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...The men worked for Blackwater, a controversial private security group founded by Erik Prince, whose sister Betsy DeVos serves as Mr Trump’s secretary of education....
...That followed another set of pardons on Tuesday, including to four men who killed unarmed Iraqi civilians when they worked for Blackwater, a security company founded by Erik Prince whose sister Betsy DeVos...
...How fast “Devo Manc” will become “Devo More” is not clear....
...Betsy DeVos, education secretary, was narrowly confirmed and has faced criticism about her qualifications for the job....
...“It’s like a Mormon elder buying and selling stocks in whiskey,” said Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer during the presidency of George W Bush....
...George Nader, an adviser to Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nayhan, the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates, has told Mr Mueller’s team that Mr bin Zayed set up the meeting between the two men as a way to discuss...
...“It sends the wrong message to the entire executive branch,” said Richard Painter, former chief ethics lawyer in the George W Bush White House....
...He arranged it with George Soros. They filmed the whole thing on a secret backlot at MGM. Nixon found out about it: that’s why they had to fake up that whole Watergate business. DT: I never knew that....
...Doug DeVos is used to a life of controversy....
...Richard Painter, a former ethics adviser to President George W Bush, argues that Mr Trump fall foul of the law on day one of his presidency....
...Mr Sessions’ supporters include former colleagues who are African-American such as Larry Thompson, a former assistant attorney-general under President George W Bush, and Ken Blackwell, a former top official...
...Mr Jarvis criticised this “devo disarray” but told IPPR North’s State of the Nation conference that Labour should shape devolution to promote a fairer, more balanced country....
...Every large urban area in England could soon be run by an elected mayor after a breakthrough in George Osborne’s planned “revolution” in the way the country is governed....
...George Osborne will next week signal a sweeping transfer of powers to the regions, from Cornwall to Yorkshire, presaging the biggest shake-up for decades in the way England is run....
...But we would like to think all fair-minded Scots would see that in a ’devo max’ world it is not reasonable to expect an estranged relative to keep on funding you.”...
...How the main parties line up on ‘devo max’ What support is there for further devolution – or “devo max” – to Edinburgh?...
...There should be “devo-met” to run alongside the “devo max” process of Scottish devolution....
...The DUP wants more powers for Stormont and George Osborne has already promised the devolution of corporation tax, allowing Northern Ireland to compete with the 12.5 per cent rate levied in the Republic of...
...The Scottish National party’s Pete Wishart said Scots wanted “devo max where everything is devolved except foreign affairs and defence”, but he faced heckles from Tory MPs who shouted: “You lost.”...
...The terms of Scottish “Devo-Max” are unclear....
...This would remain the case whatever the result of next week’s referendum given that ministers have promised a form of “devo-max” if Scots vote to stay in the UK....
...First the bold gamble not to put devo max on the ballot paper, which clearly paid off on Thursday....
...“We are going to see action on income tax whether or not Scotland becomes independent,” says George Bull, senior tax partner at Baker Tilly....
...After negotiations that deliberately sidelined territorial Whitehall officials, Osborne and northwest civic leaders agreed to “Devo Manc”....
...“Devo-plus” appeared popular with voters but not Mr Salmond’s SNP colleagues, so it was dropped. Mr Salmond has acquired an aura of invincibility but it was not always so....
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