The Ministry of Defence will announce later that it is awarding £350m in contracts to design the next generation of nuclear armed submarines.

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SEATTLE — President Obama will announce new figures Friday showing a dramatic spike in the number of Americans taking advantage of federal programs designed to help struggling homeowners and stabilize the lagging housing industry, administration officials said Thursday. Read full article > >

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Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) will announce today that he is resigning from Congress to focus on his gubernatorial campaign, according to an operative with knowledge of his plans. Inslee’s campaign says it will make a “major announcement” at a press conference at 4 p.m. Eastern time. Read full article > >

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The Crown Prosecution Service will announce on Friday whether it will press charges against Chris Huhne over claims his former wife accepted penalty points on his behalf.

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WASHINGTON — Pushing a campaign to act without Congress, President Barack Obama will announce on Friday two more executive actions on the economy, both of them small steps intended to give a boost to businesses. The moves cap a week in which Obama has sought to employ the power of his office as he struggles to make headway on his jobs bill on Capitol Hill. Read full article > >

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MOSCOW — Russia’s plunging stock market and suddenly crumbling ruble provided an unexpected backdrop to the much-anticipated ruling party congress that kicked off here Friday. The meeting of United Russia, which stands virtually no chance of losing December’s parliamentary elections, has been the object of a great deal of speculation as to whether Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will announce a decision to reclaim the presidency from his protégé, Dmitry Medvedev. Everyone understands the decision is Putin’s to make. Read full article > >

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Putin warns of ‘bitter pills’ for Russian economy at party congress

President Obama will announce a plan on Monday to tame the nation’s rocketing federal debt that will draw a sharp contrast with the Republican vision and amount more to an opening play in the fall’s debate over the economy than another attempt at finding common ground with the opposing party . The president will propose $1.5 trillion in new tax revenues as part of a plan to find more than $3 trillion in budget savings over a decade, according to senior administration officials. Combined with his call this month for almost $450 billion in new stimulus, the proposal represents a more populist approach to confronting the nation’s economic travails than the compromises he advocated earlier this summer. Read full article > >

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President Obama will announce in his prime-time address Wednesday that he will order home 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year and another 23,000 by the end of September 2012, according to administration officials speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the speech. The plan, charting the U.S. military’s exit from America’s longest war, outlines the withdrawal of the 33,000 forces that Obama ordered to Afghanistan at the end of 2009, after a months-long strategy review meant to find ways of salvaging a flagging war. Read full article > >

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Former Utah governor and ambassador to China Jon Huntsman will announce he is running for president on June 21, according to sources familiar with his plans. Huntsman has been expected to enter the race for weeks now, but he did not participate in Monday night’s Republican debate in New Hampshire. His announcement will take place in Liberty State Park in New Jersey with the Statue of Liberty as the backdrop. He will then go to the Granite State — a state that is expected to be vital to his prospects — befor heading to South Carolina the following day, then Florida, his home state of Utah and Nevada. Read full article > >

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Tim Pawlenty will announce his intention to join the Republican presidential field on Monday during a visit to Iowa, an adviser said.

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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels continues to keep the political world waiting, saying recently that he will announce “within weeks” whether he will run for president in 2012. The Republican’s decision — which could come as soon as Thursday at the Indiana Republican Party ’s spring dinner, where his wife, Cheri , will be the keynote speaker — could have an impact well beyond just one man saying yes or no, however. The GOP presidential race has been defined by relative chaos — and weakness — among the field. Read full article > >

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Another day, another senator announces retirement. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) will announce Thursday his intention not to run in 2012. Kyl’s term as Senate Majority Whip, the second-highest ranking Republican position, was to expire in 2013. He would have had…

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The former host of “Countdown” on MSNBC will announce his next television home on Tuesday, and people familiar with his plans pointed to a possible deal with Current TV.

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Press, meet your new punching bag: Joe Biden’s director of communications, Jay Carney, will replace Robert Gibbs as President Obama’s press secretary. Carney was previously a longtime journalist with Time Magazine. President Obama will announce several…

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In Schenectady, where G.E. has its roots, President Obama will announce Jeffrey R. Immelt’s new role on an advisory board as its emphasis shifts from crisis to job creation.

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