Month: June 2023

It reads like a declaration of war, but in reality, Friday’s resignation statement matters because Boris Johnson is throwing in the towel on his political career. Yes, there are signs of a third political comeback in his kinetic resignation statement. “Never encourage it,” say the experts on the cheap seats. Yes, there will be deputies regretting his departure if the tories disappoint in the next general election and ask him to come back. But he won’t be there. Johnson he had a choice this week, and he could have chosen to stay. This would have meant standing and fighting the…

It’s one of the weirdest stories to come out of Beacon Hill in recent memory. During the pandemic, Massachusetts somehow paid $2.5 billion in unemployment benefits from federal funds instead of state funds, and now, we may have to pay some or all of that money back. The error has provoked very varied responses. The state’s Democratic congressional delegation blames former Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and urges the feds to find a solution that “minimizes.”[s] impact on working people and small businesses.” Meanwhile, the state’s business community argues it shouldn’t be forced to pay more to cover any refunds. But…

Former President Donald Trump attacked special counsel Jack Smith after his unsealed indictment showed the former commander in chief was charged with 37 felony counts over his handling of classified documents, calling him a “deranged lunatic.” Posting a photo of Smith on his Truth Social app, Trump accused the prosecutor of being behind a 2013 controversy in which it was revealed that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was targeting political groups, mainly the on the right, to increase the audit. “This is the man who caused the Lois Lerner disaster with the IRS. He went after evangelicals and great Americans…

When Boris Johnson sat down to write his resignation statement after learning the privileges committee had concluded he lied to MPs about Partygate, he was determined to leave a clear message to his enemies on both sides of the Commons . “Very sad to leave parliament,” he wrote. “At least for now…” That he still has hopes of a comeback, despite the damage he has done to his own reputation, the brand of the Conservative party and the country in general, should surprise no one. Since announcing in July 2022 that he was stepping down as prime minister, Johnson has…

Ukraine: Destroyed Soviet-era dam near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up to our free emails for breaking news Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia will begin deploying tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, Moscow’s first move of such bombs outside of Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. The Russian president said the weapons will be deployed after special storage facilities are ready in just under a month. It comes after he announced last month that he wanted to…

Politics is a matter of perception. When a crisis arises, a shrewd politician often apologizes, orders an “urgent” internal review, and forms a committee to draw up guidelines to ensure the situation never happens again. Disaster averted. That was the case this week as details emerged of a young woman’s treatment at Ipswich Hospital in Brisbane’s west after a miscarriage at 12 weeks pregnant. New Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman, not even a month into the job, had to face allegations the woman was forced to sit in a hospital waiting room wrapped in sheets and sitting in her own…

BUFFALO, NY — The Syracuse and Western New York regions plan to submit a joint application to the U.S. Economic Development Agency to become a national technology hub before the deadline of August 15. U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-NY-23, said the focus is on leveraging and building on Micron’s plans to invest $100 billion in Central New York. “We have the people. We have the tools. We have the educated workforce to do the job and take this country’s manufacturing and high technology to the next level,” Langworthy said. The EDA plans to designate 20 regions to split $15 million,…

BOSTON – A Boston police officer was shot during a patrol incident near Clifford Park in Roxbury Friday night, Boston Police Commissioner Micheal Cox said. Police sources tell Boston 25 that the officer was hit in the foot and back. According to Cox, the officer approached a “robbery in progress” in the area of ​​44 Cedric Street when the armed suspect shot the officer multiple times. Cox said two other officers were injured during the incident, but not by gunfire. “This just shows all the difficult work that our officers deal with on a daily basis,” Cox said during a…