Politics - Monday, March 30, 2026

Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced a resolution to block U.S. support for Israeli military operations in Lebanon without congressional approval.

Reports that Pete Hegseth removed Black and female officers from promotion lists have sparked a fierce clash between the Pentagon and Capitol Hill.

Negotiations deadlocked as No 10 wants more action on beach patrols but France has concerns over safety The UK’s agreement with France to pay for beach patrols is on the verge of collapse amid wrangling over the number of small boat interceptions and the safety of asylum seekers in French waters. Negotiations over plans to revamp the three-year, £480m deal remain deadlocked, despite the involvement of ministers including Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary. The deal expires at midnight on Tuesday. Continue reading...

ICE officers are continuing deportation operations despite a lapse in federal funding and agents being deployed to assist with airport security lines across the country.

Leader understood to have spoken to 10 trade unions after party claimed working class voters are turning to them Zack Polanski has kicked off a charm offensive designed to convince trade unions to stop funding Labour and throw their weight behind the Green party, as he delivered the first in a series of speeches to union conferences. The Green leader has had “good conversations” with 10 trade unions, including some affiliated to Labour, according to party sources, and is due to address the University and College Union and the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, not affiliated with Labour, in the coming months. Continue reading...

Rahm Emanuel says the 2028 Democratic race should be about ideas, not gender, as he mulls a White House bid and pushes a middle-class-focused platform.

Consumers' Research issues a Woke Alert against NASEM, accusing the taxpayer-funded body of pushing DEI, transgender ideology, and climate activism.

Transportation safety officers are set to be paid on Monday, but Tom Homan, the White House’s border czar, said ICE agents may stay where there are shortages.

The looming oil crisis caused by the Iran war gives the Conservative leader a platform from which to jump to the wrong conclusions Losing sleep over the war in Iran? Worried sick about the cost of living? Can’t pay your energy bills? Then relax. Because Kemi Badenoch has a displacement activity for you. It’s becoming increasingly easy to understand the Conservative leader by viewing her as a hyperactive five-year-old at the back of the class who is constantly disruptive. Who can’t get through a lesson without some kind of attention-seeking behaviour. Who has a constant desire to be indulged even though her first reactions are invariably wrong. Who flies into a temper tantrum when anyone dares to challenge her. Continue reading...

The Green party leader said Ofsted is a ‘failed institution’ and that teaching should move ‘toward a genuinely collaborative model’ Starmer complained about other parties whipping up division, and he specifically criticised Nick Timothy, the shadow justice secretary, for “complaining about Muslims praying in public”. Labour, by contrast, values bringing people together, he said. Continue reading...