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Playing to the crowd's enthusiasm, Trump continued to lay into his opponent.

Labour ministers have spent the weeks since the election laying into the state of public services and their financial inheritance, after returning to power for the first time since 2010.

But instead of continuing to lay into the Directors Guild of America members, Kimmel praised, the below-the-line workers who stood with their guilds, bringing a group onstage to be applauded.

Republican lawmakers had been preparing to lay into Mr. Austin before the hearing, calling former Defense Department officials for advice.

It is reasonable to wonder how long Ramsay can keep going like this — will he still be laying into amateur cooks or aiding ailing restaurants when he’s 75?