Author Archives: Lashes and Tan

Why are some comparing Rachel Reeves’s trip to China to Denis Healey in 1976?

The chancellor is out of the country just as the pound sinks and borrowing costs soar – but history tells us this is no time to ditch ‘Rachel from Accounts’, says Sean O’Grady

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Author: Sean O’Grady

‘Stay inside’ warning issued to everyone born in these years

State pensioners and people born in these years are at particular risk and are being told to stay inside.

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Author: Alex Evans

Missing twin sisters ‘seemed normal’ before disappearance, says friend

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti have been missing from Aberdeen since early on Tuesday morning.

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Author: Oliver Wright

SNP’s ‘fix rooms’ could be made exempt from smoking ban so users can inhale crack

Swinney praises Glasgow centre as ‘first of its kind’ while critics say it ‘does nothing to address root causes of addiction’

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Author: Simon Johnson

Was Donald Trump a Democrat? Timeline of US president’s chequered political history

‘America first’ policies are not in keeping with Republican precedent

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Author: William Mata

Opinion | Republicans, enjoy ineffectual control of Congress while you have it

With Congress ceding so much power to presidents, Trump, not GOP lawmakers, is where the action is.

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Author: George F. Will

Bob Woodward told key Republican Biden was corrupt, new book claims

Washington Post reporter said ‘everyone in DC’ knew Biden ‘allowed his family to sell access to him’, James Comer says

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Author: Martin Pengelly

With Hearings Imminent, Partisan Fight Escalates Over Trump Cabinet

Democrats are demanding that Republicans slow consideration of picks for the new administration until they can review background checks, as the G.O.P. faces major pressure to quickly confirm them.

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Author: Carl Hulse,Karoun Demirjian

US House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court to protest its issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister over Israel’s campaign in Gaza.

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Author: Patricia Zengerle