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Leaked memo framed Robert Jenrick as ‘new sheriff’ amid his defection to Reform

A leaked media plan prepared by Robert Jenrick’s aides described the former shadow justice secretary as “the new sheriff in town” and “the most dynamic politician in the Conservative party” as he announced his defection to Reform, according to the document. The six‑page memo, which the Guardian says

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UK says Greenland's future is 'non‑negotiable' amid Trump tariff threats

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy insisted the UK’s stance on Greenland is “non‑negotiable”, as European nations pushed back against Donald Trump’s decision to impose 10% tariffs on the UK and seven other countries. Keir Starmer called Trump’s imposition of the tariffs “completely wrong”. Nandy refused to say

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Jewish leaders urge compromise after Labor pauses vilification elements of hate speech bill

Jewish leaders have warned that their community remains at risk from the promotion of antisemitic hatred and urged a last-minute compromise after Labor agreed to split draft hate speech laws ahead of a special sitting of parliament. After Anthony Albanese split the bills introduced following the Bondi Beach terror attack,

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Gavin Newsom returns to Davos to challenge Trump on the world stage

Businessinsider: California Gov. Gavin Newsom will return to Davos, Switzerland, this week to speak at the World Economic Forum and publicly rebuke President Donald Trump. Newsom announced Friday he will travel more than 6,000 miles to the annual gathering in the small Swiss ski town, where Trump is also

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SA premier opposed Randa Abdel-Fattah’s inclusion at Adelaide Writers’ Week

A three-page letter from South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas criticising the inclusion of Palestinian Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah in the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week program has been made public. The letter, dated 2 January, was first published in full by Adelaide's Sunday Mail. In the letter Malinauskas

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After one year of Trump’s second term, columnist warns of shift toward electoral authoritarianism

A year into Donald Trump’s second term, M. Gessen writes that the United States has changed dramatically, citing developments from a new legal filing over a large immigrant detention facility in Florida to broader signs of authoritarianism across the country. The columnist contrasts steady European attention to U.S.

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Zahawi joins Reform amid disputes over vaccine scepticism

Nadhim Zahawi, the former Conservative chancellor, was unveiled as Reform UK’s newest recruit at a plush Westminster venue on Monday and faced persistent questioning about his role in the Covid vaccine rollout. Reporters pressed him on whether he rejected the views of a doctor who was allowed to use

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Twelve states apply to be early contests in Democrats’ 2028 primary

Democrats in 12 states have applied to hold nominating contests in the early window of the 2028 presidential primary, the month before Super Tuesday, submitting pitches that stressed geography, race, size, diversity and battleground status. The Democratic National Committee has said it will select one state from each of four

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Trump endorses Julia Letlow as possible primary challenger to Sen. Bill Cassidy

President Trump on Saturday endorsed Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana as a potential Republican primary challenger to Senator Bill Cassidy, also of Louisiana, in a move posted on Truth Social that surprised some allies and threatened to strain relations with Senate Republicans. Mr. Cassidy has at times criticized Mr. Trump

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Spanberger appoints new members to UVA, George Mason and VMI boards

Gov. Abigail Spanberger appointed 10 new members to the 17-member Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia within hours of being sworn in as Virginia’s first female governor, and she announced new boards at George Mason University and the Virginia Military Institute. The day before, she had asked

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Liverpool and Manchester mayors call for withdrawal of Hillsborough law security amendment

The mayors of Liverpool and Manchester have urged the government to withdraw an amendment to the Hillsborough law, saying it "creates too broad an opt-out" by allowing intelligence officials to decide what information is released to investigators after a major incident. In a joint statement posted on X,

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Tech firms met UK ministers far more often than child safety groups, analysis finds

US technology companies have been meeting UK government ministers at a rate of more than once per working day, giving them high-level access that campaigners say dwarfs that of child safety and copyright groups, a Guardian investigation found. An analysis of meeting records for the two years to October 2025

