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• Charlie Gard: Hospital staff death threats statement 'arguably a cynical ploy'

  22-07-2017 23:02
  A spokesman for the family of Charlie Gard has described a statement released by Great Ormond Street Hospital as "arguably a cynical ploy".Earlier on Saturday, the hospital said it had contacted police after doctors and nurses had received death threats.It said thousands of abusive messages had been sent to staff who had been abused both in the streets and online.
  
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• Tory party seeks dream candidate to replace Theresa May - The Guardian

  22-07-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
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  Tory party seeks dream candidate to replace Theresa May
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  In the search for a replacement for the enfeebled PM what is the mood among members? David Davis. The instability in the party has been blamed on supporters of David Davis manoeuvring for position. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/EPA. Conservatives.
  David Davis is favourite to take place of Theresa MayMetro Newspaper UKall 26 news articles »
  
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• I can think of many MPs who could become Tory leader. But not yet

  22-07-2017 23:00
  Theresa May: supporters hope the Alpine air will revive her.The Conservative party is so split it is in danger of destroying itself.Theresa May was going to deal with this problem by winning an enormous parliamentary majority, so she could push ahead with Brexit and ride roughshod over whichever faction on her backbenches thought the compromise deal she reached with Brussels was simply not good enough.
  
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• EU wants right to child benefit - even after Brexit

  22-07-2017 22:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE latest demand from the European Union in the ongoing Brexit talks is that it wants its citizens who are working in the Britain to be able to send child benefits to their offspring living abroad, even if they are born after Britain has left the bloc.
  
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• Revealed: how hundreds of BBC employees earn 1% of Chris Evans’s wages

  22-07-2017 22:13
  Chris Evans is the highest paid star, earning £2.2m.The corporation confirmed the shock figure to the broadcasting union, Bectu, last week, at the height of the furore over how much some of the BBC’s top stars were earning.In an email to Bectu, a BBC representative said: “The actual number of UK employees grades 2-11 who are paid under £20k is 400.” Some employees earning under £20,000 were on less than £16,000, according to the Bectu general secretary,
  
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• EU demands right to child benefits even after Brexit

  22-07-2017 21:48
  David Davis, the Brexit secretary, left, met up with Michel Barnier, who leads the EU negotiating team, in Brussels for a second round of talks.The right of EU citizens working in Britain to send child benefits to their children living abroad, even if they are born after Brexit, has become the latest flashpoint in the clashes between London and Brussels over the UK’s withdrawal from Europe.Brussels believes European citizens living in the UK should be left unaffected by the referendum resu
  
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• Charlie Gard: Heated courtroom exchange

  22-07-2017 20:25
  A new scan on Charlie Gard makes for "sad reading", a lawyer representing Great Ormond Street Hospital has said.
  
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• Great Ormond Street staff receive death threats over Charlie Gard case

  22-07-2017 20:14
  Staff at the hospital treating terminally ill boy Charlie Gard have received death threats, it has emerged.Great Ormond Street Hospital says it has contacted police following a tide of "shocking and disgraceful" hostility and disturbance both in the street and in the hospital.Thousands of abusive messages have been sent to doctors and nurses and families visiting their children at the hospital have been harassed discomforted.
  
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• Charlie Gard: Great Ormond Street staff report suffering 'shocking and disgraceful abuse'

  22-07-2017 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  STAFF at Great Ormond Street Hospital have said they have suffered “shocking and disgraceful abuse” as well as death threats.
  
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• Professor Green accused of 'defending rapists' at Britain First march in Rochdale

  22-07-2017 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  PROFESSOR Green claims he was accused of "defending rapists" as he filmed a documentary during a Britain First rally in Rochdale.
  
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• Chalcots Estate Residents Return After Evacuation Over Fire Safety Fears

  22-07-2017 18:50
  The majority of residents on a north London estate have returned to their homes a month after they were evacuated because of fire safety risks.
  
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• Girl, 5, who was fined over lemonade stand offered pitch at London market

  22-07-2017 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A FIVE-YEAR-OLD whose lemonade stand was shut down by over-zealous council workers has been inundated with offers to open stalls on markets across the UK. 
  
