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Home secretary faces calls to relax palliative drug rules 

GPs and charities warn patients dying from coronavirus are suffering unnecessarily




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Dominic Raab looked like someone who'd lost a pools coupon: HENRY DEEDES watches Foreign Secretary

With the Prime Minister confined to the sick bay, Dominic Raab was entrusted with Monday's daily Downing Street press briefing. There was an irked, irritable air as he took to the lectern.




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Pompeo could be the first Secretary of State nominee to get an unfavorable committee vote

Republican Senator Rand Paul (left) has declared himself opposed, meaning that at least one Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee would have to support Pompeo (right) to pass a recommendation.




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Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden defends Cheltenham Festival go ahead despite coronavirus outbreak

The four-day Festival was staged as planned in front of 250,000 people, with additional hygiene measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, and concluded on March 13. 




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Secretary Dominic Raab says Premier League return under consideration

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has assured the public that getting sport back up and running again amid the coronavirus pandemic is 'under active consideration.'




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NFL's 'tobacco-industry tactics delayed efforts to address CTE,' claims ex-OSHA secretary

The NFL's obfuscation on traumatic brain injury research delayed meaningful action on CTE, claims George Washington University professor David Michaels, Barack Obama's former head of OSHA.




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Home Secretary Priti Patel facing a barrage of racist and sexist abuse on social media

Online trolls - some of whom told her to 'go back to India' and who mocked her Ugandan background - claimed to be members of Labour, the SNP and Green Party.




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Disgraced former Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay is set to receive £12,000 'golden goodbye'

MSP for Renfrewshire North and West Derek Mackay is entitled to a =n automatic severance payment of £11,945 for losing ministerial office.




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Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden defends Cheltenham Festival go ahead despite coronavirus outbreak

The four-day Festival was staged as planned in front of 250,000 people, with additional hygiene measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, and concluded on March 13. 




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Jim Mattis's clashes with President Trump are revealed in book by former secretary of defense's aide

Jim Mattis's speechwriter Guy Snodgrass details his clashes with Trump in, Holding The Line: Inside Trump's Pentagon With Secretary Mattis, obtained by DailyMail.com ahead of its publication next week.




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Press Secretary Sarah Sanders suffers backlash for saying MLK 'gave his life' to fight racism

Sarah Sanders tweeted a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr Monday for MLK Day. She wrote that MLK 'gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality'.




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Here's an idea why Secretary of State Pompeo keeps spreading the conspiracy theory that coronavirus escaped from a Chinese lab

75631454Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other China hawks in GOP are ignoring US intelligence agencies, and continuing to spread the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus came from a Chinese government lab.They're doing it for an audience of one — Donald Trump.China hawks have always fought to get Trump to take an even harder line on China, but he's often put his hopes of signing a trade deal with China first.By turning this anti-China conspiracy theory into a talking point on Trump's favorite TV shows and in his political circles, though, hawks could win Trump to their side. It's worked before.This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.In recent weeks Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been making the rounds




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White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says she slammed Trump's 'racist' rhetoric in 2015 because she 'naively' watched CNN

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany blamed CNN and her own naiveté for somehow convincing her to call President Donald Trump's rhetoric about immigrants "racist" and "hateful" in 2015. "For about the first four weeks of the election, I was watching CNN and I was naively believing some of the headlines that I saw on CNN," she said. "I very quickly came around and supported the president."In newly-unearthed footage, McEnany passionately and repeatedly attacked then-candidate Trump, calling him "a showman" who didn't deserve a place in the Republican Party. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.During her press conference at the White House on Friday, Kayleigh McEnany, President Donald Trump's newly-installed White House press secretary, blamed CNN and her own naiveté for




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US secretary of state Mike Pompeo slams European response to assassination of Qassem Soleimani

Mike Pompeo has accused European allies including the UK, France and Germany of 'not being helpful enough' over the attack while heaping praise on regional allies including Israel.




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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sends prayers to Australia amid bushfires

Pompeo said the US-Australian alliance was unbreakable and American firefighters had flown to Australia to help.




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Defence Secretary promises 'strong response' over attack on Camp Taji, Iraq

Britain has 'the right to defend itself', the defence secretary has warned, after a missile strike in Iraq killed British servicewoman Lance Corporal Brodie Gillon and two others on Wednesday.




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Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin quietly meets RUSSIA'S ambassador while the markets plunge

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin met with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. amid the steep drop in financial markets Monday.




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No 10 slaps down Home Secretary Priti Patel after she calls for UK borders to be CLOSED

Downing Street said it was not seeking to seal up Britain's borders in the midst of the pandemic, despite the hardline measure being taken by other nations.




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Democrats raise outcry at Defense Secretary Mattis' shock resignation

Mattis, 68, submitted his letter of resignation to President Donald Trump on Thursday, shocking Democrats and establishment Republicans who saw him as a steady hand in the cabinet.




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New press secretary Kayleigh McEnany ends briefing after getting asked about past coronavirus claim

New White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday defended her February comment that 'we will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here.'




