We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. A YouGov poll of 1,142 Scottish adults from August 6-10 found SNP ministers were given positive feedback for protecting millions of jobs in Scotland and the country’s economy – despite some of […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Negotiations on a free trade agreement after Brexit began in March as a UK team led by Mr Frost attempted to thrash out a deal covering several issues with EU counterparts. But […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday gave credence to a false and racist conspiracy theory about Kamala Harris’ eligibility to be vice president, fueling an online misinformation campaign that parallels the one he used to power his rise into politics. Asked about the matter at the White House, Trump told reporters he had […]
Kamala Harris’s unsparing questioning of Brett Kavanaugh, when the then D.C. Circuit Court judge was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Trump, won the senator praise for her prosecutorial skill. Critics at the time, however, said Harris’ treatment of Kavanaugh was an obvious and out-of-line attempt to raise her political profile. And now that […]
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced on Thursday that he plans to drop the mask ordinance lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the city, possibly ending a months-long feud over an order for people to wear masks to stop the spread of COVID-19. Kemp had sued Bottoms and the city of […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), one of the most prominent and outspoken progressives in the Democratic Party, will have just one minute to deliver remarks at the virtualDemocratic National Convention next week. The lawmaker will record a 60-second speech from New York, to be played Tuesday night, her spokesperson told Business Insider, which first reported the news. […]
Migrants have been met by the Border Force off the Kent coast and brought ashore for an unprecedented 10th day in a row. People in life jackets and masks were brought into Dover harbour on board the patrol boat Speedwell and then taken ashore by officials. Border Force cutter Seeker and French border patrol boat […]
The prime minister has vowed to rebuild a “stronger than ever” economy and highlighted the need for co-operation between central and devolved government. Ahead of a visit to Northern Ireland, Boris Johnson acknowledged the close working relationship between Westminster and the power-sharing administration at Stormont. He will meet first minister Arlene Foster and deputy first […]
President Donald Trump and his team are already nervous about the selection of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate, Nicolle Wallace said on Tuesday night. “This was the pick that scared them the most,” the MSNBC host said. Trump, she noted, simply doesn’t have the capacity to see a VP […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate’s top Republican and Democrat criticized each others’ approach to coronavirus aid on Tuesday, with no word on when talks on a new package might resume and no movement on benefits for tens of millions who lost jobs in the crisis. Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats of […]