WATERLOO, Iowa — Mayor Pete Buttigieg raised more money in the most recent quarter than anyone else in the 2020 field and has generated excitement among Democratic donors unseen for a new national political figure since Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign. Senator Kamala Harris is the first major black female candidate for president in decades […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is “delusional” to believe people will trust it with their money, a U.S. senator said on Tuesday as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle questioned the social media company on its plans for a digital currency at a hearing on Tuesday. Facebook is fighting to get Washington onside after […]

The minimum age for playing National Lottery scratchcards is set to rise from 16 to 18 under government plans announced today. Lotto "instant win" tickets will only be sold to adults if a government consultation gets its way – bringing them in line with alcohol and cigarettes. But Tory ministers have sparked a storm after […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Executives from tech giants Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) go before the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel Tuesday to discuss competition in online markets. The committee is likely to discuss antitrust probes of the four companies under way at the Justice Department and Federal […]

The UK is on course to leave the EU on October 31, the third Brexit date since Article 50 was twice extended under Theresa May. The promise of a Halloween Brexit has become the pivotal point in the Tory leadership campaign, with both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt saying they would be willing to leave […]

WASHINGTON — At least 62 current federal border agents have joined private Facebook groups and other social media pages that included obscene images of Hispanic lawmakers and threats to members of Congress, internal investigators said on Monday. In all, 70 current and former Customs and Border Protection employees were identified as members of the groups, […]

(Reuters) – Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker raised $4.5 million in the three months ended June 30, nearly a quarter of it in the four days after a strong appearance in the party’s first debate, his campaign said Monday. Booker, a U.S. senator from New Jersey, is one of 24 candidates seeking the Democratic party’s […]

WASHINGTON — President Trump is sending a high-level delegation to meet with Russian counterparts in Geneva this week to pursue an arms control treaty that for the first time would cap the nuclear arsenals of not just the two largest powers, but China as well. Mr. Trump broached the idea with President Vladimir V. Putin […]

Canada and other NATO allies are facing an increasing threat of espionage — including industrial espionage — from foreign actors, NATO’s secretary-general said Monday. “We have seen increased efforts by other nations to try to spy on NATO allies in different ways,” said Jens Stoltenberg, secretary-general of NATO, at a press conference alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. […]

Jeremy Corbyn is facing a revolt from senior Labour figures calling on him to apologise for the party’s response to an investigation into its antisemitism problem. Around 200 people – including ex-aides to party leaders, special advisers and even a former member of its ruling national executive committee – accused the party of “smearing Jewish […]