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Johnson’s strategy to bypass Democrats’ SAVE Act blockade survives key vote, handing GOP big win
Speaker Mike Johnson has secured a procedural win in the House that allows Republicans to press ahead with the SAVE Act, a bill imposing new voter ID and citizenship-verification requirements, without needing Democratic cooperation. The manoeuvre, which survived a key vote, is being framed by the GOP as a major victory in its long-running push…
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Revealed: One Nation’s gagging order memo which banned party leaks is immediately leaked to the Daily Mail – as Pauline Hanson clamps down after Seven’s Spotlight expose and White Australia policy row
A confidential memo issued by Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party, instructing members not to leak information to the media, has itself been leaked to the Daily Mail. The clampdown follows a critical Spotlight investigation aired by Australia’s Seven Network and a separate controversy involving comments linked to the “White Australia” policy, both of which appear…
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Burnham’s brutal purge as Labour lurches to the Left: On Day 1, PM vows biggest political changes in 40 years, refuses to rule out tax hikes and puts fraudster in charge of his agenda (but shuns Miliband as Chancellor)
Andy Burnham has used his first day as Prime Minister to announce what he describes as the biggest political changes in 40 years, declining to rule out future tax increases and reshaping his top team with a series of striking Cabinet appointments. Ed Miliband was passed over for the role of Chancellor and instead made…
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Andy Burnham vows the biggest changes in 40 years – but not yet: Critics attack over delay to PM’s blueprint for reform
Andy Burnham, newly installed as Prime Minister, has promised what he calls the most significant reforms in 40 years, but critics say he is stalling on delivering the detail. Opponents have attacked his government for delaying the publication of a promised policy blueprint, arguing that bold rhetoric on change is not being matched by concrete…
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Hunter Biden’s Image Rehab Tour Takes a Hard Right
Hunter Biden is pursuing a public image rehabilitation effort that has taken an unexpected turn, with a forthcoming interview alongside far-right influencer Nick Fuentes due to premiere on Channel 5 News later this month. The sit-down, reportedly nearly turning physical, forms part of a broader pivot in which the former first son is recasting himself…
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Retired Lt. Col. running for Congress backs Trump Iran strategy: ‘He’s ending a 47-year conflict’
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Dave Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada’s second district, has publicly backed President Trump’s approach to Iran, praising the strategy as ending a decades-long conflict. Flippo, who is contesting the seat on a Trump-endorsed constitutional conservative platform, draws on his own military background to lend credibility to his support…
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Hunter Biden reveals he never wanted Joe Biden to run for re-election, but refused to tell him to stop
Hunter Biden has said in a new interview that he never wanted his father, Joe Biden, to seek a second term as president, but that he refused to urge him to abandon the re-election bid. The remarks add to a series of unusually candid disclosures from Hunter Biden as part of a recent podcast and…
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Prime Minister Burnham faces scrutiny as police funds row cleared and AliExpress hit with record EU fine
Andy Burnham’s early tenure comes under scrutiny while South Yorkshire Police are cleared of misusing a £65m black hole. Elsewhere, the EU fines AliExpress £470m, Washington’s filibuster row deepens, and experts warn of rising online exploitation of teenagers.
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Obama warns Vance is pushing ‘blood and soil’ version of ‘We the People’ mantra
Former US President Barack Obama accused Vice President JD Vance of promoting a “blood and soil” vision of American identity, contrasting it with the inclusive “We the People” ideal. Obama made the remarks on Thursday, pointedly noting that Vance is married to Usha Vance, the “daughter of an immigrant,” implying a contradiction between the vice…
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Andy Burnham promises to be ‘circuit-breaker’ PM as he purges cabinet
Andy Burnham has begun his premiership with a sweeping reshuffle, appointing John Healey as chancellor in a surprise move and vowing to be a “circuit-breaker” for a country weary of political turnover. The overhaul sees Rachel Reeves and David Lammy removed from cabinet, alongside other loyalists of his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer, as Burnham seeks…