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• Professor Green Accused Of 'Defending Rapists' At Britain First's Rochdale Rally Against Grooming Gangs

  22-07-2017 18:11
  Rapper Professor Green has told how he was accused of “defending rapists” after being led to a Britain First rally in Rochdale where the political group are today protesting against “Islamist grooming gangs”.
  
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• SCAM WARNING: Website is tricking students out of thousands in fees

  22-07-2017 18:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  PROSPECTIVE students have been issued a warning over an elaborate scam using a sophisticated website.
  
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• French FURY at Dunkirk film as they brand it 'TOO BRITISH'

  22-07-2017 17:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  WAR film Dunkirk has been slammed by the French who claim it skims over their sacrifice on the beaches.
  
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• From Syria to west Wales

  22-07-2017 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Meet the grandmother who led the charge to sponsor a family of refugees.
  
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• The Open 2017: McIlroy and Johnson on the move as Grace makes history – live!

  22-07-2017 17:37 via theguardian.com
  Branden Grace cards historic 62 to set men’s major recordOfficial live leaderboard from Royal BirkdaleEmail [email protected] Bull: Spieth weathers storm to take control 4.37pm BSTBig Dustin can only par the final hole. That’s a stunning blemish-free round of 64, which on pretty much any other day would be the big news. But not today. Still, he’s launched himself up the leader board, and at -3. is one behind Branden Grace’s clubhouse lead. 4.33pm BSTHow rud
  
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• Tour de France 2017: Chris Froome set to win fourth title after time trial – live!

  22-07-2017 17:36 via theguardian.com
  Froome extends lead to 54 seconds and will seal victory in Paris
  Van Vleuten wins La Course by a stretch ahead of DeignanWhatever your opinion on Armstrong, liking his podcast is not a sinEmail Barry or tweet @bglendenning with your thoughts 4.34pm BSTBardet and Froome finish: Bardet finishes and clings on to third place by the skin of his teeth. Mere seconds later, Chris Froome crosses the line behind him. He was fast, but not fast enough to topple Matiej Bodnar. The Polish Bora Hansgrohe rider
  
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• John Heard, star of Home Alone and The Sopranos, dies at 72

  22-07-2017 17:29 via theguardian.com
  Actor dies during recovery from back surgery, Variety reportsHeard was married to Superman star Margot Kidder for six days in 1979John Heard, the actor best known for his role as the father in the Home Alone movies, has died. He was 72.Heard also starred in movies including After Hours and received an Emmy award for a guest role in the HBO series The Sopranos, as Vin Makazian, a corrupt New Jersey detective.Continue reading...
  
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• Police Have 'Given Up' On Finding Missing RAF Man Corrie McKeague, Says Mother

  22-07-2017 17:25
  The mother of missing RAF gunner Corrie McKeague has accused the police of having “given up” on finding her son.
  
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• 'Grubby' EU savaged for bickering over 'pennies' in expert's incredible BBC appearance

  22-07-2017 17:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALEX Deane, a Conservative commentator, delivered a scathing assessment of the EU's treatment of Brexit during an incredible appearance on a BBC panel.
  
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• Republicans face two unpalatable options on replacement healthcare bill

  22-07-2017 17:09 via theguardian.com
  After a six-month debate and seven years of promising they would repeal the Affordable Care Act, Republicans don’t have many good options left to pass a billMitch McConnell likes to say that finding 50 Republican votes to pass healthcare reform is like solving a Rubik’s cube. As he pushes his party toward a vote expected early next week, the Senate majority leader is still furiously twisting the puzzle.Related: Republicans still can't craft healthcare plan that won't drop coverage fo
  
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• Full speed ahead for train builders as minister pulls plug on electrification

  22-07-2017 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Chris Grayling has axed promised upgrades, but in other areas the industry looks healthy. What’s going on?The bright, electric future of the railway has been dimmed: trains will now continue to run on diesel west of Cardiff to Swansea, as they will on the Midland mainline to Nottingham and Sheffield.An announcement sneaked out on the last day before parliament went into summer recess has sparked howls of betrayal, in Wales in particular. Rail electrification, the government had once boaste
  
