WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Vice President Joe Biden won at least nine states in a surprisingly strong showing on Super Tuesday while his main rival Bernie Sanders was on pace to pick up four, including California. With partial results in from all 14 Super Tuesday states and one U.S. territory, Biden was forecast to win […]

A 38-year-old former mayor who shot to prominence in the US Presidential race has dropped out after his momentum slowed. Pete Buttigieg turned heads after claiming a shock victory in the Democratic Party's Iowa caucus – and coming a close second in New Hampshire. But he will now leave democratic socialist Bernie Sanders and former […]

The killing spree by criminals supposedly being monitored by privatised probation services leaves the Tories responsible for this carnage with blood on their hands. Destroying the service was a fatal mistake, and reversing this foolish commercialisation of public protection will come too late for those already grieving over lost loved ones. Of all Chris Grayling’s […]

Boris Johnson will chair his first emergency meeting on coronavirus tomorrow as the killer bug continues to take its toll around the world. As the number of global deaths passed 3,000, 12 more patients in England and one in Scotland tested positive for COVID-19, taking the UK total to 36. The number of confirmed cases […]

WASHINGTON/SELMA, Ala. (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders raised $46.5 million in February, his campaign said on Sunday, and will launch new television ad buys in nine states with primaries later this month after this week’s Super Tuesday contests. The announcement came the day after former Vice President Joe Biden scored a decisive […]

Downing Street blocked the historian Mary Beard from a job at the British Museum, it's been revealed. Whitehall sources told the Observer the decision was taken because of her strident views against Brexit . The decision – which happened under Theresa May – has sparked outrage from academics who said it undermined the museum's independence. […]

Brexit negotiators led by David Frost will head to Brussels on Monday to formally kick off talks with the Europeans as the countdown to the end of the transition period begins. Mr Johnson has instructed his team to reject the EU’s demands for Britain to remain bound by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Carolina breathed new life into Joe Biden’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Saturday as the former vice president won broad support from the state’s all-important African-American community, according to Edison Research, which called the race for Biden as soon as voting ended. Edison found that six out of 10 African […]

(Reuters) – Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was not on the ballot in Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina, but he was still on voters’ minds – and not in a good way. Bloomberg, a billionaire who will appear on a primary ballot for the first time in next week’s Super Tuesday contests […]

Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have announced they are expecting their first child in the spring, but how many children does he have? In an interview with LBC in November, the Prime Minister remained tight lipped when asked questions about his family, instead focusing on Brexit . Nick Ferrari asked: "How many children […]