Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs
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Democrat lawmakers and veterans' groups are fuming over the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) plans to cut roughly 80,000 employees in the coming months, decrying the lack of transparency and ...The Hill - 2d -
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Police investigate MP Rupert Lowe over alleged threats
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GOP funding patch boosts defense and deportations, cuts other programs
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Trump proposes cutting ACA enrollment period, ending 'Dreamer' coverage
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Trump defends Amy Coney Barrett: ‘She’s a very good woman’
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White House defends Trump's tariffs amid plunging stock markets
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Labour ministers yet to hold talks over Abramovich funds
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Civil servants told to deliver or leave as Labour overhauls Whitehall
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Starmer will not impose immediate UK counter-tariffs to US steel levies
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Fifa accused of blocking labour inspection at 2026 World Cup stadium
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