The Information Commissioner’s Office advised Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace and Justice Project to consider referring the unauthorised Your Party membership launch to Report Fraud or the police, saying serious criminal activity may have occurred. The ICO also assessed that formal ICO involvement was not required at this time.
Nigel Farage announced Laila Cunningham as Reform UK's candidate for London mayor and said the party will seek to unseat incumbent Sadiq Khan; Cunningham emphasised law-and-order concerns and opposed the Ulez expansion.
Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested outside the California Public Utilities Commission in San Francisco, urging greater oversight of Waymo's self-driving taxis after recent incidents; the CPUC met to consider expanded rules.
A GoFundMe set up for Renee Nicole Good’s family has raised more than $1.5 million after she was shot by an ICE agent; the Department of Homeland Security described the shooting as self‑defense and the FBI has opened an investigation.
Major League Baseball announced that free agent outfielder Max Kepler has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for epitrenbolone, a metabolite of trenbolone; the suspension takes effect immediately and would apply if he signs with a team during the 2026 season.
Laura Ingraham was confronted by a protester while reporting in Minneapolis during demonstrations after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good; the FBI is leading the investigation and local officials have publicly questioned federal actions.
Officials say two people described as linked to the Tren de Aragua gang were shot in Portland after agents say their vehicle moved toward ICE officers; the FBI and the Oregon Department of Justice have opened investigations.
X Corp filed a federal lawsuit in Texas against 18 major music publishers and the National Music Publishers' Association, alleging they conspired to block competition and force industrywide licensing. The complaint says the publishers represent more than 90% of U.S. copyrighted music.
The Scottish Government has appealed an Information Commissioner's ruling that it wrongly withheld evidence from the investigation into Nicola Sturgeon, saying release would risk contempt of court; the government has lodged an appeal at the Court of Session.
Public health data show 702 imported cases of typhoid and paratyphoid in the UK in 2024, an 8% increase from 2023. Reports note a transferable resistance gene, blaNDM-5, and prior outbreaks of extensively drug-resistant typhoid in South Asia.
