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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan took to the airwaves Sunday to defend Donald Trump after a grand jury charged the previous president with mishandling labeled paperwork. ...

Nicola Sturgeon is in custody after being arrested in reference to the investigation into the Scottish National Party's funds.Scotland's former first minister and ex-SNP chief was detained as a suspect and is presently being questioned by detectives. A Police Scotland assertion stated: "A 52-year-old woman has today, Sunday, 11 June, 2023, been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.""The woman is in custody and is being questioned by Police Scotland detectives."A report will probably be despatched to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service." A spokesperson for Ms Sturgeon stated: "Nicola Sturgeon has today, Sunday 11 June, by arrangement with Police Scotland, attended an interview...

Cabinet minister Grant Shapps has insisted Rishi Sunak didn't intervene "at all" in Boris Johnson's honours checklist and claimed the get together was "under new management".Mr Shapps, the vitality secretary, dismissed ideas the prime minister modified Mr Johnson's honours checklist, telling Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday: "Occasionally Boris is not all over the detail." He spoke following Mr Johnson's dramatic determination to resign because the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, triggering a by-election in his constituency - a key goal for Labour.Mr Johnson introduced he was standing down as an MP with quick impact on Friday after receiving the report into whether or not he lied to MPs over partygate.In an excoriating assertion, the previous prime minister mentioned a lett...

Homeowners are being hit with a "Tory mortgage penalty" of £7,000, Labour has claimed, with rates of interest triple what they had been two years in the past.Pat McFadden, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, blamed what he known as the "reckless economic gamble" taken by Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng throughout their brief stint in energy. Labour's evaluation discovered that the typical home-owner is spending an additional £150 each week since their notorious mini-budget final September, which despatched the worth of the pound tumbling and mortgage charges hovering.Mortgage curiosity funds now usually stand at £223 per week - a rise of £7,000 a 12 months, the opposition claims.Labour stated these with a 75% loan-to-value mortgage confronted common charges of as much as 4.6...

Rishi Sunak and the Tory excessive command are nervously ready to see if extra Boris Johnson allies stop as MPs - amid fears that the feud is ready to plunge the occasion into civil warfare.Johnson supporters declare two extra MPs are on "resignation watch" after Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams joined the previous prime minister in quitting with instant impact and triggering by-elections. But some authorities loyalists assume assist for the rise up is stalling. Claims by Johnson's camp that as much as six extra MPs have been poised to stop have did not materialise to date.Politics Hub: Live response to shock resignation Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed lots of to the White House on Saturday for a delayed Pride Month celebration aimed toward exhibiting LGBTQ+ people who his administration has their again at a time when advocates are warning of a spike in discriminatory laws, notably aimed on the transgender group, sweeping by means of statehouses. ...

Former President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone Saturday in his first public look since being indicted on 37 counts of mishandling categorised paperwork, calling the prosecution by the Biden Justice Department a harmful abuse of energy to cease his marketing campaign because the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination.  ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pledging if elected president in 2024 to revive the title of a Confederate common to a North Carolina navy base.  Mr. DeSantis ...

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday is about to make his first public appearances since his federal indictment, talking to pleasant Republican audiences in Georgia and North Carolina as he tries to rally supporters to his protection. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump’s indictment on fees of mishandling categorised paperwork is about to play out in a federal court docket in Florida. But hundred of miles away, a part of Trump’s protection is properly underway in a special venue - the halls of Congress, the place Republicans have been making ready for months to wage an aggressive counter-offensive towards the Justice Department. ...