Over a Dozen Conservative Party Donors Fund Britain’s Populist Reform U.K.

Nigel Farage’s insurgent Reform U.K. party has attracted more than a dozen donors from Britain’s once dominant Conservative Party, new data reveals, underlining the threat the Tories face from a right-wing populist party that models itself on President Trump’s MAGA movement. In total, Reform U.K. raised 4.75 million pounds ($6.1 million) last year, a sharp … Read more

What is the Department of Education

Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington Getty Images President Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would shut down the US Department of Education – a long-cherished goal of conservatives. The move would deliver on a promise he made on the campaign trail. Trump plans to end some of the department’s programmes, while others would … Read more

Moment Blue Ghost spacecraft lands on the Moon

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost has become the first ever successful commercial moon landing. Newly released footage captured by the spacecraft shows the moment of touchdown on Mare Crisium, a basin in the north-east quadrant of the Moon on 2 March. The mission is part of the latest collaboration by US space agency Nasa and private … Read more

Three heli-skiers feared dead on mountain

Three men are feared dead after being hit by a massive avalanche while on a backcountry heli-skiing trip in the US state of Alaska, say officials. Officials believe the party is buried in up to 100ft (30m) of snow, but no bodies have yet been recovered after Tuesday afternoon’s incident in the Chugach mountains about … Read more