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To rise through the Trump-era G.O.P., a young congresswoman gave up her friends, her mentors and her ideals. Will it be enough? from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/KzTCpbA

Teen pregnancies have plummeted, as has child poverty. The result is a profound change in the forces that bring opportunity between generations. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/zgCLqJE

The publication of former President Donald J. Trump’s private tax documents comes amid questions about why the I.R.S. failed to fully audit him during his presidency. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/LwuEjVY

Spending so much time online could have created fertile ground for extremism to grow, say researchers. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/kO5EXaj

After a rebellious youth and years spent on an unpublished novel, Arielle Angel, the editor of Jewish Currents, has carved out a role for herself as someone who questions entrenched ideas. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mtnheOS

The latest batch of transcripts shed light on how threats before Jan. 6 went unheeded and what led to an hourslong delay of the National Guard deployment to the Capitol. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/0UkGg5B

Investigators said the pharmaceutical manufacturer, one of the nation’s largest, had knowingly distributed opioids that were later resold illegally. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/PiY3VMy

The Chinese jet flew within 20 feet of the nose of an American military aircraft over the South China Sea this month, nearly causing a collision, the U.S. military said. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/cpx1HBe

Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, a multimillionaire venture capitalist recovering from a brutal attack, has long taken care of the couple’s “business of living,’’ including shopping for the speaker’s clothes. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/J1od3AQ

The nation’s top infectious disease expert, whose last day as a federal employee is Saturday, plans to write a memoir and wants to encourage people to go into public service. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/HQIYsth

Looking back over the often surreal moments of another unprecedented year in UK politics. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/MTXzaqJ

The congressman-elect confirmed The New York Times’s findings that he had not graduated from college or worked at two major Wall Street firms, as he had claimed. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/C57Mfpu

For some lawmakers and politicians on both sides of the aisle, brandishing Title 42 is a way to flaunt an aggressive stance on the border. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/lLP0rtB

Ronna McDaniel’s quest for a fourth term atop the Republican National Committee has triggered an ugly intraparty fight between the right and the farther right. Figuring out how to win back swing voters is not a top priority. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/u6l2GmS

The BBC's political editor looks back at some of the moments away from the photo-op in a dramatic year at Westminster. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/syGtnxB

The transcripts build on a growing body of evidence about the extent to which many in Mr. Trump’s orbit were seeking pardons after the 2021 attack on the Capitol. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/EKVged9

The group said that Representative-elect George Santos would be barred from its events, but it stopped short of calling for him not to serve in Congress. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/7Et1x0y

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The celebrity chef says more pupils could get free food, if money raised by the soft drinks levy was used. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/MnUXGu5

The threat of investigations has long hung over Donald Trump. But now the legal and political consequences appear more real. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/c34rtYy

Many union leaders say the Biden White House has delivered on its promises. But its handling of a freight rail dispute has given rise to detractors. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/TKku497

A robot has given evidence in Parliament, an MP has used a chatbot to write a speech - what next? from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/LAKBCsT

Michael Gove says too many planning applications are "indifferent" or "insipid". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/xmT2kE5

The Liberal Democrats say the failure to recruit more police officers is letting thieves off the hook. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/o8T2pCP

The former PM tells the BBC that Rishi Sunak should avoid creating new loopholes for criminal gangs. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/yns3PXW

More than 45,000 migrants have made the perilous crossing from France to England so far this year from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/ZU0du8D

Senator Richard C. Shelby made the most of his perch on the committee that controls federal spending. Now he’s leaving Congress, where his way of doing business is a fading art. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/SYfeuPE

The nominee, Phillip A. Washington, who has yet to receive a confirmation hearing, has drawn scrutiny over his aviation experience and his involvement in a corruption inquiry. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/nf4hAl8

About 130 migrants from Texas were bused to the vice president’s home on one of the coldest Christmas Eves on record in the nation’s capital. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/tbEUIGT

The prime minister has been criticised by some Labour MPs after his chat with homeless man goes viral online. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/MlrS8sH

Kari Lake, a Republican who was defeated by Katie Hobbs in the Arizona governor’s race, had made false election claims the centerpiece of her campaign. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/3YXa6Dr

A host of Democrats and Republicans say they’ll discuss running for office with their families, weighing their political futures with eggnog, board games and maybe a wise uncle. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9VEUZ8D

Users who receive income through digital payments will have another year before having to comply with a new tax rule that had sowed confusion and concern. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/irqMvYE

About 1,300 members of the armed forces are covering for ambulance and border staff walkouts. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/hG0PQ1n

Publishers are releasing more than half a dozen editions of the report, and are now in a frantic race to be first to market. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/hntgiMX

Representative-elect George Santos, who is under scrutiny over potentially misrepresenting key parts of his campaign biography, had other undisclosed troubles in his early career. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/KNGqWUp

Nurses threaten to strike again on 18 and 19 January, as more ambulance workers join walkout next month. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/vM8ejpV

