• George Santos steps down from committees
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    New York Republican Rep. George Santos is stepping down from his committee assignments. The move comes as outcry continues over his fabricated biography.
  • UK failing to seize opportunities to grow economy, says shadow chancellor
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
    The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, joins us from Central Lobby in the Houses of Parliament.
  • IMF forecasts ‘aren’t worth the paper they’re written on’, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
    We spoke to Jacob Rees-Mogg, who was Business Secretary last year during Liz Truss's time as Prime Minister, and asked him what he thinks of the IMF's predictions for the UK.
  • UK braces for Wednesday’s widespread strike action
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
    In a season of strikes, tomorrow stands out. 
  • Former U.S. Sen. David Durenberger of Minnesota dies at 88
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Former Minnesota Sen. David Durenberger and his then-fiancée Susan Foote leave federal court in Washington on Aug. 22, 1995. Durenberger, a Republican who espoused a progressive brand of politics and criticized the GOP after his political career, died Tuesday at age 88. The Minnesota Republican served three terms and championed health care reform and protecting rights for disabled people, including the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act.
  • Rep. George Santos voluntarily steps down from House committee assignments
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a House GOP conference meeting in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 25, 2023. Multiple GOP lawmakers tell NPR that embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos has voluntarily recused himself from serving on committees temporarily.
  • Trump sues Bob Woodward for releasing audio of their interviews without permission
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Former President Donald Trump is suing Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward over Woodward The former president has made good on his threat to sue the Washington Post reporter over his use of interview recordings. The lawsuit seeks nearly $50 million in damages.
  • Jim Jordan moves from leadership nemesis to key player in GOP agenda
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Ohio Republican Jim Jordan chairs the House Judiciary Committee, which will lead many of the investigations into the Biden administration this year. During his early years in the House, Rep. Jordan pressured Republican leaders to move to the right. Now as Judiciary Chairman, he is a key architect in Speaker McCarthy's oversight agenda this year.
  • Morning news brief
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Secretary of State Blinken meets with Palestinian President Abbas, deadline to cut water use along the Colorado River, evidence is presented on Trump's role in paying hush-money to Stormy Daniels.
  • Tyre Nichols' killing revives calls for Congress to address police reform
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Demonstrators protesting the death of Tyre Nichols gather and march through downtown Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 28. National outrage over the killing of Tyre Nichols has prompted renewed calls on Capitol Hill for police reform. But in a divided Congress, bipartisan reform legislation is unlikely.
  • The CEO of TikTok will testify before Congress amid security concerns about the app
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    The TikTok app logo is pictured in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2020. University of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that they will restrict the use of TikTok on system devices. TikTok has been under scrutiny in recent years about its privacy and security practices and its effect on young people's mental health. Various bans of the app have been enacted across the country.
  • In Iowa, potential 2024 GOP Trump challengers quiet for now
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Politics RSS Feed
    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — By this time four years ago, at least a dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls eager to make their case against Donald Trump had either visited Iowa or announced plans to soon visit the leadoff voting state ahead...
  • Tánaiste to brief Cabinet on plans to mark 25th anniversary of Belfast Agreement
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    Events will not focus on a specific date but will take place across 2023
  • Have your say: Share your views on our North and South research project
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    We invite readers to share their views on the project which sought to examine attitudes about the future of the island, and the likely outcomes of any Border polls.
  • Northern and southern voters have similar views on wealth redistribution
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    Research finds some differences on social issues, such as abortion
  • There Are Actually Some Big Elections Happening In 2023
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from FiveThirtyEight » Politics | FiveThirtyEight
    In Part 3 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew look ahead to the gubernatorial, legislative, mayoral and judicial races they are watching for in 2023.
  • What Would It Mean If South Carolina Voted First In The Democratic Primary
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from FiveThirtyEight » Politics | FiveThirtyEight
    In Part 2 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew looks at how the Democratic Party’s effort to rearrange its presidential primary calendar is going and discusses the impact this resorting could have on candidate...
  • Do GOP Leaders Want Trump In 2024?
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from FiveThirtyEight » Politics | FiveThirtyEight
    In Part 1 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, it’s another GUOP/BUOP where the crew ask whether a survey of Republican National Committee members was a good or bad use of polling.
  • Cabinet approval could pave way for thousands of parents to receive childminding subsidies
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    O’Gorman to seek Cabinet approval to change the legal status of childminders, enabling the National Childcare Scheme to be opened to more parents
  • Government urged to appoint migration tsar
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Irish Times Politics RSS
    Response to refugee crisis neither ‘fast nor flexible enough’, says alliance of leading NGOs
  • Bolsonaro Asks to Stay Awhile
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from Politics from Newser
    With investigations waiting for him at home, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has asked to stay in the US for at least another six months. Bolsonaro flew to Florida in late December, after delivering a farewell address to the...
  • The White House plans to end COVID emergency declarations in May
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    A view of the White House before an event on the South Lawn September 21, 2007 in Washington, DC. The declarations have been extended several times since they were first enacted back in 2020. The plan could have implications for several COVID-related policies, such as funds for tests and vaccines.
  • Politics Podcast: The Elections Happening In 2023
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023 from FiveThirtyEight » Politics | FiveThirtyEight
    Although much of our elections-related attention is already trained on 2024, there are consequential elections happening this very calendar year. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the...
