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TL/DR - The two front-running parties in the U.K.'s general election, the Labour Party and Conservative Party, have launched their manifestos detailing their plans if elected. The Conservatives, led by Rishi Sunak, are proposing tax cuts of £17.2 billion ($22 billion) funded by welfare spending cuts and tax evasion crackdowns, increased school…

TL/DR - Donald Trump has returned to Washington, now the Republicans’ presumptive nominee against President Biden, rallying a wide range of Republicans in denouncing his recent criminal conviction in Manhattan. Behind closed doors, Trump railed against law enforcement officials, with House Republicans emerging from the meeting vowing to protect…

TL/DR - Kari Lake, the failed Republican governor candidate from Arizona, continues to lose lawsuits and appeals in her attempts to overturn her 2022 election loss. A three-judge panel for Arizona’s Court of Appeals recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Lake’s attorneys failed to prove misconduct by Maricopa County election officials.…

TL/DR - Republicans are considering cutting sections of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats' 2022 climate law, as they plan to extend the 2017 Republican tax cuts. This includes parts the former President Donald Trump has expressed interest in repealing, such as provisions for offshore wind and electric vehicles. However, the proposed…