NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday said it is proposing a rule to allow states to import prescription drugs from Canada, moving forward a plan announced this summer that the president has said will bring cheaper prescription drugs to Americans. Importation of drugs from Canada as a way to lower costs for […]
FINANCE Minister Paschal Donohoe has admitted he has not asked former Fine Gael TD Dara Murphy to refer himself to a Dáil ethics committee over the double-jobbing controversy. Mr Donohoe said the government is still looking at how to investigate the controversy over Mr Murphy continuing as a Dáil deputy despite also working as a […]
A Fianna Fáil TD has suggested that a united Ireland could rejoin the Commonwealth, make July 12 a public holiday and reserve 30pc of Cabinet positions for unionists. Wexford TD Malcolm Byrne said he was supportive of his Fianna Fáil colleague Stephen Donnelly’s call for preparations for an Irish unity referendum to be ramped up […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to pass a $738 billion defense policy bill that creates President Donald Trump’s “Space Force” and gives federal employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave, sending it to the White House, where Trump has promised to quickly sign it into law. The Republican-controlled Senate voted […]
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors said in court on Tuesday that Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, received a $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash. Prosecutors have said that Parnas, who has been charged with campaign finance violations, should have his bail revoked because he concealed the […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate looked set to vote overwhelmingly on Tuesday to pass a $738 billion defense policy bill, sending it to the White House, where President Donald Trump has promised to sign it into law. As voting continued, the vote in the Republican-controlled Senate was 61-6 in favor of the National Defense […]
The Brexit Bill looks poised to drop crucial vows Boris Johnson made to secure workers' rights after Britain leaves the EU. Downing Street refused yesterday to confirm if the Bill – which MPs will vote on this Friday – would include pledges the Tory leader made to win over Labour MPs back in October. Now […]
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner is to step aside and support her friend Rebecca Long-Bailey to succeed Jeremy Corbyn , according to reports. Ms Rayner is expected to run as deputy leader in a bid that would allow her flatmate, shadow business secretary Ms Long-Bailey, to take the party's top job. It comes as Mr […]
Brexit is now likely to happen on January 31, 2020, as Boris Johnson and the Conservatives have secured a new mandate to pass the relevant Brexit legislation through Parliament. The SNP claims they have also secured a new mandate for Scottish Independence, as the only other party to make a net gain in the 2019 […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump is this week likely to become the third U.S. president to be impeached when the Democratic-led House of Representatives votes on charges stemming from his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden. Trump faces one charge of abusing his power by asking Ukraine to investigate Biden, […]