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The man who attacked US Rep. Angie Craig in her Washington, DC, apartment earlier this year pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting the Minnesota Democrat and two metro police officers who attempted to arrest him after the incident.Kendrid Hamlin, who has a lengthy criminal history in DC, plead guilty in federal court to each of the three counts he faced, including assaulting a member of Congress and two counts of assaulting law enforcement.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice filed on Thursday to run for the US Senate, setting up a potential challenge against Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, among the most vulnerable incumbents in 2024.The Republican governor is expected to formally announce his bid at an event later Thursday in White Sulphur Springs.

Voters in Virginia's 4th Congressional District will pick their next representative Tuesday in a special election that could make history in the commonwealth.State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, the Democratic nominee in this heavily Democratic district, would become the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress if she wins.

MPs show a lack of courage and harm their constituents by not changing the law to legalise assisted dying, Dame Prue Leith has said.Speaking at a reception about assisted dying at Parliament on Tuesday, the Great British Bake Off host said: One of the problems is, for many MPs, it's far easier to do nothing.

Germany's main opposition party on Monday launched an effort to expel from its ranks a former head of the country's intelligence agency, weeks after he complained of what he said was a move toward eliminatory racism against whites.The center-right Christian Democratic Union two weeks ago gave Hans-Georg Maassen an ultimatum to leave the party by Feb. 5, which he ignored.

Support for the DUP has risen in the past year while Sinn Fein remains the top party in Northern Ireland, a new poll has suggested.A LucidTalk poll for the Belfast Telegraph puts support for Sinn Fein at 29%, ahead of the DUP on 25%, Alliance on 13%, UUP on 11% and the SDLP on 7%.Jim Allister's TUV is on 7% while the Green Party is on 2%, Aontu on 2%, People Before Profit on 1% and 3% for others and independents.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Jeremy Corbyn is expected to challenge Sir Keir Starmer's vow to block him from standing as a Labour candidate at the next election as their row spilled over into public infighting.

Northern Ireland voters are bracing themselves for swingeing cuts in health, education and policing with profound concern being raised by one of the most senior civil servants in the country.In a highly unusual move, Jayne Brady, the head of Northern Ireland's civil service, wrote to the Northern Ireland secretary, Chris Heaton-Harris, on Wednesday warning of the damage that could be caused by the unprecedented budget reductions to pay back a 297m overspend to the Treasury.

Sir Tony Blair and Lord Hague have called for everyone in the UK to get digital ID cards as part of a "technological revolution".In a report, the former Labour prime minister and Conservative leader argue that government records "are still based in a different era".The idea of introducing ID cards has been controversial.

Boris Johnson allies will hold a conference this spring aimed at taking back control of the Conservative party.The Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO), the group set up after Mr Johnson was kicked out of No 10 by his own party, is to hold its first convention in Bournemouth on 13 May.Johnson supporters Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries and Priti Patel will make speeches or join debates at the first national gathering of the CDO.

The House Democrats' campaign arm is launching a new effort to link vulnerable New York Republicans to Rep. George Santos, with Democrats betting that the freshman congressman will be a major liability for the GOP in key swing districts next year.Beginning on Monday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is rolling out a five-figure billboard campaign targeting five freshman Republicans who took donations from Santos: New York Reps.

ISTANBUL A coalition of parties seeking to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey anointed a veteran opposition politician on Monday as its presidential candidate just two months before elections that could drastically alter the country's political and economic trajectory.The candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of Turkey's largest opposition party, represents diverse political forces that have vowed to reverse what they call Mr. Erdogan's erosion of democracy as he has consolidated power during two decades as the country's paramount politician.

Democrats dramatically shook up the all-important presidential primary schedule by downgrading traditional first-in-the-nation states and moving up more-diverse states that better represent the party's big tent base of support.The new plan would put South Carolina first, with a vote on Feb. 3, 2024.

WASHINGTON  Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the minority leader, on Monday scrounged for the support he would need to become speaker of the House if Republicans gain control of the chamber, facing resistance from a newly emboldened right flank as Republicans grappled with their historically weak performance in the midterm elections.

The statement follows police filing terrorism' and other charges against the ex-PM over weekend clashes in capital Islamabad.Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned the police action against him and his supporters as a sign of fascism in the country.Fascism at unprecedented levels with police in Islamabad raiding homes without warrants to abduct PTI workers.

