Politics

John McDonnell has promised to “end austerity once and for all” in a speech setting out Labour’s priorities for its first 100 days in government. The shadow chancellor said a Labour Budget would “save the NHS”, provide a real living wage of £10 an hour and a 5% pay increase for public sector workers. He […]

‘The evidence is overwhelming,’ Democratic lawyer says in opening presentation. In what amounted to the opening argument in the effort to impeach President Trump, the lawyer for Judiciary Democrats told the committee that the president’s actions were “so brazen” that there was no question that he had abused his power to advance his own political

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has answered listeners’ questions on a special 5 Live Your Call with Rachel Burden. One caller asked Ms Swinson why a Lib Dem government would revoke Article 50 to stop Brexit, rather than offering a second referendum. She responded: “The Liberal Democrats want a ‘People’s Vote’ and we will work

Mr. Lauder said that he did not have concerns about Mr. Trump, who has at times perpetuated stereotypes of Jews using money to buy political influence, including his 2016 tweet that superimposed Hillary Clinton on piles of cash, a six-point Star of David and the words “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” In recent years, the Anti-Defamation

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pete Buttigieg is rarely home these days as he scoots from South Carolina to New Hampshire to Iowa in pursuit of primary voters. But back in South Bend, a fierce fight is underway between his campaign and some of his top rivals over Mr. Buttigieg’s impact on black residents. With Mr.

Mr. Horowitz is also expected to say that, as part of one of the renewals of the wiretap, Kevin Clinesmith, a low-level F.B.I. lawyer working on the case, altered an email from another agency that he sent to a colleague who then signed an affidavit attesting to the accuracy of a packet of information, including

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr recently approved making public new details about a former F.B.I. informant at the heart of conservatives’ allegations about the Russia investigation, deciding to release information that had been blacked out in a highly anticipated inspector general’s report due out on Monday. A representative from the office of the

A record-breaking 235,000 people in Northern Ireland have applied to register to vote since the start of 2019. Among them are 69-year-old grandmother Dolores McNally and Tiarnan Clinton, 18, who are both from County Down. Dolores McNally moved to Northern Ireland from the US as a young child, but never took the necessary steps to

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, in a full-length gown, waved to a standing ovation from a star-studded menagerie of Washington on Sunday in the Kennedy Center Opera House, just hours before the impeachment inquiry was set to resume the next morning. In the same box tier, acknowledged with a slightly more subdued round of

The impeachment drive against President Trump moves into a new phase on Monday as the House Judiciary Committee begins to hear evidence from both sides while Democrats draft proposed articles of impeachment charging him with high crimes and misdemeanors for pressuring Ukraine to help him against his domestic political rivals. The basics: Who, what, when