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Cory Booker launches marathon Senate speech

April 1, 2025

Meet the Republican who wants to be the next Jim Jordan

Sinema lands at Hogan Lovells

Major incident in Birmingham as ‘17,000 tonnes’ of rubbish piles up

Sentencing guidelines for ethnic minority suspects delayed after backlash

Controversial sentencing guidelines that were due to come into force on Tuesday have been delayed after a political backlash.

Capitol agenda: The GOP’s 3 big tests in April

Republicans are facing a trifecta of major challenges this week on President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, his trade war escalation...

Lib Dem leader says he would not buy a Tesla – as he tries another way of getting around

Sir Ed Davey has said people are "changing their mind" on Tesla electric cars and he would not buy one.

Has Starmer played Trump right?

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Illegal migration ‘pits nations against one another’, Starmer to tell summit

Sir Keir Starmer is set to address a summit today aimed at cracking down illegal migration.

Starmer and Trump discuss ‘productive negotiations’ towards US-UK trade deal, Downing Street says

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have discussed the "productive negotiations" towards a UK-US "economic prosperity deal", Downing Street has...

‘Two-tier justice’ row: Government plans to change law to overrule sentencing council

The government plans to change the law so it can overrule Sentencing Council guidelines following a row over "two-tier justice",...

MP’s £900 ‘pet rent’ claim prompts ministers to call for expenses review

A senior Labour MP's £900 "pet rent" expenses claim has prompted ministers to call for a review of what MPs...

Government looking at other countries to process asylum seekers in, home secretary says

The government is looking at other countries it could process asylum seekers in, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has told Sky...

Morning-after pill set to be made free from pharmacies in bid to end ‘unfair postcode lottery’