Pete Hegseth will allow sexual assault accuser to testify, Republican senator says – US politics live

Lindsey Graham says Trump’s Pentagon pick would release woman who has accused him from nondisclosure agreement, allowing her to testify Donald Trump is expected to at 11am speak to reporters from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The president-elect has spoken publicly only occasionally in the weeks since he won re-election to the White House, instead…

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Germany: parliament to declare no confidence in chancellor Olaf Scholz – live

Chancellor triggered path to elections, due to take place on 23 February, by firing finance minister Christian Lindner last month Scholz, who has campaigned on a pledge of being a “peace chancellor” against frontrunner Merz’s more hawkish approach to Russia, again stresses his opposition to sending long-range Taurus missiles or German soldiers to embattled Ukraine….

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