Politics

Islanders on South Uist are being pushed "to despair" by the cancellation of a ferry service and must be compensated for the disruption, Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has been instructed.Ferry agency CalMac has lower sailings from Lochboisdale to Mallaig on the mainland for the remainder of June. MV Lord of the Isles, the vessel which normally serves the route, has been redeployed to Islay as a result of ongoing restore points elsewhere within the fleet.At First Minister's Questions (FMQs) on Thursday, Scottish Tory chief Douglas Ross stated a 3rd of South Uist's inhabitants protested earlier this week and had been "rightly furious" over the choice.Mr Ross stated the federal government's "failure to build a working ferry network" was "causing chaos" by "ruining lives...

Former President Donald Trump says nobody has informed him he faces imminent costs in parallel investigations after his attorneys met this week with particular counsel Jack Smith. ...

The White House on Thursday introduced steps to guard the LGBT neighborhood forward of a Pride Month celebration, together with the appointment of a Department of Education coordinator to handle “the growing threat that book bans pose for the civil rights of students.” ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury investigating Donald Trump in Florida heard from not less than one extra witness Wednesday amid indicators that the Justice Department was transferring towards a attainable indictment over the previous president’s mishandling of labeled paperwork. ...

Sex schooling campaigners have misplaced their bid to enchantment a High Court ruling on the Welsh authorities's coverage.Launched final September, the brand new curriculum for Wales consists of the instructing of relationship and sexuality schooling (RSE) from the age of seven. Campaigners had appealed the judgement within the High Court final 12 months which dismissed their claims concerning the RSE code and steerage.They wished mother and father to have the chance to excuse their youngsters from some lessons as they believed teachings wouldn't be applicable for main college youngsters.They stated shedding their bid to enchantment the High Court ruling was a "devastating blow" however the Welsh authorities stated it was an "important vindication" of its coverage. Lord Justi...

Motionless windmills, photo voltaic plant glitches, shuttered coal vegetation and low water ranges create a recipe for widespread energy outages this summer time, the nation’s main watchdog on energy grid reliability warns. ...

The FBI will now enable all House Oversight and Accountability Committee members to evaluate a doc alleging that President Biden engaged in a $5 million bribery scheme when he was vp throughout the Obama administration. ...

NEWS AND OPINION: Media protection of smoke was ample within the final 48 hours, and no surprise. The impact of smoke from Canadian wildfires sparked a lot press protection — and no surprise. ...

Former Green Party chief Caroline Lucas is stepping down on the subsequent normal election. In a letter despatched to her Brighton Pavilion constituents, Ms Lucas mentioned it had been the "privilege of my life to serve this extraordinary constituency and community". She mentioned the "threats to our precious planet" had turn out to be "ever more urgent", however that her position in parliament because the Green Party's solely MP meant she had "struggled to spend the time I want on these accelerating crises"."I have therefore decided not to stand again as your MP at the next election," she mentioned.Ms Lucas, 62, was elected because the MP for Brighton Pavilion on the 2010 normal election, changing into the primary Green Party candidate to be elected to the House of Commons. ...

The conservative House Freedom Caucus once more paralyzed the House on Tuesday in an try and pressure Speaker Kevin McCarthy to cease utilizing Democratic votes to move laws. ...