Power struggles, resignations and made-for-TV moments — the untold story of the most important congressional investigation in generations. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Q5rykwL

Scotland is the first part of the UK to approve a self-identification system for people who want to change gender. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/NvAaYJR

An effort to force a vote to maintain Title 42, a pandemic-era border policy, has stalled the scramble to pass the spending package before a midnight Friday deadline. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/xafbMoN

Ms. McClellan, who is favored to win in the Democratic-leaning district in February, could become the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/vazFpwP

Warning health, environmental and agricultural regulation could be harmed by UK ministers' plans. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/3u2qjDL

The UK is facing a wave of strike action over pay, including by nurses and ambulance workers. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/jKqP05I

For all the talk of victory, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks in Washington revealed hints about his worries for the year ahead. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/zOnAEjB

American officials believe that with Russia bolstering defenses and learning lessons, Ukraine will find it more challenging to retake land. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9djbDAR

Mr. Trump refused to disclose his taxes. A committee’s vote to release them ended an oversight battle Democratic lawmakers waged since 2019. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/fQlkFVs

Users of digital wallets and e-commerce platforms must start reporting small transactions, sowing fears among small-business owners. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/prZcmAu

The home secretary told a committee of peers that using hotels was costing more than £5m a day. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/nRtouT8

Ambulance workers in England and Wales walk out amid a bitter war of words with the government. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/UqtCR7W

After a judge dismissed most of her claims, two will go forward. Lawyers expect she will have to clear a high bar, and her case relies on a collection of election deniers. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ZKtu8qU

The Ways and Means Committee’s vote is expected to end a battle that Democrats in the House have been waging since 2019, when they began trying to perform oversight of then President Donald J. Trump. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/36SQqMY

Scotland Yard says it received an online report from a man alleging he had been verbally racially abused. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/GPpRSDj

The operations were the second time in recent weeks that U.S. forces had killed or captured ISIS terrorists. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9fV3lQD

Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen was handed the sanction after breaching lobbying rules. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/rIbC7DA

They are expected to sit late into the evening to consider about 150 amendments to the bill. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/yOQfnaz

Will Quince says disruption should be expected during planned walkouts from paramedics on Wednesday. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/bNnIrka

Criminal referrals hold symbolic but no legal weight because Congress has no enforcement power and no formal say in what the Justice Department does. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/eQAx2kb

The committee, which consistently broke new ground for a congressional investigation, is expected to approve its final report and vote on issuing criminal and civil referrals against Donald J. Trump. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Z36w10N

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will set out the government's tax and spending plans next spring. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/x0CvPr3

The football pundit is attacked by Tory MPs after comparing the UK government's record to Qatar. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/GQb3iHt

Several new studies document the current court’s distinctive insistence on its dominance and the justices’ willingness to use procedural shortcuts to achieve it. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/pjAwRZ7

"It is not enough to teach about the Holocaust," says a report on anti-Jewish hatred. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/zF8sQNC

The committee, which consistently broke new ground for a congressional investigation, is expected to approve its final report and vote on issuing criminal and civil referrals against Donald J. Trump. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/IpkMwsG

The House panel investigating the Capitol attack is set to release its report and may back criminal charges against the former president, while a separate committee could decide to release his tax returns. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mfv1n9F

The charge of seditious conspiracy is the same as in a recent trial of members of the Oath Keepers militia, but the Proud Boys defendants are accused of a central role in the fighting at the Capitol. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/0qGIzm4

Faith-based Blue Haven Ranch provides temporary aid for poor Texas women with newborns. But how will they survive when it ends? from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Nvte1JD

The union says ministers must respond within 48 hours of next week's walkout to avoid more action. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/lzHQcqg

Faith-based Blue Haven Ranch provides temporary aid for poor Texas women with newborns. But how will they survive when it ends? from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/GiEdNvQ

The combination of the war in Ukraine and concern about longer-term threats from Russia and China are driving a bipartisan push to increase U.S. capacity to produce weapons. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/kS7igUR

Plans for military personnel to keep front-line services running are in place, the government says. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/bVJEoUB

Federal prosecutors appear to be focusing on possible wrongdoing by cryptocurrency executives, rather than by Democratic or Republican politicians. But the inquiries widen an explosive campaign finance scandal. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mpbAqkD

He wrote that the Six-Day War was a necessary prelude to peace, but he also warned that the conflict would continue without Palestinian statehood. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/8Zjsqi7

Nicola Sturgeon says the party will gather to set out a "clear pathway" on the constitution. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/BPgAc0E

Fresh off a frantic election cycle, the former Fetterman campaign social media producer — and dedicated Swiftie — takes time to shake it off. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ryRGZxb

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into unexpected braking by cars operated by Cruise, a part of General Motors. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/51b9EGZ

The shadow health secretary says the NHS needs reform as he attacks left-wing critics of his ideas. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/mEWlsTt

The prime minister is refusing to bow to pressure from health leaders to increase the offer. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/WTvefP8