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HHS Secretary Alex Azar says meat workers 'home and social conditions' caused spread of corona

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar dismissed concerns about the coronavirus at meat packing plants, saying workers were more likely to catch it at home or socially.




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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany called Trump 'racist' and 'hateful' back in 2015

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who was sworn in on April 7, was a tough Trump critic in early 2015 and slammed him as 'racist', 'hateful', and an 'inauthentic' Republican.




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Jeremy Corbyn makes a plea to Rebecca Long Bailey to make him Shadow Foreign Secretary 

Jeremy Corbyn has made a plea to 'anointed' successor Rebecca Long Bailey to make him Shadow Foreign Secretary after he quits as Labour Party leader.




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HENRY DEEDES sees the Home Secretary endure a Labour barrage 

HENRY DEEDES: Tottering into the chamber at that very moment was Priti Patel. As the Home Secretary made her way awkwardly to her seat, Jezza's eyes...




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Sir Keir Starmer makes Labour leadership rival Lisa Nandy his shadow foreign secretary

Sir Keir Starmer has made leadership rival Lisa Nandy his shadow foreign secretary as the new Labour leader announced a series of senior appointments to his top team.




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Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry faces losing her post

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn are said to be furious at Miss Thornberry's backing for a second EU poll. There are also calls for a new contest to be deputy leader due to anger at Tom Watson's EU stance.




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Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan QUITS Commons after 'abuse'

The Culture Secretary is the latest Tory to say they won't stand in the forthcoming poll after Boris Johnson snubbed Amber Rudd's plea to have her whip restored.




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Priti Patel bullying claims: Boris Johnson backs Home Secretary

Priti Patel was seated next to Mr Johnson for PMQs as he voiced 'confidence' in her and said she is doing an 'outstanding job'.




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Hospital secretary sacked for repeatedly checking her own medical records wins £270,000 payout

Sarah Austin, 53, was fired by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, where she'd worked for 25 years, after using her hospital computer to access her and her mother's files 140 times.




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HENRY DEEDES sees the Transport Secretary trundle off into the sidings

HENRY DEEDES: Snigger all you like, but there was once a time when the name Chris Grayling struck fear into the bellies of Labour's front bench.




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House Armed Services committee chair demands Donald Trump FIRE his navy secretary

President Donald Trump said it was 'unselfish' of acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly to resign his post but noted he had 'no role' in getting rid of the official.




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Now Business Secretary Alok Sharma is dragged into Sirius row

Alok Sharma has been urged to speed up a review of City rules that make it hard for individuals to take part in major company decisions ahead of the vote at Sirius Minerals next Tuesday.




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Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden is slammed over handling of Newcastle takeover

The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden has been slammed for failing to intervene in the proposed takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi-led consortium.




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Culture secretary Oliver Dowden warns Premier League sides that furlough scheme is not for them

Rich Premier League clubs should only furlough staff as a 'last resort' and the job retention scheme was not intended for 'billionaire' owners, warned culture secretary Oliver Dowden. 




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'Cascading series of events' is disrupting US food supply chain, former agriculture secretary warns

Former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Monday warned of escalating food supply chain disruptions as concerns about future shortages grow amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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External Affairs Minister delivers his remarks during Press Interaction with Secretary of State of the United States of America in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy : Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]





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External Affairs Minister meets Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States of America in JNB, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy : Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]





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Prime Minister meets Michael R Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States of America in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy: Naveen Jora[/ph]





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Michael R Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States of America arrives in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy: Hemant Joshi[/ph]





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External Affairs Minister meets Marcelo Ebrard, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico on the sidelines of G20 Summit 2019 in Osaka, Japan





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Secretary (CPV and OIA) delivers his address at the inauguration of India-EU Seminar on 'Sharing of Good Practices on Migration Governance' in New Delhi





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External Affairs Minister meets Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary General of ASEAN in Bangkok, Thailand





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External Affairs Minister meets Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State in Bangkok, Thailand





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External Affairs Minister meets John Sullivan, United States Deputy Secretary of State in New Delhi





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Prime Minister meets Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, on the sidelines of G-7 Summit in Biarrittz, France [ph]Photo Courtesy: Lalit Kumar[/ph]





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Secretary (East) participates in the India - Russia High Level Consultations on Counter Terrorism in New Delhi [ph]Photo Courtesy: Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]




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Foreign Secretary calls on Dr. Tandi Dorji, Foreign Minister of Bhutan in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy: Hemant Joshi[/ph]




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Secretary (East) inaugurates the maiden Coastal Security workshop for BIMSTEC countries conducted by Information Fusion Centre – IOR in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy: Hemant Joshi[/ph]





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Minister of State for External Affairs meets Lukas Parizek, State Secretary of Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovak Republic in New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy:Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]





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India-Australia 2 Plus 2 Foreign and Defence Secretaries' Meeting takes place at Hyderabad House, New Delhi[ph]Photo Courtesy : Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]