Politics

WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Wednesday targeting what he sees as anti-Semitism on college campuses by threatening to withhold federal money from educational institutions that fail to combat discrimination, three administration officials said on Tuesday. The order will effectively interpret Judaism as a nationality, not just a religion, to […]

Jeremy Corbyn says shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth has his full support after he appeared to criticise the Labour leader in a secretly recorded phone call. In the recording – leaked to the Conservative-supporting website Guido Fawkes – Mr Ashworth is heard saying he did not believe Labour would win the election. Mr Ashworth has

WASHINGTON — President Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr took aim at the F.B.I. on Tuesday, reiterating attacks on former bureau officials and contradicting the agency’s director, Christopher A. Wray, a day after an independent watchdog concluded that agents were justified in opening an investigation into Russia’s possible ties with the Trump campaign. In

The father of one of the victims of the London Bridge attack has accused Boris Johnson of using his son’s death “to score points” in the general election. After the attack on 29 November, the prime minister blamed Usman Khan’s early release from prison on legislation introduced under the Labour government. The father of Cambridge

Three years ago, 3.9 million Americans received a plain-looking envelope from the Internal Revenue Service. Inside was a letter stating that they had recently paid a fine for not carrying health insurance and suggesting possible ways to enroll in coverage. New research concludes that the bureaucratic mailing saved lives. Three Treasury Department economists have published

Boris Johnson has warned that a hung parliament would be “disastrous” for the country. Speaking on the campaign trail in Staffordshire, the prime minister claimed that “the only mathematical alternative” to a Conservative majority in Thursday’s election was a coalition between Labour and the SNP. The SNP has ruled out a formal coalition with Jeremy

WASHINGTON — House Democrats said Tuesday they had reached an agreement with the White House to strengthen labor, environmental, pharmaceutical and enforcement provisions in President Trump’s North American trade pact, a significant development that moves the president’s signature trade deal closer to becoming law. The agreement, announced Tuesday by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, comes at an

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland says there was some “accidental” contact, after reports that an aide to Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s aide was punched outside a Leeds hospital. There were a number of protesters outside Leeds General Infirmary on Monday afternoon, who shouted at Mr Hancock and his team when they left. Mr Hancock had been

WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders announced Tuesday that they would move ahead this week with two articles of impeachment against President Trump charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, accusing him of violating the Constitution when he pressed Ukraine for help in the 2020 election. Speaking from a wood-paneled reception room just

Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has insisted his apparent criticism of Jeremy Corbyn in a leaked secret recording by his Tory activist friend was “banter”. The recording was leaked to Tory-supporting website Guido Fawkes. He told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire he was “joshing” when he told his Tory friend that he thought there was no way Labour