Senior Tory MPs and peers break ranks to call for recognition of Palestine

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 02:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Exclusive: Conservatives ask Keir Starmer to stand ‘against indefinite occupation’ and ‘reinforce international law’

More than a dozen senior Conservative MPs and peers have written to the prime minis…

Top House Democrat Maxine Waters blocks crypto legislation hearing: CNBC Crypto World

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 19:50 UTC

a story from CNBC › Top News

On today's episode of CNBC Crypto World, Rep. Maxine Waters, the leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, blocked a joint hearing with the House Agriculture Committee on a digital …

Columbia University to cut 180 jobs due to federal grant revocations

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 16:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

White House axed grants even as college agreed to demands including ceding control of Middle East studies department

New York’s Columbia University is slated to cut 180 staffers whose work was support…

US treasury secretary says trade deals could come this week as Trump to host Canada’s Carney – US politics live

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 14:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Scott Bessent tells House committee deals could be agreed ‘as early as this week’ as president meets Canadian PM amid tariff tensions

Trump and Carney to meet in closely-watched encounter

A group of US…

ICE Mortgage Monitor: Home Prices Continue to Cool

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 16:20 UTC

a story from Calculated Risk › Calculated Risk

Today, in the Real Estate Newsletter: ICE Mortgage Monitor: Home Prices Continue to Cool

Brief excerpt:

House Price Growth Continues to Slow

Here is the year-over-year in house prices according to t…

Labour's Wes Streeting dismisses calls for fellow Cabinet minister Lucy Powell to resign after she claimed grooming gangs is a 'dog whistle' issue

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 11:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said Lucy Powell, the Leader of the House of Commons, was 'mortified' about her comments and was 'right' to apologise for them.

Calls for Labour minister to resign for 'disgusting' rape gang comments after she suggested Channel 4 grooming gangs documentary was a 'dog whistle' issue

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 23:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Lucy Powell, the leader of the House of Commons, was speaking on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions to Tim Montgomerie, the founder of ConservativeHome.

Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: House Price Index Up 3.9% year-over-year in February

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 18:55 UTC

a story from Calculated Risk › Calculated Risk

At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:

Click on graph for larger image.

• Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 3.9% year-over-year in February

• Freddie Mac House Price In…

White House posts AI image of Trump as pope

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 12:35 UTC

a story from Politico EU › Politico EU

"I'd like to be pope," Trump jokingly told reporters this week, soon after attending the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome.

White House wants Rubio in powerful dual role long-term

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 11:20 UTC

a story from Politico EU › Politico EU

It’s a remarkable elevation for a former 2016 primary rival who exchanged personal attacks with Trump as they battled over the Republican Party’s future.