  • It’s Too Soon to Attribute the California Storms to Climate Change, Experts Say
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from FactCheck.org
    The relentless storms that hit California from Dec. 27 to Jan. 16 caused extreme flooding and extensive damage, killing at least 22 people. Climate scientists told us it’s too soon to know whether climate change had a role in this...
  • Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro files for US visa, though his future remains uncertain
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from World Politics
    For the first time in his more than three-decade political career, Jair Bolsonaro has lost special legal privileges in Brazil.
  • Democrats Misleadingly Suggest Widespread GOP Support for FairTax Bill Unlikely to Become Law
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from FactCheck.org
    Few Republican lawmakers have publicly supported the FairTax Act, but that hasn't stopped Democratic leaders from suggesting that the bill has wide support among congressional Republicans. The post Democrats Misleadingly Suggest...
  • China's Sichuan drops strict limits on children, lets unmarried people register as parents
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from World Politics
    Before this month, only married women were allowed to register births in the Chinese province of Sichuan, but in an attempt to reverse an ageing and declining population local authorities are extending benefits reserved for married...
  • U.S. defense secretary visits ally South Korea as it faces growing North Korea threat
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in South Korea to reassure its ally of the U.S. commitment to defend it, as the seven-decades-old U.S. system of alliances in Asia comes under increasing pressure.
  • Blinken urges calm amid escalating Israel-Palestinian conflict
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    The U.S. secretary of state calls for calm on a trip to Jerusalem, which is seeing an escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence.
  • Nicola Sturgeon explains Scottish Government’s decision to pause transfers of some transgender prisoners to women’s prisons
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
    Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that "heightened public concern" contributed to the Scottish Government's decision yesterday to pause transfers to women's prisons of transgender prisoners with any history of violence...
  • Firefighters to join biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
    Wednesday is shaping up to be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. 
  • Sec. Blinken had a plan for his visit to Jerusalem. Then he had to pivot
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from NPR Topics: Politics
    Antony Blinken met with Israel U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Jerusalem has turned out to be about much more than he bargained for.
  • Tyre Nichols' Parents, Monterey Park Hero Invited to SOTU
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politics from Newser
    President Biden will deliver his second State of the Union Address next Tuesday and the guests will include the parents of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis man who died days after he was brutally beaten by police. Democratic Rep. Steven...
  • Largest teachers’ strike in years to go ahead on Wednesday
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
    Last-minute talks with the education secretary aimed at resolving a pay dispute have failed so the largest teachers' strike in years will now go ahead on Wednesday.
  • Give PM a chance to ‘get to grip some of these problems”, says Tory MP
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
    Matt spoke to backbench Tory MP Laura Farris.
  • Sunak says he acted “pretty decisively” by sacking Nadhim Zahawi as Tory chairman
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Channel 4 News Politics Feed
    Rishi Sunak has insisted he acted "pretty decisively" by sacking Nadhim Zahawi for breaching the ministerial code and promised to restore "integrity" to politics. 
  • The Constitution can't save us from loadshedding
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
    Koos Malan writes on the quixotic legal attempt to secure electricity supply by judicial fiat
  • Calls for police reform in the US following Tyre Nichols' death
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from World Politics
    Former NYPD detective Marq Claxton from the Black Law Enforcement Alliance describes a 'toxic' police culture in the US that needs reform on a federal level.
  • Jerusalem suffers through 'bloodiest weeks' in recent memory
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from World Politics
    Violence has gripped the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jerusalem for days after a military raid killed 10 people, sparking at least two shootings by Palestinian gunmen.
  • Congressional candidate accused of campaign violation
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politics RSS Feed
    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican candidate for a western North Carolina congressional seat in 2020 has been accused by federal prosecutors of a campaign finance violation, and she's signed a plea agreement, court records say. Lynda...
  • Keir Starmer Promises Industry Leaders Labour Is A "Reliable Partner" For Global Business
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from RSS feed
    Keir Starmer told international business leaders that Labour is a “reliable partner” in global trade and industry at a reception in Westminster on Monday evening.
  • Speaking to the opposition (IV): John Steenhuisen
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
    Gabriel Makin speaks to the DA leader about 'black exit', his 'road kill' remarks, and the DA's policies
  • Australia partners with France to supply Ukraine with artillery shells
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from World Politics
    As part of bilateral talks in Paris the defence ministers of Australia and France say they will work together to provide 155mm shells to Ukraine.
  • Intervene in crisis paralysing agricultural sector – FF Plus
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
    Party has received many complaints from farmers who are dependent on Eskom electricity on their farms
  • Home Affairs applications deleted due to loadshedding – Adrian Roos
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
    DA MP says a report presented in 2019 highlighted electricity and environmental issues as major causes of system downtime
  • Police resourcing allocation behind by 20 years – Reagan Allen
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
    WCape Minister says ideally there should be 193 476 officers in SA, while there are only 105 935
  • Power-sharing govt in eThekwini proposed – ActionSA
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
    Zwakele Mncwango proposes that DA, IFP and EFF share power within municipality
  • We need to work more closely in struggle for affordable electricity
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
    Cyril Ramaphosa says there is no simple answer to electricity price conundrum
  • Fresh strategic thinking needed to get SA back on track
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
    Ann Bernstein says a cabinet reshuffle will disappoint as the pool of party talent is too shallow
  • Gordhan has deep understanding of challenges confronting Eskom – NUM Highveld
    Monday, January 30, 2023 from Politicsweb - Daily news headlines
    Minister and union agree that State Capture played vital role in collapsing SOE as many units not serviced during this time
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