Bridget Archer crossed the floor and her party. Why is she running for the Liberals again?
17 Jul
Politics

Bridget Archer crossed the floor and her party. Why is she running for the Liberals again?

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Bridget Archer didn’t expect to be returning to politics so soon. In fact, perhaps she didn’t think she’d be returning in 2025 at all — despite Bass being a marginal seat federally, Archer losing the seat to Labor newbie Jess Teesdale was one of the surprises of the May election. Her reputation for leading with principle (so much so that she was awarded for her political leadership in 2024) and being a “true Liberal” was enough to compensate for the sins of one deeply unpopular leader in Scott Morrison, but not two. Peter Dutton was an albatross, and she’s said as much. “It was devastating for me personally,” Archer tells me over the phone. State politics wasn’t “on the bingo card” for 2025. But when the Tasmania budget crisis saw the Labor opposition successfully bring a motion...
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Trump’s Texas-sized redistricting dreams: From the Politics Desk
17 Jul
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Trump’s Texas-sized redistricting dreams: From the Politics Desk

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Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Deskan evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.In today’s edition, we dive into President Donald Trump’s ambitions in Texas, where Republicans are set to redraw their congressional maps. Plus, Steve Kornacki explores the dilemma facing Zohran Mamdani’s opponents in the New York City mayoral race. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.- Adam WollnerTrump’s Texas-sized redistricting dreamsPresident Donald Trump is setting a lofty goal for Texas Republicans as they prepare to tackle redrawing their congressional maps: He wants the party to pick up five House seats as a result of the process. “A very simple redrawing, we pick up five seats,” Trump told reporters....
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Does Rachel Reeves believe in capitalism?
17 Jul
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Does Rachel Reeves believe in capitalism?

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Thursday 17 July 2025 5:43 am|Updated:Wednesday 16 July 2025 12:50 pmRachel Reeves ploughed ahead with her party’s changes to the non-dom regime at last year’s Autumn BudgetThe Chancellor can’t do the biggest things she needs for growth because she can’t escape her own ideology, says Helen Thomas Spin only gets you so far in the business world. Action has to back up rhetoric or the game will be found out. This is the main difference between business and politics: the former is about what works whereas the latter is about what sells. The most powerful leaders in each world adopt a little bit of both, whether it’s Trump’s tax cuts to Make America Great Again or Jamie Dimon’s ruthlessly successful acquisitions. The UK Chancellor is trying to move from the tearful reality of her fiscal constraints...
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2027: Buhari’s loyalists ready to join coalition – Bolaji Abdullahi
17 Jul
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2027: Buhari’s loyalists ready to join coalition – Bolaji Abdullahi

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Most of the politicians loyal to the late former president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari are ready to join the coalition and its adopted party, Bolaji Abdullahi, the interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said. Abdullahi in an interview said that the entire leadership from the Northern part of the country are eager to join the coalition movement to oust the present administration led by President Bola Tinubu. According to Abdullahi, the death of the former president will only cement an already existing plan by the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) bloc of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said, “Most of the Buhari loyalists are already with us. The majority of them, the entire North is already with our party. We are very confident. The passing of the former President will only cement...
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