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Assisted dying backers could seek to bypass Lords block with Parliament Act

Sponsors of the legislation believe the Parliament Act could be invoked to override objections from peers.

Evening Standard

MSPs call on Scottish Government to publish communications connected to hospital

The vote took place on Wednesday at the Scottish Parliament.

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer to meet Xi Jinping on crucial day in Beijing

A deal new will provide for joint UK-Chinese law enforcement operations aimed at preventing gangs smuggling people across the Channel.

Evening Standard

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Keir Starmer holds talks with Xi to bolster economic ties with China

PM is first UK leader to visit China in eight years and hopes to strengthen bond with superpower amid uncertainty over US alliance

The Guardian - UK

'Not personal': MP breaks ranks in leadership battle

Liberal frontbenchers are standing behind their leader but one MP has publicly declared his hand ahead of a potential spill in the coming weeks.

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"Merely Correctly Advising … Daughter of Her Constitutional Rights Did Not Constitute … [Criminal O]bstruction … of a Governmental Function"

From today's decision in Keeton v. State, written by Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge Cindy Grace Thyer, joined by Judges… The post "Merely Correctly Advising … Daughter of Her Constitutional Rights Did Not Constitute … [Criminal O]bstruction … of a Governmental Function" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Trump Says States Are Required To Enforce Federal Immigration Laws. He's Wrong.

"The Framers...designed a system in which the State and Federal Governments would exercise concurrent authority over the people," wrote Justice Antonin Scalia.

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Threats against members of Congress skyrocketed in 2025

The new stat was released following startling incidents involving Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost.

Axios

The Killing of Alex Pretti Is a Reminder That All State Laws Are Backed Up by Violence

If enforcing a law isn't worth killing someone over, it probably shouldn't be a law.

Reason

Assisted dying: could a rarely used 1911 act help supporters override the Lords?

Parliament Act, passed after row over David Lloyd George’s budget, was last used in 2004 to pass ban on foxhunting

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying backers could use archaic procedure to bypass ‘undemocratic’ block by peers

Exclusive: MPs backing bill to use ‘nuclear option’ of 1911 Parliament Act if it continues to be blocked by Lords

The Guardian - UK

Body cameras, warrants top list of Democrats' ICE demands

Democrats are pledging to tank a broader funding package aimed at staving off a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday if their demands aren't met.

Axios

Catholic Church emerges as a bulwark of resistance

"These are the people in the pews," one priest says of the clergy's advocacy around immigration.

Axios

Burner phones and lead-lined bags: a history of UK security tactics in China

Starmer’s team is wary of spies but such fears are not new – with Theresa May once warned to get dressed under a duvet

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Evening Standard

Scottish Government not informed of Bella-1 crew removal by US, says Swinney

The First Minister made a statement to the Scottish parliament on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Mother of grade error student says inquiry into his death must take place

Ethan Scott Brown took his own life after wrongly being told he could not graduate with an Honours degree.

The Guardian - UK

ActionAid sponsorship schemes: helping children and women or a colonial relic?

Letters: Readers respond to the news that the development charity is rethinking such schemes as they carry racialised, paternalistic undertones

The Guardian - UK

Starmer indicates he will not U-turn on plan to scrap some jury trials

Prime minister says move is crucial to delivering justice to victims of misogynist violence who ‘wait so long’

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D.C. Public Schools Still Closed as City Struggles To Clear Roads and Sidewalks

As the district's struggle to clear snow drags on, the case for public infrastructure maintenance becomes weaker.

Reason

Prof. Rick Hasen Criticizes Buckley v. Valeo

A nice counterpoint to the Buckley v. Valeo at 50 symposium that we're cohosting, from Prof. Rick Hasen (UCLA) at Slate; an excerpt,… The post Prof. Rick Hasen Criticizes Buckley v. Valeo appeared first on Reason.com.

Evening Standard

Trump backed Chagos deal after review by US intelligence agencies – Keir Starmer

The Prime Minister insisted his deal to hand over the islands to Mauritius had the US president’s blessing, despite his subsequent criticism.

Evening Standard

Flagship London council signs off 'borough of sanctuary' for asylum seekers plan

Westminster has the highest rate of international migration in England, with more than 20,000 residents arriving over the past two years

Axios

More Epstein files coming soon, DOJ says, a month past deadline

Trump's administration has blown past its Dec. 19 deadline.

Evening Standard

Swinney hits out at ‘glaring weaknesses’ in maritime defences around Scotland

The First Minister said the UK Government has not based ‘a single offshore patrol vessel, frigate or destroyer’ north of the border.

Reason

In Defense of Justice Alito

Ben Aguiñaga, a former law clerk, responds to the gross media smears of Justice Alito.

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