
Minister's affair caught on camera prompts questions about surveillance among Britain's political elite
CNN
Westminster, the beating heart of British politics, is very worried about how safe the UK government's most important secrets are.
Over the weekend, Matt Hancock, now the country's former health secretary, was forced to resign after images of him kissing a female adviser were published in a newspaper. It isn't the fact that the woman in question was not Hancock's wife, nor that the pictures meant Hancock was breaking his own government's Covid rules, that is most freaking out Westminster colleagues.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











