President’s request sets up landmark cause over presidential authorityIn this defining moment for America, support the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 1.13am GMT An active investigation into Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, includes probes into possible campaign finance violations and a failure to register as a foreign agent, Read more
Housing crisis forcing local authorities to spend vast sums of money on ‘unsuitable’ emergency accommodation, campaigners warn Via: Councils spend more than £1.1bn on temporary housing for homeless people in space of a year
The border city in eastern Texas continues to recover from the racially-driven attack that targeted Mexicans and killed 22 peopleThree months after one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern US history, the Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, where 22 were killed in an August rampage reopened on Thursday Read more
Targets revealed amid legal action against Crown Prosecution Service over plummeting rape charges Via: Rape victims who had cases dropped could demand review over 'secret prosecution targets'
Service attributes rise from last year to greater awareness among children and increase in online targetingThe number of child sexual exploitation victims counselled by Childline has risen by 16% in a year, with perpetrators believed to be increasingly preying on targets online.The NSPCC’s round-the-clock service delivered 4,500 counselling sessions in Read more
Industry fails to agree on compensation plan after current scheme expiresBank transfer scam victims risk being left unprotected from January after the industry failed to agree a plan to compensate people.More than £1m a day is being lost to scams in which people are duped into authorising a payment to Read more
Officer sprayed in face with ‘unknown substance’ as police chase suspect Via: Intruder breaks into gallery to steal priceless Rembrandt paintings
Shareholders would not be paid ‘market value’ for assets under £50bn nationalisation Via: Nationalising water, energy and Royal Mail would pay for itself within seven years, according to new research
LA county sheriff says suspect is in custody at a hospitalShooting happened at Saugus high school in CaliforniaAt least two students have been killed and three more injured after a 16-year-old suspect opened fire at a southern California high school, the latest deadly school shooting to hit the US.Early reports Read more
Campaigners warn that ‘rough sex defence’ is becoming more common in UK Via: Millionaire who claimed his girlfriend died accidentally after 'rough sex' loses appeal against prison sentence