Mr Farage has been warned the UK could find itself with a “shabby coalition of socialists, Lib Dems, Scottish and Welsh nationalists” if he continues to fight key seats the Tories are trying to win. One former candidate is urging colleagues to stand down or risk denying Boris Johnson a majority on December 12 and […]
ATLANTA — After a summer of racial furor, President Trump reached out to African-American voters on Friday, arguing that his economic and criminal justice policies had done more for them than decades of false promises by Democratic leaders who he said took them for granted. Kicking off a new campaign effort called “Black Voices for […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans said Friday they are moving Representative Jim Jordan, one of President Donald Trump’s most tenacious defenders, onto the congressional committee that will hold public hearings next week on Trump’s possible impeachment. Republicans are temporarily moving aside a current member of the panel to make space for the Ohio lawmaker on […]
Michael R. Bloomberg’s renewed flirtation with a presidential campaign, less than three months before the Iowa caucuses, has brought back a perennial question: How late is too late? The first votes will not be cast until Feb. 3, but to appear on ballots, candidates must file their paperwork long before then. How long before? Well, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney will not appear for a deposition requested by House Democrats investigating Trump’s possible impeachment after his personal lawyer asserted he had ‘absolute immunity’, a Congressional aide said on Friday. The aide accused the White House of “trying to conceal the truth from the […]
This week marked the start of official general election campaigning as political parties took turns to launch their manifestos. Party leaders and parliamentary candidates from all parties have hit the road to deliver their message to convince the public to follow their vision for Brexit and the future of the UK. Early polls predict Boris […]
LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) – In an era of hyper partisan politics, Sean Fowler is a rarity: an independent voter who once considered the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump a “witch hunt” and now thinks Congress should remove him from office. But the customer service worker in Maine remains apprehensive about the potential upheaval, […]
A senior government minister has said it is not viable for RTÉ to pay some of its presenters more than the Taoiseach. Business Minister Heather Humphreys made the comments in the wake of RTÉ’s announcement that it is to cut 200 jobs and reduce the pay of top presenters by 15pc in the coming years […]
2020 Democratic candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she would be open to meeting with billionaire Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates to discuss her proposed wealth tax, after the billionaire said he thought his taxes would amount to $100 billion. Gates appeared at The New York Times Dealbook Conference on Wednesday, where he discussed the […]
The Lib Dems, who have promised to cancel Brexit if they win the General Election, have pulled their candidate in Beaconsfield to boost the chances of former Tory MP and arch-Remainer Dominic Grieve who is standing as an independent. Jo Swinson’s party, Plaid Cymru and the Greens are teaming up and will field one candidate […]