A court in Pakistan has ordered police to suspend an operation to arrest Imran Khan, after violent clashes between the former prime minister's supporters and law enforcement outside his house.The vicinity of Khan's residence became a battleground on Tuesday, when police arrived after a lower court in Islamabad issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for not appearing before it despite several summonses.

Politics "We knew there were financial issues.... But it is a harder road to hoe when you have deficits that you have to make up before you can start building up to what you want to do."The Massachusetts Republican Party may be $600,000 behind on its bills, and the party also misreported hundreds of thousands of dollars to state campaign finance officials, the new MassGOP chair says.

Award-winning author turned 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson plans to run for president again in 2024, she confirmed in an interview published on Thursday.Williamson is the first Democrat to toss her hat in the ring to challenge President Joe Biden, should he announce he is seeking reelection.

Monday Drought measures After France beat previous winter drought records, with 32 consecutive days without any significant rain Environment Minister, Christophe Bechu, announced plans to bring together regional authorities from across France on Monday to announce soft water restriction measures.School holidays Students in Zone B will go back to school on Monday after their two weeks of winter holidays, while those in zone C (including Paris, Montpellier and Toulouse) start the second week of holidays.

Stormont leaders have urged the DUP to reach a swift conclusion over the Windsor Framework to unlock the powersharing logjam.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with the leaders of some of the political parties during a visit to Northern Ireland to sell the benefits of the deal he has agreed with the EU on post-Brexit trading arrangements.

The Democratic Unionist party is unlikely to make a decision on whether to support Rishi Sunak's deal with the EU to revise the Northern Ireland protocol until April.The party has just launched a consultation process with an eight-person panel including former party leaders, Lady Arlene Foster and Peter Robinson.

Jeremy Corbyn has lashed out at Sir Keir Starmer's decision to bar him from standing as a Labour candidate at the next general election calling it a flagrant attack on democracy.The former Labour leader, who currently sits as an independent MP, hit out at his successor and described the move as a divisive distraction from our overriding goal: to defeat the Conservative Party.

"Right now ... we don't have an exit plan," said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who planned to go home and unpack her suitcase in anticipation of a missed flight to Alaska on Thursday morning.But there were still some small glimmers of hope that a deal could be salvaged.Roughly an hour and a half after senators were sent home empty-handed, Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) said: "There's been some progress made."

Barletta may have personal reasons for ditching Trump.The former president endorsed his opponent in the GOP primary for governor in May.But his sentiments reflect a broader reckoning happening after Republicans underperformed expectations across the country in November.Having lost high-stakes, expensive races for the Senate, House and governor, there has been a wave of finger-pointing and second-guessing across the party.

Win McNamee/Getty Images The Wall Street Journal's editorial board pulled no punches on Sunday in blasting former President Donald Trump for attacking fellow Republicans in the days ahead of the 2022 midterm vote.The Journal published an editorial on Sunday titled, Donald Trump Rallies for . . .Donald Trump, and argued that Trump's recent campaign rallies, which featured attacks on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), and his former Vice President Mike Pence, are further evidence of Trump's utter lack of principle.

Less than a week after New York Democrats suffered the loss of four congressional seats that could cost them control of the House, a call for new leadership in the state party is growing.A number of influential Democrats, including the state senators Liz Krueger and Brad Hoylman, as well as the New York City comptroller, Brad Lander, signed a statement backed by more than 600 party leaders, local officials, organizations and individuals from across the state urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to replace Jay Jacobs as party chair.

The King has honoured the nation's war dead for the first time as monarch and laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in remembrance of all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.Thousands of veterans proudly wearing their medals, military families and the public packed Whitehall for the Remembrance Sunday ceremony and watched as Charles placed his floral tribute at the base of the memorial on Whitehall.

Italian voters rewarded Giorgia Meloni's Eurosceptic party with neo-fascist roots, propelling the country toward what likely would be its first far-right-led government since the Second World War, based on partial results from the election for parliament.n a victory speech, Ms Meloni struck a moderate tone after projections based on votes counted from some two-thirds of polling stations showed her Brothers of Italy party ahead of other contenders in Sunday's balloting."If we are called to govern this nation, we will do it for everyone, we will do it for all Italians and we will do it with the aim of uniting the people (of this country)," Ms Meloni said at her party's Rome headquarters.