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Officials to investigate claims of mortgage fraud against Cook, who has refused to accept firing by Donald TrumpThe US justice department has initiated a criminal investigation into mortgage fraud claims against Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook as a lawsuit she filed against Donald Trump over her firing makes its way through court.Lawyers with the justice department have issued subpoenas for the investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal, who first reported the investigation, which has since been confirmed by multiple news publications. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/04/lisa-cook-federal-reserve-mortgage-investigation Author : Lauren Aratani in New York Publish date : 2025-09-05 00:51:00

PM discussed ‘trade and shared security interests’ ahead of a possible meeting in the US later this month. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition of the willing meeting a ‘positive sign’ for Ukraine, former ambassador saysThe former Australian ambassador to Russia, Peter Tesch, has appeared on ABC News Breakfast after Anthony Albanese joined a virtual meeting with world leaders signed up to the coalition of the willing for Ukraine on Thursday night.The issue is that we are still no closer to a credible and durable peace settlement, because Moscow keeps walking both

Former cabinet minister’s move on the eve of Reform conference is a further boost for the party which took almost £1m in donations from ex-Tory donorsNadine Dorries has defected to Reform on the eve of its conference, saying the Conservative party “is dead”.The former Tory cabinet minister, a close ally of Boris Johnson when he was prime minister, served as culture secretary until 2022 before resigning a year later when blocked from getting a peerage. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/04/reform-secured-almost-1m-from-former-tory-donors-in-second-quarter-of-2025 Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor Publish date : 2025-09-04 19:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Luís Montenegro describes incident, in which 16 people died, as ‘one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history’Explainer: what is Lisbon’s Elevador da Glória and how does it work?Europe live – latest updatesPortugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, has promised a swift and thorough investigation to determine the causes of the funicular railway crash in Lisbon that killed 16 people and injured 21 others, describing the incident as “one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history”.The authorities are looking into the crash, which happened on the Portuguese capital’s famous Glória funicular just after 6pm on Wednesday. The city’s mayor