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Alissa Moore Apr 19, 2021

Two days before Andrew Yang announced he was running to be New York City’s next mayor, he made a remarkable admission.As Covid-19…

Alex Pariser Apr 19, 2021

Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer agreed to halt campaigning for next month's local elections until after the Duke of Edinburgh's…

Alissa Moore Apr 19, 2021

The coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions that Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, enacted in March last year were among the…

Alex Pariser Apr 19, 2021

Shirley Williams, one of the 'Gang of Four' Labour MPs who lead a breakaway from the party in the early 1980s after it lurched to…

Alissa Moore Apr 18, 2021

By 2016, opioids had torn a piece out of Appalachia and the rust belt. The deep drop in life expectancy among white Americans…

Alex Pariser Apr 18, 2021

Boris Johnson has confirmed churches in Britain will still be allowed to pray for gay people who are questioning their sexuality -…

Alissa Moore Apr 18, 2021

Joe Biden is coming under pressure from former state department career staff to match the diversity of his cabinet and senior…

Alex Pariser Apr 18, 2021

Boris Johnson's close aide and Gulf envoy Lord Udny-Lister 'discussed six-figure second job with lobbying firm with…

Alissa Moore Apr 17, 2021

The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year,…

Alex Pariser Apr 17, 2021

The government's former head of procurement became an adviser to Greensill while he was still a civil servant, it emerged today. …