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Donald Trump on Thursday became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a crime when a New York jury found him guilty on all counts in a criminal hush money trial, which centered on allegations that he falsified business records to hide a hush money payment to a porn star ahead of the 2016 presidential election.Trump will be sentenced…

Trump makes history as first criminally convicted former US presidentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailAfter a downturn of more than six percent following his guilty verdict on Friday, shares in former President Donald Trump’s social media…

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MPs have criticised the government over its Rwanda scheme, saying the Home Office has "does not have a credible plan" for sending asylum seekers to the country The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the department had "little to show" for the "significant sums of money" spent so far on the…

Asked if he was seeking to join or destroy the Conservative Party, Nigel Farage replied: “They’ve destroyed themselves already, they don’t need my help. What Conservative Party? Is there a Conservative Party? I haven’t spotted it.“All I can see is two big social democrat parties. If you look at economies and…

Tory national service policy like a ‘teenage Dad’s Army’, Starmer saysSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailSir Keir Starmer has said he was “shocked” by horrific scenes from Rafah overnight and that the Israeli offensive must stop.At least 50 people have…

MINNEAPOLIS — Four years after the murder of George Floyd, the close-knit South Minneapolis neighborhood that saw protests and provocative chants of “Defund the police” has mellowed −but certainly not forgotten − the death that triggered a national debate about social justice and police reform.As local leaders and residents explore long-term…

The Unite union has criticised Labour's package of workers rights for having "more holes in it than Swiss cheese".General secretary Sharon Graham accused the party of watering down its policies after rebranding "Labour's new deal for working people" as "Labour's plan to make work pay".Reports suggested it…

The Calcutta High Court striking down all OBC (Other Backward Classes) reservations extended by the West Bengal government since 2010 is a verdict that is going to hold the political centrestage nationally through the last stretch of voting for the Lok Sabha elections.The May 22 ruling by a division bench of the high court implies that the 77…

(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated May 15, 2006)The air is thick with that sense of deja vu, of being let down. Again. In one swift move, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has pushed the envelope further than even V.P. Singh did, raising the spectre of a divided India.Besides imposing a quota in…