Politics

Hunter Biden as soon as denied placing “a [expletive] hole in any wall” on the Chateau Marmont, a swanky California lodge the place he was alleged to have been banned for drug-fueled antics. ...

A person operating to be the Conservative candidate for London mayor has denied allegations that he groped a girl "in the strongest possible terms".Daniel Korski is one in every of three folks hoping to run in opposition to Sadiq Khan in subsequent yr's election.In an article for The Times, TV producer Daisy Goodwin alleged she was "groped" by Mr Korski a decade in the past.At the time, he was working as an adviser to then prime minister David Cameron.In response, a spokesman for Mr Korski stated: "In the strongest possible terms, Dan categorically denies any allegation of inappropriate behaviour whatsoever."Mr Korski was Mr Cameron's deputy head of coverage between 2013 and 2016, earlier than engaged on the Remain aspect of the Brexit debate.Ms Goodwin stated she didn't real...

Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday mentioned they are going to ship a measure to the House Appropriations panel that defunds the wage of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Steve Dettelbach. ...

The chancellor has informed banks "in no uncertain terms" they need to go on increased rates of interest to savers.Jeremy Hunt confronted strain from each Labour and his personal Conservative backbenchers on the matter throughout a press release about help to mortgage holders agreed on Friday. Labour's Dame Angela Eagle - a Treasury minister beneath Gordon Brown - referred to as on the banks to cease their "profiteering".The debate is over the velocity at which rising rates of interest are utilized to financial savings accounts.MPs needed to know what was being accomplished to make sure individuals's nest eggs had been rising as quick as their mortgage repayments are going up, as each are impacted by the Bank of England's base charge. Dame Angela famous that banks had made gr...

A Republican senator has launched laws meant to cease Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and different prime DOT officers from flying on government-owned non-public planes with taxpayers footing the invoice. ...

It will price £169,000 per individual to ship unlawful migrants to Rwanda, in accordance with new evaluation printed by the federal government.An financial evaluation of the Illegal Migration Bill additionally estimated that every individual despatched overseas to the east African nation, or an identical nation, will save the taxpayer between £106,000 and £165,000 per individual. If the federal government needs to interrupt even on the challenge, it will want to discourage about 37% of individuals from crossing the Channel, the evaluation estimated."This cost will only be incurred for people who arrive in the UK illegally. If an individual is deterred from entering the UK illegally, then no cost would be incurred," the evaluation notes.But issues might get dearer if the UK ha...

President Biden insisted Monday that he was truthful when he claimed he had by no means spoken to his son Hunter Biden about enterprise offers regardless of the discharge of an alleged textual content message during which the primary son threatened a Chinese businessman and mentioned he was “with my father.” ...

Former prime minister Liz Truss has referred to as on the federal government to have a plan in place in case the Russian authorities underneath Vladimir Putin collapses.It got here as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly described the mutiny over the weekend as an "unprecedented challenge to President Putin's authority". Speaking within the House of Commons, Ms Truss stated: "We, and our allies - including the Ukrainians, including the Poles, including the Baltic states - need to make sure that we have a plan in the case of the implosion of Russia."Russia-Ukraine newest: Prigozhin claims he wasn't attempting to overthrow PutinWhile he didn't reply to Ms Truss's level initially, Mr Cleverly later stated that "the leadership of Russia is for the Russian people". "We do not speculat...

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case it had deliberate to listen to about limits on lawsuits filed by members of Congress towards the federal authorities, in a dispute that concerned the previous Trump International Hotel in Washington. ...

The competitors between former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to win New Hampshire voters within the Republican major is already a brawl. ...