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• Burgers and birdwatching? UK retail fights to make shopping a big day out

  22-07-2017 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Experts fear many more big and small names will disappear as confidence and profits remain lowWhen Rushden Lakes opens its doors on Friday it will be the first shopping centre to offer both a Marks & Spencer and birdwatching in wetlands that are in the same league as the Camargue or Zambezi Delta.But welcome to 21st-century UK retail, where developers are working harder than ever to attract Britons who increasingly view a visit to a shopping centre as a family day out. Continue reading...
  
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• The Open: Branden Grace first man in major history to shoot 62 round

  22-07-2017 16:56
  Branden Grace has become the first man in history to shoot a round of 62 in a major during a record-breaking third round at The 146th Open.There had previously been 31 rounds of 63 in major championship history, including Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson in last year's Open at Troon, but no one has ever shot a 62.Beginning the day10 strokes adrift of midway leader Jordan Spieth, Grace rolled in from 15 feet at the first and followed a birdie at the fourth with a two-putt gain at the par-five ne
  
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• Rejuvenated Wakefield on cusp of ‘unachievable’ Super League moment

  22-07-2017 16:56 via theguardian.com
  After rescuing Wakefield from relegation the club’s owner, Michael Carter, has overseen a move to better times that could take another step forward by securing a Super 8s berth with a win over St HelensThe date is 3 October 2015, rugby league’s first Million Pound Game, a day forever etched into the memory of the Wakefield owner, Michael Carter. Two years have passed since he rescued one of the sport’s most famous clubs, but things are not getting any easier.Wakefield were, as
  
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• TransferWise to smash through £1bn barrier as founder eyes float

  22-07-2017 16:53
  The British payments start-up TransferWise has kicked off talks about a new fundraising that will see its valuation soar past £1bn for the first time.Sky News has learnt that TransferWise is in detailed talks with investors, including several prospective new backers, about a funding round that could double the $117m (£90m) it has already raised during its six-year history.‎Sources said this weekend that the payments company, which now sees more than £1bn transferred using i
  
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• Branden Grace shoots lowest-ever men’s major round of 62 at the Open

  22-07-2017 16:48 via theguardian.com
  • South African cards eight-under-par 62 at Royal Birkdale
  • Grace ‘had no idea’ he had broken 44-year-old recordSouth Africa’s Branden Grace has recorded the first 62 in men’s major championship history in the third round of the Open at Royal Birkdale.Grace, who only made the halfway cut with a shot to spare, took advantage of ideal conditions to score eight birdies and no bogeys on the par-70 course. Continue reading...
  
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• Merkel's Bavarian ally opposes Macron's euro zone reform plans - Der Spiegel

  22-07-2017 16:47
  A senior member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies rejected French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to reform the euro zone by installing a joint finance minister and creating a common budget, in an interview published on Saturday.The suggestions from Macron, who was elected in May, have been met with caution by Merkel, amid suspicion in Berlin that German taxpayers might be left to shoulder common debts.Markus Soeder, Bavaria's finance minister and a senior member of the Chri
  
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• Yoga in the office? Firms should help us stay well, says public health chief

  22-07-2017 16:34 via theguardian.com
  Yoga clubs, ‘walking meetings’ and standing desks are among the strategies small and medium-sized companies should adopt, according to Duncan SelbieLunchtime yoga classes, providing help to remove ingrowing toenails and holding meetings while walking around the office – these are just some of the strategies that employers should use to boost staff fitness, according to the NHS public health chief.Duncan Selbie, chief executive of Public Health England, is also backing workplace
  
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• Lewis Beard jailed for assaulting Paul Gascoigne in hotel row

  22-07-2017 16:24
  A man has been jailed for assaulting Paul Gascoigne at a hotel in east London.Lewis Beard was sentenced to 23 weeks' imprisonment after pleading guilty to attacking the former footballer last December.The 27-year-old was ordered to pay £7,800 in compensation and £650 in court costs.
  
