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Democratic rivals look to break Biden's firewall with black South Carolina voters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With each passing day, South Carolina looms larger as perhaps Joe Biden’s last line of defense if he hopes to secure the Democratic presidential nomination next year. While polls show the former vice president trailing in other early voting states such as Iowa and New Hampshire, South Carolina – with its sizable […]

New Brexit 50p coins on hold as chance of UK leaving EU by October 31 recedes

The Treasury has "postponed" production of the new Brexit 50p coins as the likelihood that the UK will not leave the EU by October 31 recedes. A Treasury source told The Daily Telegraph: "We have paused production of the Brexit coin and will take a final decision in due course." It is likely that hundreds […]

U.S. senators call for intelligence probe into Chinese-owned app TikTok

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Tom Cotton on Wednesday asked intelligence officials to investigate whether the popular Chinese-owned app TikTok poses national security risks. In a letter bit.ly/2BEFX3r to Joseph Macguire, acting director of national intelligence, the senators raised concerns about the video-sharing platform’s collection of user data […]

Votegate TDs face pressure to hand over phone records

Votegate TDs Timmy Dooley and Niall Collins are coming under pressure to provide phone records to a Dáil probe into the matter. Fine Gael last night claimed the records should be examined as part of an ethics investigation that is to start next week. A Dáil committee is being convened during the Halloween break to […]

Trump's Republican allies push ahead with anti-impeachment drive

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans pressed their effort to discredit the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Thursday with plans for a Senate resolution calling it illegitimate, while the White House lauded lawmakers in his party who stormed into a high-security room and interrupted testimony. The House of Representatives is examining whether there are […]

The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: What Happened Today

Welcome back to the Impeachment Briefing. After a number of days dominated by the findings of the Democratic-led investigation, Wednesday brought an unconventional Republican response. [Sign up to get the Impeachment Briefing in your email inbox every weeknight.] What happened today About two dozen Republican members of Congress stormed the secure office suite where a […]

John Bercow replacement 2019: Who will replace Speaker? What are MPs looking for?

John Bercow announced he would step down as House of Commons Speaker in September this year, concluding a 10-year career in the position. The Speaker – who caused outrage on Monday when he refused a second meaningful vote on Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement – said he would stay on as Speaker until Brexit on October […]

In Steve Bannon’s Basement, a Rogue ‘War Room’ to Fight Impeachment

WASHINGTON — It’s been more than a year since any sort of war room has been run out of the basement of Stephen K. Bannon’s Capitol Hill townhouse. And it’s been even longer since Mr. Bannon, who was pushed out as White House chief strategist in August 2017, ran a war room for President Trump. […]