WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has asked a court for permission to turn over the contents of Parnas’ phone and other documents to a House of Representatives panel for use in the Trump impeachment inquiry, his lawyer said on Monday. Lawyer Joseph Bondy […]
Around £3.8billion has been ploughed into stocks funds after the Prime Minister’s landslide win – the biggest influx of cash for more than four years. Experts welcomed the surge in confidence as a huge help for savers and small investors and raised the prospect of “large increases in the value of pension savings across the board […]
Nigel Farage’s former adviser Trixy Sanderson who spotted the signs on a cross-Channel trip said: “They’re finally starting to get it”.The signs – marked Sanitary-Phyto Controls – are for lorry drivers arriving from Britain to follow, a fact underlined by a picture of a Union Jack with an arrow pointing to the EU flag. The […]
Shane Ross may be the Transport, Sport and Tourism Minister but he has wielded almost as much power over the justice system as he has in his own portfolio in recent years. Not only has he almost secured a landmark reform of how judges are appointed, he has also revealed for the first time that […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to boost regional investment far beyond London and the South-east after the Tories’ general election triumph in former Labour heartlands. Ministers are also understood to be planning new government agencies based in the North and the Midlands and are examining a proposal to split Northern Rail into North-east and North-west franchises. Mr […]
PROGRESO, Texas — Two days after giving the federal government his signature, Richard Drawe paused with his wife and mother on a levee that his family has owned for nearly a century to watch the cranes and roseate spoonbills. A border wall that he reluctantly agreed to put on his land will soon divide this […]
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has written to Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin suggesting they meet in the new year to discuss the date for the next general election. Mr Varadkar’s email comes almost two weeks after Mr Martin wrote to the Taoiseach seeking clarity on bringing the Confidence and Supply agreement to a formal end. Mr […]
Brexit has dominated British politics this year and the Queen will reference the rocky path the UK has had in resolving the matter. Three years on from the original vote, Theresa May failed to take the UK out of the EU on March 29, while new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson could not live up to […]
Almost immediately after ending his White House employment, Stephen K. Bannon, the former chief strategist to President Trump, forged a lucrative financial relationship with a mysterious Chinese billionaire who was sought by Beijing for extradition from the United States. China’s government had already accused Guo Wengui, a real-estate magnate also known as Miles Kwok, of […]
Trump’s re-election campaign says it will no longer issue press credentials to reporters working for Bloomberg News. US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign said on Monday it will no longer issue press credentials to reporters working for Bloomberg News, the agency owned by Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg. The news agency said following Bloomberg’s announcement […]