WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court returns to the subject of partisan gerrymandering on Tuesday, considering for a second time in two years whether drawing election maps to help the party in power can ever violate the Constitution. Last year’s cases, from Wisconsin and Maryland, raised the possibility that the court might decide, for the first […]
The ultra-socialist shadow chancellor would seize control of the economy the moment Labour came to power with plans to introduce five-year-plans, hold an emergency budget within 10 weeks and steam ahead with nationalisation. Mr McDonnell would also force government officials to consult the public and trade unions in “listening exercises” around the country as well […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – George Papadopoulos, the first Trump campaign aide charged in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, disavowed his guilty plea in a book released on Tuesday, claiming he was unfairly pressured into cutting a deal. Papadopoulos, who was plucked out of obscurity to work as a foreign policy adviser for Donald Trump […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump went on the offensive on Monday a day after the special counsel investigation reported no conspiracy with Russia, suggesting that critics who pursued such suspicions were “treasonous,” guilty of “evil things” and should be investigated themselves. Grim faced and simmering with anger, Mr. Trump repeated his assertion that a collection of […]
Over the weekend, speculation mounted of a political coup to oust Theresa May as early as Monday mornin, in the run up to her extended Brexit deadline day of April 12. The Prime Minister is under pressure to pass her deal through parliament before that date – or the UK will crash out of the […]
Special Counsel Robert Mueller sent his report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday, following a 22-month investigation of possible Russian connections in Donald Trump’s campaign. Members of Congress, the media and Trump have been waiting to find out the results over the past couple of days. A Justice Department official said the report summary […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s looking forward to watching former cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott enter the election race under the Liberal banner. “We are a party that celebrates and values differences of experience, differences of opinions, differences of perspectives within our team,” he said in Maple Ridge, B.C. on Monday morning. […]
After years of international controversy, political attacks and investigations, a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference was made public Sunday by U.S. Attorney General William Barr. The U.S. Department of Justice released a four-page summary of the report, which concluded that there was no evidence of the Trump campaign colluding with Russia, […]
Theresa May is sticking stubbornly to her Brexit Plan A despite fighting for her political survival. The Prime Minister ploughed on with attempts to finally convince eurosceptic Tory MPs to back her deal. But she is facing intense pressure from her own party to set out a timetable for her departure first. The PM today […]
Senior members of the Tory party are plotting a coup against Mrs May, lining up Mr Hammond and her defacto deputy Mr Lidington to take one for the team and urge her to resign. The two ministers have been asked to stand in the ring of fire because other ministers are eyeing Tory leadership. A Cabinet source […]