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Boris Johnson says it will hit 2.5% of GDP by 2030, after the defence secretary called for change. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/h9RVrYs

Culture secretary Nadine Dorries confuses the two rugby codes in a speech at a Rugby League World Cup event in St Helens. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/nBEcra9

The program, adopted during the Trump administration, requires some migrants to wait in Mexico while their cases are heard. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/bG4WMPx

Russia's president says it would be "disgusting" to see leaders who mocked his macho image strip off. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/EC9GAvO

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says Western countries need to "learn the lessons" of the war in Ukraine. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/lYhiEAa

Natalie McGarry sentenced to two years for taking cash from the SNP and a pro-independence group. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/MNkGjyO

Welsh ministers protest after some of £1bn military aid comes from cash for Welsh public services. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/vRQH7CN

Scotland's first minister wants a referendum in October next year, but says an election could be used to decide independence. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/sYdbzpP

Their positions are popular. So why are they going extinct? from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/NGAJdur

A group says a government campaign asking businesses to cut prices is unrealistic for small firms. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/2U0nk3d

The waterfront town on Maryland’s Eastern Shore provides a timeless getaway for nature seekers and admirers of early American history and architecture. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/e1wsUOC

MPs will later attempt to make changes to the government's contentious Troubles legacy bill. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/psF2ftJ

Democratic interference in Republican primaries paid off in some places but not others, election-denying candidates were halted in Colorado, and incumbents proved their staying power. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/BbwdxH9

In a unanimous ruling, the justices ordered federal appeals courts to reconsider the cases of two doctors convicted of violating the Controlled Substances Act. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mwYOBJ0

The panel, which had planned at least two additional hearings next month, had not been scheduled to meet this week. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/cIoZwNP

Representative David Valadao defeated two Republican primary challengers, in a Central Valley district that now leans Democratic. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9WedIms

The ex-prime minister's description of the disaster drew gasps from families watching the public inquiry. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/a2Nk6Ih

The first minister said the Scottish government would back a bill to protect sites from protestors. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/CbE72lS

Joseph Kennedy, a former high school football coach in Bremerton, Wash., had a constitutional right to pray on the field after his team’s games, the justices ruled. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/5csd6VP

The G7 and Nato summits are focused on Ukraine - and the PM is seeking to emphasise the UK's commitment. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/LwA45PS

Boris Johnson argues letting Russia "get away with" invading Ukraine would have "chilling" consequences. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/81hGCXp

Democrats used the ruling to criticize Republicans as threats to women and their health care providers, while G.O.P. leaders stressed that states will continue to determine policy on the issue. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/kWrRp4E

The directives, given during a video conference, included obeying police lines and keeping away from ordinary protesters. But members of the far-right group played aggressive roles in several breaches at the Capitol. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ZR8463c

Amid the grinning photo ops of the G7 world leaders, there are domestic differences to contend with. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/2ZfsPBt

About two dozen American researchers focus exclusively on how to prevent gun violence. They have waged an often-frustrating battle to translate their findings into public policy. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/gPDFAXf

No bloviating speeches or partisan rancor. Lots of video and a tight script. The story of Donald J. Trump’s efforts to hold on to power is being unspooled in a way totally new to Capitol Hill. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/yxhgAwQ

In March, talk of victory was in the air. Now, maintaining unity against President Vladimir V. Putin is looking harder, with President Biden heading to Germany and Spain to rally Europe. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/6R9M45m

A secretive operation involving U.S. Special Operations forces hints at the scale of the effort to assist Ukraine’s still outgunned military. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/PAFlh6L

The bill is the most significant gun measure to clear Congress in nearly three decades, though it falls short of more restrictive gun control proposals that Democrats favor. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QVu05Wf

The verdict of voters can't be ignored and there are challenges ahead for the UK's big political parties. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/4y36ZgS

The decision overruling Roe v. Wade exposed internal divisions among conservative justices about reconsidering other rights. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/0qGOgsm

Boris Johnson's premiership is in the spotlight after two by-election defeats for the Conservatives. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/ZmY8xWi

Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats on a test vote, more than enough to break a G.O.P. filibuster and shatter a three-decade-long streak of inaction on substantial gun-related legislation. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/7ot9cOj

Alex Holder is testifying behind closed doors to the House committee about hours of footage he shot before and after the 2020 election with President Donald J. Trump and his family. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/BQUsH5D

The proposed rules would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity, among other things; they set up a clash with state lawmakers and conservative groups. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/0uKzkgH

Andrea Prudente, an American, developed pregnancy complications while on the island that could put her life at risk. But abortion is illegal there, and she is seeking a safe way to leave. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/JEUlsAV

The prime minister says he will explain the "obvious merits" of the scheme if the Prince of Wales raises it. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/QFtoM8y

Apsana Begum is facing a trigger ballot process which could see her deselected by the Labour Party. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/SHDiyaA

