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Harlan Crow says the Constitution bars investigation into his relationship with Clarence Thomas

The Senate Judiciary Committee asked Mr Crow to provide information regarding his gifts to Mr Thomas

The Independent UK

Major reforms to Wales' care system are needed report finds

'Anybody claiming that the state is doing its corporate parenting job well should consider whether they would be happy for their own child to be cared for by that system. Whether any good parent would want that for their own child'

Wales Online

Huge rise in alcohol deaths as Liverpool MP slams government's 'broken promises'

Walton MP Dan Carden, who has opened up about his own alcohol battle, has spearheaded the inquiry

Liverpool Echo

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Harlan Crow dismisses Senate panel’s questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas

WASHINGTON — A billionaire Republican donor brushed off questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas, in a letter Monday that argues the panel did not have the authority to investigate the lavish gifts he provided to the member of the Supreme Court.

Tribune News Service

Crow sidesteps panel's questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas - Roll Call

A billionaire Republican donor brushed off questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas.

Roll Call

Get recommendations of SEP panel without delay and roll out policy: CPI (M)

In a statement, he pointed out that there were fears about the functioning of the State Education Policy High-Level Committee headed by former judge Justice D. Murugesan due to the recent media reports

The Hindu

Six entities under lens for suspicious trading in Adani shares: Supreme Court panel

Hindenburg’s report claimed that the Adani empire was the “biggest con in corporate history” engaged in a “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme”

The Hindu

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TikTok influencers sue Montana to overturn state’s ban

A group of social media influencers are trying to get Montana’s ban on the app revoked

Evening Standard

GOP pauses Blinken contempt push after gaining access to classified Afghanistan cable

The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he is pausing an effort to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress now that the State Department is letting him view a redacted classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the U.S. withdrawal from…

The Independent UK

US House member 'pauses' subpoena attempt over Afghanistan cable

The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Thursday he accepted the State Department's invitation to view a classified cable related to the August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan and would "pause" attempts to enforce a subpoena to obtain it.

Reuters

Political Fallout Continues From The Arrrest Of Afghan National On List Near San Diego

Terrorist Arrested Near San Diego

Zenger

Chinese Party has 'supreme access' to all TikTok data, claims former employee

Allegations against ByteDance also include spreading China propaganda and "worldwide scheme" to profit from competitors' content.

TechRadar

MSPs ask how SFA will 'safeguard' traditional Scottish Cup kick-off time

MSPs have asked the Scottish Football Association (SFA) how it plans to compensate travelling fans for additional costs after the Scottish Cup…

The National (Scotland)

Cryptocurrency trading should be regulated as gambling as it ‘serves no useful purpose’ otherwise, MPs say

The Committee said regulating cryptocurrencies as financial products risked giving people a false sense of security in the assets

Evening Standard

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House Oversight Committee holds ESG hearing

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Reason

Supreme Court to Consider Whether Members of Congress Have Article III Standing to Sue Federal Agencies

The Supreme Court has accepted certiorari in Carnahan v. Maloney to consider whether members of Congress can sue to force disclosure of information from the General Services Administration.

Axios

Ex-ByteDance exec claims CCP "maintained" access to U.S. data

The former engineering head called the tech giant "a useful propaganda tool for the Chinese Communist Party."

France 24

Head of EU's democracy watchdog: 'We have to raise our voices'

The watchdogs of EU democracy will have to be "much louder in the future" if they hope to see off a mounting threat from homegrown populists and autocrats who are chipping away at Europe's founding commitments to free speech and the rule of law, a top EU official has warned.…

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Security stoush over changes to parliament's intelligence committee with accusations of 'grubby political deal'

Greens MPs and other crossbenchers could soon join parliament's high-powered intelligence committee under proposed government changes which the opposition warns will increase the risk of classified material leaking.

Daily Mirror

'As a Black pregnant woman I live in constant fear until my baby is in my arms'

Kelly hasn't felt she can enjoy her pregnancy as stark statistics show Black women are almost four times more likely to die from childbirth, alongside other higher risk factors

Daily Record

New inquiry into cost of living payments set to determine if financial support fair for everyone

You can submit your views on the UK Government's support package to the Work and Pensions Committee until May 12.

Irish Mirror

GAA club leads tributes after "devastating" death of schoolboy Caoimhin Mallon

The Year 11 pupil died "suddenly and unexpectedly" in hospital on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Family's horror as 'pleasant and kind' 14-year-old teen suddenly dies

Caoimhín Mallon, from Lurgan, Northern Ireland, died in hospital on Sunday after suddenly falling ill, with heartfelt tributes from his local community

Belfast Live

Tributes after "devastating" death of Co Armagh schoolboy

The young boy died unexpectedly at Craigavon Area Hospital on Sunday.

The Independent UK

GOP threatens Blinken contempt charge over Afghanistan docs

The House Foreign Affairs Committee's chairman has threatened to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress if the State Department doesn't turn over classified cables related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

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