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• 'UK will never have own sovereignty!' Cable in Brexit rant against 'crashing' out of EU

  22-07-2017 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE UK will never gain full sovereignty however much it fights with Brexit, according to Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable.
  
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• British Cycling answers Hoy’s call to secure funding by voting for change

  22-07-2017 15:53 via theguardian.com
  • Sir Chris Hoy said vote was vital not just for cycling ‘but society as a whole’
  • Six-time Olympic champion penned an open letter to membersBritish Cycling members have answered the call of Sir Chris Hoy and voted to amend the sport’s governance structures, safeguarding around £43m of Sport England and UK Sport funding.At an extraordinary general meeting of its national council on Saturday, British Cycling accepted proposals to fall in line with sports ministe
  
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• Mother of missing Corrie McKeague may seek injunction over landfill search

  22-07-2017 15:52
  Police search the landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, in March.The mother of missing RAF serviceman Corrie McKeague may seek an injunction to stop police filling in a landfill site, where she believes her son’s body is.Police confirmed on Friday that the 20-week search of waste at Milton landfill in Cambridgeshire was at an end, having sifted through 6,500 tonnes of waste.
  
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• Arsenal 0-3 Chelsea: pre-season friendly – as it happened

  22-07-2017 15:39 via theguardian.com
  Michy Batshuayi scored two fine goals to help Chelsea to a comfortable win over an under-strength Arsenal 2.39pm BSTPeep peep! That’s a good win for Chelsea, with Willian and Cesc Fabregas looking really sharp and Michy Batshuayi scoring two cracking goals. Arsenal were rusty, and Arsene Wenger is a lucky man if he survives this defeat. Thanks for your company, bye! 2.39pm BST90+4 min Baker’s free-kick is ostentatiously saved by the flying Martinez, and that’s it. Continue read
  
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• Safety fears remain for residents of four Camden tower blocks

  22-07-2017 15:27
  Camden Council has insisted it is safe for residents to return to their flats in the Chalcots Estate, after four weeks of urgent safety works.Hundred of households were relocated to hotel rooms after four tower blocks failed fire safety tests following the Grenfell Tower fire.Inspection teams found multiple fire safety failures within the buildings, as well as identifying problems with the external cladding, which failed combustibility tests.
  
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• 'Something has changed' City businesses delighted by diluted Brexit - but demand MORE

  22-07-2017 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE heads of two leading business groups in Britain have "welcomed" Theresa May's softer Brexit approach - but insisted that more compromise must be made to the business community.
  
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• Protesters In Attempt To Bring Hyde Park Bombing 'Suspect' To Justice

  22-07-2017 15:00
  Relatives of some of those killed in the IRA Hyde Park attack 35 years marched in central London on Saturday as part of a campaign to bring an accused bomber to justice.
  
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• Bryan Cranston: ‘Interesting actors come from challenging backgrounds’

  22-07-2017 15:00 via theguardian.com
  The Breaking Bad actor, 61, on loading trucks, loading dishwashers and riding motorbikes across the USAI had a dichotomous childhood. The first eight years felt very normal. I had a mother, a father, a brother and a sister. Then things started to disintegrate. My father left home and my mother started drinking. It fractured and dissolved, and I became an introverted kid, always wondering when the next rug would be pulled from under me.Figuring out where I was going to stay each day gave me confi
  
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• Greece and Turkey struggle in aftermath of quake that killed two

  22-07-2017 14:53 via theguardian.com
  Main harbour on holiday island Kos, where two died and hundreds were injured, remains closed with flights also affectedKos is dealing with the aftermath of an earthquake that killed two people and injured hundreds on the Greek holiday island.The 6.7-magnitude quake left hundreds more injured in the Turkish resort of Bodrum, about 12 miles (20km) across the sea from Kos. Tourists have faced flight delays and the damaged main harbour was closed for a second day. Continue reading...
  
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• Can Sir Mo Farah's sack race record be broken?

