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Rachel Reeves should consider welfare cuts in budget, IFS says
Thinktank urges chancellor to take ‘bold’ action on benefits and pensions to placate jittery financial marketsExclusive: Reeves says higher taxes on wealthy ‘part of budget story’Britain’s leading tax and spending...
Agnes Wanjiru’s niece urges Labour to extradite ex-soldier while still in power
Esther Njoki says family has seen ‘big change’ under Labour, after long fight for justice over aunt’s 2012 death in KenyaThe niece of Agnes Wanjiru, who was killed in Kenya,...
Trump Considering Land Strikes Against Venezuelan Drug Cartels Following Sea Assaults
The U.S. military has conducted at least five strikes against cartels off the coast of Venezuela in recent weeks.
Brown University Refuses Trump’s Funding Deal—Second School To Reject Compact
The compact offers colleges funding advantages if they make Trump-aligned changes to their policies.
Government Shutdown Day 15: White House Warns More Than 10,000 Jobs Could Be Cut As Court Pauses Firings
The government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a funding deal.
Exiled Hong Kong dissidents fear UK plan to restart extraditions will put them in danger
Legislative change comes five years after treaty suspended in response to city’s crackdown on pro-democracy activistsExiled Hong Kong dissidents say they fear UK government plans to restart some extraditions with...