WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats plan to force a vote in the coming weeks to end President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southwestern border, putting pressure on Republicans to break with the president over his plans to use money designated for projects in their states to build a border wall. Senator Chuck Schumer […]
FIANNA Fáil will seek to veto a €10 increase in the carbon tax in Budget talks with the government in the coming weeks, party leader Micheál Martin has signalled. As preliminary talks between Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath and Barry Cowen and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe get underway later today, Mr Martin said that any increase […]
John Bercow told Parliament his 10-year “tenure” was nearing its end, saying it had been his “greatest honour and privilege” to serve. If there is no early election in October, he said October 31 (the Brexit deadline) would be the “least disruptive and most democratic” date to stand down. Mr Bercow took the seat in […]
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports were having no impact on the United States economy, an assertion that was at odds with a raft of increasingly gloomy economic data and industry surveys. The Trump administration has already imposed tariffs on $360 billion of imports from […]
President Trump may be the only member of his family to win major elected office, but his campaign manager for the 2020 re-election effort is already envisioning a family political dynasty that will outlast his time in the White House. The comments by Brad Parscale, Mr. Trump’s campaign manager, on Saturday were instantly scrutinized for […]
The outspoken Good Morning Britain (GMB) host hit out at the “Brexit fiasco” caused by Parliamentarians for refusing to honour the result of the EU referendum. Mr Morgan, who voted Remain during the historic 2016 vote, has said it is an “absolute disgrace” the will of 17.4 million Britons have been ignored for the past […]
As the race to September 10th reaches its final days, Manitoba’s political parties are showing no signs of slowing down. On Saturday, all of the major parties were out. The Progressive Conservatives focused on the environment, announcing $30 million in funding to build 120 km of walking routes and paths, most of which will be […]
But if his departments were expected to lie low for things to settle down, Liz Truss hasn’t received the memo. In the five weeks since she took over as Secretary of State for international Trade, the 4,000 civil servants and experts that make up one of Brexit’s most important departments have been galvanised with the force […]
OTTAWA – A lawyer and community activist is the new Ontario Liberal candidate for an Ottawa-area byelection that will be called in the next few months. Lucille Collard is a lawyer in the public sector, a French public school trustee and the chair of the board. The Ottawa-Vanier seat was vacated this summer when Liberal […]
Sacked Tory rebel MP Sir Nicholas Soames says Boris Johnson is "nothing like" his grandfather Sir Winston Churchill – and called Jacob Rees-Mogg an "absolute fraud". Sir Nicholas, 71, tore into the Prime Minister and his right-hand man in a scathing interview as "unreliable" Mr Johnson's Brexit strategy lay in tatters. The MP for 37 […]