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“This is an agency that has been plagued with problems almost from the moment of its conception,” Shamji added. “There have been massive challenges in home care, and that’s putting it lightly.”
“Executive ministers have adjourned a five-hour long meeting aimed at resolving the impasse over the future of local government.”
“Harris would go on to serve as district attorney of San Francisco, attorney general of California, and as a U.S. senator before launching her failed campaign for president in 2016.”
“Warsh served as special assistant to the president for economic policy and executive secretary of the National Economic Council from 2002 until 2006, when he joined the Fed as a governor.”
“Fair challenge, Kemi - but don’t forget it’s only two weeks since I faced questions from 74,000 members of the public in Makerfield!”
“Ritabrata Banerjee had claimed that his group is the "real Trinamool Congress", commanding the support of 65 of the 80 party MLAs. The faction argued that the organisational elections were never held by the party within the three-year peri…”
“While the number of deportations has surged in 2026—up 25% from the same time last year—the actual number of those targeting alleged criminals is less than 2%.”
“From 1953 until 1989 HELEN SUZMAN served as an Opposition Member of the South African Parliament.”
“Trump, in his social media post, has also said energy prices will “drop like a rock” once the Strait of Hormuz reopens.”
“Ministers are due to meet again on Monday after further discussions over the weekend about a plan to reduce the 26 councils to 11.”
“'I’m calling to encourage you to please go vote for my friend Jasmine Crockett,' Harris tells Texas voters in robocall”
“he told the Senate Banking Committee hearing during his confirmation trial that it is unlikely he would be sitting before them without the guidance of Rice, who now serves as Hoover Institution director.”
“A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate. It isn't healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it.”
“While EC announced assembly bypolls in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar on Thursday, it excluded the seats vacant in West Bengal -- Nandigram and Rejiganj -- for want of clarity on the status of election petitions (EP) filed with respect …”
“data from Syracuse University show that only about 6,500 of the 360,658 new deportation cases filed in courts through May of this year targeted criminals.”
“For thirteen years she was the sole representative in the Parliament to reject race discrimination.”
“U.S. campaign finance records show Moroun donated US$1 million to Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., in January.”
“The Executive is under pressure to decide in time to allow elections planned for May next year to go ahead.”
“Ocasio-Cortez was elected to Congress in 2018 at the age of 29 after defeating 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley (D., N.Y.) in the Democratic primary.”
“I always said with Kevin, it wasn’t the first answer. He wanted the second and third-order answers”
“DCMS is the second department to leave the platform in a matter of days, after Lord Hermer told the Attorney General's Office to leave X over 'racism and misogyny'.”
“if the Trinamool symbol dispute is being adjudicated at the time, the poll body may freeze the 'two-flower' symbol and ask each faction to choose a different symbol until the matter is disposed of.”
“"College costs are just exorbitant. Students are burdened with debt…" McMahon told the House education committee in May.”
“Lobbying records show the Moroun-owned Detroit International Bridge Company spent over US$2.5 million to lobby the first Trump administration on “issues related to construction and operation of international bridges.””
“Edwin Poots has said the cost of the streamlining process is estimated to be about £118m.”
“Ocasio-Cortez co-sponsored “Green New Deal” legislation that would eliminate “every combustion-engine vehicle” in the country, eradicate air travel, and abolish “farting cows.””
“He was persistent,” Rice told Fortune in an exclusive interview. “Kevin’s one of those people who demands more of himself than others could ever.”
“Mr Farage has claimed cryptocurrency tycoon Mr Harborne wanted nothing in exchange for the £15million he donated to the party and the undeclared £5million gift to the Reform UK leader.”
“Sources in the EC told TOI that the two groups have been asked to submit their responses by 5.30 pm on July 26. Based on the responses, the EC will take a call on whether there is indeed a split in the party, warranting proceedings under P…”
“It's definitely part of it. Also, noncitizen voting has never been found to be a major issue in American elections. So Democrats have been universally opposed, and Republicans would need to blow up the Senate filibuster to overcome that op…”
“Since Trump returned to office last year, the company has spent another US$250,000 on lobbying.”
