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On Thursday it emerged that Peter Mandelson was appointed the UK's Ambassador to the US despite failing a crucial vetting process.But the Foreign Office took the extraordinary step of overruling the decision without telling either the Prime Minister or the Foreign Secretary. No10 said Keir Starmer was livid when he belatedly found out on Tuesday.He had previously told the Commons that due process was followed. And at a press conference in February he said Mandelson had passed his vetting.On Thursday evening, hours after The…

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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Saturday used a town hall-style event in Oklahoma to take on Donald Trump for sharing an AI-generated image of himself as a Jesus-like figure on his Truth Social platform.Buttigieg, minutes into his opening remarks in Tulsa, addressed Christians who grew up in households where being Christian and conservative were considered “one and the same.”Advertisement“Maybe you’ve come along for a lot of things that have gone in the last few years in our politics but when you see the…

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