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#Resistance Democrats are flopping in primaries
Alexander Vindman’s Senate primary loss Tuesday is the latest stumble from a top Trump critic.
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Miliband and Israel clash over controversial West Bank settlement project
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and the Israeli government began a war of words over a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank.
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Cherie Blair warns Andy Burnham’s ‘troubling’ plan to solve prisons overcrowding crisis threatens women
Cherie Blair, the barrister and human rights lawyer, has publicly criticised a proposal from Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, aimed at addressing England and Wales’s ongoing prison overcrowding crisis, describing the plan as “troubling” because of the risk it poses to women. The intervention adds a prominent legal voice to the wider debate…
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Sue Gray describes mistrust and leaks inside Starmer’s Downing Street
Baroness Sue Gray has described her time as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff as “unbearable”, revealing in her first broadcast interview since resigning that she faced sustained briefing against her and felt unable to speak freely for fear that conversations would be leaked to journalists. Speaking to Ed Balls on the Political Currency podcast,…
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Illegal dumping could land culprits with £5,000 fines in new Government crackdown on waste
“These toxic dumps have blighted communities for too long”
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Sue Gray admits it was ‘unbearable’ working in No10 for Keir Starmer as ex-top aide reveals she feared ‘someone was recording everything you say’
Sue Gray, who served as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff before her departure from Downing Street, has reportedly described her time working in No 10 as “unbearable”. The comments, relayed by a former senior aide, offer a rare and unflattering glimpse into the internal atmosphere of Starmer’s government during its early period in power,…
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Facial recognition at football grounds, Trump-Cohen sit-down, and Root steadies England’s post-Stokes era
Scotland’s chief inspector of constabulary, Craig Naylor, has urged ministers and policing leaders to consider live facial recognition and drones as tools against football-related disorder. His intervention followed incidents including disorder around Celtic and Rangers fixtures, but Police Scotland does not currently use live facial recognition. The proposal would place Scotland within a wider UK…
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AI agent suggested installing a malware package. Engineer almost took its advice
An AI coding assistant recommended that a software engineer install a malicious package disguised as a legitimate library, but the developer’s company caught it in time thanks to a policy requiring manual verification of any AI-suggested software. The incident, disclosed by Sergiy Fitsak, managing director of consultancy Softjourn, highlights a growing supply-chain risk known as…
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Rising UK consumer confidence gives Andy Burnham ‘golden opportunity’, survey says – business live
UK consumer confidence has risen sharply, presenting new prime minister Andy Burnham with what commentators describe as a “golden opportunity” to capitalise on improving public sentiment. The findings come from a survey by Opinium for the British Retail Consortium (BRC), which tracks how confident shoppers feel about the economy and their own finances, and matters…
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Trump pick to lead FDA was architect of Joe Rogan-backed policy to promote psychedelics
Donald Trump’s pick to head the US Food and Drug Administration has been named as the architect of a push, backed publicly by podcaster Joe Rogan, to promote wider access to psychedelic drugs. The appointment is notable because it signals a potential shift in the FDA’s approach to psychedelics, which have traditionally been tightly restricted…