Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is a co-founder of the new left-wing Your Party via Associated PressAnother independent MP has just quit Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party as the chaos within the fledging group deepens. AdvertisementIt comes after he was criticised by the party’s co-founder, former Labour MP Zarah Sultana, earlier this week over gender-critical social media posts. He is also the second independent MP to quit – Adnan Hussain, the MP for Blackburn, resigned on November 14. It leaves the fledging group with four MPs: Corbyn, Sultana, Shockat Adam and Ayoub Khan, all of whom campaigned on a pro- Palestine platform in 2024. Mohamed claims in his departure statement on Friday that Sultana “voluntarily left the Independent Alliance and Your Party stewarding group” in September.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGIn their first meeting at the White House Friday, President Donald Trump congratulated New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and showered him with praise on his historic win. “I just want to congratulate — I think you’re gonna have, hopefully, a really great mayor,” Trump said. And congratulations, Mr. Mayor.”AdvertisementU.S. President Donald Trump (R) meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Nov. 21, 2025. I don’t mind,” Trump said, cheerfully patting Mamdani on his arm. Exhibit A is Zohran Mamdani,” Johnson said in October, adding that Mamdani’s impending victory threatened to undo 250 years of American capitalism.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGSarah Matthews, an ex-White House aide to Donald Trump, took on the current administration’s “gaslighting” on Friday after the president boosted a social media post calling for the execution of Democrats in Congress. ″[It’s] mind-boggling but not surprising,” said Matthews in an appearance on MS NOW. AdvertisementMatthews — a White House deputy press secretary in Trump’s first term who resigned after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — said it’s “absolutely insane” that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and other Trump officials are defending the post. “To me, it looks like the president is the one very clearly inciting violence here,” Matthews said. Matthews added that it’s “really shameful” that Republicans are “sane-washing” Trump’s posts instead of “very clearly” condemning them as all lawmakers should.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGIn a shocking move, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced Friday she’s resigning from Congress in January amid a public falling out with President Donald Trump and GOP leadership. Greene announced her decision to step down on Jan. 5, 2026, in a video and statement posted to X. pic.twitter.com/tSoHCeAjn1 — Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) November 22, 2025“My only goal and desire has ever been to hold the Republican Party accountable for the promises it makes to the American people and put America First,” Greene said in her statement. Greene also used her statement to rip into her House colleagues, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La. Despite all that, Greene handily won reelection in 2022 and 2024, receiving around 65% of the vote in both elections.

Cynthia told Graham Norton: “We only got together once we knew we were doing it. Advertisement“We knew that we wanted Wicked to be immersive,” Jon said. That’s what we do.”“They are the best singers in the world, so every song, they have been singing live,” Jon shared in a behind-the-scenes featurette. I want to be Glinda, not Ariana Grande playing Glinda’,” the Oscar winner told the LA Times. AdvertisementMany of Pfannee and Shenshen’s asides were also improvised by Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James on the set of Wicked.

Lily Allen via Associated PressLily Allen is opening up about the creation of her latest album West End Girl. AdvertisementDuring a new conversation with CBS Mornings, the British star was asked if she had any “reluctance” creating an album that is so personal. “I didn’t because at the time, I wasn’t even really thinking about it as… like… a commercial endeavour,” she admitted. I needed some quiet time.”AdvertisementSince its release in October, West End Girl has been a hit both critically and commercially, receiving positive reviews from critics, fans and Lily’s industry peers, as well as becoming her highest-charting album since 2014. Elsewhere in her CBS Mornings interview, Lily opened up about the reception that West End Girl has received since it came out, which she’s found both “strange” and “overwhelming”:Advertisement

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan likely discriminates on the basis of race. AdvertisementThe court’s conservative majority has blocked similar lower court rulings because they have come too close to elections. The state is calling on the high court to intervene to avoid confusion as congressional primary elections approach in March. The justices have blocked past lower-court rulings in congressional redistricting cases, most recently in Alabama and Louisiana, that came several months before elections. To counter those moves, California voters approved a ballot initiative to give Democrats an additional five seats there.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGRight-wing influencer Benny Johnson weighed in Thursday on the recent break between some conservatives and President Donald Trump over U.S. foreign involvement. A patriot is an American that serves the United States of America, and Americans like the women standing behind me,” Greene said Tuesday. However, Johnson said he believes Greene is “going to try and make good with President Trump,” comparing her remarks to “constructive criticism,” before drawing an odd analogy involving domestic violence. Advertisement“Listen, if you love your friend, are you just going to watch him like, go home and beat his wife? We elected you to be daddy here to care for your children, which are American,” Johnson said.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGRumer Willis is sharing another heart-wrenching update about her dad, Bruce Willis. The “Die Hard” star now has frontotemporal dementia, a progressive brain disorder, after first being diagnosed with aphasia in 2022. Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesAdvertisementWillis married fellow actor Demi Moore in 1987, welcoming Rumer and her sisters Scout and Tallulah before the couple finalized their divorce in 2000. He has since had two more kids with his second wife, Emma Heming Willis, whom he married in 2009. And I get to feel the love that he has for me and that he puts out for me, and I can love him — and be with him.”

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGA BBC board member is the latest to resign from the broadcaster amid the backlash to a documentary that President Donald Trump plans to sue over. Advertisement“While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim,” a spokesperson said. The BBC issued its statement after Trump’s lawyers demanded the broadcaster apologize, retract the documentary and provide him with compensation for the “overwhelming reputational and financial harm” the documentary allegedly caused him. Trump vowed to proceed with legal action after his demands were not met. “We’ll sue them for anywhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One last Friday.

What is in Trump’s 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine? Could Trump’s plan work? Senior consulting fellow for Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia Programme, Keir Giles, seemed unconvinced – and pointed out a clear flaw with Trump’s plan. They have spilled too much blood and treasure to surrender their land.”Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has insisted he will not betray Ukraine’s national interest while he considers Trump’s plan. While Ukraine weighs up how to respond, Giles predicted negotiations will go “round and round” because Trump’s deal is “meaningless and unenforceable”.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGA Pennsylvania woman who voted for Donald Trump three times expressed disappointment with the cost of living, despite the president’s repeated claim that he’s lowered it since taking office. Very, very let down, because I feel like it’s only gotten worse,” Jenique Jones, a credit specialist in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, told CNN’s John King in a special that aired Friday morning. AdvertisementShe told King that times are tough for the clients whose finances she manages. Earlier this month, Trump defended his economy on Fox News after another one of his supporters confronted him about the cost of living. Among those splitting from the president is MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who accused Trump of “gaslighting” Americans on prices.

The “White Lotus” star, who recently shared her refreshing take on not wanting to be married to her longterm partner, is now opening up about her decision to be childless. Bibb appeared on Jenna Bush Hager’s “Open Book” podcast on Thursday, where she spoke about finding out what she wanted ― and didn’t want ― in life. Advertisement“I don’t want kids, it’s not a chip I have,” Bibb said while discussing a moment of self-discovery. Advertisement“I wanted my mom there, but I knew that I had a better, more fun mom, because she was really fulfilled by her work,” Bibb explained. AdvertisementBibb is one of the few celebrity women ― and men ― who are speaking up about wanting to be childless by choice.

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