An SNP staffer says the party has learned nothing from his sexual misconduct complaint against an MP. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/uaPFcCA

Federal prosecutors and defense lawyers in the sedition case against the far-right group joined forces to request a delay in the trial, citing the hearing by the House select committee. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/JsCf5qU

The decision broadens the possible legal exposure to the highest ranks of the Fox media empire. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/KZcMY6G

The campaign by dozens of organizations representing people of color, women and L.G.B.T.Q. voters comes amid growing frustrations over the pace of the U.S. effort to bring her home. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/oObLHRB

From San Bernardino, Calif., and Aurora, Colo., to Orlando, Fla., and Newtown, Conn., sites of memory honor those killed in gun violence, and survivors. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/xZz8kba

The demand follows reports the PM, chancellor and senior bankers discussed raising the cap on payments. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/do7IWNT

Conservative David Warburton is being investigated over three possible breaches. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Rqrm4Ny

In case you missed Prime Minister's Questions, here's Boris Johnson and the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer going head-to-head in the House of Commons. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/piaVJWv

A Labour MP asks Boris Johnson if he considered appointing his now wife to a government post. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/b51Xusp

There's criticism of the move as ministers warn workers not to expect pay rises to match increasing costs. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/EmU9bps

A newspaper says Boris Johnson spoke to aides about his wife Carrie working for the COP26 summit or Royal Family. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/tX5nGf9

Many of the candidates endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump succeeded in their primaries, with notable exceptions in Georgia and elsewhere. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9z46sHB

The decision was the latest in a series of rulings forbidding the exclusion of religious institutions from government programs. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/4ukMSTp

Mo Brooks faces Katie Britt in a fateful Senate runoff in Alabama, and Virginia and Georgia Republicans choose their House contenders against entrenched Democrats. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/eEcXuO2

In a speech on Monday, former Vice President Mike Pence sounded like a future presidential candidate, but not like someone interested in discussing the specifics of Jan. 6. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/2NcR6m1

A right-wing Senate candidate accompanies a squad of heavily armed men as they storm a home looking for ‘Republicans in name only.’ from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9BsSYcg

The MP for Tottenham apologises for "administrative errors in his office". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/wTNfcnW

Downing Street calls a report about Carrie Johnson "not true", but a journalist says it was "100%" correct. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/x7BIXPL

Deputy PM Dominic Raab would make any urgent decisions in Boris Johnson's place, Downing Street says. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/4CmrMhX

Ties to potentially coercive labor practices could prove a problem for an industry that is heavily dependent on China, once a new law barring Xinjiang products goes into effect. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/GL4sxlB

The plan is expected to come into force in July and would not impact train strikes taking place this week. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/5hAef0R

The SNP Westminster leader is reported to have urged party colleagues to back Patrick Grady. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/EAc7G8u

The ex-health secretary will run the Race for Life in July in Guildford in aid of cancer charities. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/uSNItF3

The platform, which was voted on at the Republican state party convention in Houston, was the latest sign of Texas conservatives moving further to the right. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/tAHWKUu

But union leaders blame politicians for failing to stop rail strikes which will begin on Tuesday. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/yBpElTa

Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson said ministers would push the UK for a section 30 order. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/7DdBy4H

But union leaders blame politicians for failing to stop the strikes, which will begin on Tuesday. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/C0WuN2D

The president did not need medical attention after he fell off his bike at a state park near his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, according to the White House. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/hTXSc7s

As House hearings highlighted testimony that could create more pressure to pursue a criminal case, the former president tried out a defense that strained credulity. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/kVeyZOz

A former campaign strategist, he became a fixture in American political journalism and punditry and was seen on “PBS NewsHour” for 33 years. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/rnmliN7

A former campaign strategist, he became a fixture in American political journalism and punditry and was seen on “PBS NewsHour” for 33 years. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ZDMY3hc

Thousands of workers marched to Parliament to demand better pay and working conditions. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/BD7pwaI

Tory Nick Fletcher's position risks the mental health of trans children, one charity claims. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/5CwAN94

A recommendation from the C.D.C. director would be the final step before doses are rolled out for the roughly 20 million children under the age of 5. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/sDzHNx7

Ms. Velázquez is backing Carlina Rivera, a Manhattan councilwoman, for an open seat that is also being sought by Representative Mondaire Jones and Bill de Blasio. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QXqJwUE

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US is approved by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/8heys1R

A monthslong Times investigation using court documents, text messages and videos reveals how teams of Proud Boys instigated critical breaches of the Capitol on Jan. 6. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Y7WPgA2

A Times investigation of court documents, text messages and hundreds of videos shows how the Proud Boys coordinated to instigate multiple breaches of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ULkIWRC

No 10 suggests it wants to review the job, following the second resignation from the role in two years. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/fn4lXGS

Boris Johnson's ethics adviser says he was asked to consider "a deliberate breach of the ministerial code". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/OvKWLCN

