(Reuters) – A political feud over President Donald Trump’s picks for the U.S. Federal Reserve Board broke into an open brawl on Tuesday even before the nominations of Herman Cain, a former restaurant chain executive, and Stephen Moore, a conservative economic commentator, have been formally submitted to the Senate. Cain and Moore, both overt loyalists […]
WASHINGTON — When President Trump met with his embattled homeland security secretary on Sunday to force her out after months of stormy eruptions over immigration policy, the only other person in the room was Mick Mulvaney, who made no effort to head off the final confrontation and instead helped draft the letter of resignation. When […]
U.S. President Donald Trump praised his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as a “great president” on Tuesday, even as a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers raised concerns about Sisi’s record on human rights, efforts to keep him in office for many years and planned Russian arms purchases. Egypt’s parliament has proposed constitutional reforms aimed at […]
(Reuters) – New Mexico lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill to protect federal lands around the Chaco Canyon from drilling and mining, attempting to permanently shield the Native American cultural site from recurring attempts at oil and gas leasing. U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Deb Haaland […]
Theresa May will face frustrated EU leaders tonight as she prepares to beg for yet another delay to Brexit . But the Prime Minister’s hopes for a short extension to June 30 at the latest were expected to be crushed. EU Council president Donald Tusk revealed that leaders had little confidence that Mrs May could […]
Campaigners last night demanded MPs who pocketed vast sums after flogging their taxpayer-subsidised homes pay back the cash. On the 10th anniversary of the Westminster expenses scandal that shocked Britain, the Mirror can reveal 160 politicians raked in more than £42million in profits selling properties public money helped fund. Among them are Environment Secretary Michael […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is not interested in holding an increase of the debt ceiling “hostage” to force Congress to pass funding for a border wall with Mexico or any other legislation. Mnuchin, speaking at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial […]
(Reuters) – Stephen Moore, the economic commentator whom President Donald Trump plans to nominate to the Federal Reserve Board, lacks the expertise and political independence needed to help set interest rates for the U.S. economy, a top Congressional Democrat said on Tuesday. “Mr. Moore is superbly underqualified for the role for which he has been […]
Spain will go to the polls on April 28 as citizens vote to elect the 13th Cortes Generales – Spain’s Parliament – and a new Prime Minister. The municipal, regional and European elections follow on May 26. Incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez – who assumed the role in 2018 after a no-confidence vote in Mariano […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr told lawmakers on Tuesday that he intends to release within a week the long-awaited report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election from Special Counsel Robert Mueller. “Within a week I will be in position to release that report to the public and then I will […]