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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Financial services myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The UK payments regulator has warned Visa and Mastercard it will take action to tackle a lack of competition and transparency in the card payments market that it said was costing British businesses millions of pounds a year.Visa and Mastercard, which account for 95 per cent of all debit and credit card payments in the UK, have increased the fees they charge merchants by 25 per cent above inflation since 2017, costing UK businesses at least £170mn extra a year, the Payment…

Jill Warren heads the European Cyclists’ Federation, a Brussels-based nongovernmental organization that advocates cycling to help lower carbon emissions.

A terrifying ordeal unfolded for passengers onboard a flight from Minneapolis to Toronto, and a celebrity created quite a stir over his portrayal of a Trump supporter. Do you know the details? Test your knowledge with this week’s Fox News Digital News Quiz!Looking for more? A U.S. city revealed its controversial “gift room” online in our previous week’s News Quiz.Test yourself on White House wonders, pie preferences and space-age successes in this week’s American Culture Quiz.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPIf you’re looking to play even more, you can find all of our quizzes by clicking here.Check back next week…

As a mom of four, Jessie James Decker is more in love with her body today than she was at 23 years old. In a new interview, the country singer, 36, opened up about her postpartum journey after giving birth to her son, Denver, one year ago and got candid about the mental and physical challenges she’s faced along the way. “After I stopped nursing, I was like, ‘Wow, [the weight] is not coming off as fast as it did before. I’m going to have to really go for it this time,’” Decker – who shares daughter Vivianne, 10, and sons Eric…

To hear Dan Bongino describe it, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is “the single most corrupt law enforcement institution” in America and a “full-blown leftist political action committee” devoted to covering up Democratic crimes and withholding the truth from the American people.“It is time for an absolute housecleaning,” he said in 2023.Now Mr. Bongino — the longtime right-wing pundit, podcaster and vocal ally of President Trump — has been tapped to serve as the agency’s new deputy director. His podcast and radio show will end production on March 14.The job, which does not require Senate confirmation, has traditionally been filled…

Boeing 737s on the ground in Renton, Washington.Leslie Josephs | CNBCPresident Donald Trump expressed frustration in recent days about the long wait for a pair of Boeing 747s that will serve as the new Air Force One planes.The jets are years behind schedule. Trump negotiated the $4 billion contract for the aircraft during his first term, and it isn’t clear whether they’ll be ready during his current one. Cost overruns have totaled more than $2 billion to date.Trump advisor Elon Musk is working with Boeing in hopes of delivering the aircraft faster, the manufacturer’s chief executive, Kelly Ortberg, reiterated on…

More than a month into US President Donald Trump’s second term, his brutal crackdown on immigration and asylum seekers has already harmed countless people. Law enforcement has carried out mass raids across the United States, rounding up people. Tens of thousands have been deported, and the pathway to asylum has been blocked for tens of thousands more. In the face of this onslaught, people have mobilised en masse to protect vulnerable groups at the local and national levels. One piece of legislation could make a difference in this struggle: the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act, introduced to…

Hampton Dellinger, head of the federal government’s independent watchdog agency, ended his fight to keep his job on Thursday, bowing to President Trump’s effort to remove a key figure scrutinizing the recent mass firings of federal workers.As chief of the Office of Special Counsel, Mr. Dellinger is charged with investigating appeals from federal employees who believe they have been wrongly dismissed. Less than 24 hours earlier, he had announced that his office had successfully obtained an order that temporarily allows thousands of Department of Agriculture employees swept up in Elon Musk’s government-gutting effort to get back to work.But within hours,…

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said that law enforcement found no sign of an active shooter and zero injuries at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, despite calls regarding multiple gunshots. However, they are still sweeping the building out of an abundance of caution. There are no details on what occurred at the base.An earlier statement from NAS Pensacola read, “NAS Pensacola Navy Security Forces and local law enforcement entities are responding to an active shooter situation March 6 onboard Corry Station.” “Our Security team is responding swiftly and expertly with our local law enforcement partners,” said Capt. Chandra Newman said in…

The Port Newark Container Terminal in Newark, New Jersey, March 3, 2025.Kena Betancur/View Press | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesTariffs on Canada and Mexico took effect Tuesday — and they’re bound to raise prices for consumers, sometimes in unexpected ways, according to economists.Tariffs are a tax on foreign imports, paid by the U.S. entity importing a particular good.President Donald Trump on Tuesday imposed a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico, the two largest trading partners of the United States. Trump set a lower 10% tariff on energy from Canada.Businesses typically pass along some of the additional cost of tariffs…