A party that is increasingly seeking to play by different rules is led by a figure who helped create the current ones. The outcome of the fight will help define the Democratic Party going forward. By Sydney Ember and Astead W. Herndon There is a battle brewing among Washington Democrats that is set to boil […]
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden may have spent more time on a debate stage than any other living politician, but he’s never faced an opponent like President Donald Trump. A review of decades of Biden’s past debate performances and interviews with former rivals and their advisers show that while Biden’s debates rarely stand out for tactical […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The members of the Common Sense group of Tory MPs chaired by former minister Sir John Hayes have written to culture secretary Oliver Dowden in the wake of a report carried out […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Sean O’Donoghue, CEO of Killybegs’ Fishermen’s Organisation in Donegal, Ireland said European trawlers vying for access to British seas would have the United Nations’ Straddling Fish Stocks Agreement on their side. The […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The two Brexit negotiating teams – led by the UK’s David Frost and European Union counterpart Michel Barnier – are meeting in Brussels as they desperately search for a breakthrough in talks […]
WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) – White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Friday denigrated FBI Director Christopher Wray’s ability to detect voter fraud in the U.S. election and suggested that if he “drill down” more he would change his congressional testimony on the issue. Wray told lawmakers on Thursday he has not seen evidence […]
In 1993, when Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court, then-Sen. Joe Biden thanked her for saving his daughter “from having to be the second woman nominee to the Supreme Court.” She was confirmed with overwhelming bipartisan support. Twenty-seven years later, as Ginsburg’s death roils the country and injects new uncertainty into […]
Welcome to Poll Watch, our weekly look at polling data and survey research on the candidates, voters and issues that will shape the 2020 election. If Arizona flips from red to blue this year — and according to most polls, that appears highly possible — it would be a historical outlier: The state has voted […]
With less than six weeks until Election Day, laws governing how Americans vote remain in flux in many battleground states, with the two parties locked in an intensive fight over the rules as President Trump continues to suggest he will challenge any outcome unfavorable to him. The combination of the pandemic, doubts about the capacity […]
With 39 days until the election, the pivotal state of Ohio remains very much torn between President Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., according to a new poll that showed the two adversaries in a virtual tie. At the same time, Mr. Biden led Mr. Trump by six percentage points in Pennsylvania, […]