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The 88-year-old Democrat and advocate for Washington DC statehood says she will not seek another term in CongressEleanor Holmes Norton, a non-voting House delegate representing Washington DC, announced on Tuesday that she would not seek another term in Congress.“With fire in my soul and the facts on my side, I’ve raised hell about the injustice of denying 700K taxpaying Americans in DC – the same rights given to residents of […]

Democratic senator John Fetterman, who has defended some of Trump’s border policy, joins calls for Noem to go, saying she is ‘betraying DHS’s core mission’Border patrol commander to leave Minneapolis after shooting of Alex PrettiMelania Trump has called for “unity” in the wake of the fatal federal law enforcement shootings of US citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and widespread peaceful protests this month.Asked about the tensions in […]

Senators argue latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis merits firing the homeland security secretary, as representatives sign on to impeachment attemptUS politics live – latest updatesDemocrats on Tuesday stepped up calls for Kristi Noem’s ouster, with senators from across the ideological spectrum arguing the weekend killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis merits firing the homeland security secretary, while House lawmakers signed on to an impeachment attempt.The campaign against Noem comes after […]

Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always BritishUK politics live – latest updatesThe Reform UK candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection has refused to disown his claim that UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not necessarily British.Matthew Goodwin, a hard-right activist, was unveiled on Tuesday as the party’s candidate in the demographically diverse seat in south-east […]

Some in Hampshire constituency happy to vote for former Tory MP again but others find defection ‘quite alarming’For Jamie Jewell, the pub owner at the Golden Lion, there has been radio silence from his local MP, Suella Braverman. In January last year, the MP for Fareham and Waterlooville visited the pub, offered to help the owners with removing a protected tree that was damaging the property, and posted photos with […]

Questionnaire completed by 10,000 people finds sobriety on rise, with women slightly more abstemious than menOne in four adults in England do not drink alcohol, with increasing numbers of men and young people deciding to stay sober, according to a survey.The figures, which come from a questionnaire of 10,000 people as part of the Health Survey for England, found that almost a quarter (24%) of adults in England had not […]

Remarks come after announcement by Keir Starmer of measures for leaseholders in England and WalesFreeholders may “resort to lawfare” to block the government’s £250 cap on ground rents Angela Rayner has warned, as leasehold experts urged ministers to speed up the “glacial” pace of reform.The former deputy prime minister’s comments came after Keir Starmer announced a cap on ground rents for leaseholders in England and Wales, as part of reforms […]

Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relativeFive-year-old Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos misses her cousins, classmates and kindergarten teachers in Austin, Texas. Despite being a US citizen, she was deported on 11 January alongside her mother, Karen Guadalupe Gutiérrez Castellanos, to Honduras, a country Génesis had never known.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were acting on an administrative deportation […]