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Angela Rayner admits she still vapes – on same day Labour minister launches crackdown on vape shops
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has acknowledged that she still uses vapes, with the admission emerging on the same day a fellow Labour minister unveiled new measures targeting vape shops. The timing has drawn attention given the government’s own push to tighten regulation of the vaping industry, highlighting a perceived inconsistency between ministers’ personal habits…
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DOJ opinion extends executive privilege to president’s communications with private advisers
A new Justice Department memo argues the president can assert executive privilege not just over communications with his White House staff but also with “private advisors” outside of government, an interpretation that would broaden the number of individuals President Trump could try to shield from congressional investigations. The Monday opinion from DOJ’s Office of Legal…
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Trump lashes out after liberal think tank says National Guard deployments did not reduce violent crime
President Trump on Monday lashed out at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank, after it released a report last month suggesting the National Guard deployments failed to reduce violent crime. “Chandler Hall, representing, on Television, the foolish Center for American Lack of Progress, stated that adding the National Guard to Cities,…
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Historic preservation rule changes threaten more than just monuments
The Trump administration’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has voted to overhaul the regulations underpinning Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, a process that reviews roughly 120,000 federal actions a year to protect historic sites. The article’s author, a former Senate-confirmed chair of the council, warns the changes would weaken protections nationwide and…
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WHO defends childhood immunization schedules after Trump reduction order
The World Health Organization has publicly defended its childhood immunisation guidelines after President Trump signed an executive order reinforcing his administration’s move to cut the number of recommended childhood vaccines in the United States from 17 to 11. A WHO spokesperson said the organisation’s vaccination schedules are based on years of global scientific research into…
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Trump says FIFA would make ‘terrible mistake’ replacing Infantino
President Trump came to the defense of FIFA president Gianni Infantino as he faces mounting pressure to resign as head of the federation. FIFA, the president wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday “would be making a terrible mistake if, for any reason, they even considered replacing President Gianni Infantino.” Trump called Infantino “fantastic,”…
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New midterm battleground takes shape as parties build election armies
Republicans and Democrats are increasingly focused on the infrastructure of elections themselves, not just candidates and policy, as both parties race to build up poll-watching and organisational capacity ahead of the 2026 midterms. The Republican National Committee says it has already surpassed its 2024 poll-worker recruitment numbers, reflecting President Donald Trump’s long-standing emphasis on who…
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Trump Administration Splits MMR Vaccine Into Three Separate Doses, Drawing Medical Warnings
President Trump has signed an executive order modifying federal childhood immunisation policy by separating the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual doses spaced across multiple doctor visits,
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Thailand suspends new gun permits after mass shooting
Thailand’s government has suspended the issuing of new gun permits following a mass shooting at a school in Nonthaburi, near Bangkok, in which a 14-year-old killed eight people and then himself. The move follows an earlier ban on existing licence-holders carrying weapons in public, and comes as the prime minister pledges to fast-track tougher gun…
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Dave Matthews Band Announces 2026 Fall Tour Dates
Dave Matthews Band has announced its 2026 Fall Tour, a US headline run beginning on 4 November at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The tour will call at venues including Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, United Center in Chicago, CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore and Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, before closing with a two-night…