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Farmers 'stabbed in back' by Labour's 'cruel' tax raid to unleash fury at protest

From April 2026, taxes would apply to agricultural assets over £1million ....

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Georgia Appeals Court Cancels Oral Argument for Trump Bid to Disqualify Fani Willis

A judge in Georgia had allowed prosecutor Fani Willis to continue participating in the case despite a move to disqualify...

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Two women told House ethics panel Gaetz sent Venmo payments "for sex" and asked about "party favors," their attorney says

Two women testified before the House Ethics Committee that Matt Gaetz paid them "for sex," their lawyer told CBS News' M...

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G20 spotlights Global South, bracing for Trump's return

The G20 summit highlights a shifting global order as leaders of major economies try to shore up consensus before Donald ...

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Ukraine says 21 killed by Russian missiles ahead of G-20 summit

Ukraine said at least 21 people were killed in missile attacks following a massive barrage on its energy infrastructure ...

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Republican Eric Hovde Concedes to Tammy Baldwin in Tight Wisconsin Senate Race Without Recount

'A request for a recount would serve no purpose because you will just be recounting the same ballots, regardless of thei...

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Trump backs ’emergency’ plan to use military for mass deportations

President-elect Donald Trump Monday backed an “emergency” plan to use the military to carry out mass deportations of...

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Pennsylvania’s high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race

The order is a win for McCormick and a loss for Casey as the campaigns prepare for a statewide recount and press countie...

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Grafton County commission race ends NH recount season

Secretary of State David Scanlan praised elected local officials and volunteers in helping him to complete recounts of 2...

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Trump appears to be planning to attend SpaceX ‘Starship’ launch scheduled for Tuesday in Texas

Trump’s visit comes as billionaire Musk has been a near-constant presence at Trump’s side as he builds out his admin...

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Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president

No reasonable background investigator would ignore the staggering evidence against Trump if he were to apply in the norm...

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Lawyer for Gaetz accusers comments on misconduct allegations

NBC News' Hallie Jackson spoke with Joel Leppard, a lawyer representing two women who alleged Matt Gaetz paid them for s...

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Biden asks for nearly $100 billion for hurricane and disaster response

President Joe Biden asked Congress for $100 billion on Monday to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies, lik...

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Trump's election mandate was 'very shallow' busting huge myth, says data expert

CNN's Harry Enten and John Berman argue that Donald Trump's 2024 election win is not as considerable as initially suspec...

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Attorney Says Matt Gaetz Paid 2 Women For Sex

One of them testified he had sex with an underage girl, the attorney told ABC News....

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Meet the Press NOW — November 18

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for Attorney General and Secretary of Defense face misconduct allegations. Trump su...

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Dems' Gaetz outrage follows long history of questionable DOJ acts under Biden

Criticisms have mounted that former Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general and would break norms, despite a list of questio...

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iHarare News Roundup | Harare Men Jailed for Selling Underweight Sugar | Mbare Man Arrested for Stealing 39 Bags of Fertilizer Using Forged Receipt

Two Harare Men Jailed for Selling Underweight Sugar Two Harare men have been convicted of fraud for deceiving customers ...

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Could Trump bypass Congress if Republicans don't push through his Cabinet picks?

One of President-elect Donald Trump's first moves after winning another four years in the White House was to make a dema...

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Committee calls for submissions on Treaty Principles Bill, swearing banned

Parliament's justice committee says it will run a full 6-month process....

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Prime Minister says UK growth figures ‘not good enough’

Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted to stabilise the economy....

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Give car makers a break: Relaxing EV targets will help manufacturers meet the challenge from China, says ALEX BRUMMER

The revival of car making in the UK is a great triumph. Overseas ownership injected new life into exports and a sector w...

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds exclusion of certain mail-in ballots, in victory for GOP

The Keystone State's top court reaffirmed that certain mail-in ballots cannot be counted, in a blow to certain Democrat-...

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BREAKING: DSS Arrest, Detain Former PDP Governorship Candidate, Ladi Adebutu

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 Ogun State governorship election, Ladi Adebutu, has been arrest...

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Trump weighs court-martial of officers involved in Afghanistan in ‘unprecedented’ kind of threat

The Trump transition team is compiling a list of current and former military officers involved in the U.S. withdrawal fr...

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Former governor and presidential candidate becomes first to launch bid to chair Democratic Party

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Monday became the first person to announce a bid for chair of the Democratic Nat...

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US Sanctions Israel Settlers Accused of Fueling West Bank Violence

The U.S. government called on Israel to hold West Bank settler activists accountable for violence and the forced displac...

