Politics

The SNP Westminster leader accused the prime minster of making an “unprecedented attack” on devolution in the UK at PMQs. Ian Blackford said the devolved parliaments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have rejected the Brexit bill, adding: “Scotland said no and we meant it.” Mr Johnson picked up on that phrase and recalled the […]

Later, she accompanied Mr. Trump as he crossed the Demilitarized Zone, stepping into North Korea and meeting Kim Jong-un, an experience she described at the time as “surreal.” At the Doha Forum, a Middle East conference, Ms. Trump was interviewed onstage by the State Department spokeswoman, Morgan Ortagus, who came under criticism for asking her

Emily Thornberry says she wants “good schools up and down the country” as she is pushed over why she sent her son to a partially-selective school. The Labour leadership contender told the BBC’s Andrew Neil she was “a victim” of selective education herself, but “as a mother” would “never apologise for doing the best for

The same morning last July when President Trump had his fateful call with Ukraine’s president, White House officials were working behind the scenes to impose the freeze sought by the president on military assistance to Ukraine, reviewing the legal wording they would use to implement the hold, emails released late Tuesday night show. The emails

Labour leadership contender Rebecca Long-Bailey has said people should have the right to legally define their own gender. She said she was “very firm in supporting the rights of trans people” and agreed that “trans women are women”. The shadow business secretary also told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg she was “sure” she had some Tory

Trump lashed out from a snowy resort 4,000 miles away. During an unplanned news conference in Davos, Switzerland, where he was attending the World Economic Forum, President Trump took a break from talking about the economy and lashed out at Democrats back home for impeaching him. He hurled insults at two of the prominent House

A Labour MP asked the prime minister for a commitment to deliver the HS2 and Northern Powerhouse rail schemes “in full”. Holly Lynch called on Boris Johnson to publish the Oakervee review into HS2, which has been partially leaked this week. The prime minister said it was right to examine the “value” of HS2, and

One consideration for the managers? The patience of senators, some of whom already looked a bit bored on Tuesday — one even appeared to doze off — as they sat in silence through several hours of Mr. Schiff and his colleagues delivering dense, detailed arguments. The House leadership could decide, as the impeachment managers did

At PMQs, Boris Johnson was asked about a £300 bonus to workers at Greggs, as some on universal credit may not receive the full payment. Jeremy Corbyn said if the prime minister could show that was “just and fair, I’ll buy him a vegan roll from Greggs myself”. Mr Johnson said the living wage had

WASHINGTON — After a marathon debate about how to conduct the impeachment trial, the Senate will formally move into the oral arguments phase of the proceeding on Wednesday as the House managers open their case to convict President Trump and remove him from office. The managers will present their two articles of impeachment charging Mr.