Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced he will step down as chancellor before Theresa May leaves Downing Street on Wednesday – but why will Mr Hammond will resign? Speaking on the Andrew Marr show this morning chancellor Philip Hammond said: “I am sure I am not going to be sacked because I am going to resign before […]
For the fourth season of “The Apprentice,” Donald J. Trump searched for a gimmick to bolster ratings. His idea was simple if explosive — pit an all-white team against an all-black team. “Do you like it?” he asked, previewing the concept on Howard Stern’s radio show in April 2005. “Yes,” Mr. Stern said. “Do you […]
WASHINGTON — For more than two years, Democrats have hoped that Robert S. Mueller III would show the nation that President Trump is unfit for office — or at the very least, severely damage his re-election prospects. On Wednesday, in back-to-back hearings with the former special counsel, that wish could face its final make-or-break moment. […]
According to Treasury accounts published this week, Britain sent a total of £15.5billion to Brussels in the 12 months leading up to March 31, a 20 percent increase on the £12.9 billion the previous year. Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith, who is leading Boris Johnson’s campaign for Number 10, slammed the figures and took a swipe […]
(Reuters) – Thousands of Puerto Ricans, led by protesters on horseback with some banging drums and singing, marched on the governor’s residence on Friday demanding that he resign over hundreds of vulgar and offensive leaked chat messages. The march on Governor Ricardo Rossello’s official San Juan residence was the latest in a week of sometimes […]
WASHINGTON — More than 3,000 inmates were freed from federal prison on Friday as part of the Justice Department’s implementation of the sweeping bipartisan criminal justice overhaul that President Trump signed into law late last year. The department has faced sharp criticism over its execution of the act. The partial government shutdown in January stymied […]
President Trump’s attacks on Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, have been the centerpiece of his political strategy in recent days, a tactic that led his supporters at a raucous rally in North Carolina on Wednesday to erupt into chants of “send her back.” Ms. Omar is one of four Democratic members of Congress — […]
Boris Johnson has only ever made one, incontrovertibly-accurate public statement. He said the words: "It is an inverted pyramid of piffle." Although he was, at the time, busy lying about an extra-marital affair and abortion he'd declined to pay for, it was a precise and true self-description of a man whose head is fatter than […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), flying home after a whirlwind week dueling with the president over a series of racist attacks, was met by a coalition of cheering supporters in Minnesota on Thursday evening. The crowd of about 150 people gathered at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to welcome the congresswoman before she held a town hall […]
Speaking to civil society groups, charities and academics this morning, the home Secretary warned of political discourse “becoming less constructive”. His remarks follow Mr Trump launching an incendiary attack on four female congresswomen who he called to “go back” to where they “originally came from”. The four women – known as “the squad” – have […]