Politics

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Trump administration closes the national database tracking police misconduct
Database, initially proposed by Trump in 2020 and established by the Biden administration in 2023, is now offline.
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Donald Trump is being sued by AP for banning journalists from the White House and Mar-a-Lago
The Associated Press filed a lawsuit against three Trump administration officials on Friday after the organization’s journalists were prohibited from Mar-a-Lago, Air Force One, and even the White House for declining to call the Gulf of Mexico the ’Gulf of America.’
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Donald Trump criticizes Keir Starmer just days before their meeting
Donald Trump has criticized Keir Starmer just days before they are set to meet at the White House. He also renewed his attacks on Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky following their recent exchanges.
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Trump replaces Oval Office desk after incident with Elon Musk’s son
The White House has assured the public it’s snot a permanent change.
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Reeves breaks her fiscal rules and borrows £11.6 billion more than this time last year
Rachel Reeves is borrowing £11.6 billion more than she did at this time last year.
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Labour MP dismissed over offensive WhatsApp messages being investigated by Parliamentary watchdog
The Labour MP who was dismissed due to offensive messages sent in a WhatsApp group chat is being investigated by the Parliamentary standards commissioner.
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How Saudi Arabia’s crown prince transformed the kingdom into a key player in global politics
Riyadh is emerging as a new center of political influence. On Feb. 18, the Saudi capital hosted the first meeting between Russian and U.S. delegations regarding the war in Ukraine.
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Rachel Reeves receives a £15 billion tax boost to UK finances, which is smaller than expected
January surplus remains the highest on record but is below the £20bn predicted by City economists.
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Nigel Farage disagrees with Trump’s claim of Zelenskyy being a ’dictator’
Reform leader contradicts Trump rant, stating ’you shouldn’t always take things Donald Trump says absolutely literally.’
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The chief whip’s diaries disclose the rescue of a Tory MP from a KGB agent in a London brothel
From MPs’ requests for peerages to Rishi Sunak labeling a minister as ‘fucking useless’, tales from former chief whip Simon Hart’s diaries have garnered attention.
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UK Defence Secretary addresses Donald Trump’s ’dictator’ comment about Ukraine’s Zelensky for the first time
Defense Secretary John Healey expressed his support for Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, commending his leadership and dedication to his country amid Moscow’s brutal invasion.
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Trump declares himself ’King’
The White House reacted by sharing a doctored image of Trump wearing a crown on social media.
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Here’s what will occur upon the death of Pope Francis
Embalmed hearts, 3 different coffins, and secretive power struggles: What happens when popes die.
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have ’dismantled world order’ as a new ’nuclear’ era emerges
Donald Trump’s willingness to cozy up to dictator Vladimir Putin while questioning the legitimacy of Volodymyr Zelensky as Ukraine’s leader has ushered the world into a new and worrying era.
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Business Secretary faces calls to resign over ’fabricated CV’ after falsely claiming to be a lawyer
The business secretary is facing calls to resign after it emerged he referred to himself as a solicitor on his CV, despite never qualifying.
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Six erratic actions Trump took in the last 24 hours - ’dictator’ Zelensky and ’king’ Donald
Despite Ukraine dominating headlines, Trump still found time to declare himself a King, challenge a court ruling that would prevent him from having his way, and threaten to strip Washington DC of its autonomy.
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Inside the Ukraine peacekeeping plan that Starmer will present to Trump next week
Sir Keir Starmer will present Donald Trump with a Ukraine peacekeeping plan when the two leaders meet next week following the president’s blistering attack on Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Starmer supports ’democratically elected’ Zelenskyy following Trump’s ’dictator’ remark about the Ukrainian leader
The prime minister’s show of support for Volodymyr Zelenskyy comes after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch refuted Mr. Trump’s comment but said the US leader was right that Europe "needs to pull its weight".
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Top Tory unintentionally reveals party’s alarming record on prison spaces
In response to a written question from Tory MP Richard Holden, a justice minister disclosed that the Conservatives expanded the prison estate capacity by fewer than 500 spaces over fourteen years.
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Trump refers to Zelenskyy as a ’dictator without elections’
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Keir Starmer’s alarming forecast as he proposes offering UK soldiers to Ukraine during an emergency meeting
Keir Starmer is set to participate in crisis talks with European leaders in Paris today to discuss how to respond to Donald Trump’s decision to initiate peace negotiations with Vladimir Putin.
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Joe Haines, Harold Wilson’s press secretary and former Mirror editor, dies at 97
The Labour Party announced that Joe Haines, a ’lifelong Labour supporter’ and former Daily Mirror assistant editor, passed away at his home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on Wednesday.
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Sanctioned Bosnian Serb leader invites Rudy Giuliani for a visit
Amid ongoing U.S. sanctions against him, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik courts controversy by inviting Rudy Giuliani, as he intensifies his push for Republika Srpska’s independence despite growing concerns over regional stability.
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"Out of her depth" Rachel Reeves criticized over her handling of the economy as inflation rises to 3%
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been criticized by the Tories as "out of her depth" after inflation figures rose to 3%, nearly the highest level in almost 10 months.
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UK government hastily processed vetting for top investment minister
Watchdog was given only 48 hours to scrutinize tech executive Poppy Gustafsson, known for her work with Mike Lynch’s companies, Autonomy and Darktrace.