WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he intends to nominate Christopher Waller, an executive vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, to a seat on the central bank’s board of governors. Waller, who must be confirmed by the Senate, would fill one of two vacancies on the seven-member […]
Trump administration’s refusal to comply with congressional inquiries sets up lengthy court battle with Democrats. A Democratic-led US House of Representatives panel on Tuesday filed a long-awaited lawsuit in federal court to demand President Donald Trump’s individual and business tax returns. The House Ways and Means Committee filed the lawsuit against the US Treasury Department […]
NASHVILLE — It had been on the calendar for months, the annual leadership conference of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. But the talk at the gathering of 8,000 women last weekend was about far more than the usual chapter building, catching up and breaking out outfits in the organization’s signature pink and green: Kamala Harris, […]
An emergency EU summit was convened on Sunday, as Brussels remained divided over who should get the EU’s top jobs, including a successor to Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. But the 28 EU leaders have still failed to reach an agreement, despite entering into their 18th consecutive hour of talks this morning. Diplomats have warned that […]
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told Donald Tusk that he is not a candidate for the European Commission presidency and does not want to be considered. Mr Varadkar informed the European Council president of his position last night in Brussels amid reports that the Taoiseach’s name was being tested by Mr Tusk in a round of […]
Under the plans supported by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, inheritance tax would be replaced by “lifetime gifts tax”. The current scheme has a threshold of £475,000 0r £950,000 for couples, only 640,000 households of the 27.2million households in the UK pay the tax each year. As reported by MailOnline, everything a child receives from their parents […]
The primary rivals of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., came to her defense over the weekend, pushing back against a claimed fueled by Donald Trump Jr. that she isn’t an “American black.” During the Thursday night presidential debate, Harris pointedly challenged former Vice President Joe Biden’s record on race. At one point, she noted that she was the beneficiary […]
Labour is demanding an independent inquiry after “manifestly untrue” claims were made about Jeremy Corbyn’s health. It follows a story in The Times newspaper citing anonymous civil service sources, which alleged that the 70-year-old opposition leader was “too frail” to become prime minister. The report said Mr Corbyn was being “propped up” by his advisers, […]
The author of Reading Between the Lines: What Your Handwriting Says About You, found both men had a quick intelligence but were very different as personalities. She told the Sunday Express: “Jeremy’s Hunt’s handwritten letter shows a very much pared down script in a visually naive style that belies an intuitive thinker. He has a quick […]
Days after Donald Trump Jr. shared, and then deleted, a tweet questioning Senator Kamala Harris’s race, several of her rival Democratic presidential candidates lent her their support on Saturday. Mr. Trump, President Trump’s eldest son, on Thursday had shared a tweet from Ali Alexander, a right-wing personality, that falsely claimed Ms. Harris’s racial identity did […]