​WASHINGTON – ​Former “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart shamed ​members of a House panel Tuesday when only five lawmakers were seated in the rostrum to hear survivors of the Sept. 11 terror attacks testify about the need to reauthorize the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. “As I sit here today, I can’t help but think what an incredible metaphor this […]

BBC spends £290million on its online and red button services – enough to pay for 1.9m licence fees for over-75s Angry pensioners have slammed the BBC’s decision to scrap free TV licences Critics have been attacking move on social media, with hashtags like #axethetax A petition launched by Age UK has attracted many thousands of signatures The BBC spends more […]

EXCLUSIVE: First Family affair! Uncle Joe Biden turns up with Barack Obama, Michelle and Malia to support Sasha as she graduates from Sidwell, DC’s most elite private high school Barack, Michelle and Malia Obama cheered on Sasha as she graduated from high school on Sunday  The former First Family was photographed by fellow graduates’ family members at Sidwell Friends School’s ceremony […]

RAF officer’s poignant prisoner of war diary with tributes to the 50 Allied airman shot dead over infamous Great Escape from Stalag Luft III is expected to sell for £10,000 75 years on The well-preserved diary of WW2 RAF officer Joseph Gueuffen is up for auction It is expected to fetch £10,000 over seven decades after his time in Stalag Luft […]

Boy, is Pedro Hernandez proving a problematic poster boy for bail reform. Now 19, he racked up his 15th arrest late Saturday night for driving recklessly and without a license. Cops approached a man urinating at a bus stop; the perp jumped in Hernandez’s car, which allegedly reversed against traffic. With the police siren blaring, the driver fled through several […]

PIERS Morgan has offered to pay the TV licence for a D-Day veteran who flirted with Melania Trump after BBC stripped back TV licence concessions for over-75s. The Good Morning Britain host said he was furious at the changes, which will hit the pockets of 3.7million pensioners. And he was disgusted to discover a recent GMB guest, Thomas Cuthbert, would […]

A RUSSIAN man claims to have fought off a brown bear by biting off its tongue. The half-ton predator ambushed and mauled Nikolay Irgit, 35, in the mountainous Tuva region in southern Siberia, police said. The 35-year-old – who was searching for deer and elk antlers to sell on the black market with two friends – said: “When I saw […]

A HERO grandma was trampled by charging cows as she acted as a human shield to protect her granddaughter, 7, from being crushed to death. Lisa Wells, 49, and little Bethan Ritchie were walking along a footpath in Snowdonia, Wales, when they were stormed by over 20 of the beasts. Spotting the terrifying scene, a fellow rambler said that the […]

YEAR 11 pupils across the UK are sitting their GCSE exams as they put all those hours of revision to good use. The exams only started last month but they'll soon be over – and students will finally be able to start their much-deserved summer break.  So when do they finish? Here is all you need to know. When do […]

The speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament on Tuesday raised concerns about a drug dealing case against a prominent investigative journalist. Interested in Russia? Ivan Golunov, who works for the independent website Meduza, was stopped by police on a Moscow street last Thursday and taken to custody where he was beaten and denied a lawyer for more […]