Labour MP skewers Cameron in tense committee standoff ‘Not here to talk for two hours!’

David Cameron grilled by Siobhain McDonagh over Greensill When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. David Cameron appeared at the […]

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Justices consider hearing a case on 'most offensive word'

WASHINGTON — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him and other Black employees “boy.” Management ignored two large swastikas painted on a storage room wall. And for six months, he regularly rode an elevator with the N-word carved into a wall. Collier […]

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‘Just the Trump Party:’ Liz Cheney demotion proves Donald Trump’s hold on Republican politics, experts say

WASHINGTON – By choosing to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from House GOP leadership, Republicans showed Wednesday they will move forward as Donald Trump’s party, experts said, and Trump’s myth of the “stolen election” of 2020 might as well be a plank in the GOP campaign platform. Cheney lost her position as the third-ranking House Republican after she continued to unapologetically argue the party should move past […]

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Rachel Reeves decries lack of employment bill in Queen’s speech

New shadow chancellor faces Rishi Sunak in Commons for first time and signals intent to recoup lost voters Last modified on Wed 12 May 2021 13.31 EDT Labour’s Rachel Reeves made a clear attempt to start reconnecting with the party’s lost supporters by using her debut as shadow chancellor to back British workers and to attack the lack of government […]

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Investors are worried about inflation data, but economists see it as a sign of temporary growth

For years, economists worried that broad macroeconomic changes — an aging population, fewer babies, the advent of automation — would keep prices anchored for decades. But with the Labor Department's most-recent inflation print spooking stock markets, investors are antsy about a return of inflation. The recent pickup in inflation may, in fact, be a temporary — and welcome — change […]

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House GOP ousts Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post

WASHINGTON — House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber’s No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for his false claims of election fraud and his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Meeting behind closed doors for less than 20 minutes, GOP lawmakers used a […]

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