WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override President Donald Trump’s first veto, leaving in place the “national emergency” he declared last month to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall that Congress has not funded. Democrats who control the House did not attract enough Republican support, falling some three dozen votes […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nearly half of all Americans still believe President Donald Trump worked with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted after Special Counsel Robert Mueller cleared Trump of that allegation. Americans did feel slightly more positive about Trump after learning the findings of the […]
Prime Minister Theresa May suffered yet another blow on Monday as three ministers quit, including Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt, health minister Steve Brine and business minister Richard Harrington. They also backed a Commons amendment to give MPs a bigger say on leaving the EU, after they rejected Mrs May’s deal twice. But the Minister […]
The collusion question now answered, another one looms ahead of 2020: Will U.S. elections be secure from more Russian interference? The 22-month-long special counsel investigation underscored how vulnerable the U.S. was to a foreign adversary seeking to sow discord on social media, spread misinformation and exploit security gaps in state election systems. With the presidential […]
Having tried and failed, over and over again, it looks like there is now no option but to resign. No, not Mrs May over Brexit… I mean me, resigning myself to the reality I’ve failed to get my kids to eat peas. But how much Mrs May should sympathise with my disastrous peas process… Ultimately […]
The DUP have dealt a killer blow to Theresa May's plan as they refused to back her 'toxic' Brexit deal. The Northern Ireland party, which props up the Tories in Parliament, have consistently opposed the PM's deal because of the Irish backstop. As a number of Brexiteers are indicating they could cave and back the […]
WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday failed to overturn President Trump’s first veto, leaving the declaration of a national emergency at the southwestern border intact despite bipartisan passage of a resolution nullifying the president’s circumvention of Congress to fund his border wall. Despite concerns about the constitutional separation of powers and the impact of Mr. […]
Nova Scotia’s Liberal government is expecting millions in added federal dollars will help it achieve a balanced budget while it commits money to rebuild aging hospitals and deal with rising pressures in health care. The province is projecting a thin $33.6 million surplus in Tuesday’s fiscal plan for 2019-20, on a budget of $11 billion. […]
Tuesday marks Day 8 of the Alberta election campaign and three of the four leaders of the province’s main political parties will be in Calgary. Here’s a look at where party leaders will be on Tuesday, March 26: NDP Leader Rachel Notley Calgary – Announcement – 10:00 a.m. – Wellspring Calgary Carma House – Livestream […]
Conservative Party grandees expect Theresa May to give a date for her resignation when she addresses members of the powerful 1922 committee in Westminster at 5pm tomorrow. But there is no mechanism for the Tories to oust their leader before December 12 because her triumph in a no confidence vote by 200 votes to 117 […]