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Andy Burnham Proposes a ‘No. 10 in the North’ as Labour Edges Toward an Uncontested Coronation

Andy Burnham proposed relocating part of Downing Street to Manchester on Saturday, calling it 'the biggest shift of power from Whitehall in modern times.' With more than 200 Labour MPs backing him

June 29, 2026

by Europe Desk

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Private Equity Collects £24 Billion a Year From Britain’s Public Services. Most People Have No Idea.

A Guardian investigation drawing on Tussell and PitchBook data found that private equity-backed companies collected £24.4 billion from UK public contracting in a single year. The state has no mechanism to assess what it gets back.

June 29, 2026

by Europe Desk

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CFTC Sues Kentucky to Shield Kalshi and Polymarket From State Gambling Crackdown

The CFTC sued Kentucky on June 23 to block state enforcement against Kalshi and Polymarket, making

North Korea Commissions Its First Destroyer as Kim Pledges 12-Warship Nuclear Fleet

North Korea commissioned its first-ever guided-missile destroyer, the 5,000-ton Choe Hyon, at Nampho on June 23.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington

Pam Bondi’s first Senate grilling tests DOJ independence

Washington — The most consequential oversight hearing of the year opened Tuesday in Hart 216, with Attorney General Pam Bondi seated before the Senate Judiciary Committee and a line of questions that cut

October 7, 2025

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Judge smacks down Trump’s Portland troop stunt

Washington — A federal judge in Oregon just put a hard stop on President Donald Trump’s latest show-of-force script, a plan to muscle National Guard troops into Portland that read more like campaign

October 6, 2025

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Shutdown day 6 shows a government that won’t govern

Washington — The sixth day of the federal shutdown opened with no breakthrough in sight and a new threat hanging over hundreds of thousands of workers: layoffs, not just furloughs. The White

October 6, 2025

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Syria elections 2025: Vote counting before vote casting

Damascus. Syria elections 2025 arrived without a public ballot. In governorate halls, roughly six thousand vetted electors filed past plastic seals and red wax, marked their choices and left the rest to

October 6, 2025

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Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse rises over Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago

Chicago pushes back as Trump sends 300 Guard troops

CHICAGO: On Saturday, October 4, 2025, the White House authorized the federalization of 300 Illinois National Guard members for a limited mission to secure federal personnel and facilities in the Chicago area,

October 5, 2025

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Capitol dome lit at dusk during a federal funding lapse

Shutdown Day 4, Washington’s stalemate makes America pay

Washington — The Capitol is lit and the microphones are on, yet the core machinery of government is idling. The United States has entered another weekend of a federal funding lapse, and

October 4, 2025

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Shutdown day 3: Washington’s power play hits parks, WIC, data

Washington — On the third morning of the federal funding lapse, the rituals of American government felt improvised. At Muir Woods, rangers taped paper notices to trailheads while volunteers tried to steer

October 3, 2025

Government and Politics·News

U.S. Capitol at dusk as the federal government shutdown enters Day 2

America held hostage: Shutdown bites at airports and parks

WASHINGTON — The federal government entered its second day of a shutdown on Thursday, October 2, 2025, with hundreds of thousands of civilian employees furloughed, airports bracing for strain, and national parks

October 2, 2025

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Congress lets the government go dark. What closes, what doesn’t

After midnight on Wednesday, the federal government began a partial shutdown when competing funding measures died in the Senate and a stopgap failed to materialize. The lapse follows days of stalemate over

October 2, 2025

Government and Politics·News

Wall Street traders react to U.S. jobs crash during shutdown

America in crisis: 32,000 jobs wiped out amid shutdown chaos

Washington — In a startling reversal of expectations, US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in September just as the federal bureaucracy dimmed the lights on economic reporting. The contraction, the steepest in

October 1, 2025

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Andy Burnham Proposes a ‘No. 10 in the North’ as Labour Edges Toward an Uncontested Coronation

Private Equity Collects £24 Billion a Year From Britain’s Public Services. Most People Have No Idea.

CFTC Sues Kentucky to Shield Kalshi and Polymarket From State Gambling Crackdown

North Korea Commissions Its First Destroyer as Kim Pledges 12-Warship Nuclear Fleet

Pam Bondi’s first Senate grilling tests DOJ independence

Judge smacks down Trump’s Portland troop stunt

Shutdown day 6 shows a government that won’t govern

Syria elections 2025: Vote counting before vote casting

Chicago pushes back as Trump sends 300 Guard troops

Shutdown Day 4, Washington’s stalemate makes America pay

Shutdown day 3: Washington’s power play hits parks, WIC, data

America held hostage: Shutdown bites at airports and parks

Congress lets the government go dark. What closes, what doesn’t

America in crisis: 32,000 jobs wiped out amid shutdown chaos

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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