“Cutting the number of councils was part of the wider Review of Public Adminstration, which, including reforms to the health and education sectors, was meant to save the Executive more than £400m over the next 25 years.”
“Even then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) thought it was too extreme, calling it the “green dream.””
“I always said with Kevin, it wasn’t the first answer. He wanted the second and third-order answers,” Rice tells Fortune.”
“Reform UK accepted £15million in donations from Mr Harborne between August 2025 and February 2026.”
“the terms of the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that ended hostilities in Middle East”
“Senator Mitch McConnell, for instance, has spent most of his career fighting against efforts to move the U.S. towards a more top-down election system.”
“Democrats on the U.S. House Oversight Committee have demanded answers from both Lutnick and Moroun on their reported meeting on Feb. 9 and efforts to delay or stop the Gordie Howe bridge from opening.”
“Caerphilly County Borough Council and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council granted planning permission for the extension and refurbishment of facilities at Ffos y Fan, including a coal washing plant and a coal haulage vehicle workshop.”
“Democrats have floated socialist congresswoman as a primary challenger to Schumer in 2028”
“Mr Farage’s meeting with the Bank of England's Governor was in September 2025.”
“Iranian authorities are holding funeral ceremonies for former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from July 4 to July 9 across locations in Iran and Iraq”
“Derek Muller, an election law professor at Notre Dame, said earlier this year that if the SAVE Act were passed, it would be one of the most significant nationalizations of elections in American history.”
““We are fully prepared,” New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a news conference on Wednesday.”
“The National Archives already holds three of the original official copies of the Declaration of Independence printed by John Dunlap in Philadelphia on 4 July 1776.”
“99.9% Caucasian, 0.1% Native American”
“Chairman of the parliamentary group on anti-corruption & responsible tax and Labour MP for Bolton West, Phil Brickell, has now reported Mr Farage to the to the standards commissioner.”
“On July 1, Qatar and Pakistan held separate meetings with US and Iranian negotiators, with 'positive progress' reported on issues related to the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).”
“President mentioned it in this year's State of the Union in February, falsely accusing Democrats of fighting it because he said they wanted to cheat in elections.”
“prohibits tankers from carrying more than 12,500 metric tonnes of crude oil in areas along the northern coast of British Columbia.”
“Around 200 copies are likely to have been printed on the night, of which only 26 are known to have survived until today.”
“Contributed plagiarized French recipes to the Pow Wow Chow cookbook in 1984”
“Did their leader carry out lobbying, paid? Why did he keep his £5million gift secret? And are they happy with their leader earning £20,000 per hour flogging gold bullion?”
“And this week, he refused to sign a bipartisan plan to bring down housing costs because of it.”
“The federal government will protect and “fully” maintain a ban on oil tankers off the coast of northern British Columbia”
“It is one of 11 copies printed in Exeter, New Hampshire in July 1776 to spread news of American independence through the colonies before it was seized by British forces.”
“Warren thinks she would have won the 2020 presidential election if she “had a penis.””
“I'll tell you what we might need to do to get this man out of our country. He (Mr Bunrham) might need to phone up Pakistan. "Take him (Ahmed) tomorrow, or you're not going to get a penny in foreign aid from this country and I'm instructing…”
“I was at an event this past week with Gabriel Sterling. He's a Republican election official in Georgia that some listeners may remember from 2020, pushing back on President Trump's election claims then. He said all signs are pointing to Re…”
“Canada-B.C. agreement will maintain the federal North Coast tanker ban in accordance with a proposed route of a new trans-provincial pipeline under the bilateral agreement with Canada and Alberta”
“The latest copy to be discovered was printed between 16 and 19 July 1776.”
“Since 2020, the IIP has raked in $710,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.”
“She said she's worried that all this noise about the rules and potential restrictions to voting will mean that some people just say, you know, man, this does not seem worth it this year.”
“We have secured a commitment to keep the northern tanker ban firmly in place, protecting British Columbia’s pristine northern coast and the $2 billion plus economy that relies on it”
“Moore says the Declaration was found folded among the letters of Captain Thomas Fitzherbert and was brought to Plymouth in January 1777 before being moved to Whitehall in London.”
