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HuffPost UKYvette Cooper Scrambles To Explain Why Another Minister Thinks Taxpayers Should Pay For The PM's Clothes
Kay Burley had a tense exchange with the home secretary over David Lammy's eyebrow-raising claim.
- The Telegraph
‘Disease and bankruptcy beckon’ under Labour as Britain’s worklessness crisis deepens
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to fire up Britain’s economy.
- Manchester Evening News
State pension Winter Fuel Payments axe campaign issues new update on progress
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing calls to scrap plans to means-test Winter Fuel Payments
- Yahoo Finance UK
How to prepare for possible pension changes in the budget
With the autumn budget coming up next month, there is much speculation around the possible changes that could be made to pensions.
- HuffPost
Ex-Aide Warns What Laura Loomer Really Wants From Donald Trump: ‘It’s Terrifying’
Sarah Matthews slammed far-right conspiracy theorist Loomer as the "ultimate sycophant" who is "clearly angling" for one thing.
- The Daily Beast
John Roberts’ Secret Trump Help Revealed in Huge SCOTUS Leak
The Supreme Court was hit by a flurry of damaging new leaks Sunday as a series of confidential memos written by the chief justice were revealed by The New York Times.The court’s Chief Justice John Roberts was clear to his fellow justices in February: He wanted the court to take up a case weighing Donald Trump’s right to presidential immunity—and he seemed inclined to protect the former president.“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,” Roberts wrote to
- The Telegraph
Reeves urged to launch £2bn inheritance tax raid on family homes
The Chancellor has been urged to launch a £2bn inheritance tax raid on family homes.
- Business Insider
A top poll showing Trump narrowly ahead in Iowa is a warning sign for his campaign
A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll has some findings that should give Trump some pause, as his struggles are about a lot more than Iowa.
- The Daily Beast
Hillary Clinton Calls Out Elon Musk for Threatening to ‘Rape’ Taylor Swift
As a listener, you could tell host Kara Swisher got excited when Hillary Clinton brought up Elon Musk’s unhinged attack on Taylor Swift during the latest episode of her podcast On. “Please comment on that,” Swisher implored Clinton after she mentioned that Donald Trump “had his alter ego Elon Musk say something really rotten and creepy about” Swift following her big endorsement of Kamala Harris. “Fine Taylor … you win … I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life,” Musk tweeted on d
- Benzinga
Mark Cuban Puts Stephen Miller On The Spot: 'Does Donald Trump Make Products Overseas? Yes Or No?' In Tariff Debate
Billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban has never been one to shy away from online battles, and the latest one was with Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to Donald Trump. The two have been sparring on social media about tariffs, American jobs, and where products are made. Cuban, who's been vocal about his opposition to Trump's economic policies, put Miller in the hot seat with a simple question: “Does Donald Trump make products overseas? Yes or No?” Don't Miss: Amid the ongoing EV
- The Independent
JD Vance appears to admit tale about Haitian immigrants eating pets is made-up as he loses cool with CNN host
Vance seemingly admitted the far-right ‘created’ the story about Haitian immigrants – then quickly tried to walk his words back
- HuffPost
Ohio Sheriff Suggests Collecting Addresses Of Kamala Harris Supporters
Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zachowski apparently said on Facebook officials could send “the Illegal human ‘Locust’” to homes supporting the vice president.
- The Independent
The inside story of how Putin torpedoed Starmer’s first big foreign policy ‘tough decision’ moment
News analysis: Starmer wants us to believe that he is the prime minister who ‘will make the tough decisions’ but his trip to Washington DC proved that he finds this much easier in regards to Britain’s pensioners than dealing with Putin
- Business Insider
Russia is furious over reports that a commander sent his best drone operators to die as infantrymen because they criticized him
Dmitry "Goodwin" Lysakovsky and Sergei "Ernest" Gritsai recorded a video saying that their commander had sent them to die after they argued with him.
- Stourbridge News
Letter: 'To all who voted Labour - congratulations'
Following the recent election I wrote to Cat Eccles our new representative in parliament to ask for clarity on some of the statements in the Labour Party manifesto I asked where she stands on full term abortion, banning conversion therapy, including Islam in blasphemy law.
- HuffPost
Ex-RNC Chair Exposes The Key Trump Error That Could Doom His Campaign
Michael Steele explained why the former president's strategy will likely fail.
- The Independent
North Korea inadvertently gives away location of nuclear weapons facility with pictures of Kim Jong-un visit
State media images of Kim Jong-un visiting a uranium enrichment plant did not include its location. But analysts say tell-tale features in the photographs are a ‘close match’ to a particular site near Pyongyang
- The Daily Beast
How Ukraine Turned Putin’s Own Trick Against Him
KHARKIV, Ukraine—Stuck in a crowded prison cell in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, 45-year-old Viktor faces a choice. He can stay where he is, serving out his sentence in the knowledge that a Russian bomb could hit the jail any day, or he can swap his cell for the dangers of the front lines, as a volunteer defending his country.“Better to go fight with weapons, than sit here,” he tells the Daily Beast.In a tactic borrowed from Vladimir Putin’s playbook, Ukraine has started releasing prisoners for
- The Guardian
Labour MPs who missed winter fuel vote given ‘feudal’ warning by whips
Letter warns abstainers over future conduct, while the one rebel MP apparently retains whip
- BuzzFeed
I Asked First-Time Voters If They're Going With Kamala Harris Or Donald Trump, And Some Of The Responses Were Really Surprising
"I wasn't previously motivated to vote before this election, honestly, but the hate, divisiveness, and negativity from the Trump campaign is ridiculous."