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Labour Suffers Heavy Losses as Reform UK Surges in Local Elections
Labour suffered heavy losses in English local elections as Reform UK surged, prompting calls from within the party for Keir Starmer to set a timetable for his departure as leader. Reform UK gained nearly 300 seats in a historic shift.
UK voters head to polls in local elections that could hasten Starmer exit
Voters across the United Kingdom went to the polls on Thursday in elections rivals have framed as a referendum on Keir Starmer. Labour is bracing for heavy losses to Reform UK, the Greens and the nationalist parties.
Stanford's Fingar calls Trump tariff policy a complete failure ahead of Xi summit
Former US Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Fingar told the Shanghai Forum that the Trump tariff regime has missed every stated goal. Refunds of $166bn loom as the Supreme Court ruling bites.
Tennessee Republicans set Thursday vote on map that splits Memphis into three districts
Tennessee Republicans were due to vote Thursday on a congressional map that would split Memphis into three districts and end the state's only Democratic House seat, days after the Supreme Court's Callais ruling.
Tennessee Republicans pass map splitting Memphis as Cohen vows lawsuit
House votes 64-25 to split majority-Black 9th District. Cohen says he will sue in state court on First Amendment timing grounds.
Eleventh Circuit rejects Trump no-bond ICE policy as circuit split deepens
Atlanta-based appeals court rules 2-1 that 8 U.S.C. 1226(a) entitles immigrants present in the US to bond hearings; second appellate loss for the no-bond policy in two weeks.
Republican-led states race to redraw maps after Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act
Republican legislators in Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee moved this week to redraw their congressional maps after a Supreme Court decision hollowed a core provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The moves could yield Republicans an additional dozen House seats before November.
UK 30-year gilt yields hit 28-year high as Iran war and election jitters collide
The yield on 30-year UK government bonds climbed to 5.78 per cent on Tuesday, the highest level since 1998, as the Iran war drove up energy prices and traders weighed a possible leadership challenge to Sir Keir Starmer after Thursday's local elections.
Indiana primaries become first big test of Trump's grip on the GOP
Voters in Indiana cast ballots on Tuesday in a state Senate primary that has become the first concrete test of Donald Trump's ability to discipline Republicans who defy him, after seven sitting state senators became targets of presidential endorsements over a redistricting fight they had blocked in December.
Starmer faces leadership plot rumours as gilts hit 28-year high before Thursday vote
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is bracing for a politically catastrophic set of local elections on Thursday amid open reports that Labour MPs are plotting to oust him, with British government borrowing costs reaching their highest level in 28 years on Tuesday.
Starmer warns antisemitism is 'a crisis for all of us' as Downing Street summit opens
Keir Starmer convened business, policing and community leaders on Tuesday after the Golders Green stabbing, an arson at a former East London synagogue and a counter-terror probe into possible Iranian links. He promised a 'whole of society' response and warned of consequences if a foreign state was involved.
