Starmer faces call to appoint woman to secretary of state role
Female Labour figures say the prime minister told them he understood the need to end a “boy’s club” mentality in […]
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The U.S. budget deficit will widen over the next decade as interest costs consume an increasing share of spending, the CBO said in a forecast that highlighted the country’s long-run fiscal challenges
The budget deficit will widen over the next decade as interest costs consume an increasing share of spending, the CBO
PM says peer did not give ‘full account’ over links to sex offender
Sir Keir Starmer was asked at Prime Minister’s Questions about his decision to award a peerage to Lord Doyle. Source
‘GOP’ House candidate admits she’s actually a progressive in viral video: ‘Telling people the truth’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A video is going viral of a congressional candidate in North Carolina
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick became the first Trump administration cabinet official to publicly admit visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s island. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:
Plus, immigration-enforcement chiefs defend the administration’s crackdown, and Vance stumbles on the Armenian genocide issue. Source link
Lib Dems plan to replace Treasury with growth department
The party’s deputy leader says the move would end the “doom loop” of “short-term Treasury tax grabs”. Source link
Chris Mason: Smiles of a survivor as Starmer attempts his latest reset
Some political air has been cleared for Sir Keir but fundamental issues remain unaltered, the BBC’s political editor writes. Source
A grand jury declined to indict multiple Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Mark Kelly, who in a video told military servicemembers they could refuse to obey illegal orders, sources said.
Senators Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan are among the lawmakers the grand jury refused to indict.
House lawmakers rejected an attempt by Speaker Mike Johnson to block votes on resolutions disapproving of President Trump’s tariffs—paving the way for lawmakers to rebuke Trump’s signature economic policy
The vote is a stinging rebuke of GOP leadership that paves the way for challenges to Trump’s signature economic policy.
Susan Collins shrugs off attacks by Democrats and Trump, says Maine voters ‘Don’t vote party line’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republican Sen. Susan Collins is well aware of the tough path ahead