“Tax filings show it received another $31,500 in 2021 from Arnold Ventures...”
“NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the verdict in the Whitewater trial has cast a shadow over President Clinton, who just a week ago was far ahead of Dole in the polls.”
“The flagship proposal in the MOU is a bitumen pipeline from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast that would carry an additional 300,000 to 400,000 barrels per day destined for Asian markets”
“I was very much in the lead.”
“The MacArthur Foundation—the country’s 12th-largest private charity—added another $30,000 in 2021...”
“Next week, Congress will vote on a bill that will result in a historic overhaul of the farm programs.”
“This will include $3 billion on the Fraser River Tunnel Project”
“I answered questions honestly about my faith, and the way it shaped my view of sex and gender, of marriage and family. The backlash was instant and fervent.”
“The Institute for Innovation in Prosecution (IIP) launched in 2015 as a partnership between the college and the Manhattan DA’s office, which provided $3 million in seed funding obtained through settlements with international banks.”
“who has been working out the details of this seven-year plan to ween farmers off the subsidy government programs.”
“We will catalyze through these initiatives over $200 billion in new investment”
“Let's be honest, he was a Muslim.”
“The bill will end traditional price-based subsidies and the government planting controls that control them.”
“The federal government will work with private sector proponents, communities and First Nations to accelerate the permitting, financing and the construction of major LNG projects in B.C.”
“I certainly wouldn't speak at a conference like that because I'm going to have nothing to do with Reform.”
“The "Canada-B.C. agreement will maintain the federal North Coast tanker ban in accordance with a proposed route of a new trans-provincial pipeline under the bilateral agreement with Canada and Alberta," Carney said.”
“During the question and answer section, Forbes said her 2023 leadership bid was initially viewed 'as a bit of a slum dunk', adding: 'I was very much in the lead.'”
“She told the audience: 'I answered questions honestly about my faith, and the way it shaped my view of sex and gender, of marriage and family. The backlash was instant and fervent.' ... 'I have received thousands on thousands of communicat…”
“In her speech, the ex-SNP minister said she had received 'thousands on thousands' of communications from people who disagreed with her but supported her right to express her conscience. ... 'my experience of managing the nation's budget as…”
“At one point, Anderson claimed that Forbes had been treated 'grossly unfairly' due to her Christian beliefs. Speaking about Yousaf, he went on to say the SNP leadership contest had gone 'in favour of somebody who was probably every bit as …”
“We're on a mission to really bring our roads and pavements up to the standard expected by residents and visitors. With the summer season fast approaching we want to be able to showcase our beautiful seaside town.”
“He said his wife, a local councillor, will become the new AM for South East Wales, as she is next on the party's regional list. His successor as party leader, Kirsty Williams, welcomed the peerage. [...] Mike German joins a list of senior …”
“Mr German was deputy minister of the Welsh assembly when his party was in coalition with Labour.”
“Mike German joins a list of senior politicians including former deputy PM John Prescott and former Conservative leader Michael Howard awarded peerages in the dissolution honours.”
“Among them the former veterans minister and MP for Islwyn, Don Touhig also gets a peerage and First Minister Carwyn Jones is appointed to the Privy Council.”
“Mrs German has been a Torfaen councillor since 2008 and is leader of the Lib Dem group at the local authority.”
“The couple married in 2006.”
“Mike Bell, leader of North Somerset Council, called on schools in his area to be "flexible" and allow children to enjoy a "special moment" for the country.”
“Mike Bell, leader of North Somerset Council, called on schools in his area to be "flexible" and allow children to enjoy a "special moment" for the country. He said: "I'm asking parents and carers to consider suspending bedtime, just this o…”
“This is a very crucial period and I we have got five fantastic candidates. All of them would make excellent leaders of the party.”
“As Diane said herself, she's going to give the boys a run for their money.”
“Ms Harman, who was one of the 33 MPs who nominated Ms Abbott”
“Ms Harman said the rules governing the election of Labour's shadow cabinet would change to ensure half its members are female.”
“The result of the Labour contest will be announced at the party's annual conference in September.”
“The government is now looking at changing legislation, to allow authorities to close illegal mini-marts, barbers and vape shops for up to a year.”
