2020

Coronavirus Live Updates: Hong Kong Reports Its First Death From Outbreak

Hong Kong’s first death comes amid calls for border shutdown. A 39-year-old man in Hong Kong died Tuesday from the new coronavirus, the city’s Hospital Authority said. The death from the outbreak was the first in Hong Kong, a semiautonomous Chinese territory, and the second outside mainland China. A man in the Philippines who was […]

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Brexit: Steve Bray says his ‘Mr Stop Brexit’ campaign will continue

For three years, Steve Bray has been in Westminster, opposing Brexit, but what will he do now that Britain has left the European Union? While Brexit supporters celebrated the UK’s departure with a party in Parliament Square, the campaigner from Port Talbot – nicknamed Mr Stop Brexit – said his protest would not stop. Read

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FTC sues to block Harry’s sale to Schick owner Edgewell

The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block a merger that would combine old-school shaving company Schick with upstart rival Harry’s By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer February 3, 2020, 11:33 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — Federal antitrust regulators say a proposed merger that would combine old-school shaving company Schick with upstart Harry’s

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Colbert Nails Don Jr., Eric And Jared Kushner In A Single Brutal Trump Joke

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert picked up on some not-so-subtle shade thrown at President Donald Trump’s two eldest sons as Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) made his closing argument during the impeachment trial on Monday.  Schiff argued that if Trump goes unpunished, he could essentially do whatever he wants, knowing he’ll never be challenged by the Senate. 

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Top Antitrust Official Is Said to Recuse Himself From Google Inquiry

WASHINGTON — Makan Delrahim, the head of the antitrust division at the Department of Justice, has recused himself from investigating Google, even as the agency’s examination of the largest tech companies ramps up. Mr. Delrahim, 50, recently removed himself from looking into allegations of anticompetitive practices at Google because of a potential conflict of interest

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Democrats and White House Rest Cases as Impeachment Sputters Toward a Verdict

One moderate Democrat, Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, broached the idea on Monday of censuring Mr. Trump after the trial concludes, a largely symbolic gesture that he said could attract bipartisan support. “His behavior cannot go unchecked by the Senate,” Mr. Manchin said, “and censure would allow a bipartisan statement condemning his unacceptable

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