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Some of the new sanctions focus on organizations that supply or support Russia’s defense sector. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/LhnCi9N

A TV anchor and the boss of state-backed news channel RT are among the latest names to be sanctioned. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Ukm3Qgt

The White House said the president would announce a plan to release reserves of crude daily for six months. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/nzEyMfS

The change is aimed at providing transgender, nonbinary or gender-nonconforming Americans a way to accurately identify themselves. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/gzrP61l

Rival trips seek to enlist Delhi's support over the war in Ukraine. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/1DbndYr

Economists hoped that as households shifted spending back to services, price gains would cool. That effect might be less pronounced now. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/2kT4icj

Senator Susan Collins, a centrist from Maine, said a second meeting with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson alleviated her concerns. It is unclear if other Republicans will join her. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/P0m8i6M

Spirit of America was focused on helping counter Russian propaganda but now is sending helmets, Kevlar vests, radios and vehicles to Ukraine. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/foIeZz2

The PM and Labour leader offer support to Jamie Wallis, who has spoken out about his private life. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/zGpBFSe

The head of the UK Covid inquiry, Baroness Hallett, is talking to people who lost loved ones in the pandemic. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/OJtszxd

But Boris Johnson's deputy says there is no suggestion his boss lied to Parliament over lockdown gatherings. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/lntsgYx

Jamie Wallis opens up about being victim of rape and blackmail, and fleeing scene of a crash. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/rUcxseh

A new government scheme is designed to encourage farmers to move away from gas-dependent fertilisers. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Na9bxKL

The stand-in clerk went viral after clips from a Cheshire council meeting got millions of views online. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/6bCjIZR

Boris Johnson is "best placed to lead this country now" says his former health secretary. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/ZUDOaAP

The job market remained very strong last month, suggesting that workers remain in high demand and are still quitting more often, a Labor Department report showed. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/M3gOjZJ

Peter Hebblethwaite tells a Scottish Parliament committee he has "no plans to resign" amid an outcry over the sacking of 800 staff. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Xmfp2q7

The council tax rebate scheme is due to come into force in April, but councils warn payments could be delayed. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/K5GF6sx

Labour could force ministers to reveal how Lord Lebedev was cleared for a seat in the House of Lords. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/WnxZAac

British people want a PM "they can trust and respect" says Labour's Louise Haigh about Boris Johnson and Downing Street parties. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/nuzWhOr

Dame Cressida's deputy will be interim commissioner until her successor is appointed this summer. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/HAkvLVs

The BBC's former political editor will take over the flagship Sunday morning politics show. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/AGYq3sX

It is part of a bid to persuade P&O Ferries to reinstate 800 staff sacked without notice 11 days ago. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Dsfp6w7

Critics say the plans for England's schools lack ambition and could leave poorer pupils further behind. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Ylj0GBq

The former International Criminal Court judge will advise Ukraine's prosecutor, attorney general says. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/JofBZwa

Administration officials were forced to walk back the ad-lib that Russian President Vladimir V. Putin “cannot remain in power,” which captured the attention of foreign policy experts, lawmakers and allies. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/X9J0Q2k

The ex-Labour leader says his wife, who has Alzheimer's, has been "a continent of rocks". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/gAUonrE

Local elections in England, Wales and Scotland, and a general election in Northern Ireland, will happen on 5 May. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/2fZg3nI

The countries, which have their own relationships with Russia, have provided some modest backing, but Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will ask for more. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/3P2zA7T

It comes under plans to boost standards and ensure children can reach their potential at school. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/HOKCnic

The conclusion of Mr. Biden’s speech on Saturday was a reminder of how precarious diplomacy can be when bombs are already dropping. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QIOyj42

The tax would require that American households worth more than $100 million pay at least 20 percent on their full income, as well as unrealized gains in the value of liquid assets like stocks. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/LdcGs9C

Hearings in the death penalty case are scheduled for May but could be postponed because one defendant needs a new lawyer. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ZFpmMLY

In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas was involved in a range of efforts to keep President Donald J. Trump in power. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/364Y1nB

There are safety concerns over using cheaper replacement crews, as one ship is found to be "unfit to sail". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/YplkGhj

The two planes belong to Eugene Shvidler, an associate of Roman Abramovich, the government says. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/yW2AYMG

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer hailed the 79-year-old Derby South MP as a "trailblazer". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/zqV5tuO

Tess Seddon has made a stage show out of standing for parliament for the Yorkshire Party. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/RNeH4vK

The Spring Statement cut some taxes but, overall, the government has raised taxes in the past year. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/7mODg2i

A vehicle was reportedly hijacked and driven to the venue, according to SDLP MP Claire Hanna. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/SC2eJ1G

