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Sen. Lindsey Graham charged President Biden on Sunday with attempting to rewrite the historical past of the administration’s bungled and chaotic 2021 exit from Afghanistan to finish America’s longest battle. The South Carolina Republican and staunch ally of Donald Trump mentioned that whereas the ex-presid...

Republicans are dashing again to the drafting board for a successful message on abortion after the post-Roe scoreboard favored Democrats on the poll field. Liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz’s 11-point drubbing of conservative Daniel Kelly within the Wisconsin state Supreme Court election on April 4 is the n...

Two Democrats expelled from the Tennessee Legislature final week by greater than two-thirds of their GOP colleagues say they plan to return to their seats both by being reappointed by county officers or via particular elections. Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson have been ousted by the Republican-contr...

After receiving a slap down from Tory HQ, Douglas Ross has stood by his controversial statements about tactical voting by primarily saying his feedback had been taken out of context.Earlier, he urged individuals to do "what's best for the country" and assist the candidate more than likely to beat the SNP of their constituency. That might, subsequently, embrace Labour candidates - probably serving to opposition chief Sir Keir Starmer to win a majority on the subsequent UK election on the expense of Mr Ross's Conservatives.Speaking later to Sky News, nonetheless, Mr Ross indicated he was referring to Labour supporters backing Tory candidates in areas the place Tories are the primary rivals to the SNP.The headline: 'Tory chief urges Labour voters to assist Tory candidates' is ha...

An lawyer for former President Donald Trump stated Sunday that his consumer’s criticism of the choose who's presiding over his New York grand jury indictment was not meant to be private. At a speech final week simply hours after his arraignment in New York, Mr. Trump advised supporters gathered at his Sout...

The unprecedented indictment of former President Donald Trump, considered by most individuals as a politically motivated case meant to derail the highest 2024 Republican White House candidate, is prompting calls to step up investigations of President Biden and his household. Republicans and authorized anal...

South Korean officers mentioned Sunday they may “come up with our response accordingly” after revelations that the U.S. reportedly spied on its shut ally and gathered indicators intelligence associated to South Korea’s inside debate over weapons gross sales to the U.S., and Seoul’s fears that these weapons would in the end find yourself in Ukraine. ...

The mom of murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel is backing voices pushing for a change within the regulation that may power criminals to attend their sentencing.It comes after Thomas Cashman, 34, refused to seem within the dock when he was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on Monday after a jury discovered him responsible of murdering the schoolgirl in her house in Liverpool in August final yr. Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, Cheryl Korbel mentioned she would "support a law that would force criminals to show up for sentencing.""Why should we go through all that and then he gets the option of not being there? It's like a kick in the teeth," Ms Korbel mentioned."He was in that dock right through the trial and on the last day he said 'I'm not going up'. It's not fair." Ca...

Rishi Sunak will welcome President Joe Biden when he arrives in Belfast this week, pledging to fulfil the promise of the Good Friday Agreement as they mark its twenty fifth anniversary and speaking of a "better future" for Northern Ireland.The US president's go to comes amid a heightened terror risk in Northern Ireland, and with power-sharing in Stormont nonetheless on maintain due to post-Brexit tensions. In a press release launched by Downing Street, Mr Sunak stated the signing of the Good Friday Agreement was an "incredible moment" within the UK's historical past.The settlement ended the 30-year battle in Northern Ireland which claimed greater than 3,500 lives.Read extra:The Good Friday Agreement 25 years on Please use Chrom...

The chief of the Scottish Conservatives has advised that Tories ought to vote Labour within the subsequent election, prompting fury from his celebration's Westminster HQ.Douglas Ross stated folks ought to "do what's best for the country" and help the candidate almost definitely to beat the SNP of their constituency - and in lots of Scottish seats, it's prone to be Labour and even the Lib Dems who're essentially the most critical risk to the Scottish nationalists. Mr Ross stated he desires to loosen the SNP's grip on Scotland, including that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer must also be wanting "a bit beyond their own narrow party agenda" in favour of holding the UK collectively.He informed The Sunday Telegraph: "The public know how to tactically v...