concerned about. And, the House rejected a bipartisan aviation safety bill after the Pentagon abruptly withdrew suppor...
Related: #Economic policy, #Aviation safety, #Bipartisan cooperation
🇺🇸 WATCH: 'You killed Americans,' lawmaker says as Trump asks Congress to stand for protecting citizens — 25/02/2026 [USA]
While Republicans stood and applauded for two minutes, at least one Democratic lawmaker in the room shouted "you killed Americans," a reference to two citizens shot and killed by federal agents in Min...
Related: #Political polarization, #Immigration policy
🇺🇸 Virginia Giuffre's family says Epstein survivors are "showing unity" by attending State of the Union — 25/02/2026 [USA]
Several survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are attending Tuesday night's State of the Union address. Family members of Virginia Giuffre, Sky and Amanda Roberts, will also be in attend...
Related: #Survivor advocacy, #Justice reform
🇺🇸 Trump-appointed judge finds DHS in contempt over detainee transfer — 25/02/2026 [USA]
A federal judge appointed by President Trump held the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in civil contempt for violating the court’s order when they transported a detainee to a Texas facility in Ja...
Related: #Judicial oversight, #Immigration enforcement
🇺🇸 Rep. Jayapal on bringing Epstein survivor to State of the Union — 24/02/2026 [USA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and more than a dozen other lawmakers invited survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse to be their guests during Trump’s State of the Union speech. Marijke Chartouni said, “...
Related: #Political protest, #Survivor advocacy
🇺🇸 Ex-FBI official fired under Trump announces run for Congress in Maryland — 23/02/2026 [USA]
Former senior FBI official David Sundberg announced Monday that he plans to run for Congress this year in Maryland's 5th Congressional District.
Related: #Political transition, #Rule of law
🇬🇧 Scottish government deletes data from school 'sex survey' — 22/02/2026 [United Kingdom]
The survey asked pupils as young as 14 about their sexual experiences but parents said they were not told about the nature of the questions.
Related: #Privacy, #Education policy
🇺🇸 DHS agent killed US citizen in March 2025, records show — 21/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Immigration enforcement, #Use of force
🇺🇸 Judge who held DOJ lawyer in contempt blasts handling of immigration cases — 21/02/2026 [USA]
A federal judge who took the extraordinary step of holding a government lawyer in contempt of court earlier this week blasted the Justice Department for its handling of immigration cases on Friday.
Related: #Immigration justice, #Judicial oversight, #Human rights
🇬🇧 Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, prompting US investigation | First Thing — 20/02/2026 [United Kingdom]
Guardian review of US justice department files reveals Epstein interacted with six CBP officers. Plus, how anxiety over AI could fuel a new workers’ movement<ul><li><a href="https://www.theg...
Related: #Epstein investigation, #International justice comparison
🇺🇸 2/19: CBS Evening News — 20/02/2026 [USA]
Former Prince Andrew released but not cleared after arrest in connection with Epstein files; NASA’s new head criticizes Boeing, NASA for botched Starliner flight that left 2 astronauts stuck
Related: #Royal legal issues, #Space program failures
🇺🇸 Venezuela legislature passes limited amnesty bill critiqued by rights groups — 20/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Political repression, #Human rights violations, #Amnesty legislation, #Protest hunger strikes
🇬🇧 New law will 'criminalise lying' by senior ministers — 19/02/2026 [United Kingdom]
Hillsborough Law will make it a criminal offence for prime ministers and cabinet ministers to deliberately mislead the public – but not backbench MPs.
Related: #Political transparency, #Legal reform
🇬🇧 ‘It’s a catastrophe’: Wellington rages as millions of litres of raw sewage pour into ocean — 19/02/2026 [United Kingdom]
Abandoned beaches, public health warning signs and seagulls eating human waste are now features of the popular coastline in New ZealandA tide of anger is rising in New Zealand’s capital, Wel...
Related: #Public health and safety, #Environmental impact of industrial failures, #Municipal infrastructure resilience, #Community response to crisis
🇺🇸 Man dies in ICE custody in Chicago area — 18/02/2026 [USA]
A 59-year-old man died this week while in the custody of ICE, marking the seventh death so far in 2026, Senate Democrats said Wednesday.
Related: #Immigration enforcement, #Human rights
🇺🇸 High-profile resignations in wake of Epstein files release — 16/02/2026 [USA]
The Justice Department's recent release of millions of pages documents related to the Epstein files has led to a wave of resignations. CBS News' Jake Rosen has the latest.
Related: #Legal ethics, #High‑profile resignations, #Jeffrey Epstein scandal, #Media coverage