Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has spent months shoring up a tough-on-crime image as he weighs a run for the White House, calling for stronger penalties against drug traffickers and using $5,000 bonuses to bolster law-enforcement recruitment to his state. Now, Mr. DeSantis and his allies plan to use that image to draw a contrast with the Republican front-runner in the […]

Most secondary schools are failing to tell parents if their child wants to identify as another gender, according to a major study. Around one in five no longer have single-sex changing rooms, leaving vulnerable adolescent girls forced to share their spaces with boys. Four in ten allow children to choose their own gender, the Policy Exchange research found. Laws to […]

The former Prime Minister slammed the Chancellor’s decision to increase corporation tax, insisting it will stifle the economic growth. She took to the warpath after Mr Hunt delivered a withering verdict on his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng’s financial statement in September, which sparked a meltdown on the financial markets. Appearing before the Treasury select committee, the Chancellor said: “Yes, there were […]

Poor resources means technological advances that cancer patients in other countries benefit from are not widely available here, they say in a damning parliamentary report. They warn the lack of investment has resulted in out-of-date equipment, a workforce on its knees, bureaucracy stifling progress and an absence of strategic leadership and investment. The devastating report by the All Party Parliamentary […]

Iraqi army and Peshmerga forces conduct and operation against the a terror group. U.S. military leaders have said they are confident in Iraqi security forces' ability to operate independently. Photo: Rewa Mahmood Hasan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The House voted 268-161 on Thursday to repeal the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq, almost two decades […]

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) at the Axios What's Next Summit. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chair of the new House China select committee, told Axios that it would be "geopolitical malpractice" to separate the threats to the U.S. posed by Russia and China. Why it matters: The Republican Party is divided on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with some — including former […]

Former President Trump speaks at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee's annual meeting on Jan. 28, 2023 in Salem, New Hampshire. Photo: Scott Eisen via Getty Images Former President Trump is promising to radically roll back transgender rights if elected president in 2024. The big picture: Gender-affirming care would be directly under threat from Trump, who vowed in a video […]

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has taken aim at Jeremy Hunt over his tax rises crushing economic growth after the Chancellor this morning reignited a Tory civil war on financial policy. Mr Hunt had told the Treasury select Committee this morning that “mistakes were made” in Ms Truss’s mini Budget during her 49-day Premiership. In a statement, a spokesman for […]

Dominic Raab hit back at Angela Rayner over her previous Tory “scum” jibe moments after Prime Minister’s Questions opened. Sir Keir Starmer’s deputy referred to the Government’s anti-social behaviour crackdown and bullying allegations against the deputy Prime Minister, which he denies, in her first question during the midday Commons session. But Mr Raab sparked huge cheers from the Tory benches […]

Rishi Sunak is facing questions after it emerged his wife is a shareholder in a childcare agency that will directly benefit from policies announced in the Budget. Akshata Murty, the fashion-designer daughter of a billionaire, was listed as a shareholder in Koru Kids as recently as 6 March 2023 and has been since March 2021, according to Companies House. The […]