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A 49-page indictment unsealed Friday by federal prosecutors in Miami paints a damning portrait of how former President Donald Trump allegedly retained batches of categorised paperwork and enlisted a key aide, Walt Nauta, to maneuver them round. ...

Boris Johnson has introduced he's standing down as an MP with speedy impact - claiming that he's being "driven out" of politics.On Friday, the previous prime minister launched a 1,030 phrase assertion asserting his resolution to give up as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip - a seat he has held since 2015. Politics dwell: Boris Johnson quits saying privileges committee needs to 'drive me out of parliament'Here's his assertion in full:I've acquired a letter from the Privileges Committee making it clear - a lot to my amazement - that they're decided to make use of the proceedings in opposition to me to drive me out of parliament. They have nonetheless not produced a shred of proof that I knowingly or recklessly misled the Commons. They know completely properly that once I spoke...

President Biden stated Friday that he hasn’t been in communication with Attorney General Merrick Garland for the reason that Justice Department indicted former President Trump. ...

Boris Johnson has give up as an MP with rapid impact - and criticised Rishi Sunak in a blistering resignation letter.The former prime minister additionally attacked the panel of MPs who're investigating whether or not he lied to the Commons over partygate. The privileges committee has now confirmed it would meet on Monday to conclude its inquiry, with a spokesman vowing to publish its report "promptly". Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant 6:51 From journalist to prime minister In a combative 1,000...

A senior FBI official concerned in planning the raid of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence instructed Congress two days in the past he had robust reservations in regards to the operation and the investigation. ...

Boris Johnson was at all times painfully conscious of how the privileges committee held his political future in its palms.For months there was hypothesis about what conclusion it will attain in its investigation into whether or not he knowingly misled MPs along with his statements about events in Downing Street. In the worst studying, the committee would have really useful a suspension of 10 days or extra, creating the potential for a by-election in his marginal constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip - a transfer that would have seen Mr Johnson ousted by his voters.Ultimately, it seems like he determined to leap earlier than he was pushed.Live updates:Reaction as Boris Johnson 'throws within the towel' In his shock resolution to resign, the previous prime minister was une...

Special counsel Jack Smith, in a uncommon public assertion Friday, mentioned his workplace will search a speedy trial in its felony case towards former President Trump. ...

It reads like a declaration of warfare - however in actuality, Friday's resignation assertion issues as a result of Boris Johnson is chucking up the sponge on his political profession.Yes, there are hints of a 3rd political comeback in his kinetic resignation assertion. "Never write him off," say the pundits within the low-cost seats.Yes, there can be MPs bemoaning his departure if the Tories underwhelm on the subsequent normal election and calling for him to return. But he won't be there.Johnson had a alternative this week - and he may have chosen to stay. That would have meant to face and struggle the decision of the Privileges Committee, with all of the opprobrium that he feels is unfairly heaped upon him.Politics stay: Boris Johnson quits ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into regulation two measures geared toward safeguarding the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals as different states transfer to limit the neighborhood, simply days after the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans. ...

After his landslide basic election victory in 2019, Boris Johnson appeared unassailable as prime minister. His majority of 80 marked the tip of the parliamentary logjam over Brexit, the Labour Party had collapsed into bouts of infighting and critics inside his personal social gathering have been silenced. The Conservatives had elected him chief months earlier, not as a result of he had demonstrated a specific aptitude for presidency in his earlier roles, however as a result of they thought he might win the place others couldn't - and he delivered in emphatic fashion.He had wooed voters in components of the nation the place his social gathering had by no means dreamt it potential to win.The concept Mr Johnson might spend a decade or extra in Downing Street was an actual prospe...