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new video loaded: How Trump Could Gain Control of the FedBy Ben Casselman, Melanie Bencosme, June Kim, Gabriel Blanco and Jon Hazell•August 28, 2025President Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook has laid bare the erosion of the Federal Reserve’s independence, which could lead to economic consequences for Americans, The New York Times’s chief economics correspondent explains.Recent episodes in Behind the ReportingShow more videos from Behind the Reporting

Tesla sales slumped 40% across Europe in July compared with a year earlier as Elon Musk’s electric car company faces increasingly tough competition from its Chinese rival BYD.There were 8,837 sales of Tesla cars last month across the EU, the European Free Trade Association and the UK, according to figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). That compared with 14,769 at the same point last year.New car registrations for BYD across Europe rose to 13,503 last month, compared with 4,151 a year earlier. BYD now has 1.2% market share, the ACEA found. Tesla’s share remains at 0.8%.Chinese car brands,…

Dozens of Hollywood A-listers will descend on the Venice film festival this week, but activists hope to shift the spotlight from the red carpet to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.With an anti-war demonstration planned for one of the festival’s biggest nights on Saturday, questions over the biennale’s stance on Gaza dominated Wednesday’s launch event.Scores of local political and grassroots organisations are expected to join the march, running under the title Stop the Genocide – Free Palestine.More than 1,500 people, including industry figures, have signed an open letter from the group Venice4Palestine (V4P) calling on the festival “to be more courageous…

Andrew Flintoff has said he “didn’t know if I had it in me to carry on” after his crash at the Top Gear test track.The 47-year-old was speaking on Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams: Ultimate Test, the third series to be made in which the former England cricket captain attempts to build new teams from teenagers who have limited experience of the game.In the first episode of the new BBC One series which launches on Sunday 7 September, Flintoff attempts to build his first team of girls in Blackpool, and one of the teenagers he invites to join them asks…

August 28, 20253 min readThese Succulents Glow in the Dark—And They’re GorgeousHouseplants become rechargeable night-lights after injection with tiny phosphor particlesBy Katherine Bourzac & Nature magazine Researchers gave these succulents in the Echevaria genus a glow up by injecting them with luminescent particles. University students might soon have something other than black-light posters to brighten their dorm rooms. Researchers have created glow-in-the-dark plants by injecting succulents with materials similar to those that make the posters light up. The fleshy plants shine as brightly as a night light, and can be made to do so in a wide variety of colours…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

A nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who was at the centre of sex tape scandal last year, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement.Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the former head of the National Financial Investigation Agency, diverted money for personal use, a court ruled. Nicknamed “Bello” because of his good looks, the married Engonga gained notoriety last year, when he appeared in leaked videos having sex with different women – many of them wives and relatives of people close to the centre of power. The leak occurred while he was in detention, accused of depositing…

Football’s 32 clubs are worth $7.1 billion on average, a 25% year-over-year jump, but the Dallas Cowboys sit tall in the saddle with a record valuation for any sports franchise. Last August, the Dallas Cowboys became the first pro sports team ever worth $10 billion. But a handful of stake sales around the NFL over the past 12 months—as well as the $6.1 billion sale of the NBA’s Boston Celtics and the $10 billion deal for the Los Angeles Lakers—have shown that investors are more desperate than ever to join the sports franchise dogpile, and the Cowboys have now galloped…

A central Japanese town wants to limit smartphone use for all its 69,000 residents to two hours a day, in a move that has sparked intense debate on device addiction.The proposal, believed to be the first of its kind in Japan, is currently being debated by lawmakers after being submitted by Toyoake municipal government in Aichi earlier this week.Toyoake’s mayor said the proposal – which only applies outside of work and study – would not be strictly enforced, but rather was meant to “encourage” residents to better manage their screen time.There will be no penalties for breaking the rule, which…

Mariah Carey has shared the track list for her 16th LP, Here for It All. The album, out Sept. 26, will feature 11 songs, including collaborations with Anderson. Paak and the Clark Sisters. “Tracklist is here!” Carey wrote on Instagram. “My new album Here For It All is out 9/26. Can’t wait for you to hear it!!” Here for It All is Carey’s long-awaited follow-up album to 2018’s Caution. She began teasing the LP earlier this summer after confirming that a new album was finished during a recent event with Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden celebrating the 10th anniversary of Apple Music. “Well,…