WASHINGTON — In his State of the Union address, President Trump announced a bold plan to end the scourge of H.I.V. by 2030, a promise that seemed to fly in the face of two years of policies and proposals that go in the opposite direction and could undermine progress against the virus that causes AIDS. […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, William Barr, could win confirmation in the U.S. Senate as soon as Wednesday despite Democrats’ concerns about how he might handle Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The Senate on Tuesday voted 55-44, largely along party lines, to advance his nomination in a strong sign that […]
Thank you for waiting. Your Brexit is important to us. Please hold until a solution is available. Theresa May has long been mocked for her robotic nature, her jerky dancing, frosty demeanour and occasional vocal malfunctions. But since her core purpose, a Brexit deal, was sensationally rejected by MPs, she’s been downgraded from glitchy android […]
Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski was skewered on live TV over his false claim that there was "no Marshall Plan" for Britain. The Brexiteer tweeted last week: "Britain helped to liberate half of Europe. She mortgaged herself up to eye balls in process. "No Marshall Plan for us only for Germany. We gave up war reparations […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Financial Services committee has postponed a hearing planned for Tuesday on the use of U.S. sanctions against countries such as North Korea, Iran, Russia and Venezuela, the panel said, citing scheduling issues. Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters said in a statement late on Monday the hearing would be held at […]
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday that they have retained two elite white collar litigators and prominent legal critics of President Trump to help begin inquiries into some of the most sensitive allegations involving the president, including ethics violations, corruption and possible obstruction of justice. The committee’s chairman, Representative Jerrold […]
Universal Credit call handlers will vote on whether to hold a major strike after being treated with "contempt". Up to 700 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) agents in Wolverhampton and Walsall are poised to walk out for two days in a row over heavy workloads. The PCS union says the system is crippled by […]
WASHINGTON — Top House and Senate negotiators said late Monday that they had reached an “agreement in principle” on border security that would avoid a second government shutdown that would begin this weekend. Lawmakers declined to offer details, but seemed confident that the agreement — if supported by leadership and signed by President Trump — […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator Richard Shelby, one of the congressional negotiators working on border security funding, said late on Monday that an “agreement in principle” had been reached. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of negotiators, Shelby did not give an outline of the deal but said staff members will work out the […]
Beto O’Rourke was holding a rally in El Paso at the same time as U.S. President Donald Trump was carrying out his own event in the Texas border city on Monday night. O’Rourke, a former El Paso city councilman who lost to Ted Cruz in the race for a Senate seat for Texas in November, […]