The case tests the limits of stand-your-ground laws. LEBANON, Indiana — An Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at his front door was charged with voluntary manslaughter on Monday in a case that could test the limits of stand-your-ground laws. Curt Andersen, 62, could face anywhere from 10 to 30 … Read more
French legal complaint claims the firm paid and supplied soldiers who carried out mass killings first uncovered by POLITICO. French energy giant TotalEnergies was formally accused Monday of complicity in war crimes and torture in a criminal complaint filed in Paris over a massacre at its Mozambique gas plant, first uncovered by a POLITICO investigation … Read more
Deputy chief of staff James Blair pointed to the fast-track process for health and tariff legislation. A senior White House official said the Trump administration intends to put forward a health bill and left open the possibility of using the fast-track legislative process of reconciliation for passage of health or tariff legislation. “We’re going to … Read more
Thirteenth action since March 2023 will put further pressure on stretched budgets, say NHS groups Thousands of resident doctors have begun strike action across England in a dispute over pay. The five-day action, which began at 7am on Friday, is the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023 and health leaders have warned that the … Read more
Suspension of intelligence cooperation in Caribbean is unusual move and there is potential for political fallout It is an intelligence relationship that predates even the Five Eyes: the UKUSA alliance that began, naturally enough, in secret in 1946. But this week the strain of trying to be the closest security ally to a freewheeling White … Read more
Media group’s future is again in limbo – and it faces questions over the asking price as well as regulatory hurdles The withdrawal of the bid for the Telegraph led by RedBird Capital has once again plunged the future of the titles into uncertainty, and raises questions over the dogged refusal of its sellers to … Read more
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’ Downing Street has warned Labour MPs it expects them to back radical plans to make the UK less attractive to migrants and refugees, as some backbenchers said they expected fierce resistance to proposals that one called “economically and culturally illiterate”. The home … Read more
Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong? If there’s one thing the Labour party can agree on this week, it is that efforts by Keir Starmer’s allies to shore up his position backfired spectacularly. By briefing journalists that he would face … Read more
Chancellor spent weeks preparing the ground for breaking manifesto pledge but events this week appeared to change her mind There were always two camps in the internal government debate over what to do at this month’s budget, one of the most consequential in recent history. One set of advisers believed that given the scale of … Read more
The BMA and Wes Streeting are poles apart, with the union committed to full pay restoration and the health secretary adamant there is no money for that As resident doctors began a new round of industrial action on Friday, it felt very like the other 49 days of strikes since March 2023, with medics in … Read more