Latest and Breaking Politics News and Top Stories - July 8
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Political parties are like family. Americans might hate political parties some or most of the time, but they still tend to stand by one -- even when they think it is making bad choices. The latest Associated Press-GfK poll shows that 77 ...
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Manufacturing output in the UK fell by 1.3% in May, official figures show, much weaker than expected and the biggest decline since January 2013.
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Alun Davies is sacked from the Welsh government.
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Plans to impose a 60mph speed limit on parts of the M3 and M1 motorways to cut air pollution have been shelved.
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Vulnerable, low-skilled workers are at risk of exploitation because labour regulations are being flouted or not properly enforced, a report warns.
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The head of the European Commission tells judges that the actions of a Maltese colleague in 2012 put the entire Commission's reputation at risk.
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There is evidence at least 20 prominent figures - including ex-MPs and ministers - abused children for "decades", a former child protection manager claims.
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Republican leaders are doubling down on their effort to attack President Obama for what they are framing as executive overreach, a move that comes four months ahead of the fall midterm election that is increasingly consuming the energy o...
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“Justin Amash was rated Michigan’s number one conservative” —voiceover of Amash for Congress ad, as the words “National Right to Life,” “Club for Growth” and “FreedomWorks” appear The intramural fight between Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday that most unaccompanied minors flooding into the United States from Central America will not be allowed to stay as the Obama administration prepares to ask Congress for $2 billion to ...
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Labour leader Ed Miliband is to propose "technical degrees" - putting vocational subjects on an equal footing with traditional academic degrees.
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Lord Warner says it is "possibly true" that prominent figures, including former MPs and government ministers, abused children in the 1980s.
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A statue of the Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi is to be erected opposite the Houses of Parliament.
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Former child protection manager says up to 20 prominent public figures in alleged paedophile ring covering Parliament and judiciary
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George Osborne and William Hague unveil plans for Gandhi statue opposite Houses of Parliament
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BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States will press China to resume cooperation on fighting cyber espionage to ensure an orderly cyber environment, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday ahead of annual talks between the world's two largest...
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Members of the House of Lords have voiced their dissatisfaction with their catering arrangements in an anonymous survey
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There is evidence that at least 20 paedophiles - including former MPs and government ministers - abused children for "decades", a former child protection manager has claimed.
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Theresa May, the Home Secretary, announces what action the Government will take over allegations of historic child abuse in Westminster and other institutions
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The federal government may be guilty of piracy, according to the organisers of a protest on Canberra’s main thoroughfare against refugees being sent back to Sri Lanka.
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David Willets, the university minister, suggests high-level professions are more likely to be taken over by computers than those that involve apparently simple tasks such as making a cup of tea
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Study estimates that 1.9 million grandparents in mainland Britain have gone part-time, cut their hours or given up work altogether to make time for childcare
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Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, outlines plans for a new wave of technical degrees, allowing students to learn a trade at university while being sponsored by businesses
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Telegraph View A police investigation is the right way to treat child-abuse allegations
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The Ulster Unionists formally request that a Parades Commission's ruling on an Orange parade in north Belfast should be discussed by the Stormont Executive on Tuesday.
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In an op-ed in an Israeli newspaper, he calls it a "dangerous moment" for the region.
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The two will roll out legislation that comprehensively overhauls the U.S. criminal justice system.
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The House committee that has focused on the cover-up of long wait times for service at veterans hospitals will turn its attention to the federal employees who turned back the covers, sometimes risking their careers to do so. Read full ar...
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The retaliation was pervasive and often carried out in a personal manner, witnesses will testify.
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Exclusive: First Minister called chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise last November and allegedly discouraged the publication of paper on independence
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Homeless people's incomes could be temporarily managed by the government to help them to stabilise their finances, the Abbott government's welfare adviser says.
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In three years, he's gone from a fast-rising politician to a dug-in administration lifer.
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) on Monday sharply criticized allies of Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) for courting Democrats in last month's Republican runoff election and called for a thorough investigation into allegations of voter fraud, marking ...
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NORTH CAROLINA U.S. seeks delay of voting-law changes Sweeping changes to North Carolina’s voting law should be put on hold until at least after the November election, the Justice Department told a federal judge Monday. Read full article...
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He will postpone -- for now -- asking Congress to change existing laws.
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A plan to save money and streamline operations has been seen as racially motivated by some in the community.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has enjoyed a close relationship with the financial sector, must grapple with a powerful populist surge coursing through national politics, on both the right and the left.
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The head of the Passport Office, Paul Pugh, is to face fresh questions from MPs about delays in handling of applications.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Jersey Democratic Senator Robert Menendez has asked the Justice Department to investigate evidence said to be acquired by U.S. investigators that the Cuban government plotted to smear him with allegations he wa...
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The White House says it is hindered in the crisis of immigrant minors by a law to fight sex trafficking, which makes it hard to return certain children to their countries.
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A federal appeals court said there was “no legitimate state interest” in treating young immigrants differently from other noncitizens with work permits.
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Mr. Dixon was a two-term United States senator from Illinois in the 1980s and early ’90s who was known for keen attention to constituents’ needs.
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Business advocacy groups say lawmakers’ inaction on infrastructure spending threatens the economic recovery.
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Election-year politics and personality-driven rivalries have collided in the U.S. Senate to upend what some had hoped would be a cease-fire in the long-running congressional fiscal wars. The result is that Washington seems headed for ano...
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Opinion: Just, for heaven's sake, don't call them that.
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Hardly a week goes by in which the Nevada senator doesn't take to the floor to attack the Kochs.
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Maine's governor is taking heat for a bizarre series of meetings with extremist groups.
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Responding to criticism about how she defended a rape suspect in 1975, Hillary Rodham Clinton said she had asked to be removed from the case, but was not.
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The White House signaled Monday that it expects to deport most of the unaccompanied minors entering the country illegally across the southern border, employing the strongest rhetoric to date to indicate that an influx of thousands of Cen...
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How one man with learning difficulties serves his local community
