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PMQs: Corbyn and Johnson on deportations and Windrush generation

Jeremy Corbyn made a thinly-veiled attack on Boris Johnson’s alleged past behaviour in a question about the deportation of criminals to Jamaica. The prime minister said Mr Corbyn “demeans himself and besmirches the reputation” of the Windrush generation with the comments. UK viewers can watch the full edition for Politics Live for 30 days from […]

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Trump Says Prosecutors ‘Ought to Apologize’ to Roger Stone

WASHINGTON — President Trump congratulated his attorney general on Wednesday for intervening to lower the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for the president’s longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr., broadening concerns that the department is ceding its independence to the White House. Later on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said that Mr. Stone was treated “very badly,” and

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Democrats Got Endorsements From Lawmakers on Their Campaigns’ Payrolls

In 2007, Hillary Clinton defended her South Carolina presidential campaign against allegations of endorsement-buying after her campaign entered a $10,000-a-month consulting contract with state Senator Darrell Jackson, a Columbia lawmaker and pastor who also operated a consulting company. “Senator Jackson was someone who was involved in my husband’s campaigns,” Mrs. Clinton said at the time.

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These Are the Roger Stone Prosecutors Who Quit the Case

They’ve clerked for Supreme Court justices, served at the State Department and orbited Robert S. Mueller III. On Tuesday, the four main federal prosecutors working on the obstruction and perjury case of Roger J. Stone Jr. shared another distinction: they quit the case. The abrupt withdrawals came after the Justice Department overruled their recommendation for

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PMQs: Johnson and Corbyn on UK-US extradition relations

The UK has a “one-sided” extradition treaty with the US, the Labour leader said, as he called for an “equal and balanced” relationship. Boris Johnson said Jeremy Corbyn “has a point” over extradition between the two nations, and there were “elements of that relationship that are unbalanced”. UK viewers can watch the full edition for

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Cuomo Offers Compromise to Homeland Security for Global Entry Applicants

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Wednesday that he would seek to give federal officials access to state driving records for applicants to Global Entry and other federal programs that allow travelers to quickly pass through airports and borders. The announcement by Mr. Cuomo comes days after federal officials banned New York residents from applying

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