Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — The founding father of North Korea’s ruling dynasty, an isolationist totalitarian chief named Kim Il-sung, was nonetheless constructing a few of the nation’s first nuclear services when Syd Seiler arrived on the Korean Peninsula as a younger U.S. navy intelligence officer. ...

Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has revealed how he feels "let down" by Liz Truss as he accused her of "total capitulation" following her failed agenda.Mr Kwarteng, who was sacked 38 days into Ms Truss's short-lived tenure as prime minister, additionally revealed the pair had not spoken since she dramatically sacked him following his mini-budget final September, which despatched the pound tumbling and unleashed chaos within the markets. Ms Truss resigned days later, changing into the shortest-serving prime minister in British historical past.Mr Kwarteng and Ms Truss had been longstanding allies earlier than she sacked him following criticism of the tax-cutting measures within the mini-budget, changing him with the incumbent chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, who unpicked her agenda to...

NEWS AND OPINION: Former Vice President Mike Pence is operating for president in 2024, and his marketing campaign theme is “Rediscover America’s Promise.” Mr. Pence took day without work the marketing campaign path to seem at a city corridor hosted by SiriusXM. ...

Rishi Sunak has sounded a cautious word concerning the prospects of signing Britain's largest post-Brexit commerce deal, saying it's "not a given".Speaking to reporters as he travelled to the G20 in Delhi, the prime minister stated he would "check in" with Narendra Modi concerning the progress in direction of a free commerce settlement. But he performed down the prospects of an imminent settlement, with hopes of signing it off on this - his first journey to India in workplace - seeming to have pale.There are actually hopes that after twelve rounds of negotiations, the 2 leaders could possibly attain settlement on one other go to to India which is being mentioned for later this yr.Mr Sunak stated: "Without query, India goes to be probably the most important international locat...

Sen. Joe Manchin III, essentially the most susceptible Democrat up for reelection, claims Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is flawed about lawmakers like him being shielded from voting on nominations that might harm them this marketing campaign cycle. ...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned she’s cut up from her longtime associate and is now a single father or mother, telling {a magazine} she’s more than likely to be remembered for a viral video and never her position because the president’s spokeswoman. ...

Rishi Sunak has spoken of his "special" relationship with India, the place he's seen as a "son-in-law".He is visiting Delhi for the primary time as prime minister to attend the G20 summit, and hopes to make progress in the direction of a commerce take care of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Mr Sunak's Indian heritage generated enormous curiosity when he gained the management 11 months in the past, and he's anticipated to get a heat welcome. Image: Narendra Modi and Rishi Sunak shake fingers on the G7 summit in May Downing Street described his journey as a "historic moment" and a "living bridge" between the 2 nations.Speaking to reporters on the aircraft concerning the significance of his go to, as the pr...

Rep. Matt Gaetz known as out the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after brokers confirmed up at a constituents’ gun store in Florida to “audit and harass” him after he testified at a congressional area listening to. ...

MPs have accused ministers of "flying blind" and "shrugging their shoulders" on the scale of fraud - which has quadrupled because the begin of the COVID pandemic.The cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) mentioned whereas a lot of the £21bn of taxpayers' cash misplaced to fraud in the course of the pandemic is unlikely to be recovered, the federal government ought to be doing extra to recuperate what it will possibly. On high of round £16.4bn misplaced to tax and profit fraud up to now yr, the federal government may have misplaced as much as £28.5bn to fraud and error, with out figuring out precisely the place or how, in accordance with a PAC report, which relies on estimates from the Public Sector Fraud Authority.MPs on the committee additionally accused the federal go...

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump hosted a $100,000-a-plate fundraiser for disgraced former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf membership Thursday night time as Giuliani struggles to pay his mounting authorized payments. ...