Der Kongress bringt die Homeland-Security-Finanzierung voran, nachdem die Republikaner ein Verfahrensinstrument genutzt haben, um bis zu 75 Mrd. $ für ICE und Border Patrol zu verabschieden.
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Ein historisch langer, 75-tägiger teilweiser Regierungsstillstand ist zu Ende gegangen, nachdem das Repräsentantenhaus knapp dafür gestimmt hat, die Finanzierung für das Department of Homeland Security (DHS) nach einer nächtlichen Mobilisierung der Republikaner zur Unterstützung eines GOP-Haushaltsentwurfs voranzutreiben.
Das Blatt wendete sich am Mittwochabend, als das Repräsentantenhaus die republikanische Resolution nach einem Last-Minute-Deal über sachfremde Ethanol-Kraftstoff-Bestimmungen verabschiedete, der genug Abweichler umstimmte, um sie über die Ziellinie zu bringen. Lesen Sie weiter...
• Ein Bundesrichter wies eine Klage des Justice Department auf Zugang zu Wählerregistrierungsdaten in Arizona ab und entschied zugunsten des Bundesstaates.
• In dem Fall ging es um Behauptungen über ungenaue Wählerverzeichnisse, doch das Gericht fand unzureichende Beweise, um mit den Forderungen der Trump-Regierung fortzufahren.
• Dieses Urteil schützt den Datenschutz der Wählerdaten des Bundesstaates und könnte Auswirkungen auf laufende Debatten über die Wahlintegrität vor den Midterms 2026 haben.
• Wähler in Virginia haben knapp einen von den Demokraten unterstützten Plan zur Neugestaltung der Kongresswahlbezirke genehmigt, der mehrere amtierende Republikaner gefährdet.
• Die Maßnahme zieht die Wahlkreisgrenzen neu, um die Demokraten in Schlüsselbezirken zu begünstigen, was das Gleichgewicht für die Zwischenwahlen 2026 verschiebt.
• Dieser Kampf um die Wahlkreisgrenzen an der Küste unterstreicht die nationalen Spannungen über faire Karten und parteipolitische Vorteile.
A spate of attacks against civilians and military bases in Colombia's southwestern region has raised security concerns as the country heads to a May presidential election.(Image credit: Santiago Saldarriaga)
Morgan McSweeney among those giving evidence to foreign affairs committee ahead of Commons vote Good morning. The former US president Lyndon Johnson is credited with saying the most important skill in politics is knowing how to count, meaning that ultimately what matters is being able to win a vote. But sometimes in politics what matters just as much, or even more, is the ability to win the argument. Today Keir Starmer will be tested on both these measures.Winning the vote should be easy. Here is our overnight preview story by Pippa Crerar on the events setting up today’s vote on a motion tabled by Kemi Badenoch, as well as MPs from five other opposition parties (the Lib Dems, the SNP, the DUP, Restore Britain, TUV) and a string of independents, referring Starmer to the privileges committee. Continue reading...
Top aide says SNP leader will seek approval to press for independence even if he fails to win majority on 7 MayJohn Swinney will call a vote seeking independence powers on the first day of the next Scottish parliament even if he fails to win an overall majority, his aides have said.The Scottish National Party leader’s senior adviser indicated that if necessary, he would rely on support from the pro-independence Scottish Greens to win that vote in order to demand the UK government gives Holyrood the legal powers to hold a second referendum. Continue reading...
Commons speaker to grant application by Tories for vote on investigation into whether PM misled MPs, say sourcesUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer will face a vote on whether to launch an investigation into claims he misled the Commons over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.Sources have told the Guardian that the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, is expected to allow a debate on Tuesday on potentially referring the prime minister to the privileges committee. Continue reading...
Alan Johnson and David Blunkett say Tory proposal for a privileges committee inquiry is a ‘nakedly political stunt’Good morning. Kemi Badenoch is trying to get Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, to give MPs a vote on a proposal to get the Commons privileges committee to investigate allegations that Keir Starmer lied to MPs in statements he made to them about the vetting of Peter Mandelson. Other opposition parties may be backing her, but we don’t know for sure because the process is relatively secret; MPs have to write a private letter to the speaker, who then decides whether this is a serious request that should be decided by the Commons as a whole, or a frivolous complaint that should be ignored. (We do know that Karl Turner has written to the speaker about this too, but only because he was daft enough to post his letter on social media last week.) Today we are likely to find out whether or not Hoyle is agreeing to a Commons vote.Boris Johnson was referred to the privileges committee over allegations that he lied to MPs about Partygate (allegations the committee concluded were justified). Badenoch wants to make the case that Starmer is just as dishonest as Johnson. He isn’t, by any stretch, and the claims that Starmer lied to MPs about Mandelson are spurious; they relate to contest intepretations of political language of the kind that are commonplace in parliamentary debate. But the fact that this has even become a live consideration for the speaker is a big win for the Tories.The fact that Kemi Badenoch has changed the accusations she is levelling against the PM on an almost daily basis as her claims have failed to stand up to scrutiny shows what this is really about. This is a nakedly political stunt with no substance ahead of the May elections.Any comparison with Boris Johnson is absurd. When parliament referred that matter to the privileges committee, a police investigation had directly disproved his categoric statements that he knew nothing about the breach of lockdown rules.I suppose our constituents might ask [if a privileges committee goes ahead], have we got the balance right between holding the government to account and seemingly squabbling amongst ourselves when there is so much else going on that perhaps parliament ought to be focusing on as well.I have to say, a really truthful position is, why the rush at the moment? Has it got anything to do with local elections? Continue reading...
Exclusive: Investigation into campaigning materials for local polls in May challenges tactical voting claims Election leaflets are providing “grotesque” information about how to vote tactically in the May elections, using national polling data, “dodgy” bar charts and doorstep surveys to support claims about parties’ chances of winning.Leaflets distributed by local politicians across England are claiming that either only their party can win, or another party “can’t win here” when “there is no good evidence to show that’s true”, a Full Fact investigation for the Guardian has revealed. Continue reading...
YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party political leanings, an overwhelming majority of people support the right to access an abortion – although young people, in particular, fear reproductive rights may be reduced.The YouGov polling, commissioned by MSI Reproductive Choices to mark its 50th anniversary, found nine in 10 people support the right to access an abortion. Continue reading...