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Why the UK needs to stop exporting plastic waste

The world produces a vast amount of plastic. Global plastic production increased from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to 348 million metric tons in 2017. Yet much of this plastic is wasted: 86% of the world’s plastic waste in 2016 was either incinerated, sent to landfill or leaked into…

The Conversation

Holyrood committee calls for clarity on EU law alignment information

Committee claims current approach to reporting on alignment is unsustainable due to a lack of detailed information

Insider UK

House Jan. 6 panel appoints members to review criminal referrals

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is pushing to complete its final report for release in early December, with unfinished business that includes whether to recommend criminal charges to prosecutors.

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House Oversight Committee ranking member on Snyder investigation: ‘It’s over’

One investigation into the Washington Commanders and owner Daniel Snyder appears to be over.

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Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 subpoena for Arizona GOP leader - Roll Call

The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for the House Jan. 6 panel to get phone records from the chair of the Arizona Republican Party.

Roll Call

Trump sues Jan. 6 committee to fight subpoena

The move likely eliminates the possibility of Trump testifying.

Axios

Trump sues over subpoena issued by Jan. 6 committee

The committee subpoenaed the former president last month, requiring him to testify. Committee member members allege Trump “personally orchestrated” a multi-part effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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Trump files lawsuit to avoid Jan. 6 committee subpoena

Forer President Donald Trump is suing the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block a subpoena requiring him to testify

The Independent UK

Turks risk losing Europe's human rights protections after court spurned

Nebahat Akkoc says her life began afresh after the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2000 that she had suffered torture while in Turkish custody, emboldening her and others to carry on their fight for women's rights.

Reuters

Boris Johnson Partygate probe faces delays as government 'failing to give key evidence'

The scandal-hit former Prime Minister is expected to be hauled before the Commons Privileges Committee for a grilling over whether he deliberately misled MPs about Partygate

Daily Mirror

Vote for permanent traffic ban on Capel Street 'illegal', Councillors say

Dublin City Council's Central Area Committee voted to make the trial traffic ban permanent despite no vote appearing on the agenda

Dublin Live

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen to be suspended from Parliament for breaching lobbying rules

MPs blasted Andrew Bridgen's 'cavalier attitude' after Mere Plantations made a donation of £5,000 to his local Tory association - and he then approached ministers about the forestry firm

Daily Mirror

Federal Reserve announces fourth straight interest rate hike to combat inflation

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warns ‘we still have some ways to go’ on curbing inflation

The Independent UK

Bashir Supporters Attack Headquarters of Sudan Bar Association after its Dissolution

A group of lawyers loyal to the regime of Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir attacked on Tuesday the headquarters of Bar Association in an attempt to seize it. The attack was sparked by a decision to dissolve the Association’s steering committee, which had recently developed a proposal for a transitional…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Trump asks Supreme Court to block tax returns from House - Roll Call

Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court to keep his tax returns from the House Ways and Means Committee in an emergency request Monday, which sets up another high-profile decision about the former president.

The Independent UK

Trump asks Supreme Court to block House Democrats from seeing his tax returns

Mr Trump has been fighting to keep his taxes from the House Ways and Means committee since 2019

Tribune News Service

House Republicans launch probe of Biden’s oil reserve release

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are launching an investigation into what they say could be the “potential misuse” by the Biden administration of the nation’s emergency oil reserves to lower gasoline prices, as well as White House deliberations over a fuel export ban.

Daily Record

SNP MSPs blast Scots government national care service plan as 'deeply worrying' and 'monumental' risk

The financial aspects of the proposals came in for strong criticism at the Finance Committee.

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Egyptian Presidency Pardons Former MP Zyad Elelaimy

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued on Monday a decree pardoning the Egyptian political activist and former lawmaker, Zyad Elelaimy. Sisi’s decision to release Elelaimy came in response to calls from political forces and the pardon committee. It also comes in line with the President’s call to activate the work…

The Independent UK

Consumers at risk because of delay to Digital Markets Bill, MPs say

The BEIS Committee has urged the Government to bring forward its proposals to strengthen fair competition rules for digital markets in the UK.

Reason

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Quash Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena for Kelli Ward's Cell Phone Records

A Ninth Circut panel split 2-1 over whether First Amendment concerns should prevent congressional investigatos from obtaining cell records for Arizona's Republican Party Chair.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump subpoena: Panel probing Capitol attack wants to hear from former president

The nine-member committee issued a letter to Trump’s lawyers, saying the former president must testify, either at the Capitol or by videoconference, “beginning on or about” Nov. 14 and continuing for multiple days if necessary.

Salon

Select Committee issues Trump subpoena

The subpoena came down via a unanimous vote, according to a statement issued by the Select Committee on Friday

Tribune News Service

Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months for defying Jan. 6 subpoena

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, was ordered to spend four months in jail and pay a $6,500 fine for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months for defying Jan. 6 subpoena

Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, was ordered to spend four months in prison and pay a $6,500 fine for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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