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A House committee is barreling towards a contempt vote Thursday in opposition to FBI director Christopher A. Wray, with the chairman accusing Mr. Wray of orchestrating a coverup by withholding subpoenaed paperwork that allege President Biden took bribes. ...

Rishi Sunak will take private accountability if inflation within the UK has not halved by the tip of the 12 months.The prime minister was talking to Sky News political editor Beth Rigby throughout a go to to Washington DC the place he'll meet President Biden. Mr Sunak has made a big quantity of noise about his 5 priorities, which he says are additionally the "people's priorities".Politics newest:'Where is lacking £21bn', asks LabourThey embody: Halve inflation, develop the economic system, scale back debt, reduce ready lists, and cease the boats. He promised in January - when inflation was 10.1% - to deal with value progress to assist with the value of residing disaster. Image: Rishi Sunak arriving in Washington The most...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s wealthy historical past of aviation innovation makes it an “ideally suited” location for the Air Force’s new U.S. Space Command headquarters or Space Force items, a bunch of the state’s congressional delegates instructed Democratic President Joe Biden in a letter Wednesday. ...

Scotland's deposit return scheme has been delayed till no less than October 2025.Lorna Slater, the minister for inexperienced abilities, round financial system and biodiversity, introduced the delay in an announcement to the Scottish parliament on Wednesday. First Minister Humza Yousaf had earlier warned that it was in "grave danger" after the UK authorities dominated it might solely go forward with out glass bottles included in it.Environmental campaigners referred to as on Mr Yousaf to "hold his nerve" and soldier on with the nation's first deposit return scheme (DRS) with cans and plastic bottles.Ms Slater mentioned: "I informed parliament yesterday that our scheme can't proceed as deliberate. The refusal of the UK authorities alone to budge on glass makes that apparent. "...

CNN’s embattled CEO, Chris Licht, is leaving the cable community after 13 months on the job, the community confirmed Wednesday. Anchor Kate Bolduan ...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would be the subsequent GOP main candidate to get a city corridor slot on CNN, following within the footsteps of former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. ...

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is about to announce his 2024 Republican marketing campaign for president Wednesday, including his title to a protracted listing of contenders hoping to dent Donald Trump’s early lead within the race. ...

A Labour MP has accused her personal get together of "gaslighting" her after she criticised its dealing with of sexual misconduct allegations.Charlotte Nichols, the MP for Warrington North, has claimed Labour solely took motion in opposition to suspended MP Geraint Davies after particulars about his alleged "unacceptable behaviour" grew to become public data. She has additionally accused her get together of "choosing not to act" over a member of the opposition frontbench, who she says has been the goal of sexual misconduct allegations.Responding to her feedback, Labour mentioned it has ensured "that there is a wide range of support available to complainants, to provide confidence and confidential guidance throughout the disciplinary process".But Ms Nichols has disputed this, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mike Pence is staking his presidential hopes on Iowa as he launches a marketing campaign for the Republican nomination for president in Des Moines on Wednesday that may make him the primary vp in trendy historical past to tackle his former operating mate. ...

The well being secretary has insisted the plan to scale back the NHS backlog "is working" regardless of lacking a key goal to eradicate 18-month waits.Steve Barclay admitted the purpose to eradicate year-and-a-half waits for hospital therapy by April had been missed "by a very narrow margin". But he stated the federal government had minimize the listing by greater than 90% and the plan to clear the record-high backlog "is working".He advised Sky News: "We minimize (18-month waits) by over 90%. We received it to beneath 11,000 by the top of March.Politics newest: Rwanda flights might start 'as quickly as late September' "If you look at that compared to, for example, Wales, where it was around 70,000 patients waiting 18 months in Labour-run Wales and we've ...