Author: News Desk

Jan 6 panel: Trump subpoenaed to testify   The January 6 panel who are investigating last year’s Capitol riot has issued a subpoena for former president Donald Trump to testify. If he does not comply with the subpoena, he could face criminal charges and imprisonment. The select committee is looking into Trump supporters’ storming of Congress on 6 January 2021. The panel is made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans – they voted 9-0 in favour on Thursday of issuing the subpoena for the former Republican president to provide documents and testimony under oath. The subpoena is expected to…

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Chancellor makes early return from IMF meeting in Washington amid rumours around his job and that of prime minister Liz Truss A No 10 source has told the BBC’s Chris Mason that the prime minister wants Kwasi Kwarteng to continue in the job and that she believes he is doing “an excellent job”. A senior Conservative MP has said that Liz Truss must not “nibble at the edges” but instead perform a “powerful” and “significant” U-turn with its so-far disastrous economic plan. My personal view is that it [a U-turn] should happen, we have reached a point where we need…

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