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Revealed: rightwing groups plot to ditch EU safety standards on food and drugs

‘Ideal’ UK-US trade deal would see banned products sold in post-Brexit Britain, says accidentally released memo

An unprecedented drive to lobby ministers to ditch strict EU safety standards in order to secure a US trade deal is being drawn up by a transatlantic group of conservative thinktanks, it has emerged.

Organisers of the self-styled “shadow trade talks”, which are set to include 10 leading rightwing and libertarian groups from the UK and the US, are preparing to push their “ideal free trade agreement” that would allow the import of US meats, drugs and chemicals banned in Britain.

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Dreamers stuck in limbo as Senate rejects four immigration plans

#LiarTrump joined by Liar Senators!

Defeat of separate proposals suggests there may be no permanent solution soon for young undocumented immigrants

The Senate left hundreds of thousands of Dreamers in limbo Thursday, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and strengthened the nation’s border security.

The day’s votes, in which four separate proposals were defeated, illustrated anew Congress’ steep challenge in striking a deal on an issue that’s proven intractable for years and on which each party’s most fervent supporters refuse to budge. The outcome suggested there may be no permanent solution soon to help the Dreamers – young, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as children – despite their sky-high support in public polling.

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Undiagnosed adult ADHD could cost UK billions a year, report finds

And drug companies would like to make billions drugging people “diagnosed” by eager docs who get benefits from drug companies! Not news flogged by drug firms?

Costs of the disorder in adults who are unable to work or hold down a full-time job are high, says thinktank

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, could be costing the UK billions of pounds a year, according to a new report that says awareness of the condition in adults in particular is very poor and many people go undiagnosed and untreated.

According to the thinktank Demos, ADHD is a major socio-economic burden. The costs to the nation of the disorder in adults who are unable to work or hold down a full-time job are high.

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Donald Trump’s personal attorney says he paid $130,000 to Stormy Daniels

Michael Cohen confirms payment as adult film star who allegedly had relationship with Trump vows to ‘tell her story’

Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen said that he paid $130,000 to an adult film actor who allegedly had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2006.

Cohen said in a statement to the New York Times that he was not reimbursed by the Trump Organization or the Trump campaign for the payment to Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.

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