Washington — The Supreme Court will convene Tuesday to consider a challenge to the Biden administration’s efforts to regulate untraceable firearms known as ghost guns, as major American cities report the measure seems to have caused a reduction in the use of these weapons within their borders. The court fight involves a 2022 regulation from…
Top minister John Healey refused multiple times this morning to answer basic questions about Sue Gray’s future, after her chaotic and humiliating dismissal as chief of staff yesterday. Ms Gray, who will now take on the newly-created job of ‘envoy for the regions and nations, departed Sir Keir Starmer’s right-hand side yesterday after weeks of…
Former deputy Labour leader Baroness Harriet Harman has said “missteps” and “clunkiness” should be expected when a new administration arrives in Downing Street. She was speaking to the BBC after Sue Gray quit her role as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, amid intense criticism and controversy. Ms Gray had been caught up…
Families have called for an inquiry into mental health provision for offenders languishing on indefinite jail terms – saying it could “save lives”. Relatives of offenders still serving a now-abolished open-ended jail term, known as imprisonment for public protection (IPP), believe resources are so “starved” that the remaining prisoners now have “life-long mental health issues”….
10/6: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” as the world prepares to mark one year since the Hamas attack on Israel, Margaret Brennan speaks to UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell. Plus, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina joins. Be the first to…
Rep. Mike Turner, an Ohio Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, responded Sunday to Eric Trump’s implication that his father’s Democratic opponents were responsible for the attempts on former President Trump’s life, saying the innuendo was “of course” inaccurate but political candidates on both sides of the aisle “need to deescalate” their rhetoric. “No,…
Boris Johnson has claimed that the decision to remove him as Conservative leader was a “terrible mistake,” suggesting his party acted irrationally when he was ousted in July 2022. Reflecting on the series of events that led to his resignation, the former Prime Minister argued that his removal was a result of what he called…
ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Sue Gray has quit her role as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, saying she “risked becoming a distraction”. She had been caught up in rows over pay, after the BBC’s political editor revealed her salary was higher than Sir Keir’s, and donations from Lord Waheed Alli. A Downing Street…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Justin Trudeau will travel to Laos later this week for the ASEAN summit, marking what his office says will be the first official visit of a Canadian prime minister to the Southeast Asian country. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations meetings will take place in Vientiane, the…
Let’s get this out of the way first: I was a comprehensive school kid. My children now attend the same state-funded secondary school as I did – and both are doing well. But, despite this, I have found myself a fierce defender of private schools as they face being absolutely walloped with a whopping tax…
