President Donald Trump appeared Tuesday to back off his demand for $5 billion to build a border wall, signalling for the first time that he might be open to a deal that would avoid a partial government shutdown. The White House set the tone when press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders indicated that Trump doesn’t want […]
More than 3,000 troops are being "held at readiness" in case there is a disastrous no-deal Brexit, the government said today. The Armed Forces personnel are split between fully-employed service people and reserves, the Defence Secretary said. Reports suggest 10% will be reservists and they will be held in case needed for logistics. Gavin Williamson […]
The Cabinet has agreed a dramatic escalation of no deal Brexit preparations as the clock ticks down towards leaving the EU in 101 days’ time. Downing Street announced that ministers were “ramping up” planning and that businesses and citizens should immediately prepare for leaving without a deal. But Number 10 played down suggestions that the […]
(Reuters) – The Pittsburgh City Council began considering a package of gun-control laws on Tuesday, including a ban on assault-style rifles, nearly two months after a gunman shouting anti-Semitic messages killed 11 people in a synagogue. The measure would also ban certain types of ammunition and allow courts to ban gun ownership by people deemed […]
(Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Martha McSally will take over the late John McCain’s U.S. Senate seat in January, two months after losing her bid for Arizona’s other Senate seat, the state’s governor said on Tuesday. McSally will replace the retiring John Kyl, whom Governor Doug Ducey appointed after McCain died in August following a […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday it has found a way to build President Donald Trump’s promised border wall without new funding from Congress, stepping away from the president’s threat to shut down the U.S. government over border security disputes. “We have other ways that we can get to that $5 billion,” […]
Tomorrow marks 100 days before we leave the European Union. If everything goes to plan the date for Brexit is March 29 2019. There is still a chance the process could be halted or delayed or we could crash out a without a deal. But assuming the Government is still aiming for that date then […]
You knew him as Harry Leslie Smith, the world’s oldest rebel, who fought in his later years against austerity, the privatisation of the NHS, the rise of fascism and a populism which now tries to convince the world the vulnerable and refugees are the cause of economic inequality, rather than the product of it. But […]
WASHINGTON — Just days away from a partial government shutdown, lawmakers are weighing adding a contentious measure to a stymied spending package that would keep American companies from participating in boycotts — primarily against Israel — that are being carried out by international organizations. Critics of the legislation, including the American Civil Liberties Union and […]
WASHINGTON – Former FBI Director James Comey had harsh words for House Republicans on Monday, saying their silence in response to President Donald Trump‘s attacks on the Justice Department is “shameful.” Comey said Republicans “have to have the courage to stand up and speak the truth, not be cowed by mean tweets or fear of […]