US media on the GE announcement tonight:

NYT: 'The electoral mountain [Sunak] must climb is Himalayan”

WSJ: 'The election could be a cataclysm for the Conservative Party.'

WaPo: 'High probability of ushering in a new era of Labour Party leadership.'

Fox: 'Suicide mission.'

What a shame to see the civil service up to its old tricks of sneaking out damaging news on a busy news day

If there was an election on July 4 and Labour won it, Keir Starmer would have to fly to Washington on day four of his premiership for the NATO Leaders’ Summit on July 9.

“In voters’ own judgement, the trial has had a net positive impact for Trump, by a margin of one point. In pollster’s terms, that is within the margin of error. We can safely say it has no tangible impact.”

Fascinating on how Americans don’t really care about the Trump trial.

I just returned from Turks and Caicos after meeting with officials about five Americans detained for an honest mistake—one from Pennsylvania.

My full statement:
fetterman.senate.gov/press-releases…

The Daily Telegraph: ‘A day of shame for the British
state’ #TomorrowsPapersToday

Yeah, I suppose you could argue that

The Daily T, The Telegraph's great new daily news podcast, launched this afternoon. Listen here:

The full British experience is on offer at this shop in DC’s Union Market…including English-style inflation

The diplomacy video wars are on — after Cameron lauded for his pieces to camera, Lammy puts out clips of him laughing with JD Vance and Lindsey Graham.

Interesting to underline the message this week that Labour must work with Trump — and that these people agree to photo ops.

The Eunuch Maker was jailed for 22 years today. I went to Norway to piece together the life of Marius Gustavson 🧵

Can Joe Biden be impeached for refusing to send Israel weapons to use in Rafah?

Short answer: probably not, but that doesn't mean it won't become a major political problem in the House.

telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/0…

Major strengthening of Biden’s position on Israel as he threatens to stop shipping bombs and artillery shells to Israel if Netanyahu invades Rafah.

The White House has constantly cautioned against the idea the US has “red lines”. Now we’ve got one. cnn.com/2024/05/08/pol…

EXC: David Lammy has met Donald Trump’s campaign manager Chris LaCivita in the first official contact between Labour and the Trump campaign.

Comes after Lammy said he would find 'common ground' with Trump and praised him for boosting defence spending.
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…