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    • Angela Rayner ‘earned more than £180,000 during year off from Government’ before being recalled by new PM Andy Burnham

      Angela Rayner reportedly earned more than £180,000 during a year away from Government before being recalled to a role under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham. The disclosure is likely to draw scrutiny given Rayner’s prominence in Labour politics and questions over how senior political figures supplement their income while out of office. Details of the…

    • House Democrats Probe StubHub CEO Over Claims of “Market Manipulation and Self-Dealing”

      House Democrats are investigating StubHub chief executive Eric Baker over concerns that his separate ticket-broking company, Andro Capital, may have received preferential treatment on StubHub’s resale platform. The inquiry matters because lawmakers believe the arrangement could have inflated ticket prices, disadvantaged smaller sellers and harmed consumers in an already contentious secondary-ticketing market. Baker is co-owner…

    • Gretchen Whitmer endorses Haley Stevens for Michigan Senate seat

      Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has endorsed Representative Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for the US Senate, giving Stevens a significant boost from one of the state party’s most prominent figures. The endorsement matters because the contest is a closely watched test of the Democratic Party’s moderate establishment against its progressive wing, and Michigan is…

    • Education Department removes anti-discrimination rule

      The US Education Department has removed rules allowing it to treat school policies with disproportionate racial or ethnic effects as discriminatory, unless intentional discrimination can be shown. The change weakens a longstanding civil-rights enforcement tool and could affect challenges to disciplinary and other school policies that produce unequal outcomes. The rules concerned “disparate impact” under…

    • Trump’s new tariffs hit with lawsuit 

      Two small US businesses have sued the Trump administration over a new round of tariffs, arguing that the president exceeded his legal authority to impose them. The challenge matters because it tests whether the administration can sustain its revised global tariff policy after earlier broad import duties were struck down in court. The case was…

    • Trump presses Thune to move reconciliation framework before August recess as tensions mount

      President Trump is pressing Senate Majority Leader John Thune to advance a House-approved budget reconciliation framework before Congress’s August recess, intensifying tensions between the White House and Senate Republicans. The dispute matters because reconciliation can allow legislation to pass the Senate with a simple majority, potentially enabling Republicans to pursue Trump’s priorities without Democratic support.…

    • Trump vows to investigate EU over fining of US tech companies

      Donald Trump has said the United States will investigate the European Union and may impose new tariffs in response to regulatory fines on major American technology companies. The threat escalates tensions over EU competition enforcement and could further complicate trade relations between Washington and Brussels. The comments followed a European Commission fine of €890m ($1bn)…

    • Platner campaign strategist admits tattoo, Reddit posts should have been ‘enough’ to disqualify him

      A former strategist for US Senate candidate Graham Platner has said that a controversial tattoo and a series of old Reddit posts uncovered during the campaign should have been considered sufficient grounds to disqualify him from running. The comments, reported by Fox News, add to scrutiny of Platner’s candidacy after both issues drew significant media…

    • Democratic panel picks South Carolina as first primary state

      A Democratic National Committee panel recommended that South Carolina again hold the party’s first presidential nominating contest in 2028, preserving the role it gained for the 2024 cycle. The proposal, pending approval by the full DNC, would give Black Democratic voters significant influence at the beginning of an expected open nomination race. The proposed early-state…

    • Trump fires back at EU over Google’s $1B fine, launches probe

      The article’s full text was unavailable, but its headline indicates that Donald Trump criticised the European Union after it imposed a roughly $1 billion fine on Google and announced a related US investigation. The dispute matters because it could intensify transatlantic tensions over technology regulation, competition policy and treatment of American companies. No further details,…