The justice secretary says the grounding of the flight strengthens the case for reforming human rights laws. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/e3WSBhc

The Scottish government says it will present a "route map" to a second vote shortly. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/i36Sfop

The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the face of the U.S. pandemic response, Dr. Fauci had mild symptoms after testing positive on Wednesday. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/BLYDQhU

UK plans to ditch the NI Protocol would lead to "monstrous" paperwork for firms, the EU claims. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Id6z9NO

Questions grow over why Boris Johnson's ethics adviser Lord Geidt quit his role. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/idA2Hr8

Nevada voters elevated election deniers, while South Carolina split on two House members facing Trump-endorsed challengers. Here’s a rundown. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ytEdS7Z

The home secretary says people in the UK have voted for controlled immigration. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/S7Ci8PU

The Labour leader asks why Britain is set for lower growth than every major economy except Russia. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/1axPydr

Sir Keir Starmer says he does not want three days of planned rail strikes to go ahead next week. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/cbjDz4p

The SNP Westminster leader claims Ireland, Iceland, Ireland Norway and Denmark are outperforming the UK on a list that that “goes on and on” from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/A1hHOT5

As eagerly anticipated as the shots are for some parents, the committee’s meeting is just one step in a process federal regulators must follow before the vaccines could become available to children as young as 6 months old. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/sQqRDkZ

Nevada shapes up as a fall battleground between vulnerable Democrats and election-denying Republicans. South Carolina G.O.P. voters punished one House incumbent who broke with Donald Trump, but forgave another. And Texas Republicans scored at least a short-term victory. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/EVmKyBC

Up to eight people are due to be on Tuesday's flight but at least three more appeals are being heard. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/xVnHFEs

The White House formally announced that President Biden would visit the oil-rich kingdom in mid-July despite having denounced it as a “pariah” state after the assassination of a dissident. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/M6tr73l

Brussels says altering the Northern Ireland Protocol breaks international law, but the UK disputes this. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/h02a9pL

In the EU, the contingencies for a trade war with the UK are being put in place from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/k1d2Ilu

The UK publishes plans to ditch parts of Northern Ireland Protocol but the EU says the move would break international law. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/lxig3kO

Mr. Stirewalt, a former politics editor at Fox News, is among those testifying on Monday. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/saviYdE

The UK government's first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda will now go ahead tomorrow evening. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/xGEKZLN

James Goldston was a longtime producer at ABC News and then its president for seven years. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/jNp8AIz

The Labour leader appears to have missed the deadline in declaring two Arsenal tickets and an oil painting. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/opLEX9c

The Brexit campaigner says he will "likely" appeal against the High Court judgement. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/h6j2CVm

The PM says the protocol is "upsetting the balance of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement” ahead of changes to be announced on Monday. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/mTMiRr5

The prime minister pledges to "finish the right to own reforms" started by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/bKc0A2l

A Times reporter who covers Guantánamo Bay tracked down military photographs of the early days of the U.S. detention center there. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/1ojBcmI

Bob Seely says the shadow levelling up secretary makes "completely untrue" claims and calls for an apology. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/CdnDqUb

William Kirkbride was caught in an undercover operation by police posing as a 14-year-old boy. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/hEuAgbK

A Times reporter who covers Guantánamo Bay tracked down military photographs of the early days of the U.S. detention center there. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/qsEADtY

The transport secretary says he is preparing to overhaul rules, as rail workers prepare to walk out. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/HGzUhm1

Shortly before Jan. 6, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief counsel wrote that holding up the certification of the election results would violate federal law. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/WILHreq

The food should not be "forced" on Scottish markets by a new UK bill, a government minister says. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/TlOQZ9v

The first prime-time hearing into the Jan. 6 attack confronted the fundamental question that has haunted Donald J. Trump since he left office: Should he be prosecuted in a criminal court? from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/zAqag5c

They are taking the case to the Court of Appeal after a judge ruled the first flight could go ahead. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/0QvpBbf

Lawyer tells the High Court the UN's refugee agency does not support the UK asylum deal. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/fJnoEH7

Boris Johnson condemns a Russian proxy court's "sham" death sentences for two British fighters. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/N3Ic9KE

A senior administration official said that the C.D.C. will re-evaluate the decision in 90 days, and said that the requirement for pre-departure testing could be reinstated if there are new concerns about another variant. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/OTRQAgP

A complaint was made against Mohammed Iqbal about comments made during a council meeting. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/o5EO9yb

The Conservative Party distances itself from an article on immigration by donor Maurizio Bragagni. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/7f5vDup

Despite public sparring over Taiwan, both sides indicated there had been some progress on steps to prevent inadvertent escalation of close military encounters. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/98jsaU1

The senior Labour MP says she was afraid of looking unprofessional as she tended to her young child. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/FixS2LX

Sir Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of taking a wrecking ball to UK-Ireland relations. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/EsoWuxL