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Donald Trump meets GOP leader Kevin McCarthy at Mar-a-Lago and releases statement boasting 'his popularity has never been stronger' and claiming his endorsement means more than any EVER

Donald Trump met Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy at Mar-a-Lago Thursday – then released a tub-thumping boast about his own power and influence in the party. The former president was seen officially for the first time in a photograph released by his political action committee, having been banned from social media and until now only seen golfing. A readout of the meeting from Save America PAC said: 'President Trump's popularity has never been stronger than it is today, and his endorsement means more than perhaps any endorsement at any time.' The boast puts to bed any suggestion Trump might set up his own party and makes clear he sees himself as the party's kingmaker. It is also a veiled threat to any Republican who has voted to impeach him, or any senator who may vote to convict, that he will use his power in revenge. But to those like Mitch McConnell who had hoped to see the back of Trump thanks to his defeat it was a clear message that he is not going aw

Two teenagers including 14-year-old are charged with murdering schoolboy, 15, in gun and knife attack

Two teenagers including a 14-year-old have been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was killed in a gun and knife attack.  Keon Lincoln was set upon by a group of youths with weapons in the Handsworth area of Birmingham on the afternoon of January 21. West Midlands Police said a 14-year-old boy, from Birmingham, and a 15-year-old boy, from Walsall, have now been charged with Keon's murder. The force said the suspects have been remanded into custody to appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Monday. A week on from Keon's death, his mother and twin sister joined dozens of well-wishers to lay flowers and offer prayers at the scene on Thursday. Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the murder of Keon Lincoln, 15, who was killed outside his home by a gang of youths armed with guns and knives His mother Sharmaine Lincoln previously described her son's murder as senseless and 'every parent's worst nightmare'. The schoolboy died at Birmingha

The Great British Gamble that might just have paid off! How heroine of the hour Tory MP's wife and venture capitalist Kate Bingham has seen UK romping ahead in jab race - despite a shaky start and claims of cronyism

Kate Bingham's ability to lead the UK's efforts to find a coronavirus jab was repeatedly questioned because she had no experience of buying vaccines and 'wasted' £670,000 on a 'vanity' PR team after taking the job. There were also cries of cronyism when she was chosen by Boris Johnson because she is married to one of his most loyal ministers, Jesse Norman, Financial Secretary to the Treasury. The Oxford and Harvard educated businesswoman even admitted herself she wasn't a 'complete expert' in vaccines and was pondering turning the job down until her eldest daughter persuaded her otherwise.  But today there were calls for her to be handed a Damehood as Britain raced ahead in the global race to vaccinate its population with some claiming that her appointment was one of the PM's few inspired decisions of the first lockdown. Professor Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford, said recently that the UK had 'only got 30m doses of the P

How the EU bungled its vaccine drive: Bloc was paralysed by 'endless back-and-forth' between 27 members - as poor countries haggled over price, Eurocrats hammered out liability protection... and rich nations were talked OUT of going it alone

Europe's vaccine drive has been thrown off course by a shortage of supplies that has left member states reeling and leaders in Brussels thrashing out at big pharma. Constant comparisons between Britain's well-oiled rollout and the bloc's own sluggish delivery has stoked frustrations on the Continent, which reached a crescendo last night when the Commission announced export controls on vaccines going to the UK.  That Brussels was prepared to blindside the governments in London, Belfast and Dublin by overriding part of the Brexit deal and create a hard border on the island of Ireland was viewed as a sign of their annoyance.  Stormont first minister Arlene Foster said the incendiary move, which was abruptly backtracked, was borne out of the 'EU's vaccine embarrassment and mismanagement'. EU sources admitted the triggering of Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol - viewed as the nuclear option - was a 'misjudgment', but the late-night bedlam was seen b

Pfizer CEO vows to speed up vaccine development to under 100 days to combat the 'high likelihood' that mutant Covid variants will make current shots ineffective

The CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has revealed his company is trying to speed up vaccine development to under 100 days, warning there is a 'high possibility' that vaccines in the future would not be effective. New York-based Pfizer was the first company in the world to produce a COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently being administered worldwide. Yet Albert Bourla, CEO, told the virtual 2021 Davos World Economic Forum that vaccines may one day not be a solution, in a session held on Friday. 'It's a very high likelihood that one day that will happen,' Bourla said, according to Business Insider. Albert Bourla, the CEO of Pfizer, spoke at a virtual Davos summit on Friday His company's vaccine against COVID-19 was the first to be approved  Bourla said Pfizer was working toward speeding up vaccine research and development in the event that happened. Bourla said that, in preparation for future pandemics, they intend to move from recognizing the disease threat to ge