Former PM and chancellor Gordon Brown reacts to Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/og4fbNO

The transport secretary reacts after Peter Hebblethwaite admits the company broke the law when sacking 800 workers. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/rjigPTR

The shadow chancellor says the fall in living standards this year is the biggest since the 1950s. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/bPjlEeH

Taxes on working families will be cut, says Rishi Sunak in his Spring Statement. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/3mnWeKl

Senator Marsha Blackburn tried to get Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to give a definition of “woman,” as part of a diatribe against transgender rights. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/LXxIm21

The chancellor laid out his Spring Statement amid a cost of living squeeze. Here's what you should know. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/lDOpAFv

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves criticises Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/YEs4uqw

Sir Keir Starmer asks what is the point of Boris Johnson's government if it cannot stop P&O Ferries firing all its UK staff. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/PQWh47F

Some MPs are calling on the government to let people work after six months of waiting for an asylum decision. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/kn6TBmg

“Nothing could be further from the truth,” she told the Senate Judiciary Committee. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/fcPRlyp

G.O.P. senators are pressing Judge Jackson on critical race theory and transgender rights, teeing up their attacks on Democrats as extremists. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/dfatCwE

Compact, a new online magazine edited by two religious conservatives and a Marxist proponent of “labor populism,” aims to challenge both “a libertine left and a libertarian right.” from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/zY2XD9p

The Labour leader is asked three times about the future of 11 MPs who initially supported Stop The War's stance over Russia. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/F6QUEOp

The former foreign secretary insists he did all he could but calls for an independent inquiry. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/1rnNzYW

One influential economist says government borrowing this year could be about £25bn less than expected. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/mI7ecL3

The president is targeting shipping companies that have jacked up prices during the pandemic, but critics say bigger economic forces are at work. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ke9n2gZ

Martin Lewis, Founder of the MoneySavingExpert website, says he is ''out of tools'' to help people. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/YweRWBn

The Biden administration had been weighing the legal designation for the bloody campaign against members of the Rohingya, a minority ethnic group. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Z5sw7vj

Justice Thomas, who was hospitalized on Friday, was being treated with intravenous antibiotics and was expected to be released in a day or two, the court said on Sunday. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QKqPeT2

The right-wing group placed a deceptive call to the president’s daughter a month before Election Day, weeks after her stolen diary was shown around at a Trump fund-raiser. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/swoIpd9

New leadership, an ever receding trial date and pressure to disclose more information about the C.I.A. torture of the accused plotters all contribute. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9P0OfYI

Dr. Jha, the new White House coronavirus response coordinator, has built a reputation as a gifted communicator, but there is much more to the job. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ai7SOxC

Donald Tusk and Conservative peer Lord Barwell are among those criticising Boris Johnson's comments. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/EzjZsSP

The UK prime minister says people's instincts are "to choose freedom every time". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/KzaP6Gt

The United States, Russia and China have all been racing to develop hypersonic weapons, which can maneuver in flight at more than five times the speed of sound. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/17fHtAK

The demonstrators camped outside Washington are rallying against Covid restrictions, but are fueled by a far broader set of right-wing grievances. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/7N2AGJ1

Navigating between aiding Ukraine and avoiding an escalation with Moscow has led to a tangle of decisions and sometimes tortured distinctions over weapons and other elements of policy. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/OsZUIAy

The military has struggled to meet the mental health needs of troops, lawmakers and service members say. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/WtaVC5d

The University of Nottingham says it made the decision as "Mr Sewell became the subject of political controversy". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Z8dXrEB

Tory chairman Oliver Dowden suggests there will be no early general election, in a speech to activists. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/UQb6mgV

The cabinet minister says war in Ukraine has returned a sense of "fundamental seriousness" to politics. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/RBZF98r

Charities say they've been "deluged" with calls as they await further detail from the government. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/mVQp7Fr

Sir Bernard Jenkin told a Commons committee "I can't believe" the Russian-born mogul got a seat in the Lords. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/3zmtLbi

Russian reprisals means elected politicians are unable to go home, the House of Commons Speaker hears. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/TPO7AFj

The housing minister says proposed measures include a £20m programme and more local authority power. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/NlgetRm

Lord Young says he was "discourteously dismissed" by a Tory government whip during a debate. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/qesbFY5

The choice of Dr. Jha, an outspoken public health expert, is a sign that the White House believes the country is entering a new phase of the pandemic. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/wlGZbgr

Election fraud is exceedingly rare and often accidental. Still, G.O.P. lawmakers and prosecutors are promoting tough new enforcement efforts. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/fhvx27s

The justice secretary vows to end the legal "bullying" of journalists by the wealthy and powerful. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/CHszoB4

It wants to add agents to a 3,000-person investigations unit to help crack down on attempts by Russian oligarchs to evade sanctions. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/jd9cHKG

