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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden had a troublesome promote Wednesday: Convincing voters the U.S. economic system is flourishing. With the president ...

Daniel Korski has stood apart from the race to be Tory candidate for mayor of London following an allegation of groping.The declare was first made in opposition to Mr Korski on 26 June, and he strenuously denied the allegation. In his withdrawal assertion, Mr Korski stated he was stepping apart "with a heavy heart".He stated: "I categorically deny the allegation against me. Nothing was ever put to me formally ten years ago. Nor seven years ago when the allegation was alluded to."No investigation has ever taken place. I've been clear I'd welcome and constructively take part in any investigation. "However, the pressure on my family because of this false and unproven allegation and the inability to get a hearing for my message of 'The London Dream' makes it impossible for my cam...

President Biden on Wednesday mentioned it’s “hard to tell” if Russian President Vladimir Putin has been weakened by a current Wagner revolt, however asserted the Kremlin chief is a pariah on the worldwide stage. ...

A college collapse in England that causes loss of life or damage is "very likely" - however the authorities doesn't have ample info to handle "critical" dangers to the protection of pupils and employees, a watchdog has warned.Around 700,000 kids in England are attending faculties that want main repairs after years of underfunding, the National Audit Office (NAO) mentioned. The head of the general public spending watchdog mentioned that, regardless of assessing the potential for constructing collapse or failure inflicting loss of life or damage as "critical and very likely" in 2021, the Department for Education (DfE) "has not been able to reduce this risk".Around 24,000 college buildings - greater than a 3rd of the overall quantity in England - are past their estimated design ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland is anticipated to testify earlier than the House Judiciary Committee in September, placing him within the scorching seat earlier than considered one of his main critics in Congress. ...

The chief of South Lanarkshire Council has been suspended for 2 months for disclosing confidential info to the media.Labour's Joe Fagan was discovered to have leaked a listing of amenities that had been reported to be vulnerable to closure beneath the earlier SNP council administration. He was discovered to have breached the councillors' code of conduct shortly earlier than the 2021 Holyrood election.The Standards Commission mentioned the disclosure to the press would have led to hypothesis about amenities being closed - earlier than any ultimate determination had been taken - which may have prompted "undue and unnecessary concern".The panel added that Mr Fagan was motivated "at least in part" for political acquire. In response to the ruling on Tuesday, Mr Fagan mentioned: "I...

MADISON, Wis. — The way forward for Wisconsin’s prime elections official was up for a vote Tuesday amid Republican requires the nonpartisan administrator of the statewide elections fee to resign over how she ran the 2020 presidential contest. ...

The authorities mentioned it's ready for a variety of eventualities amid fears Britain's largest water firm may collapse. Sky News has learnt that ministers and Ofwat, the business regulator, have began to carry discussions about the potential of inserting indebted Thames Water into non permanent public possession. Contingency plans are being drawn up amid rising doubts in Whitehall in regards to the capacity of the agency to service its £14bn debt-pile.A authorities spokesperson mentioned that the debt "is a matter for the company and its shareholders".But they added: "We put together for a variety of eventualities throughout our regulated industries - together with water - as any accountable authorities would. "The sector as a whole is financially resil...

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is escalating his assault on President Joe Biden’s electrical car coverage, talking Tuesday on the groundbreaking for a corporation that acquired greater than $100 million to refine graphite for electrical batteries from the infrastructure regulation Biden signed. ...

TV producer Daisy Goodwin has submitted a proper grievance in opposition to Daniel Korski after accusing the Conservative mayoral hopeful of groping her 10 years in the past. Mr Korski has strenuously denied the declare in opposition to him and has pledged to remain within the race to grow to be the Conservative candidate for London mayor.The allegation was first made in an article for The Times on Tuesday, by which Ms Goodwin wrote that Mr Korski had groped her breast at a gathering in Number 10, when he was working for the then prime minister, David Cameron.Chancellor to satisfy regulators in bid to deal with price of dwelling - politics newestShe has now submitted a proper grievance to the Cabinet Office over the alleged incident in 2013.It comes after a authorities minis...