EU leaders are expected to offer Theresa May a choice between a no deal Brexit and a long Article 50 extension unless the withdrawal treaty is ratified by April 12. But insiders said a number of conditions will be attached to any lengthy delay including a pledge that Britain will not use its EU voting […]

Good Thursday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • Some of Robert S. Mueller III’s investigators believe Attorney General William P. Barr failed to adequately portray the findings of their inquiry, which they say were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated. They’re worried […]

(Reuters) – United States Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, previously mentioned as a possible contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, said on Wednesday that he will undergo surgery for prostate cancer during the upcoming legislative break. “Late last month, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. While hearing news like this is never easy, […]

WASHINGTON — The arrest of a Chinese woman who carried a malware-laced device into Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s Florida resort, has exposed porous security at the private club and escalating tensions between Secret Service agents and the resort’s staff members, who vet guest lists and allow people onto the sprawling grounds. At times neither side has […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican and Democratic senators introduced legislation on Wednesday seeking to deter Russia from meddling in U.S. elections by threatening stiff sanctions on its banking, energy and defense industries and sovereign debt. The “Deter Act” is the latest effort by U.S. lawmakers to increase pressure on Moscow over what they see as […]

The Prime Minister met the Labour leader to discuss his demands for the UK to stay in an EU customs union after Brexit. Aides described the talks, which lasted over an hour, as “constructive”. But senior Tories were understood to be braced for a string of resignations by Brexiteer Cabinet ministers if signs of too […]

Jeremy Corbyn tonight announced his historic Brexit talks with Theresa May had gone "very well." After the talks, which lasted almost two hours, Jeremy Corbyn told the Mirror he expected to sit down again with the PM soon. The discussions between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn took place in the Prime Minister's office in the […]

WASHINGTON — The “cooling saucer” of the United States Senate keeps going into the microwave. For the third time in six years, the majority party in the Senate detonated the so-called nuclear option on Wednesday to unilaterally change years-old rules of the chamber with a simple-majority vote. This time, to work through a backlog of […]

City councillors have given initial approval to a policy that will guide donations of art features and monuments. The policy, supported by Hamilton’s general issues committee on Wednesday morning, will govern the installation and upkeep of signage, art and statues that are donated to the city by the private sector. It also requires donors to […]

WASHINGTON — Former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas raised $9.4 million over the first 18 days of his presidential bid, his campaign said on Wednesday. The total, which represents Mr. O’Rourke’s fund-raising haul for the first quarter of the year, is smaller than the first-quarter numbers of two rivals, Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and […]