The candidates needed to secure at least 33 votes in the second ballot held tonight in order to progress to the next round. Boris Johnson, who has been the frontrunner to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May throughout the race, soared ahead with 126 votes. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt was in second place on 46 votes […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has decided to keep convicted felon Paul Manafort in federal custody, it said on Tuesday, citing concerns about the “health and personal safety” of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman if he was transferred to a local facility in New York. Manafort, serving a 7-1/2 year sentence for […]

The International Development Secretary, who has been gathering momentum in the race for Number 10, finished bottom in a YouGov survey which asked Conservative Party members whether each of the candidates would make a good or bad leader. The survey of 892 members from June 11-14 revealed 50 percent think Rory Stewart would make a […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar unveiled on Tuesday a 137-point list of priorities she would address in her first 100 days in office if elected president, a sweeping set of policies she is highlighting as part of her bid for the Democratic nomination. The policies touch on matters ranging from high-profile topics like […]

Boris Johnson's path to Downing Street is looking unstoppable after he won the backing of three failed rivals. Andrea Leadsom joined Matt Hancock and Esther McVey in throwing her weight behind the runaway train Tory leadership candidate. The hard Brexiteer Cabinet minister told LBC he is the "best placed" to make Brexit happen on October […]

Good Tuesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • Iran announced on Monday that it would soon violate a central element of the 2015 nuclear deal — by producing more uranium than allowed — unless it gets European help to offset the effects of American sanctions. […]

WASHINGTON — As he rode down that escalator in June 2015, it felt like a lark, a curiosity, just another staged television spectacle. At most, many assumed that Donald J. Trump’s candidacy would be a sideshow, sure to be entertaining but hardly decisive. Four years later, as President Trump kicks off his campaign for a […]

Rory Stewart is the Secretary of State for International Development and one of six MPs setting his sights on replacing Theresa May. In the first ballot of Conservative MPs which was held on June 13, 2019, Mr Stewart achieved 19 votes or 6.1 percent of the vote. Boris Johnson came out on top, with 114 […]

Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • Leaked internal polling from President Trump’s re-election campaign showed Mr. Trump behind Joe Biden in several key battleground states, including by double digits in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The campaign responded by cutting ties with three of […]

In a scathing attack against his own Conservative Party, the former chancellor accused the Conservative leadership candidates of engaging in “fantasy” by pledging to take the UK out of the European Union on October 31, with or without a deal. Speaking to The Observer, Mr Clarke claimed the Tories are in “turmoil internally and deeply […]