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Government·18h ago

Trump administration pushes for new $250 banknote featuring president's portrait, challenging 1866 law

The US Treasury has prepared a design for a $250 banknote bearing Donald Trump's portrait, but the plan requires Congress to overturn a 160-year-old ban on depicting living people on currency.

Washington

Donald Trump Scott Bessent Brandon Beach Mike Brown Patricia Solimene Joe Wilson Hakeem Jeffries Iain Alexander Spencer Clark

Government·2d ago

Spain's Senate censures Sánchez government over corruption scandals as key allies PNV and Junts abstain

The Spanish Senate approved a non-binding motion on Wednesday condemning Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government over multiple corruption investigations, with crucial parliamentary allies PNV and Junts abstaining rather than voting against the measure.

Madrid

Pedro Sánchez Alberto Núñez Feijóo Estefanía Beltrán de Heredia Aitor Esteban José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Santos Cerdán Ana María Fuentes Gaspar Zarrías Javier Pérez Dolset María José Pardo Santiago Pedraz José Luis Calama

Government·2d ago

Spanish Court Orders Document Seizure at PSOE Headquarters, Implicates Former Party Boss in Alleged Judicial Sabotage Ring

Agents from Spain's Guardia Civil entered the ruling Socialist Party's Madrid headquarters on Wednesday to seize documents, while a National Court judge implicated former organizational secretary Santos Cerdán in an alleged criminal scheme to destabilize court cases affecting the party and government.

Madrid · Milagro · Móstoles

Pedro Sánchez Santiago Pedraz Santos Cerdán Leire Díez Gaspar Zarrías Ana María Fuentes Javier Pérez Dolset Gabriel Rufián Yolanda Díaz Enrique Santiago Ion Antolín José Manuel Villarejo Francisco Martínez

Government·2d ago

Spanish Police Raid Socialist Party Headquarters and Guardia Civil in Corruption Probe Linked to Party Fixer

Agents of Spain’s elite Guardia Civil unit UCO swept into the national headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party and the Corps’ own command centre on Wednesday, deepening a secret judicial probe into suspected payments to fixer Leire Díez.

Madrid

Pedro Sánchez Santiago Pedraz Leire Díez Santos Cerdán Ana María Fuentes Gaspar Zarrías Vicente Fernández Javier Pérez Dolset José María Aznar Gabriel Rufián Pepe Luis Vázquez Pedro Vallín

Government·yesterday

France's National Assembly votes unanimously to repeal the 1685 'Code Noir' slavery law, 178 years after abolition

In a historic and symbolic move, French lawmakers voted 254-0 to formally strike down the 'Code Noir', a 17th-century edict that codified slavery and classified enslaved people as movable property, nearly 180 years after slavery itself was abolished.

Paris · Fort-de-France · Basse-Terre

Emmanuel Macron Max Mathiasin Steevy Gustave Louis XIV Louis Sala-Molins

Government·2d ago

Blair’s 5,700-Word Essay Triggers Labour Clash as Burnham Accuses Ex-PM of Ignoring Inequality

Ex-PM Tony Blair's lengthy critique of Keir Starmer's government and calls to embrace a "Radical Centre" have drawn sharp rebukes from party figures, including leadership hopeful Andy Burnham who said Blair "doesn't mention inequality once".

London · Manchester

Tony Blair Andy Burnham Keir Starmer Wes Streeting Torsten Bell Larry Ellison

Government·2d ago

Sarkozy's defence brands Libyan funding case a 'grotesque novel' as Paris appeal trial concludes

Lawyers for Nicolas Sarkozy launched a blistering attack on the prosecution's case as the appeal trial over alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign drew to a close in Paris on Wednesday.

Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy Christophe Ingrain Mouammar Kadhafi Claude Guéant Olivier Géron Saïf al-Islam Kadhafi Abdallah Senoussi Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi

Government·2d ago

Spanish judge implicates PM Sánchez in PSOE 'sewer' plot to sabotage corruption probes after wife's indictment

A National Court judge has placed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the center of an alleged PSOE criminal network that sought to destabilize judicial investigations into the party, the government, and his family, following the indictment of his wife Begoña Gómez.

Madrid

Pedro Sánchez Begoña Gómez Santos Cerdán Leire Díez Santiago Pedraz Juan Manuel Serrano Javier Pérez Dolset Juan Sánchez Yepes

Government·yesterday

Trial of Spanish PM's brother opens in Badajoz with defence seeking annulment over 'prospective investigation' claims

The trial of David Sánchez, brother of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, began in Badajoz on Thursday with his defence immediately calling for the case to be thrown out, arguing the investigation was politically motivated and the alleged offence has expired.

Badajoz

David Sánchez Pérez-Castejón Emilio Cortés Bechiarelli Miguel Ángel Gallardo Begoña García Boró José María Bueno Juan José Torres Ventosa

Government·2d ago

US Health Secretary RFK Jr. Goes Viral Handling Snakes Barehanded at Dr. Oz's Florida Home

A video of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. grabbing two black racer snakes with his bare hands at a Florida beach house has gone viral, drawing mixed reactions from wildlife experts and the public.

Florida

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Mehmet Oz Cheryl Hines Bonnie Keller Sean McKnight Bruce Ireland Sara Ruane

Government·3d ago

Trump undergoes third hospital checkup in 13 months as health and mental fitness questions mount ahead of 80th birthday

President Donald Trump visited Walter Reed for what the White House called routine annual exams, but the frequency of visits and persistent questions about his physical and mental fitness are drawing renewed attention days before he turns 80.

Bethesda · Washington

Donald Trump Sean Barbabella Karoline Leavitt Pete Hegseth Joe Biden

Government·4d ago

PNV and Junts Tighten the Screws on Sánchez but Reject a No-Confidence Motion, Preferring an Early Election

The Basque PNV and Catalan Junts are intensifying pressure on Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez over the Zapatero scandal, but both parties are cooling on a formal no-confidence motion, fearing it would benefit their rivals and force them into an alliance with the far-right.

Madrid · Bilbao · Barcelona

Pedro Sánchez Aitor Esteban Alberto Núñez Feijóo Carles Puigdemont José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Borja Sémper Joseba Díez Antxustegi Imanol Pradales