The government has formally submitted paperwork to have a case heard in secret which could strain UK and US relations. The case involves a claim for damages by a former government official who was dragged from his bed by 14 counter-terrorist police in the UK. He was arrested over allegations he had passed on details […]
The Democratic Party is following a standard strategy as President Biden seeks re-election: Do not criticize him publicly under any circumstances, lest it help Donald J. Trump or one of his acolytes take back the White House for Republicans. The one Democrat who appears to have missed the memo is Mayor Eric Adams of New […]
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Thursday that puts guardrails on how law enforcement use deceptive tactics when questioning kids, the culmination of a two-year legislative push and ending fears that the governor may veto the proposal. The new law does not prohibit law enforcement from lying to kids during interrogations. But it does generally […]
Maxon Wille, an 18-year-old in Surprise, Ariz., was driving toward Interstate 17 last year when he noticed a massive construction site: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company at work on its new factory in Phoenix. A few weeks later, as he was watching YouTube, an advertisement popped up for a local community college’s 10-day program that trains […]
In letters to Congress and warnings to business leaders about the catastrophic consequences if the United States defaults on its debt, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen has repeatedly offered an important caveat. She cannot give the exact date when the federal government will run out of cash. The United States reached its statutory $31.4 trillion […]
A Tory MP has written to Rishi Sunak demanding Britain pulls out of the European Convention on Human Rights. Andrea Jenkyns’ intervention comes after the PM met the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Siofra O’Leary, to call for reforms to Strasbourg measures which have hampered his plan to send migrants to Rwanda. […]
The Secret Service said it was investigating how an intruder was able to enter the home of President Biden’s national security adviser last month even though a full security detail was posted outside. Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, was not harmed during the breach, the agency’s spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, said in a statement on […]
A Tory hopeful to take on Sadiq Khan has received a string of key endorsements. Susan Hall last week threw her hat into the ring to be the Conservative candidate for next year’s London mayoral election. The former City Hall Conservatives leader – who has pledged to ditch the expansion of the ultra low emission […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would decide whether individual members of Congress are entitled to sue a government agency for information about a Washington hotel once owned by former President Donald J. Trump. Days before Mr. Trump left office, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
U.S. Special Operations forces are not required to vet for past human rights violations by the foreign troops they arm and train as surrogates, newly disclosed documents show. While the gap in rules governing vetting for a counterterrorism program have previously been reported based on anonymous sources, the documents provide official confirmation. Under the program, […]