WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden, one of Trump’s chief political rivals, in a July phone call, according to reports on Friday by the Wall Street Journal and other U.S. media outlets. The call featured in a classified whistleblower complaint that has sparked a political battle […]
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is in a standoff with leaders of the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives over a whistleblower complaint from within the intelligence community. The Washington Post has reported that the complaint, which has not been turned over to Congress, involved communications with a foreign leader and a “promise” made […]
Trump calls whistle-blower ‘partisan’, even though he said he doesn’t know the identity or precise allegations. US President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters a whistle-blower complaint that has roiled Washington relates to a “totally appropriate conversation” he had. “It’s a partisan whistle-blower,” Trump said, even though he said he did not know the identity of […]
Jo Swinson has hit back at Labour's Emily Thornberry after she branded the Lib Dems 'kind of Taliban' over their Brexit policy. The Lib Dem leader has called for Brexit to be cancelled rather than holding a second referendum. Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said the approach was anti-democratic, as she expressed her hope that Labour would […]
The Trumps are hosting their second official state dinner on Friday for the prime minister of Australia and his wife. First lady Melania Trump’s office shared what will be on the menu and gave press a sneak peek of the decor on Thursday. State visits are steeped in tradition, and are often opportunities for countries […]
SINGAPORE – Business leaders need to do more than ever before to help tackle the three great divides that undermine social cohesion, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Friday (Sept 20). These are: the growing inequality as a result of globalisation and advances in technology, the burgeoning divide among different generations, especially as […]
The Trumps are hosting their second official state dinner on Friday for the prime minister of Australia and his wife. First lady Melania Trump’s office shared what will be on the menu and gave press a sneak peek of the decor on Thursday. State visits are steeped in tradition, and are often opportunities for countries […]
Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow arrived in Switzerland yesterday to speak at an event at the University of Zurich. He used the gig to deliver a warning to Boris Johnson, and said the Remainer law to delay Brexit is “non negotiable”. Mr Bercow who branded the prorogation move a “constitutional outrage” has already traveled to […]
The articulate woman in the Southampton audience savaged Mr Davey and questioned his party’s Brexit policy. Mr Davey tried to interrupt the audience member several times but was quickly verbally thrown down by her. She said: “Ed Davey, how you can have the hypocrisy to say what you do, when it is Parliament who has […]
Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay will meet the EU’s chief negotiator later as hopes build that both sides could be close to a Brexit deal. Mr Barclay will head to Brussels for talks with Michel Barnier, when the pair will “take stock” of progress so far, according to his department. It comes after European Commission President […]