U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a Windsor Republican, pushed back on claims from within his own party recently that defendants in cases tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the nation’s Capitol were being especially mistreated. The secretary of the Colorado GOP, Anna Ferguson, sent a petition out last month through the party’s email distribution that accused the federal government […]

He supported the former prime minister but was the fourth Cabinet member to quit in July last year. Some 62 resignations ended his time in Downing Street. In an interview with the Institute for Government, Mr Lewis called Mr Johnson’s ousting “hugely unfair” after his “massive mandate from the country”. But he said that “it was untenable at that point. […]

A symphony of sorts echoed through the sprawling shipyard on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi — banging, hissing, beeping, horns, bells and whistles — as more than 7,000 workers hustled to fill orders fueled by the largest shipbuilding budget in the Navy’s history. The surge in spending, $32 billion for this year alone, has allowed the Huntington Ingalls shipyard to […]

Brexit Britain is outperforming European economies despite gloomy forecasts from Remainers. The Office for National Statistics found the UK economy had grown by two percent more than had originally been thought in November 2021 and has outperformed some of the biggest economies in Europe, including France and Germany. Until the adjustment to the data, it was feared the UK was […]

Bridget Phillipson grilled on rebuilding crumbling schools Labour’s Bridget Phillipson has left worried parents in doubt over whether her party would rebuild crumbling schools if they win power in next year’s election. With children set to return to school this week at least 154 so far unnamed schools have been closed because of problems with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) […]

Ben Wallace to stand down at next election Back in July, Wallace announced he would be stepping down from the role after four years – and that he would not be standing for re-election as an MP at the general election, expected next year.  This left Rishi Sunak needing a new face to head-up the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Armed […]

While a federal judge was fast-tracking the start of former President Donald J. Trump’s election interference trial in Washington on Monday, the sprawling prosecution of Mr. Trump and 18 co-defendants by the district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., on similar state charges showed signs of slowing to a slog in Atlanta. The two cases, stemming from the efforts of Mr. […]

The ex-MP lashed out after claims by Theresa May that he had “blatantly” abused his power in the role to derail attempts to deliver Brexit. Mr Bercow said Mrs May’s claims carried “no weight or credibility whatsoever”. But he said she is now looked on more favourably because she was followed by “corrupt” Mr Johnson and “incompetent” Liz Truss. “By […]

As it turned out, Vivek Ramaswamy only got one shot to lose himself in the music. Marshall B. Mathers III, better known as the rapper Eminem, has told Mr. Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate, that he is no longer to use Eminem music on the campaign trail, just weeks after Mr. Ramaswamy broke into an impromptu version of Eminem’s “Lose […]

The crisis is now costing an estimated £150billion a year in lost tax revenue, benefits, NHS cover and carer expenses. And with more than 163,000 employees quitting each year for health reasons, it shows little sign of improving. Although 35 percent of people believe the NHS backlog is the primary cause, experts say the health service cannot resolve the problem […]