The Independent

The head of the federal government agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wants the mortgage giants to consider accepting a homebuyer’s cryptocurrency holdings in their criteria for buying mortgages from banks

Country singer Parker McCollum will release his fifth studio album on Friday

Amelia’s name will now ‘stand for change’, her dad says

Ivan Bukelic was working on a water pipeline in Dubrovnik's old port when he found a wooden structure buried in the seabed

The research suggests frozen tax thresholds and rising council tax are among the factors causing stagnation

Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride warned that ‘tax rises are coming’ in this autumn’s budget, opposite Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

The deputy prime minister insisted the government will not back down over its planned vote on welfare reform next Tuesday

Public broadcaster issues apology after federal judge finds it sacked Antoinette Lattouf in response to an ‘orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists’

Wildfires can pollute rivers and streams for nearly a decade after they burn

Sir Keir Starmer faces the biggest rebellion of his career over the reforms

Leo also said there must be ‘firm and decisive’ action on addressing church sexual abuse

Manuscripts, music and lyric drafts, recordings, notebooks and scrapbooks from Stephen Sondheim have been donated to the Library of Congress

Now that Nato countries are putting muscle behind their promises on defence, the question over whether this will result in true commitment from the US president continues to hang over the summit, writes Millie Cooke

The Zambian government has won a last-minute court order stopping the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South Africa

Pope Leo XIV has affirmed that priests must be celibate

Thailand’s government has taken a further step to tighten control of cannabis sales after the health minister signed an order banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions

Increased competition from Asian manufacturers and reputational damage to the brand could be behind the fall

Anxiety, grief, sadness, anger

Demonstrators have gathered in The Hague to protest a two-day summit of NATO leaders, who are expected to agree to a new defense spending target.

Progressive shocks front-runner Andrew Cuomo in New York City mayoral race with stunning upset

After years submerged and centuries underground, the boat is now being transformed into a museum exhibit

Modernised version of Da Vinci rotor design could produce less sound intensity per unit lift, researchers say

The fast-changing war between Israel and Iran, which the U.S. recently inserted itself in by targeting Iran’s nuclear sites, has caused a mix of emotions among many in the Iranian diaspora in America

A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s medieval city of Dubrovnik

Four women are suing the former kickboxer over claims of sexual violence, which he denies