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PM being kept informed British Prime Minister Andy Burnham thanked emergency services on Sunday for their assistance, and local residents for their understanding as precautionary checks are carried out. I know today’s incident near RAF Fairford will be deeply concerning for local residents and for many people following developments across the country, Burnham posted on X. Earlier Sunday, a government spokesperson said the prime minister was receiving updates on the incident. We are grateful to the emergency services, who have acted quickly to detain several suspects and put measures in place to keep the community safe, the spokesperson said. It would be inappropriate to comment further whilst investigations are ongoing. We can be reassured that this is being dealt with, and it is exactly why our emergency response teams and Armed Forces are on standby 24/7, said UK Defense Secretary Wes Streeting.

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UK police arrest five men on suspicion of terror offenses near air base used by US forces British police on Sunday arrested five men on suspicion of terror and explosives offenses close to an airbase in England that is used by US long-range bombers in the war against Iran. Army bomb disposal units are at the scene while dozens of houses nearby have been evacuated as a precaution with the investigation ongoing. The arrests were made after information was received from residents in the area soon after midnight, according to Richard Ocone, a senior detective in the county of Gloucestershire. The men have not been identified and no clue has been given about a possible motive. A senior officer in Counter Terrorism Policing, Vicki Evans, confirmed: “We are in the early stages of an investigation, and five men remain in custody. As you would expect we are working closely with our partners to understand the circumstances of the incident.”

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A pause on handing more power to Trump’s political appointees Another Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, slipped language into a spending bill unveiled by Republican leaders to block, for now, a rule proposed by Trump’s Office of Management and Budget that would give political appointees, rather than subject experts, more power over federal grants. Collins, the only Republican running for reelection in a state Trump won in 2024, is locked in a tight reelection battle. Meanwhile, Trump’s approval rating is dipping to record lows — about one-third of Americans approved of his job as president in a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS and released last week. The last time a US president drew approval that low was at the tail end of Trump’s first term, after the storming of the Capitol by his supporters in January 2021. Two major drags on his popularity have been his handling of the economy and the war he launched on Iran.

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The ‘SAVE America Act’ still doesn’t have the votes Those same two Republicans who insisted on having Blanche kill the settlement in writing have also been vocal in arguing the GOP should move on, for now, from Trump’s voting restrictions bill, which would impose new proof-of-citizenship requirements in addition to voter ID conducted in the states. For months, Trump has argued the bill is required to address the threat of mass voter fraud. There’s no evidence for that kind of fraud in the real world, as CNN’s Daniel Dale has repeatedly documented, but it remains an animating principle of Trump’s presidency. None of the political pressure from Trump or from the MAGA side of the GOP has created momentum to get enough votes for the legislation. And there wouldn’t be enough time to implement it before the midterm elections. Neither Tillis nor Cornyn will be on the ballot in November. Tillis, a longtime but selective Trump critic, is not running for reelection.

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