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Senior House Democrat says support lacking for formal Trump impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said on Wednesday there did not appear to be support at the moment for a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump following the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia probe. “It very well may come to a formal impeachment […]

Brexit Party blasts Jeremy Corbyn for ‘disrespecting Queen’ by snubbing Donald Trump visit

Mike Greene, the Brexit Party candidate for the Peterborough by-election, said it was unstatesmanlike to skip the decision, irrespective of personal views. Mr Corbyn boycotted the state banquet held by the Queen on Monday night, “climate change denial” and “racist and misogynist rhetoric”, instead choosing to address an anti-Trump rally in Trafalgar Square yesterday. Mr Greene, […]

After massacre, Virginia governor takes on Republican legislature over gun control

(Reuters) – Virginia’s Democratic governor on Tuesday called for a special legislative session to consider new gun control laws following a massacre of 12 people, but a top Republican lawmaker immediately pushed back on a plan he called “hasty and suspect.” Governor Ralph Northam has previously faced resistance from the legislature to increase restrictions on […]

James Cleverly withdraws from Tory leadership race – cutting field to 12

Tory MP James Cleverly has pulled out of the race to take over from Theresa May saying that the party wasn't ready to skip a generation. The Brexit minister said he had hoped MPs would allow him to be the "face and voice" of other important issues that face the country beyond leaving the EU. […]

Theresa May makes AGGRESSIVE parting shot to Donald Trump with THIS gift

The Prime Minister and her husband Philip presented Donald Trump with a framed typescript draft of the 1941 Atlantic Charter, agreed by president Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, setting out their vision for the post-war world. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the Atlantic Charter was “one of the first steps towards the formation […]

Congress passes $19.1 billion disaster aid bill, sends to Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress on Monday approved legislation providing $19.1 billion in emergency funding for disaster recovery efforts throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign into law. Final passage came as the Democratic-led House of Representatives voted 354-58 for the measure, which lawmakers and Trump […]

Emmet T. Flood to Step Down as White House Lawyer

WASHINGTON — Emmet T. Flood, the White House lawyer who oversaw the administration’s response to the special counsel investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, will step down from the job this month, President Trump said on Saturday. The departure of Mr. Flood, who first rose to prominence when he defended President Bill Clinton […]

Pete Buttigieg’s MSNBC Town Hall: Live Updates

Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., one of a small handful of Democratic candidates to agree to a town-hall event on Fox News, visited the friendlier terrain of MSNBC on Monday. Quick on his feet and skilled at finding applause lines, Mr. Buttigieg, 37, has thrived in the town-hall format before. It was his […]