WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone made multiple media appearances in Washington on Thursday, talking freely with reporters before he was set to appear in court on Friday and likely face a gag order from a judge. Charged by Special Counsel Robert Mueller with obstructing a congressional probe into Russian meddling […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday threw out the state of Maryland’s bid to protect the healthcare law known as Obamacare in a ruling that also sidestepped a decision on whether President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general was lawful. In a win for the Republican president, Baltimore-based U.S. […]

WASHINGTON — Democrats have long stoked suspicions about whether President Trump knew his son met with Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, pointing to phone calls that Donald Trump Jr. received from a blocked number around the time of the meeting. New evidence obtained by Senate investigators appears to have refuted […]

President reaffirms US stance on Jerusalem as capital of Israel, while criticising Israeli settlements. US President Donald Trump has reiterated that the issue of Jerusalem is off the negotiating table after his decision to declare the city as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy to the holy city from Tel Aviv.  “By […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s trade delegation said the latest round of talks with the United States made “important progress” for the current stage, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The delegation said in a statement issued in Washington on Thursday the two sides had “candid, specific and fruitful” discussions, Xinhua said. Source: Read […]

Jailed MP Fiona Onasanya is expected to become the first politician to vote in the Commons while wearing an electronic tag. The disgraced 35-year-old was locked up for three months this week after being convicted of lying to police over a speeding offence. She is refusing to quit as an MP and has vowed to carry on […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Amy Klobuchar, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel, said on Friday that she had re-introduced two bills aimed at strengthening enforcement of U.S. antitrust law. One of the bills would adjust fees paid to the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department’s Antitrust Division for merger reviews, raising […]

DORAL, Fla. — U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence told a crowd in Florida on Friday that it is time to take action to end the socialist regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Pence told dozens of Venezuelans that Washington was working toward a “peaceful transition” so opposition leader Juan Guaido rises to power. But he reassured […]

Good Friday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • In a lengthy Oval Office interview, President Trump told The New York Times that negotiating with Congress over his long-sought border wall was a “waste of time” and that he would probably take action on it himself. […]

It is a scandal staring us in the face. Travel to almost any town or city in Britain and you will see people sleeping rough on the streets. And the first question you ask is “why has it gotten so bad?” The Mirror wants to know too. We want to know why, in one of […]