Spain’s Sanchez Running Out of Road as Corruption Probes Stack Up

By Victoria Waldersee, Javi West Larrañaga and Charlie Devereux MADRID, May 29 (Reuters) – Eight years after ousting a corruption-mired, ⁠centre-right ⁠government on the promise of cleaning up politics, Spain’s Socialist Prime ⁠Minister Pedro Sanchez is running out of road as graft accusations stack up against his party and family. Lauded abroad by liberals for …

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Kenyan court blocks opening of U.S. Ebola quarantine center on air base

Nairobi — A Kenyan court on Friday temporarily halted the opening of an Ebola quarantine center for U.S. nationals following a petition filed by a rights group. The facility had been due to open Friday in Kenya, according to U.S. officialsto quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is battling a major …

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Backlash Over Fund Tests Blanche’s Bid for US Attorney General

WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) – Todd Blanche has moved quickly as acting U.S. attorney general to please the ⁠man ⁠whose face now adorns the exterior of the Justice Department’s Washington ⁠headquarters: President Donald Trump. The Department of Justice under Blanche, who took over in early April after Trump fired his predecessor, Pam Bondi, secured criminal …

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In California Redistricting, Pro-MAGA Town Likely to Get a Gay, Liberal Congressman

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, May 29 (Reuters) – Huntington Beach, the right-leaning California city that banned the Pride flag from ⁠City ⁠Hall and elected a city council of MAGA supporters, is heavily ⁠favored to get a new Democratic congressman who is gay, progressive and an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump. It’s a result of redrawing …

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