Morgan McSweeney, Chief of Staff to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, resigned on Sunday amid a political crisis stemming from the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the United States, according to Euronews. The resignation came 18 months after Labour's landslide election victory, threatening Starmer's leadership.
McSweeney took "full responsibility" for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson in December 2024, Euronews reported. The scandal involved Mandelson's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In other news, the United States is seeing developments on multiple fronts. In New York, the state legislature is considering two bills aimed at regulating the AI industry, as reported by The Verge. One bill would require labels on AI-generated content, while the other proposes a three-year pause on new data center construction.
Meanwhile, a report from the Environmental Integrity Project revealed a significant drop in the enforcement of environmental laws under President Donald Trump's second term, according to Ars Technica. Civil lawsuits filed by the US Department of Justice in cases referred by the Environmental Protection Agency plummeted to just 16 in the first 12 months after Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, a 76% decrease compared to the first year of the Biden administration.
In the realm of sports and politics, President Trump criticized U.S. Olympians speaking out against his administration's policies, Fortune reported. Trump called one critic a "real Loser." This followed U.S. athletes at the Milan Cortina Games expressing their feelings about representing the country during the Trump administration's heightened immigration enforcement actions. Freestyle skier Hunter Hess stated he had mixed emotions, as he did not agree with the situation.
Finally, in Portugal, center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro secured a decisive victory over far-right populist André Ventura in the presidential runoff election on Sunday, according to NPR Politics. Seguro won with 66.7% of the vote, compared to Ventura's 33.3%, securing a five-year term.
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