Politics

Turns out, even as the impeachment debate blazes, Democrats and Republicans can agree on one thing: They don’t like surprise medical bills. Leaders of key Senate and House committees have reached a consensus on how to eliminate them, increasing the chance that legislation on the issue will pass Congress this year. The proposal would prevent […]

The general election is just days away. Some politicians are keen to frame it as the Brexit election – but does that hold true for Britain’s poorest families? Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation – who work to tackle poverty in the UK – shows that 1.2 million people on low incomes who didn’t vote

WASHINGTON — The first black woman to be elected mayor of San Francisco, London Breed, considers Senator Kamala Harris something of a political soul mate. When Ms. Harris announced her White House bid in Oakland, Calif., in January, Ms. Breed was one of the 20,000 supporters there loudly celebrating, and she endorsed the campaign from

Chancellor Sajid Javid has defended his party’s handling of Islamophobia, saying they have a “zero tolerance policy” and that the prime minister would “never ever” tolerate it. Speaking to the Today programme, Mr Javid dismissed claims made by former Conservative party co-chair Baroness Warsi that the party had been slow to act on Islamophobia among

President Trump said Friday that he would temporarily hold off on designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, saying he was doing so at the request of the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “All necessary work has been completed to declare Mexican Cartels terrorist organizations,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter. “Statutorily we are

What happens when two people from across the political divide are brought together for dinner? To find out, the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has organised a series of ‘election blind dates’ for the general election campaign. Ken Clarke was a Tory MP until he was thrown out in September for rebelling against Boris Johnson’s government.

WASHINGTON — President Trump was greeted Friday morning with news of a blockbuster jobs report, showing that employers added 266,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent, its lowest level since 1969. The country’s economic condition, which has historically aligned with a president’s re-election chances, should be helping Mr. Trump sail

In an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Marr the Conservative security minister, Brandon Lewis, agreed that after Brexit some checks on some goods leaving Great Britain for Northern Ireland would be required, if those goods were then destined to leave the UK. But he disputed the accuracy of a leaked government document which states that

Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday brushed back critiques about his wealth and bristled at the suggestion that he was using it to buy success in the 2020 presidential race, arguing that other Democrats who have complained about his entry into their party’s primary could have taken it upon themselves to earn their own personal fortunes,

Throughout the 2019 general election campaign, the BBC wants to answer your questions about the issues that matter most to you. Brexit is one of the issues that people have said they are most concerned about. Jessica Parker looks at some of the areas which might be at stake within Brexit promises and how to