The "Inclusive Britain" plan was developed in response to the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/xc1o0RY

Under its rules, social networks could be fined or blocked if they fail to remove harmful content. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/1wBJRyX

The Labour leader says the UK must stop dependency on foreign gas and oil, but rely more on renewables, wind and nuclear power and retro-fitting homes. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/AayTQZR

Republicans have vilified Biden’s judicial nominees who have represented criminal suspects. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, for the Supreme Court, is the most prominent. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/5IMwlba

Here’s the Federal Reserve’s rationale, and how it might trickle through the economy to affect you. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/lXkYCJP

The British-Iranian woman had been detained by the authorities in Iran for nearly six years. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/XdZrtCJ

David McCormick, a Republican Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, came under attack from his chief rival, Dr. Mehmet Oz, over the underperformance of investments for the state’s teachers. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QFqP5pE

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The UK needs to stand up to Putin's "bullying" and "blackmail" and stop the western addiction to Russian hydrocarbons, says Boris Johnson. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/pYvIaL5

The president’s first White House lawyer, Mr. Nussbaum had a turbulent 14 months in the job weathering a rash of controversies. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/3ZJPTcz

People in the UK can now register their interest to host a named person from Ukraine. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/sIcXvNx

The UK is stepping back its links to Russian fuel but must not go “cap-in-hand to another murderous tyrant” an MP has told the Commons. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/ByZTbKl

The housing and communities secretary sets out how British sponsors can take in Ukrainian refugees. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Nlq7Xae

The complaint to the Federal Election Commission accuses Donald Trump of improperly using his existing political committees to advance a presidential run. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/XCBrVkJ

Petrol prices for drivers have reached record highs amid the disruption caused by war in Ukraine. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/QawHlO5

The UK's justice secretary is at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to offer help for a case to prosecute possible war crimes in Ukraine. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/z6Titvj

The Federal Reserve is facing the fastest inflation most Americans have ever seen. Its chair says policymakers will do what it takes to tame prices. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/iEzD5HX

Sir Ed Davey tells his conference her "inaction" on Ukrainian refugees shows she is "not up to the job". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/i5ez8I0

The Scottish government is criticised as road repair backlogs continue to rise across the country. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/C2wop0Q

Minister says process to become peer is "rigorous" after questions about businessman's appointment. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/mTCHglJ

The first ministers want Ukrainians to be housed quickly and given help with safeguarding and services. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/BvxDLk9

Michael Gove says he is exploring using sanctioned oligarchs' properties to temporarily house refugees. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/XDeoiJU

Households are encouraged to join the "national effort", but critics say the plan falls short. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/yX3WLek

With the new arms package, which officials say includes antitank and antiaircraft missiles, the Biden administration has sent Ukraine $1.2 billion in weapons in the past year. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/OeCIDZE

Micheál Martin and Boris Johnson met prior to attending the Ireland-England rugby match on Saturday. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/vdkWuIN

President Biden is rethinking relationships with allies as well as rivals — including China, Iran and Venezuela — to counter President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/xiAH1FO

International collaborations are unraveling as researchers, including many in Russia, speak out against the invasion of Ukraine. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/5DWjz6b

House Democrats have been pressing the president to come up with a bumper-sticker-worthy slogan. The White House says it’s sharpening its message. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/WHLjmPf

The party says reducing the rate from 20% to 17.5% for a year will save households £600 on average. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/EANL4WT

Daniel Kawczynski's comment is branded "offensive" by his own Conservative association. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/gJDpSrL

Yogi Adityanath’s return as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is fueling talk that he might succeed Narendra Modi as prime minister one day, and continue to advance their Hindu political movement. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/2ulISPO

As communities across the United States receive pandemic relief money, fierce debates have erupted over priorities, and who has the power to set them. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/X36PopU

The UK economy rebounds in January but the chancellor warns of uncertainty due to the invasion of Ukraine. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/rAxHL5R

At a party retreat in Philadelphia, House Democrats hoped the president would offer a winning strategy heading into a challenging midterm election season. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/bOqEINi

A defense lawyer who has spent a decade on the Guantánamo case abruptly sought to resign amid an in-house investigation. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/yNHqXcd

A group of progressive senators and House members urged federal officials to scrutinize the plan, saying it could harm travelers and workers. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/6XIqxHS

The Labour leader says he "stands steadfast in solidarity" with Ukraine in its struggle against Russia. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/oz87vi1

The SNP's Westminster leader insisted that the party's MP's are behind him in "getting on with the job". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/ZgoGDdY

This year’s congressional map, despite continued gerrymandering, is poised to have a nearly equal number of districts that lean Democratic and Republican. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/txRhYTV