The meme was everywhere. It showed Nancy Pelosi looking like a winner, cigarette in one hand, cocktail in another, rocking a gold flecked chiffon gown and surrounded by shining gold statuettes. Only the face was actually Pelosi’s, however. It had been photoshopped onto the body of actress and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge pictured at an Emmy’s afterparty celebrating a […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York prosecutors have agreed to put on hold their bid to enforce their subpoena seeking U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax returns, according to a court filing on Thursday. The office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said it would not seek to enforce the subpoena until Oct. 7, or two […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday morning told a crowd of staff from the United States Mission to the United Nations that he wants to know who provided information to a whistle-blower about his phone call with the president of Ukraine, saying that whoever did so was “close to a spy” and that “in the […]
Boris Johnson drew fresh criticism in the House of Commons yesterday as language he used in yesterday’s debate was labelled “inflammatory”. MPs returned to Parliament yesterday after the Supreme Court unanimously ruled the Prime Minister’s attempt at prorogation was unlawful. Mr Johnson rounded on opposition members in an aggressive tirade, accusing MPs of signing a […]
Boris Johnson was humiliated on Tuesday after 11 Justices from the Supreme Court ruled the decision to prorogue Parliament for five weeks until October 14 was unlawful. But the Prime Minister has come out fighting, saying it was “absolutely no disrespect to the judiciary to say I thought the court was wrong” to pronounce on […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief. The probe centers on whether Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from a […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) on Tuesday said it would not take down politicians’ posts that violate its community standards and will not label them as rival Twitter has promised, saying it should not be the arbiter of acceptable speech in the political arena. Social media platforms are under pressure to block election interference […]
Boris Johnson’s attorney general, Geoffrey Cox, faces embarrassment after his advice saying suspending parliament was lawful was leaked to Sky News. Last month a Scottish court released the minutes of the telephone conference call between cabinet ministers, with certain sections redacted. Sky News has been leaked the text of one of the redacted sections, which […]
Sir Keir Starmer has suggested those aged 16 and 17 will be made eligible for a second say on Britain’s future in the EU, and whether the entire process of Brexit should be cancelled altogether. The shadow Brexit secretary told Labour’s annual conference in Brighton that he had “long championed” the voting threshold to be […]
First it was the botched Labour coup against Tom Watson. Then it was the party's furious civil war over Brexit . Now it's the Supreme Court ruling the Prime Minister broke the law when he shut down Parliament. It's fair to say Labour's conference has been pretty overshadowed this week. And some of the time, […]