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After winning the Democratic nomination Tuesday, Abdul El-Sayed will face former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in November.
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing yesterday on how to prevent deep cuts to Social Security benefits in a few years. The math is simple but the politics are not.
President Trump gave a speech in Las Vegas Wednesday, where he praised the U.S. economy but workers in the city say his administration's policies aren't helping.
The Wales Office and MoD also repeated the claim that £270bn more was being spent on defence.
The shake-up will need to consider everything from leisure centres and planning to recycling.
The rules were tightened in July 2025 to restrict the scheme mostly to graduate-level employees who would be earning at least £41,700.
The party says its aim is to stop companies profiting from illegal workers "without consequences".
Government plans network of nearly 200 specialist services to help those facing mental health crises.
A small Texas law firm with ties to the Trump administration has been awarded a $150 million contract to represent children who cross the border without guardians.
In the battle for control of the Senate, Republicans see the seat as a pick-up opportunity after the state's Democrats nominated a progressive outsider.
Democratic policy makers are pushing back on a rule change proposed by the Office of Management and Budget that would grant political appointees veto power over federal research grants. We talk with p
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) about what voters can take away from the results of this week's primaries, including a major win for progressives in Michigan.
More than 120 MPs and peers have asked the chancellor to carry out an "urgent review" of repayments.
It follows a backlash against the party's decision to pick Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a council candidate in Somerset.
Two of PC Andrew Harper's killers are set to be included in the government's early release scheme, which begins in October.
A deal is "essential to ease cost-of-living pressures", Miliband says, as he heads to Washington.
Zack Polanski has accused ministers of a "dereliction of duty" in response to this summer's heatwaves.
Five states held primary elections Tuesday that could play a decisive role in which party controls Congress in the midterm elections. A look at the results and the race that's too close to call.