WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic Party will no longer hold its December presidential debate at the University of California, Los Angeles, party officials said on Wednesday, siding with a union locked in a labor dispute with the school’s administration. Organized labor is a key constituency for the left-leaning party as it seeks to defeat Republican […]
WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee will hold the first of a series of public impeachment hearings next week, Democrats announced on Wednesday, calling three senior State Department officials to testify as they begin laying out their case against President Trump. In the debut of the sessions expected to be televised live from Capitol Hill, […]
Boris Johnson has warned of a “horror show” if Jeremy Corbyn replaces him as prime minister, as he looked to move past early setbacks to the Conservatives’ general election campaign. After visiting the Queen at Buckingham Palace this morning – to fire the starting gun on the official election campaign – Mr Johnson spoke in […]
Dominic Grieve has been the MP for Beaconsfield since 1997. However, he will run as an independent rather than a Conservative for the first time in the upcoming December general election. He told James Whale on talkRADIO: “I will fight my seat as an independent and we will see what happens. “The electorate may decide they wish […]
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — The woman who lost her job after displaying her middle finger at President Donald Trump’s motorcade has won a seat on a county board of supervisors in Virginia. With 99 percent of the vote reported by the Loudoun County Office of Elections Tuesday night, unofficial returns showed Democrat Juli Briskman ahead […]
Democrats completed Virginia’s historic partisan shift from red to blue on Tuesday, winning majorities in both chambers of the legislature and consolidating power across state government for the first time in a generation. In an election where passions about President Trump and the impeachment inquiry drove voters on both sides, a revolt against the president […]
WASHINGTON — In a matter of days, President Trump will ask the Supreme Court to rule on his bold claim that he is absolutely immune from criminal investigation while he remains in office. If the court agrees to hear the case, its decision is likely to produce a major statement on the limits of presidential […]
A Tory MP has defended Jacob Rees-Mogg's remarks about Grenfell after saying he was "cleverer" than the victims of the disaster. Mr Rees-Mogg “profoundly” apologised for suggesting Grenfell victims should have used "common sense" and ignored fire service guidance not to leave the burning tower block. Mr Rees-Mogg’s apology came after an LBC appearance on […]
Today Jeremy Corbyn revealed Labour’s Brexit plan in a bid to secure voters ahead of the general election on December 12. In a speech in Essex, the Labour leader declared he will get Brexit sorted within six months. What is Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit plan? Mr Corbyn’s plan is to immediately legislate for a second referendum […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Testimony by two of the “three amigos” charged with running Ukraine policy for President Donald Trump will be made public on Tuesday, as Democratic-led congressional committees release more transcripts from their impeachment investigation. Representative Adam Schiff, chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, told reporters on Monday that transcripts would be […]