WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday asked an appeals court to overturn a ruling that his accounting firm must turn over his financial records from before he was president to the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives Oversight Committee. Lawyers for Trump said in a court filing that a May 20 decision by U.S. […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Trump administration is again changing the way it vets people who want to sponsor minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone in an effort to speed up the release of thousands of migrant children currently in U.S. custody. Under the change, announced to staff on Friday, the U.S. Department of […]
The Remainer announced he was pulling out of the battle for the Tory crown because he failed to get the support he needed to stand. According to party rules, lawmakers must have the backing of eight MPs to be able to run the the race. The 1922 committee announced this afternoon that 10 candidates had […]
Nova Scotia’s private utility says it has hit a new milestone in its delivery of electricity from renewable resources. Nova Scotia Power says 30 per cent of the electricity it produced in 2018 came from renewable sources such as wind power. The utility says 18 per cent came from wind turbines, nine per cent from […]
Mow your lawn or the City of Winnipeg will mow it for you – and charge you to do so. A city-wide pilot project is making the neighbourhood livability by-law a little tougher by clamping down earlier on those who don’t cut their grass. Coun. Janice Lukes (Waverley West) told 680 CJOB Monday it may […]
Boris Johnson, 54, is a frontrunner for the role of Prime Minister now Theresa May has stepped down as Tory leader. Tory MPs have until 5pm on Monday to declare their intention to run, but the race is already well underway. And Mr Johnson has kicked off the week with a tax announcement that is […]
WASHINGTON — Not long before Attorney General William P. Barr released the special counsel’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, he strategized with Senator Lindsey Graham, the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, about one of his next moves: investigating the investigators. Over a dinner of steak, potatoes and carrots in a […]
FUKUOKA, Japan — Global finance leaders meeting in Japan this weekend said they were increasingly worried that the trade dispute between the United States and China, which shows no signs of abating, could propel the world economy into a crisis. The sense of gloom at the gathering of the Group of 20 major economies came […]
Boris Johnson has set his sights on the prize after claiming only he can see off both Nigel Farage and Jeremy Corbyn as he urged Tory MPs and party members to make him their next leader and prime minister. The leadership campaign frontrunner, who is up against the likes of Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt and […]
The shameful drug-use list of senior politicians who frame the nation’s drug laws includes: David Cameron – cannabis; Boris Johnson – cocaine; Rory Stewart – opium; Jeremy Hunt – cannabis; Michael Gove – cocaine. The latest MP to admit former crimes is of course the environment secretary, who this week came clean on taking cocaine […]