It felt like a last roll of the dice for an exhausted-looking Theresa May last night, having made a late dash to Strasbourg to save her deal – and her premiership. On Monday morning, without a breakthrough in sight, the withdrawal agreement was heading for another crushing defeat. Now, the game is back on. :: […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal election oversight agency has levied a record fine against the Super PAC that backed former presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who ran as a Republican in 2016, and a Chinese-owned corporation, according to a watchdog group that filed the initial complaint. The Campaign Legal Center had asked the Federal Election Commission […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal election oversight agency has levied a record fine against the Super PAC that backed former presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who ran as a Republican in 2016, and a Chinese-owned corporation, according to a watchdog group that filed the initial complaint. The Campaign Legal Center had asked the Federal Election Commission […]
Theresa May has secured "legally-binding changes" to the Northern Irish backstop, the Government claimed tonight. David Lidington, Mrs May’s effective deputy told MPs that the Prime Minister had secured meaningful changes to the backstop – the most troublesome sticking point in securing agreement to the deal from MPs. He said: "Tonight we will be laying […]
A DWP chief tonight appeared to suggest around 800,000 benefit claimants have been forced onto Universal Credit without transition cash. Neil Couling, UC Director General, told MPs "roughly half" of those joining the six-in-one system are existing benefit claimants whose circumstances have changed. As of January this year, 1.6million people were on UC. Existing benefit […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to invite NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to address a joint meeting of Congress in April, as the alliance celebrates its 70th anniversary, a source familiar with the situation said on Monday. The invitation, which comes after President Donald Trump has questioned NATO’s value to […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will begin “fabrication activities” on parts for ground-launched cruise missile systems, the Pentagon said on Monday, after Washington announced it plans to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Last month, the United States announced it would withdraw from the INF Treaty in six months unless Moscow ends what […]
[Sign up for our politics newsletter and join our conversation about the 2020 presidential race.] The Democratic National Committee has selected Milwaukee as the site of its national convention, placing a spotlight on a key Midwestern battleground state that Democrats lost for the first time in three decades in 2016 and see as central to […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Robert Mueller brought an enviable reputation as the architect of the modern FBI and a force behind major criminal prosecutions to his job as special counsel investigating Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election but has encountered a relentless campaign by President Donald Trump to discredit the probe. Mueller, a longtime Republican, […]
Brexit talks are officially in deadlock just a day before MPs are supposed to vote on Theresa May’s deal. The Prime Minister is now being urged to postpone the Commons showdown – due tomorrow night – to avoid a repeat of January’s 230-vote defeat. A delay would be a betrayal of the Prime Minister’s solemn […]