The RMT union boss says "a bit of goodwill" is needed from all sides involved in the dispute. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/YntMZE5

A third of parents now feel they should be the ones to decide whether to get their children immunized against measles, mumps and other childhood diseases. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/84sH9zT

The dispute could escalate in the new year with further industrial action, nursing union warns. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/eDXgnVQ

A minister agrees there is a moral case for payments to be made, but says he cannot set a timetable. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/g4Sc76x

Theo Clarke says public life is toxic for women, as she calls for MPs to be given maternity cover. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/J3fatoy

The Michigan Democrat who led the party’s campaign effort credits candidate quality, abortion rights and the battleground map. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ZqOakFf

With cases on the rise, the Biden administration said it would restart a program that provided hundreds of millions of tests through the Postal Service. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/xLuDhS9

Finance Secretary John Swinney says his budget will include "decisive action" to tackle the cost of living crisis. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/EQNe5Tr

The party said its chief executive Peter Murrell made a personal contribution to help it with cash flow after the election. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Uy4a9BW

Clive Lewis compares plans to house asylum seekers in disused holiday parks to a "concentration camp" policy. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/iqKrWFs

The home secretary insists new curbs on illegal entry will deter people from crossing in small boats. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/aB1SWfq

There has been a "total letdown" of rail passengers in the north of England, a committee hears. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/pHSCA7k

But PM Rishi Sunak says nurses had a "fair" pay deal ahead of their biggest walkout in NHS history. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/yKBqgh5

The allegations relate to the deputy PM's previous tenure as justice secretary, Downing Street says. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/4wB6GMj

If history is any guide, Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, the latest lawmaker to change her stripes, faces an uncertain future. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/NWi4q56

The head of MI6 tweets far more than any other head past or present, MPs say. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/U6JsdKx

This year has seen a huge rise in Albanian migrants arriving in the UK on small boats. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/s3Jh2p8

The UK aims to end the backlog of asylum seekers by end of next year with new staff, Rishi Sunak says. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/eu6j17w

Adam Afriyie, who has represented Windsor since 2005, had said he would not stand again as an MP. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/D9wVbUS

Mark Harper is asked whether he insisted driver-only operation was part of any deal with the RMT. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/gjJzAQ4

There were several reasons Republicans struggled to translate votes into seats, including candidate quality and strength in the wrong places. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/prR4C3u

A finance officer at a local authority with a £469m budget gap warns the situation is "grave". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/jDWlrfE

Economists misjudged how much staying power inflation would have. Next year could be better — but there’s ample room for humility. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mfxuYsZ

MP Matt Warman wants people to mind their language online - and air disagreements in-person instead. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/6gL1HfE

The foreign secretary says the UK needs to build new relationships with countries in Africa and Asia. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Wo9Egbq

Jefferson Cowie’s powerful and sobering new history, “Freedom’s Dominion,” traces the close association between the rhetoric of liberty in an Alabama county and the politics of white supremacy. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/5xc1UzH

The prime minister and health secretary both claim they would cost an extra £1,000 per household. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/zJfmKL0

About 200 to 250 inmates are held beyond their legal release dates on any given month, with the average additional time lasting around 44 days in 2019. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/YuQ04IU

Special Operations forces carried out an overnight helicopter raid at the compound of an official who the military said was involved in plotting and enabling terrorist attacks. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Ghr6aP0

Laura Kuenssberg questions guests including NHS England's medical director and the foreign secretary. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/OwHNgSA

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud, a Libyan bomb expert, is accused of building the explosive device used in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/y0rhEKu

The foreign secretary says ministers must be "good custodians of the public purse" in relations to NHS pay rises. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/9MWhlnL

RCN leader Pat Cullen urges the health secretary to get around the table. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/mwnuRhI

The Royal College of Nursing is calling on the government to negotiate with nurses and avoid strikes. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/i5DKus4

The UK wants better relations with nations which are neither bad guys nor allies, writes Laura Kuenssberg. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/TQ7IPSi

Kwasi Kwarteng says Liz Truss’s short-lived government was “too impatient” with its economic plans. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/bZp7kKq

Language about pedophiles and “grooming” of young children has intensified a movement, reminiscent of campaigns dating to the 1970s, that seeks to turn transgender people into a political wedge. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/H50FsmB

Though his final episode made the mysterious reason for his departure a running joke, his specials and memoir suggest he was always comfortable with uncertainty. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/xoka6MU

The department wants the court to force a representative of Donald J. Trump to swear under oath that there are no more classified documents at any of his properties. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/iJwqXuz

A federal judge in Florida had shocked experts by intervening after the F.B.I. seized sensitive files from the former president’s residence and club. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/MpXAcj8

Wolf-whistling, catcalling and staring persistently to be criminalised in England, under new plans. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/6Id41ma

The senator is registering as an independent, noting that she “never fit perfectly in either national party.” from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/eL9PRBS