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Pressure mounts on UK Prime Minister Starmer amid reports he could resign within days

Embattled UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was reflecting on the “political realities” facing his leadership, a senior minister said Sunday, as media reports suggested he could resign within days. The speculation follows rival Andy Burnham’s decisive by-election victory, which has strengthened expectations that the Labour heavyweight will challenge Starmer for…

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UK business minister says he has no reason to think PM Starmer will resign on Monday

British Business Minister Peter Kyle stated Sunday he has no reason to believe Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to resign Monday, despite reports from The Observer newspaper. Kyle described a "frank" conversation with Starmer on Friday, emphasizing the Prime Minister's focus on the country's needs rather than self-interest. The speculation…

The Economic Times

Starmer expected to announce departure on Monday as growing numbers of MPs back Burnham for PM – as it happened

PM said to be reflecting on ‘political realities’, as president Trump joins in criticism of his leadership saying he has ‘failed badly’

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Keir Starmer is considering resigning, Cabinet minister Peter Kyle says

Business Secretary Mr Kyle did not repeat the No10 line that Sir Keir would fight any leadership contest against him

Evening Standard

UK PM Starmer ready to quit as per report, but source says he is still focused on the job

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is reportedly preparing to resign Monday, facing mounting pressure after a significant election win in 2024. His leadership has been weakened by scandals and policy shifts, leading to widespread unpopularity. Rival Andy Burnham's recent parliamentary victory positions him as a likely successor, with allies urging Starmer…

The Economic Times

Starmer under sustained pressure amid reports he could quit next week

More than 100 Labour MPs have called for the Prime Minister to step down after Andy Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield by-election.

Evening Standard

As World Cup Unfolds, Immigrant Rights Organizers Seek a Reckoning over Dallas’ Relationship with ICE

Activists are tracking and trying to pressure the city over the use of its municipal airport for deportation flights, as visitors from around the world flood in.

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The Troubling Disappearance of ‘El Gallito’

A Rio Grande Valley murder case was botched and evidence lost by local police and by Texas Rangers. Will anyone ever be held responsible?

Texas Observer

Last Year, a Corpus Christi Cryptomine Guzzled over 11 Million Gallons. Now, Its Water Usage Is Being Kept Secret.

Amid its water crisis, the city declined to supply public records on the Bitcoin mine's usage, citing a state law that allows nondisclosure of an individual customer’s account.

Texas Observer

Data Center Boom Exposes GOP Faultlines over Local Control

In rural areas like Caldwell County, local Republican officials and citizens are scrambling to find ways to empower counties and slow AI-fueled development.

Texas Observer

Will New School District Takeovers Follow the Model—and ‘Chaos’—of Houston ISD?

The state education agency took over four additional districts this spring, installing leaders linked to Houston’s state-imposed superintendent, Mike Miles, including two who worked for his former charter school network.

Texas Observer

A Black Cowboy Museum, Rebooted

With diversity and history under attack in Texas, Fort Bend County leaders are bucking trends to back the expansion of a museum featuring Black cowboy culture.

Texas Observer

Burnham and Streeting hit back at Blair's attack on Labour government

Sir Tony Blair urged Labour to embrace the “radical centre” in a highly critical 5,700 word essay published on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham accuses Tony Blair of failing to understand modern politics

The ex-Labour leader called for his party to champion the ‘radical centre’, warning it is ‘playing with fire’ over the UK’s future.

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Reform UK defend candidate who called abortion 'cowardly act of murder'

Reform UK have defended a by-election candidate who called abortion a “cowardly act of murdering a defenceless baby” and suggested that women…

Texas Observer

In South Texas House Runoff, It’s a Progressive Insurgent Versus the Establishment

In Hidalgo County's open House District 41, Bernie-backed Julio Salinas is up against McAllen City Commissioner Seby Haddad, who’s backed by most of the local politicos.

The Guardian - UK

‘An hour of abuse’: Jeremy Corbyn on Labour coups, and whether he feels sorry for Starmer

As Keir Starmer endures a slow ousting, his predecessor recalls the day in 2016 when colleagues tried to force him out – and assesses who might come next

Texas Observer

Jesse Jackson Comes to Town

In honor of the late civil rights leader, the Observer resurfaces an encounter between the reverend and Molly Ivins.

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In Diverse Southwest Houston, Longtime Incumbent Hubert Vo Forced into Runoff Row

After 20 years in office, opponents say he’s become out of touch and absent. Now he must survive a runoff against Alief school board member Darlene Breaux.

Texas Observer

The Gas Peddle

Special interests spent years influencing city and county leaders’ decisions to ignore Laguna Madre community concerns about a fossil fuel build-out.

Texas Observer

As License Plate Readers Expand in Texas, Privacy Advocates Are Fighting Back

The Kyle City Council voted to apply for more state grant money for Flock Safety cameras despite a string of local-level contract cancellations of the booming surveillance company’s services.

Texas Observer

What Does the Allred-Johnson Runoff Tell Us About Texas Dems?

In a cycle rife with intraparty tension, a runoff in a newly gerrymandered district finds two mainstream Dems searching for an edge on the left.

Texas Observer

Trump’s New Tool to Speed Up Wall Construction May Be a Trap for Texas Landowners

The administration is using a new kind of “right-of-entry” request that allows building earlier in the legal process. Property owners could be signing away more than they realize, attorneys say.

Texas Observer

As Contract Negotiations Drag On, Texas Starbucks Workers Have Learned the Power of Organizing

“We have an in everywhere. It's not hard to talk to other people that do the same thing that you do on a daily basis, and oftentimes they have the same grievances that you do."

Texas Observer

‘La Gordiloca’ Lost at the Supreme Court but Won in Laredo

The citizen-journalist and social media provocateur's case against local officials was thrown out in a decision that horrified First Amendment advocates. But, at home, observers say arresting her proved more trouble for the government than it was worth.

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