After a long week of bitter infighting among House Republicans — with the rabid Marjorie Taylor Greene nipping at Speaker Mike Johnson's heels — Johnson flew to Mar-a-Lago today to hide behind Donald Trump. And amusingly, after the speaker and Trump met in private, Trump played the part of peacemaker. — Read the rest
Former prime minister says a western arms embargo on Israel would ‘hand victory’ to HamasMiddle East crisis – live updatesBoris Johnson has said banning arms sales to Israel would be “insane”.The former prime minister also criticised the foreign secretary, David Cameron, for remaining silent on the debate over curtailing UK arms sales to Israel.Guardian Newsroom: Crisis in the Middle EastOn Tuesday 30 April, 7-8.15pm GMT, join Devika Bhat, Peter Beaumont, Emma Graham-Harrison and Ghaith...
The proposed law aims to phase out tobacco sales by stopping anyone born after 2009 buying cigarettes.
Sir Alex Younger, who was chief of the Secret Intelligence Service from 2014 to 2020, said the UK government must have the power to compel people "to give their service one way or another" but only when the circumstances are exceptional
Boris Johnson was only removed as prime minister because he didn’t eat a piece of cake, Nadine Dorries has claimed. The former Conservative MP was a guest on GB News on Sunday (14 April) to discuss her thoughts on Mr Johnson making a return to frontline politics. Speaking to students in Washington, the former prime minister refused to rule out a political comeback amid ongoing speculation about his future. Mr Johnson was forced out of Downing Street in 2022 following a series of scandals. Ms...
Former President Donald Trump made the right call Monday when he declared that abortion will be left to the states if he’s elected this November.
Nearly half of respondents to the Finnish Immigration Service's February well-being survey said they were dissatisfied with their job. The figure represents an improvement on late last year.
Earlier this week, word arrived from Warner Bros. that The Matrix 5 is in development with Netflix's Daredevil creator Drew Goddard at the helm, and in turn a big sigh was uttered across the internet - myself included. It's fine for franchises to die, especially one that ends as conclusively (at least thematically) as The Matrix: Resurrections did, but unfortunately in a world where IP is king, there is always money to be made. I know my complaining here won't stop Warner Bros. from pushing...
A diverse group of computational chemists is encouraging the research community to embrace a sustainable software ecosystem. That's the message behind a perspective article published in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. The authors discuss possible scenarios of how to develop software in the face of a changing computational landscape.
The Rock does what The Rock wants. On the February 2 episode of WWE SmackDown, Cody Rhodes seemingly stepped aside and allowed The Rock to challenge Roman Reigns for WrestleMania 40. At the WrestleMania 40 Kickoff, Roman chose to face The Rock at WrestleMania 40. However, Cody Rhodes stepped back in, saying the decision was his to make because he won the Royal Rumble. Cody chose to face Roman. Appearing at WWE World (via WrestlingNewsCo), Rock was asked why he thought he deserved a shot at the...
Former President Donald Trump expressed support for House Speaker Mike Johnson during remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Friday.Flanked by Johnson, Trump said that the congressional figure is "doing a, a really good job under very tough circumstances."While some Republicans strongly support the idea of approving more assistance for Ukraine as that Eastern European nation battles Russia, others staunchly oppose the prospect. Asked whether he would support a Ukraine aid bill if Johnson were to...