4 h. ago Joe Biden should stay out of politics for the good of his party, says former aide to Jill

Michael LaRosa, who served as Jill Biden’s communications director, was critical of the former president’s decision to return to the public eye last week

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4 h. ago Massachusetts governor calls Trump’s attacks on Harvard ‘bad for science’

Maura Healey says president targeting universities hurts US ‘competitiveness’ and affects research and hospitalsMassachusetts governor Maura Healey said on Sunday that Donald Trump’s attacks on Harvard University and other schools are having detrimental ripple effects, with the shutdown of research labs and cuts to hospitals linked to colleges.During an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation, the Democratic governor said that the effects on Harvard are damaging “American competitiveness”, since a number of researchers are leaving the US for opportunities in other countries After decades of investment in science and innovation, she said: “intellectual assets are being given away.” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Van Hollen accuses Trump of causing constitutional crisis by litigating Abrego Garcia case on social media

Democratic senator also slammed Gavin Newsom for calling deportation case ‘distraction of the day’

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8 h. ago RAF fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft near Nato airspace

It comes weeks after the aircraft arrived in eastern Poland

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9 h. ago RAF fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace

The Ministry of Defence said two RAF Typhoons were scrambled from Malbork Air Base in Poland on Tuesday.

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9 h. ago Nigel Farage's Reform UK party would win a General Election held now, poll shows

The More in Common polling of over 16,000 voters suggests Labour could lose 246 MPs, including 10 Cabinet ministers, with major losses in the so-called red wall

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15 h. ago RAF fighter jets 'scrambled twice in less than 48 hours to defend NATO airspace from Russia'

British RAF jets have scrambled twice this week after two of Putin's aircrafts, which were appearing to trying to enter Nato airspace, caused alerts. This comes just days before the Russian dictator called for an "Easter truce"

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21 h. ago Voters tip Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to succeed Keir Starmer

Mr Burnham, who has opposed the Government's welfare cuts, has nearly three times the support of his nearest rival, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

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23 h. ago If Labour ran an Easter egg hunt, the eggs would be tiny (and you'd have to hand half of them back) writes LORD ASHCROFT. But

A changing global order can affect domestic politics in one of three ways.

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26 h. ago Carville blasts ‘supremely naive’ Maher over White House dinner with Trump

The Democratic strategist accused Maher of lending ‘legitimacy and credence’ to Trump’s behavior

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31 h. ago Nicola Coughlan raises more than £100,000 for trans charity after gender ruling

The fundraiser follows the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

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31 h. ago Democrats fear that Elon Musk may be pushed out of government before they can use him in midterm attack ads

The unelected billionaire has proved an effective target for the Democrats, but some in the party are ‘concerned’ about their strategy if Musk takes a step back

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32 h. ago Voices: Nigel Farage’s party has been in talks with Liz Truss: Why this is a big mistake for Reform

The Reform leader has been tactically astute in his appeal to disillusioned Labour voters – until now, says John Rentoul

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32 h. ago ‘Zohran Mamdani represents the future New York’: socialist riding high in bid to be mayor

The progressive democrat from Queens is the son of a famous film-maker and poised to take on front-runner Andrew CuomoCan a 33-year-old cricket-playing socialist, who wants to freeze rent, make city transport free and once aspired to be a rapper win an already turbulent election to become the next mayor of New York?Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assembly ­member in Queens, has been the surprise package in the Democratic primary and is now poised to take on the frontrunner in the race, ex-state governor Andrew Cuomo, who is mounting a political comeback after being forced from office in the face of a series of sexual harassment claims. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago BRIAN READE: 'Don't fall for Nigel Farage's latest rebrand, he'll never fix Britain'

Pollsters are predicting big wins for Reform UK at next month's election, warns Brian Reade, but there are a few glaring truths voters should keep in mind

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41 h. ago How Scotland's quangos have usurped democratic power under SNP

Devolution has turned into a front for quangos that are far too remote from the communities they make crucial decisions about

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44 h. ago Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a Republican-backed bill intended to support the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

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47 h. ago Kilmar Ábrego García ‘traumatized’ by threats in prison, Maryland senator says

Chris Van Hollen describes meeting with constituent held in Salvadoran prison against supreme court orderUS politics live – latest updatesWrongly deported Salvadoran man Kilmar Ábrego García has been held incommunicado and faced threats in prison that left him “traumatized”, a Democratic senator said Friday after returning from meeting him in El Salvador.Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the state Ábrego García had been living in with his US citizen wife and son until he was deported last month in what the Trump administration conceded was an “administrative error”, traveled to the central American country this week to see his constituent. After initially rejecting his request to meet Ábrego García and preventing him from traveling to the prison where he was being held, president Nayib Bukele’s government on Thursday facilitated a meeting at Van Hollen’s hotel. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Congo boat disaster death toll rises to 148, with more than 100 still missing

Fire broke out during onboard cooking before wooden vessel capsized with 500 passengers aboardThe death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week has risen to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said on Friday.About 500 passengers were on board the wooden boat when it capsized on Tuesday after catching fire on the Congo River in the country’s north-west. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Conor McGregor reveals Trump's key mistake in first term as he delivers verdict on president's tariff controversy

Controversial MMA fighter Conor McGregor has weighed in on President Donald Trump's policies in an interview, in which he also addressed his own unlikely bid to become Ireland's next president.

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