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Nebraska voter ID law kept some votes from being counted but vast majority comply

LINCOLN — Hundreds of Nebraskans didn’t have their votes counted this year because of the state’s new voter identi...

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Where is Biden? G20 leaders take group shot without him

G20 leaders gather for a group photo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 18, 2024. — AFPJoe Biden headed for a photo...

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Tyler Cowen: How Musk’s DOGE can actually do some good

All memes aside, this could turn out to be a worthwhile enterprise....

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New authorities on long-range missiles will allow Ukraine strike key Russian military targets

NBC News Correspondent Mike Memoli and retired Lt. General Steph Twitty join Meet the Press NOW to discuss the Biden adm...

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Two women told House ethics panel Gaetz sent Venmo payments "for sex," attorney says

Two women testified before the House Ethics Committee that Matt Gaetz paid them "for sex," their lawyer told CBS News' M...

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Buchsbaum thanks residents of 69th House Dist. for their support

Thank you to the residents of the 69th House District for putting your faith in me to serve as your next state represent...

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More than a disruption

The story of what was and wasn’t on some Connecticut grocery shelves involves three main converging elements, the firs...

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Trump’s Reported FBI Finalists Mark Key Battle Between Deep State And Loyalist

"Mike Rogers is one of the chief architects of the surveillance state."...

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada 'could have acted quicker' on reining in immigration

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government in Canada "could have acted quicker" to reign in the ...

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Extra $110m for schools ups pressure on holdout states

The education minister is working to sign updated school funding agreements with states and territories, agreeing to pum...

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FACT CHECK: No, Fox News Did Not Report That Newsom Will Withhold California’s Federal Income Tax

A post made on Facebook claims Fox News reported that Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to withhold Cali...

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Labour Party aims for 20m members ahead of 2027 elections

The Labour Party (LP), under the leadership of Julius Abure, has launched a nationwide membership expansion initiative t...

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House Ethics Committee to meet Wednesday amid growing pressure to release Gaetz report

President-elect Donald Trump announced he selected former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general....

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Democratic governor of deep red state won't compromise on progress

Kentucky is a MAGA stronghold and the epitome of coal mining country, but that hasn’t stopped the state’s governor f...

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Kissing the ring? MSNBC 'Morning Joe' hosts say they met with Trump to reopen lines of communication

MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, fierce critics of President-Elect Donald Trump, say they traveled to Ma...

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QATARI AIRCRAFT ARRIVES IN BEIRUT WITH AID TO SUPPORT LEBANESE PEOPLE

QATARI AIRCRAFT ARRIVES IN BEIRUT WITH AID TO SUPPORT LEBANESE PEOPLEA Qatari Amiri Air Force aircraft arrived on Monday...

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Al Mannai meets Palestine, Uzbekistan, Djibouti ministers

QNADohaMinister of Communications and Information Technology HE Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai on Monday held separate bilat...

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Farming inheritance tax changes ‘straw that broke camel’s back’ – NFU chief

Tom Bradshaw will say the changes are an ‘extraordinary’ betrayal of farmers by the Government....

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Oman takes pride in close relations with Qatar: Envoy

Ashraf SddiquiDohaAmbassador of Oman to Qatar HE Sayyid Ammar Abdullah Al Busaidi has said that the strong relations bet...

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Qatar and Kazakhstan mull ways to enhance parliamentary relations

QNA DohaThe Parliamentary Friendship Group between Qatar and Kazakhstan in the Shura Council met via video conference wi...

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New survey finds Canadians are feeling anxious about immigration

Canadians are feeling increasingly uneasy about immigration and its role in "economic strain," according to a new survey...

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Handbook looks at Shinzo Abe's impact on domestic and foreign policy

You may swoon or spit but there is no way that Japan can ignore former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Vocal critics called h...

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Ishiba cabinet support rate up to 40% despite minority gov't status

The approval rating for the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba rose 7.9 percentage points to 40.0 percent...

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No sign of second-guessing on Gaetz and Hegseth Cabinet picks by GOP amid controversies

President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Fox News host Pete Hegseth are com...

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Australian woman accused of drug smuggling says she was victim of online romance scam

An Australian woman accused of smuggling amphetamines in a suitcase appeared in a Japanese court on Monday nearly two ye...

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Pa. Supreme Court orders counties not to count misdated ballots in Senate race

The Pennsylvania state Supreme Court has ordered Bucks and other counties not to count misdated and undated mail ballots...

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MPs condemn alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler

OTTAWA - The House of Commons has condemned an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former Liberal justice minister Irwin...