Rishi Sunak refuses to sack Gavin Williamson over abusive texts
Read More Rishi Sunak has “full confidence” in the Cabinet Office minister Gavin Williamson despite the emergence of bullying claims and abusive text messages he sent to the former Conservative chief whip Wendy Morton. The texts were revealed over the weekend to include angry remonstrations about not being invited to the Queen’s funeral and one […]
Sunak extends UK support for saving forests – but will not give more funding
Read More Rishi Sunak has pledged the UK’s continued support for conserving threatened forests around the world, through a funding programme covering a third of the world’s forests, at the Cop27 UN climate summit in Egypt. Brazil is expected to join the initiative, under the incoming president Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva, and new funding […]
World is on ‘highway to climate hell’, UN chief warns at Cop27 summit
Read More Humanity is on a “highway to climate hell”, the UN secretary general has warned, saying the fight for a liveable planet will be won or lost in this decade. Ant?nio Guterres told world leaders at the opening of the Cop27 UN climate summit in Egypt on Monday: “We are in the fight of […]
Barbados PM launches blistering attack on rich nations at Cop27 climate talks
Read More Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, has criticised industrialised nations for failing the developing world on the climate crisis, in a blistering attack at the Cop27 UN climate talks. She said the prosperity – and high carbon emissions – of the rich world had been achieved at the expense of the poor in […]
These five states could legalize marijuana with midterm ballot initiatives
Post Content Voters in five states could legalize recreational marijuana through ballot measures Tuesday, as more parts of the country move to allow access to the drug that remains illegal federally. Maryland, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri and Arkansas all have legal pot referendums that could change state law for more than 17 million people […]
John Lennon’s Killer: There Was ‘Evil in My Heart’
The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his New York City apartment building in 1980 told a parole board that he knew it was wrong to kill the beloved former Beatle, but that he was seeking fame and had “evil in my heart.”Mark David Chapman made the comments in August…
Wisconsin Rep. Sues to Sequester Military Ballots
The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Assembly’s elections committee, along with a veterans group and other voters have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order requiring the sequestering of military absentee ballots in the battleground state.
GOP Leaders Demand COVID-19 Unemployment Fraud Update
Two Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee asked Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to provide documents on the Biden administration’s knowledge of COVID-19 pandemic unemployment fraud.
Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Unsent Absentee Ballots in Georgia
Two major civil rights organizations have filed a lawsuit calling for the state of Georgia to extend the deadline for absentee ballots in Cobb County after about 1,000 voters failed to receive the ballots they requested.Election officials in the county announced last Friday…
Oath Keepers Founder Denies He Organized Attack on Capitol
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes testified in his own defense Monday in his federal trial that he was not part of planning the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, saying such a breach of the building “was nowhere in the mission scope at all,” NPR reported.
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