  22-07-2017 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Hold onto your sack - Stephen Wildish is going to try to break the world record.
  
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• Aw' right?

  22-07-2017 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Dick Van Dyke said sorry for his "atrocious" British accent in Mary Poppins, but has there been worse?
  
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• German girl arrested in Mosul is missing Linda Wenzel, say authorities

  22-07-2017 14:10 via theguardian.com
  Wenzel disappeared from her home near Dresden last year and is believed to have been fighting for Islamic State in IraqA German girl who was believed to have been fighting for Islamic State in Mosul when she was arrested last week is the missing 16-year-old Linda Wenzel, German authorities have confirmed.Wenzel’s parents had been searching for their daughter since she disappeared from her home in the village of Pulsnitz, near Dresden, in July last year. She is thought to have converted to
  
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• Lizzie Deignan critical of La Course format after Van Vleuten's easy win

  22-07-2017 14:09 via theguardian.com
  Dutch rider finishes 1min 52sec ahead of British championDeignan waited for riders to work together to close gap to no availBritain’s Lizzie Deignan was critical of the format of La Course after finishing a distant second, 1 min 52sec behind the Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten in the 22.5km finale in Marseille.
  Having taken stage one at the summit finish on the Col d’Izoard with a lead of 43 seconds, Van Vleuten was favourite to win in Marseille as she started the pursuit race in wi
  
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• Dele Alli and Harry Kane expose absurdity of football’s silly season

  22-07-2017 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Spurs pair who cost pittance are second and third most valuable players in the world behind Neymar according to one estimate – but fans still crave a splurgeNow that the Lions tour and Wimbledon are over, and with the Test series against South Africa yet to grab the attention, thoughts can easily turn to the start of the new football season, which is only two weeks away. Or rather to the pre-season competition. I don’t mean friendly tournaments, like the money-spinning non-event of t
  
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• Could Kamala Harris revive the fractured Democratic party for the 2020 election?

  22-07-2017 14:00 via theguardian.com
  As a woman of color and champion for ‘smart on crime’ reforms, the California senator and her centrist platform could be the party’s solution to its identity crisisIn early July, Kamala Harris, California’s new senator, visited Chowchilla state prison, often called the largest women’s prison in the world. Harris, the second black woman in history to be elected to the US Senate, toured the facility and sat down with incarcerated women to hear their stories. She later
  
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• Romania's nuclear U2 reactor disconnects from grid

  22-07-2017 13:43
  Romania's second nuclear reactor at the Cernavoda power plant disconnected automatically from the national grid on Saturday, its owner Nuclearelectrica said. It said in a statement the stoppage was triggered in the morning. It would not say when the reactor would be reconnected to the power grid. (Reporting by Radu-Sorin Marinas; Editing Andrew Bolton)
  
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• Number Of Homeless Children In Temporary Accommodation Soars 37%

  22-07-2017 13:30
  Councils across England are housing the equivalent of an extra secondary school of pupils per month as the number of homeless children in temporary accommodation soars, according to local government leaders.
  
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• FIA defends decision to enforce F1 halo cockpit protection device for 2018

  22-07-2017 13:25 via theguardian.com
  • FIA has received opposition from fans, teams and leading drivers
  • Device is designed to further protect drivers from head injuriesThe FIA has strongly defended its decision to enforce implementation of the halo cockpit protection device for the 2018 Formula One season. The sport’s governing body has received opposition from fans, the teams and criticism from leading participants in the sport but on Saturday rigorously championed its position on safety grounds.The halo device w
  
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• Trump attacks Post over report Sessions discussed campaign with ambassador

  22-07-2017 13:10 via theguardian.com
  US intelligence intercepts detail what Russia’s Kislyak told supervisors Trump tweets anger against ‘Amazon Washington Post’ and ‘illegal leaks’
  Donald Trump went on the offensive on Saturday morning, after the Washington Post reported that his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, discussed Trump’s White House bid with the Russian ambassador to Washington in 2016. Related: Exit Spicey, enter the Mooch: another day in Trump's tragicomic AmericaContinue reading...
  
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