First lady Jill Biden’s political rise coincided with the end of her husband’s political career, according to a new book about how President Joe Biden lost the White House. One year after Biden’s consequential debate performance, the first octogenarian president’s age has inspired congressional investigations and books detailing his alleged cognitive decline. ‘2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America,’ is the latest to tackle the inner workings of the Biden...
The UK Government has announced a record £92 billion investment in more than 50 major road and rail upgrades across England and Wales, promising to boost economic growth, create tens of thousands of jobs, and significantly improve journey times for commuters and businesses. Part of the government’s “Plan for Change”, the funding represents the largest transport infrastructure commitment in a generation. It aims to unlock 42,000 new jobs, support the delivery of 39,000 homes, and...
The High Court trial between PPE Medpro and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) drew towards its conclusion today, with a blistering set of closing submissions from the defence that portrayed the government’s £122 million claim as a desperate attempt to deflect attention from its own pandemic procurement failures. Describing the case as “no more than opportunistic,” PPE Medpro’s legal team argued that the DHSC had never needed the 25 million surgical gowns...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned that her economic roadmap may need to be “ripped up” as a global market shock triggered by Donald Trump’s new wave of tariff threats drives up UK government borrowing costs and rattles investor confidence. The yield on 10-year UK gilts surged to over 4.63%, as global markets reacted to the US President’s aggressive protectionist rhetoric. The tariffs, aimed at reshaping global trade relationships, have fuelled a flight to the...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that business magnate Elon Musk push for balanced budget and congressional term limit amendments to the U.S. Constitution, rather than build a new political party. Musk, who has been beating the drum about the need to rein in government spending, announced that he is launching a new political party called the America Party. ‘Backing a candidate for president is not out of the question, but the focus for the next...
President Donald Trump on Monday said that his administration would be sending defensive weapons to Ukraine so the war-torn country could defend itself from Russia’s ongoing invasion, an apparent turnaround after the Pentagon said last week it was pausing such deliveries. His comments came as Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 11 civilians and injured more than 80 others, including seven children, officials said Monday. ‘We have to,’ Trump said when questioned at the...
A top advisor to former President Joe Biden reportedly labeled Hunter Biden’s presence on a call about the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that former presidents have some immunity from prosecution ‘inappropriate,’ according to a new book. The book, ‘2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America,’ was published Tuesday and chronicles how Biden’s team dismissed concerns about his age during the 2024 election cycle, along with how President Donald Trump secured...
Former White House physician Kevin O’Connor, who served as doctor to former President Joe Biden, requested a delay to his upcoming testimony before the House Oversight Committee this week. O’Connor was scheduled to testify on Wednesday, but is now in a disagreement with the committee over the scope of the questions he will be expected to answer during his testimony. The committee, led by Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is interviewing the doctor as part of...
The UK government is to ban the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that silence employees who experience harassment or discrimination in the workplace, under landmark changes to the Employment Rights Bill. The new amendments, tabled ahead of the Bill’s return to the House of Lords next week, will void any confidentiality or non-disparagement clauses that prevent victims – or witnesses – from speaking out about inappropriate or abusive conduct. The move has been widely welcomed...
Monzo has been fined £21 million by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after fraudsters were able to open bank accounts using clearly fake or implausible addresses — including Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street. The FCA said Monzo’s financial crime controls were “completely inadequate”, allowing thousands of suspicious accounts to be opened between 2018 and 2022. In one instance, an account holder even gave Monzo’s own business address in London as their residential address. “Banks...
