President Biden offered his support and condolences to a Florida community hit hard by Hurricane Idalia after being snubbed by Ron DeSantis, the state’s Republican governor and a potential rival for the presidency. Mr. Biden and Jill Biden, the first lady, took an aerial tour of Live Oak, a small town east of Tallahassee; received […]
Gavin Williamson resigns from Cabinet Senior Tory MP Sir Gavin Williamson has been dealt a major blow this morning, as Parliament’s top behaviour watchdog declared him guilty of bullying. The ruling came months after it emerged Sir Gavin sent furious text messages to Liz Truss’s then-Chief Whip Wendy Morton, about him failing to be allocated […]
It was days before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and the U.S. government was urging Americans to stay away from Russia. That’s when Bill Richardson boarded a plane to Moscow. Mr. Richardson, the former New Mexico congressman, governor and cabinet member, was pursuing his passion: freelance diplomacy with a dangerous foreign government. In this […]
Miserable UK doommongers who claim that the UK has been the worst-performing economy since the pandemic have been slammed after new figures revealed the country is outperforming Europe’s economic powerhouses. Journalist Andrew Neil posted on X (Twitter) pointing out the UK had outperformed Europe’s three biggest economies. Mr Neil’s tweet comes after revised figures from […]
Jeremy Hunt discusses tackling problems with inflation Rishi Sunak is on course to fulfil his key promise to the nation and halve inflation by Christmas, the Treasury predicted last night. The Prime Minister made it clear that tackling soaring prices was his number one priority when he entered Downing Street barely 10 months ago. In […]
As he heads toward a re-election campaign next year, President Biden is betting that his success in pushing for policies intended to lower health care costs for millions of Americans will be rewarded by voters at the ballot box. In speech after speech, Mr. Biden talks about capping the cost of insulin at $35, putting […]
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the longtime Republican leader who suffered a serious head injury in a fall earlier this year, experienced another alarming freeze-up at a news conference on Wednesday in Covington, Ky., the second such episode caught on camera in recent weeks. Mr. McConnell, 81, was taking questions from reporters after an event […]
Mark Harper says ULEZ expansion is ‘about raising money’ Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has backed “Blade Runners” who are targeting ULEZ cameras amid fury at Sadiq Khan’s much-hated expansion. Hundreds of enforcement cameras installed by Transport for London (TfL) in outer London have been vandalised or stolen by vigilantes opposed to the […]
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is used to being a lightning rod. Since her election in 2018, she has been celebrated and vilified by both parties, sometimes simultaneously. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, though, is no longer the freshman outsider. Now in her third term, with a high-ranking position on a powerful House committee, she has learned to maneuver in […]
Over-the-top EU environmental restrictions had blocked many developments near waterways.But the Prime Minister said freedoms gained by Britain leaving the bloc mean the regulations can be ditched in an £18billion shot in the arm for the economy. He told the Daily Express: “I was proud to vote for Brexit, I believe in Brexit and I […]