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Nov 11, 2026 - World

White House warns Democratic pledges to investigate president ‘may cross line into blatant criminality’The incoming Democratic chair of the powerful congressional oversight committee said it appears Donald Trump has “something to hide” after the White House threatened criminal investigations over the party’s planned scrutiny of the administration.Robert Garcia, ranking member of the oversight committee in the House of Representatives, vowed to press on in the face of what he Continue reading...

Nov 11, 2026 - World

Ethics watchdogs question necessity of the US secretary of state flying between DC and Gainesville so oftenMarco Rubio, the US secretary of state, has emerged as a superfan of the University of Florida’s football team, spending more than $1.2m of taxpayers’ money on frequent personal trips to watch them play, a report published Wednesday claims.Ethics watchdogs have questioned the necessity of the country’s top diplomat shuttling so often between Washington DC and Gainesville, where his son Anthony has a walk-on role as a running back for the team known as the Gators. Continue reading...

Nov 11, 2026 - World

Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votesUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic lawmakers expressed outrage at nearly a dozen of their colleagues for missing a vote Tuesday evening to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, allowing Republicans to squash the effort.Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votes. Some blamed traffic and conflicting events and others accused Speaker Mike Johnson of closing the vote early. Many of those not in the Capitol said they support the effort to impeach Hegseth. Continue reading...

Nov 11, 2026 - World

Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff also says the ‘thicket of rules’ about how PMs operate should be cleared awayKeir Starmer’s former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, has called for a rethink of “quasi-judicial” powers given to cabinet ministers such as the energy secretary’s ability to approve future oil and gas fields.McSweeney, who helped propel Starmer to power and served as his chief of staff until February this year, said he believed “quasi-judicial processes” were stopping wider cabinet discussions and input from the prime minister on issues of national importance. Continue reading...

Nov 11, 2026 - World

This blog is now closedSeparately, I am also keeping an eye on Italy, with reports that several schools are being evacuated after receiving bomb threats by emails.According to Rai and Sky TG24, the email was signed by “Mikhail Andropov” – the same name used in several hoax bomb alarms against European flights last week. Continue reading...