A special election in Texas’ 6th district could be a test for the future of the Republican party, where Republican Michael Wood is running on an anti-Trump message. #CNN #News
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New details have emerged in the criminal investigation by federal prosecutors into former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. CNN’s Jessica Schneider has the latest. #CNN #News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has insisted “all security protocols have been followed” despite the prime minister’s phone number being freely available online, prompting snooping fears. The Conservative cabinet minister moved to play down concerns that Boris Johnson had left himself vulnerable to being targeted by hostile states and criminal gangs after it was revealed his personal
Boris Johnson’s mobile phone number has been freely available on the internet for the past 15 years. The number was listed at the bottom of a news release issued when Mr Johnson was shadow higher education minister in 2006. The document, which encouraged journalists to contact him on a Commons office number or his mobile,
Boris Johnson has claimed there isn’t “anything to see here” as he fights inquiries into who paid for his Downing Street flat renovations, as a new poll showed the Tories’ lead undented despite the growing questions. The prime minister, who currently faces three probes, said he will have the final say on any investigation into
Former President Donald Trump reacts in a Fox Business interview after federal investigators executed a search warrant at the home and office of Rudy Giuliani. #CNN #News
A formal investigation has been launched into Boris Johnson’s refurbishment of his Downing Street flat after a watchdog found “reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence or offences may have occurred”. An Electoral Commission spokesperson said: “We have been in contact with the Conservative Party since late March and have conducted an assessment of the
Just days before his 100th day in office, President Joe Biden pushed an ambitious economic plan during his first prime-time address to Congress. #CNN #News #Biden
Former US Attorney Preet Bharara discusses federal investigators executing a search warrant at the home and office of Rudy Giuliani. #CNN #News
Arlene Foster has told Sky News she will step down as DUP leader and Northern Ireland’s first minister, following calls within the party for a leadership contest. In a statement, Mrs Foster said: “It is important to give space over the next few weeks for the Party Officers to make arrangements for the election of
Britons will find out which countries they will be able to enjoy quarantine-free travel to this summer “in the next couple of weeks” – as the transport secretary confirmed an NHS app will be used as a COVID passport for travel abroad. Under Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s roadmap for lifting lockdown restrictions, international travel without
A cabinet minister has dismissed continuing questions about how the prime minister’s flat refurbishment was funded by declaring that the public are not interested in “some wallpaper or sofas”. Therese Coffey, the work and pensions secretary, played down the impact of a number of allegations facing Boris Johnson, which have partly come as a result
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced that it’s safe for fully vaccinated people to go unmasked at small outdoor gatherings, or when dining outside with friends from multiple households. #CNN #News
The refurbishment of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat will be reviewed by the UK’s top civil servant as suggestions the Conservative Party made an initial payment for the extensive work come under scrutiny. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case said the prime minister asked him to look into the matter, after former aide Dominic Cummings claimed Mr
The UK’s top civil servant has denied a “chatty rat” inquiry into government leaking has been de-prioritised – despite the probe lasting more than five months – but admitted the culprit may never be found. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case left MPs frustrated about the progress of the investigation, which has been ongoing since the end
Fresh claims about Boris Johnson are “not true” and a “comedy chapter” in an ongoing Westminster briefing war, a cabinet minister has told Sky News. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace strongly rebuffed newspaper allegations the prime minister told colleagues in October that he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than have a third
Ventilators are among 600 pieces of life-saving medical equipment being sent from the UK to India as the country battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to “stand side by side” with India as it struggles with its highest numbers of new daily coronavirus cases to date since the pandemic
Bill Gates is still hopeful the world will be “completely back to normal” by the end of 2022. Speaking to Sophy Ridge On Sunday, the entrepreneur and philanthropist added the US should soon have excess coronavirus vaccines to share with other countries. But the 65-year-old said he was worried the world would not learn the
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd joins CNN’s Pamela Brown to discuss what the United States can learn from Australia about gun reform efforts after the country implemented firearms restrictions following a deadly mass shooting. #CNN #News
CNN’s Jim Acosta spells out why he says the Fox News hosts and GOP lawmakers pedaling the “big lie” about the 2020 presidential election are spreading a new, more toxic falsehood. #CNN #News