UK borrowing costs ease as bond market calms
Government bond yields fall after hitting highest level since 1998 earlier in the week. Source: Original News
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CrossCountry train drivers to strike in disciplinary process row
A union says staff will walk out on 3 October and refuse to work overtime from 21 September. Source: Original News
D.C. Sues Trump Administration Over Deployment of National Guard
The city is challenging the federal government’s authority to send troops into the city for what the president has called a “public safety emergency.” Source: Original News
Trump’s L.A. Military Deployment Cost $120 Million So Far, Newsom Says
The figure reflects the cost of the deployment since June 7, when President Trump ordered National Guard soldiers and Marines to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests. Source: Original News
Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.
Two former agency leaders said the administration’s “hostility” toward vaccines had spread to the agency’s top ranks. Source: Original News
TUC urges chancellor to consider wealth taxes in November Budget
TUC boss Paul Nowak says the chancellor should not take “anything off the table” ahead of November Budget. Source: Original News
Trump appeals to US Supreme Court to rule on legality of tariffs
The move is in response to a lower court ruling that some tariffs did not fall within the president’s mandate. Source: Original News
World’s largest sports piracy site shut down by police
The take-down of the site has been championed as a major victory for live sports broadcasters. Source: Original News
Thousands of Lloyds staff deemed to be underperforming face axe
Lloyds Banking Group’s policy puts 3,000 jobs at risk, with staff to be told they must improve their work or lose their job. Source: Original News
30,000 homes fitted with botched insulation under government schemes, ministers admit
The government has documented the number of homes blighted by sub-standard work for the first time. Source: Original News