Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
The U.S. warns Russia it will face tough sanctions if it invades Ukraine. What is Instagram doing to keep its youngest users safe? A former NFL player died in police custody Monday in Alabama.Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
As the row over whether a Christmas party was held at Downing Street last year, footage broadcast on ITV News has shown Number 10 officials joking about a “business meeting with cheese and wine” with no social distancing.Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
A video leaked to ITV news shows Number 10 officials joking about a "business meeting with cheese and wine" and no social distancing.Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
The National Defense Authorization Act would also overhaul the military justice system.Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
Congress is setting up a complicated process that could avoid a potential federal default.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
Saule Omarova has withdrawn her nomination to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency after an ugly, and at times, incredibly personal, fight to be confirmed.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
Twitter recently launched a new policy in the U.S. to limit the sharing of photos and videos of people without their consent. Activists on the left say it limits public interest reporting.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Reverend Don Odom Jr., the social justice ministry leader at Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, about how Texas' redistricting plan will impact his community.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with election lawyer Ben Ginsberg on his National Review article calling to reform the Electoral Count Act, which spells out how Congress calculates the electoral college vote.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
President Biden is talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin about Russia's military build-up on the Ukraine border — and the consequences for Moscow if it invades Ukraine.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
Biden told Putin in a call that if Russia invades Ukraine, the U.S. and allies would apply painful economic sanctions, said Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
The decision comes a week after Meadows' attorney said the former White House chief of staff would voluntarily speak with the committee.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
The Biden administration has doubled duties on lumber imported from Canada. Critics argue it hurts the goal of affordable housing.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Mike Mazza of the American Enterprise Institute about whether the U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing will have a tangible effect.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
President Biden and Russian President Putin hold a video summit. The U.S. won't send any government officials to the Olympics in Beijing. The DOJ is suing Texas over the state's redistricting plans.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
U.S. athletes are still expected to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics, despite the diplomatic boycott from the Biden administration.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Politics
The panel, which will vote on the report Tuesday, steers clear of taking a position on many of the most controversial suggestions for changing the court.Monday, December 6, 2021 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
We spoke to the Minister for Crime and Policing, Kit Malthouse, and started by asking him whether the extra spending on rehabilitation and treatment exceeded the budget cuts in those areas since the Conservatives came to power in 2010.Monday, December 6, 2021 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
Rehab for hundreds of thousands of hardcore drugs users, and tackling the criminal gangs who peddle illegal narcotics and "make hell of people’s lives". Monday, December 6, 2021 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
We spoke to Dame Carol Black, who led the government-commissioned review of drugs policy, and asked her if the key is decriminalisation and treating drug-taking as a chronic health condition.Monday, December 6, 2021 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
The health secretary has warned that there is now community transmission of the new Omicron variant of Covid "across multiple regions of England". Monday, December 6, 2021 from Mail.com: Politics
NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators are looking into the deal that would bring Donald Trump's new social media company to the stock market, one that has attracted both legions of fans of the former president and people looking to make a quick...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politics RSS Feed
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court on Monday halted for now candidate filing for U.S. House and state legislative seats while judges there consider whether to block the use of district boundaries that lawsuit filers...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politics RSS Feed
SEATTLE (AP) — At first, Henry Bridger II supported Kshama Sawant, Seattle’s combative socialist city councilmember. A liberal voter in one of the most liberal neighborhoods in an extremely liberal city, he liked her fresh outlook and...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Mail.com: Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is expected to soon announce that the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses, a move that China has vowed to greet with...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politics RSS Feed
NEW YORK (AP) — All private employers in New York City will have to require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the mayor announced Monday, imposing one of the most aggressive vaccine rules in the nation. The move by Mayor...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politics from Newser
Two images with the themes of guns and Christmas made headlines over the weekend, one from a congressman and the other from a sheriff's office. Both drew condemnation from critics but defenses from advocates of gun rights. Adding to the...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politics RSS Feed
ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue will challenge Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp for governor, he announced Monday, setting up a bitter 2022 Republican primary fight while Democrat Stacey Abrams is likely to await the winner. Perdue...Monday, December 6, 2021 from The Week: Most Recent Politics Posts
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NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who lodged a sexual harassment allegation against former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was “disgusted” by what she saw as his hypocrisy and attempts to discredit women who made similar allegations against his brother,...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
This the result of one of the accused’s legal representatives apparently being in contact with Covid-19 positive personMonday, December 6, 2021 from Politics RSS Feed
NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators are asking questions about the deal to bring Donald Trump's new social media company to the stock market, one that has attracted both legions of fans of the former president and people looking to make a quick...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Mail.com: Politics
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The national security adviser of the United Arab Emirates met Monday with Iran's hard-line president in Tehran, a major visit for the Gulf Arab federation that has long viewed the Islamic Republic as its main regional...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
DA MP says trucks have been forced to wait in lines as long as 15 km for more than 3 daysMonday, December 6, 2021 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
DA MP says cost of one Pfizer shot at R308, with one Johnson & Johnson shot R280Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
Important that eligible permit holders apply, and that govt ensures payments are processed timeouslyMonday, December 6, 2021 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
Premier says while we may have been knocked down by Covid, we have not been knocked outMonday, December 6, 2021 from FiveThirtyEight » Politics | FiveThirtyEight
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And four other top stories on the business news website, 6 December 2021Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
John Kane-Berman writes on the implications of the move to switch across to electric vehiclesMonday, December 6, 2021 from Politics RSS Feed
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of the country’s independence hero, Gen. Aung San, who was assassinated in 1947, less than six months before the country, then called Burma, became independent from Britain. Suu Kyi,...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politics RSS Feed
Aung San Suu Kyi’ s career took another dramatic turn Monday as a court in Myanmar sentenced the ousted leader to four years in prison — before subsequently reducing it to two years — after convicting her of incitement and breaching...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politics RSS Feed
ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, with Trump backing, takes on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022 GOP primary for governor.Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
Chelsea Ramsden writes we can take back the power, demand accountability and show govt how they should interact with peopleMonday, December 6, 2021 from The Week: Most Recent Politics Posts
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Beijing says it would be "outright political provocation" for the US to fail to send officials to the Games as part of a protest against China's human rights record.Monday, December 6, 2021 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
Cyril Ramaphosa writes we must carefully consider the implications of the risk to ourselves of being unvaccinatedMonday, December 6, 2021 from Mail.com: Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is looking to expand reporting requirements on all-cash real estate deals to help crack down on bad actors' use of the U.S. market to launder money made through illicit activity. The Treasury...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Irish Times Politics RSS
Practice has been banned in England, Scotland and Wales since the early 2000sMonday, December 6, 2021 from World Politics
Aung Sang Suu Kyi is set to spend the next two years behind bars in a case widely seen as contrived and dismissed by critics as a farce.