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EU – Brexit is YOUR problem: Blair says Brussels UK exit will seriously ‘WEAKEN’ bloc
TONY Blair today called for the EU to make sweeping changes to immigration control in a desperate bid to stop Brexit and save the bloc, which he claims will be hugely weakened once the UK leaves.
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Tax rise warning: Dramatic Fuel hike sparks fears for taxpayers as Tory rebellion brews
FUEL duty could rise by five pence per litre to pay for increases to Universal Credit post-lockdown, as fears of a rise on income tax soar.
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Hawley finds new publisher for book that was dropped after Capitol riot
Sen. Josh Hawley has found a new publisher for his book after being dropped by Simon & Schuster following the assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
The book titled “The Tyranny of Big Tech” is critical of big tech corporations including Google and Facebook. The day after the Capitol assault, Simon & Schuster said it would no longer publish the senator’s book.
Conservative publisher Regnery Publishing will publish the book this summer, its parent Salem Media Group said in a statement Monday.
Hawley, a Missouri Republican, had earlier called for the Electoral College votes of states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden to be rejected.
Hawley, 41, was elected to the Senate in 2018. He was the first member of his chamber to announce he would join an effort launched by conservatives in the House of Representatives to challenge the normally ceremonial process of certifying the electoral vote tally.
He came under fire after the attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters on Jan. 6, which delayed certification of Biden’s election victory by several hours that day, as lawmakers were forced to flee to seek safety from the angry mob who had overwhelmed security forces. Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died in the violence.
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Trump to lift some Covid travel restrictions, a move Biden quickly rejects
President Donald Trump on Monday said he is ending Covid-19 travel restrictions for air travelers from Europe and Brazil, a move that the incoming administration quickly rejected.
In a proclamation, Trump said the restrictions would be lifted by Jan. 26, and by, then Joe Biden will be president.
“With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging around the world, this is not the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel,” Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, tweeted Monday. “… In fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19.”
The travel restrictions put in place last year prevented most people without American citizenship or residency from traveling to the U.S. from the affected regions.
Trump’s proclamation said the restrictions would be lifted for Europe and Brazil to comply with an order requiring a negative Covid-19 test for those traveling by air to the U.S.
It leaves restrictions in place for China and Iran.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month required that all air passengers from other countries test negative for Covid-19 before coming to the U.S.
If the restrictions are lifted as in Trump’s move, travelers from the United Kingdom, the Schengen Area in Europe, and Ireland and Brazil would still have to test negative for Covid-19.
But the current restrictions that bar all non-US citizens who have been to those countries within the last 14 days would be lifted, according to a White House official.
The Associated Press contributed.
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