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Enforcement Directorate searches home of activist over alleged foreign funding for anti-fossil-fuel treaty

Investigators from India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched the home of environmental activist Harjeet Singh and properties of his group Satat Sampada as part of an inquiry that the agency says centres on claims his campaigning for a treaty to cut fossil fuel use was undermining the national interest. The

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UK police advise Sikh activist to boost security amid alleged Hindu nationalist threats

Police have advised high-profile Sikh activist Paramjeet Singh Pamma, 52, in the UK to install security cameras at his home and reinforce door locks because of threats from Hindu nationalist elements, Singh Pamma said. He said he had been visited by police and received verbal advice to increase his security

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White House Press Secretary Tells CBS That Trump Will Sue If Interview Is Edited

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told CBS News that President Trump would "sue" the network if it did not air an interview unedited, moments after he taped a 13-minute interview in Michigan with "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil, according to a recording obtained

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Trump threatens escalating tariffs on European allies until Greenland is sold

Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs on a range of European countries unless the United States is allowed to purchase Greenland, announcing the move in a post on Truth Social that threatened duties of up to 25%. Trump said a 10% tariff would begin on 1 February on goods

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Minneapolis braces for dueling protests over fraud investigation

Minnesota officials prepared for two protests in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday: one organized by conservative influencer Jake Lang and a counterprotest by the People’s Action Coalition Against Trump. Mr. Lang gathered demonstrators at Minneapolis City Hall and said he would burn a Quran; he was also expected to lead

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Man charged after allegedly threatening Vice President Vance at Disneyland

People reports that Marco Antonio Aguayo, a California resident, has been charged for making threats against Vice President JD Vance during the vice president’s family visit to the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim on July 12, according to a criminal complaint. The complaint says Aguayo, 22, posted comments on Disney’

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Trump imposes 10% tariffs on Denmark and seven European nations over Greenland

President Trump announced on Saturday morning that he will impose a 10 percent tariff on Denmark and seven other European countries as part of an effort to secure a deal to buy Greenland, writing the decision in a social media post. He said Denmark, which oversees Greenland, will be hit

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Trump pulls back on plan to deploy troops to Minneapolis as Democrats hold hearing

President Trump appeared to back down from his threat to send military forces into Minneapolis, saying on Friday that he did not think he needed to invoke the Insurrection Act, while Democratic officials and activists held an unofficial congressional hearing in the Minnesota Senate Building to denounce federal immigration operations.

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Minneapolis protesters use winter conditions to challenge ICE outside federal building

Protesters in Minneapolis have been using winter weather to their advantage as federal agents contend with icy sidewalks and snow outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, where demonstrations have continued amid an immigration enforcement operation. Temperatures are expected to plunge to around zero degrees this weekend, and city and

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Conservative Figures Use ‘AWFUL’ Label After Renee Good’s Killing

In the days after a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, Republican officials and conservative commentators denounced her and some right-wing figures began using the acronym AWFUL — Affluent White Female Urban Liberal — to describe her and similar protesters. Conservative commentator Erik Erickson posted on social media, “An

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Rory Stewart says indifference to social media abuse would be his superpower

Rory Stewart, 53, said his ideal superpower would be indifference to social media abuse. Born in Hong Kong, Stewart served as Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border from 2010, was secretary of state for international development when he launched an unsuccessful bid to become Tory leader in 2019, and

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Trump veto puts Arkansas Valley Conduit water funding in doubt

President Trump used the first veto of his second term in late December to kill legislation that would have aided the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a long‑planned pipeline meant to bring clean drinking water to about 50,000 people in Colorado’s southeastern plains. Congress had unanimously passed the bill,

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Federal agents detain man on Lake Street as Minneapolis activists confront ICE

Federal immigration agents detained a man along Lake Street in Minneapolis on Wednesday as activists and journalists who had been trailing the agents converged on the frozen street corner and confronted them. Witnesses described S.U.V.s full of masked agents pulling up alongside cars carrying activists and journalists,