Senate Democrats defend breaking ranks to end shutdown as Mike Johnson signals speedy House return - US politics live | US federal government shutdown 2025

Senate Democrats defend breaking ranks to end shutdown as Mike Johnson signals speedy House return – US politics live | US federal government shutdown 2025

‘It’s the opening of an opportunity,’ say Senate Democrats who broke ranks to end government shutdown The eight Democratic and Independent senators who broke ranks with the party to advance a bill that would end the government shutdown – the longest in US history – have defended their decisions amid furor from their party and base. […]

Lib Dem members criticise ‘trans-exclusionary’ rule change for party elections | Liberal Democrats

Lib Dem members criticise ‘trans-exclusionary’ rule change for party elections | Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrat members have reacted angrily to an unexpected change in rules governing the party’s internal elections to reflect the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex. The party’s LGBT+ group described the move as “explicitly trans-exclusionary” while Young Liberals said the changes were “unacceptable and untenable”. Some Lib Dem MPs are understood to be perplexed […]