Politics

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has insisted that the NHS “will not be put up for sale to anybody”. Mr Corbyn said the UK should “welcome all visitors and we should always treat people with respect and politeness”. But in a message to US President Donald Trump, he added: “I very gently and quite simply […]

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday released a 300-page impeachment report asserting that President Trump abused his power by trying to enlist Ukraine to help him in the 2020 presidential election. The report said that Mr. Trump “placed his own personal and political interests above the national interests of the United States,” seeking to undermine

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has said she would work with Donald Trump in government as “you have to be able to work with people… you disagree with”. However, she called out the US president for his comments about women and minorities, saying that Mr Trump is “not someone who shares our values”. Mr Trump

Senator Kamala Harris of California dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday after months of slumping poll numbers, a dramatic comedown after her campaign began with significant promise. The decision to drop out of the race comes after a upheaval among staff and disarray among Ms. Harris’s own allies. She told supporters in

Jeremy Corbyn has apologised for incidents of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. Pushed by presenter Phillip Schofield on ITV’s This Morning, the party leader said: “Obviously I am very sorry for everything that has happened.” It comes after he was criticised for refusing four times to apologise during an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Neil.

LONDON — President Trump denied on Tuesday that he knew Prince Andrew, the son of Queen Elizabeth II who has become entangled in sexual abuse accusations against the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. But photographs show they have met several times over the past 20 years. “I don’t know Prince Andrew, but it’s a tough story,”

Boris Johnson has claimed that Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party want to “disband” Nato. However, his comments contradict the Labour Party’s manifesto, which says: “We will maintain our commitment to Nato and our close relationship with our European partners.” Speaking ahead of the Nato summit being held in the UK, Mr Johnson suggested a “stark contrast”

Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey on Tuesday proposed investing $100 billion in historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, a broad proposal in a Democratic field that has offered varying plans to prop up this longstanding yet struggling arm of the educational system. Many H.B.C.U.s, as historically black colleges and universities are

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has answered listeners’ questions on a special 5 Live Your Call with Nicky Campbell. Among questions on electoral pacts, immigration and Brexit, Mr Farage was asked how voters can trust him to tell them the truth and act in the best interests of the country when he resigned as UKIP

If the public option became explicitly linked to Medicare — requiring all providers who wanted Medicare patients to accept public-option patients, too — the public option might be able to negotiate low prices for care and include a wide range of doctors and hospitals. In most markets of the country, that might make it far