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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.

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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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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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’

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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

Evening Standard

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

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

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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.

Reason

"James L. Buckley: The Man and His Principles," by Roger Pilon

A friend profiles Buckley himself, a public servant who spent his life defending constitutional first principles.

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch shoots herself in the foot on the Tories’ long march to the right

Not content with haemorrhaging MPs to Reform, Kemi decides to drive others into the arms of the Lib Dems

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Calls for heart disease clinics to be rolled out NHS-wide to address ethnic disparity in treatment

Pilot of rapid access valve assessment clinics in England indicates success in closing healthcare inequality gap

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Party elder pleads for Nationals to stop the infighting

The Nationals must put aside their grievances and target being an effective opposition, a former deputy prime minister and party leader says.

Evening Standard

Tributes paid to British Army officer from Roscommon killed in training incident

Captain Philip Gilbert Muldowney who grew up near Boyle in Roscommon died following a live fire training incident on Sunday.

Axios

Trump's Minnesota de-escalation lasts less than 48 hours

Trump said Wednesday that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was "PLAYING WITH FIRE!"

Evening Standard

Urging hospitals inquiry to look at political decisions would breach law – Gray

Labour’s Anas Sarwar tabled a motion in Holyrood in an attempt to have inquiry chairman Lord Brodie consider the actions of the Scottish Government.

The Guardian - UK

Tory peer’s punishment for fiddling expenses criticised as too lenient

Campaigners demand ‘real consequences’ for peer who claimed expenses for car journeys he did not take

Evening Standard

UK condemns ‘brutal’ Iranian regime as Donald Trump sends armada to region

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy criticised Iran’s regime but declined to commit to banning the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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