Politics

WASHINGTON — President Trump is frustrated with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for mishandling the White House’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, according to an administration official, and said on Wednesday that he was “absolutely moving forward” with plans to add it despite a Supreme Court decision rejecting the move. It […]

The Labour leader has said the best thing to do on Brexit would be “to go back to the people and let them decide which way we go”. Jeremy Corbyn has been under pressure from many in his party to throw his support fully behind another referendum. During PMQs, he said the government was an

WASHINGTON — With trouble spots from Iran to North Korea, the military’s role in a Fourth of July celebration in Washington should be the least of the Pentagon’s worries. Yet some retired and active-duty military officers, and, privately, even some Defense Department personnel said the participation of the military in President Trump’s “Salute to America”

Jeremy Corbyn has asked Theresa May who she believes – Philip Hammond, who is totally against a no-deal Brexit, or Boris Johnson, who is happy to accept one? During PMQs, Theresa May replied by saying she had done everything she could to make sure the UK left the EU with a deal, but Jeremy Corbyn

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has raised $21.5 million since entering the presidential race in late April, his campaign said Wednesday. Mr. Biden’s haul for the second quarter of the year cements his status as one of the financial heavyweights among the two dozen Democratic presidential contenders. But it fell short

Sports Minister – and Boris Johnson supporter – Mims Davies would not say whether she backed a tax on sugary drinks, as she was questioned by BBC Radio 5 Live’s Emma Barnett. She said it was welcome that companies had reformulated their drinks, and that people had to make choices about what they drank. It

An aide in Mr. Sanders’s Senate office said the list was deliberately broad. It’s easy to see how cosmetic surgery might fall outside this list. But several experts strained to come up with other examples. “You have to really rack your brains to think of anything that would not be covered,” said Cynthia Cox, a

An MP is applauded after her emotional speech on the introduction of the Children’s Funeral Fund following her “impatient” campaigning. Carolyn Harris thanked MPs from across the political divide who had helped to instigate the government funding for bereaved parents for the cost of their child’s funeral. The deputy leader of Welsh Labour has been

WASHINGTON — The House sued the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday, demanding access to President Trump’s tax returns and escalating a fight with an administration that has repeatedly dismissed as illegitimate its attempt to obtain the financial records. The lawsuit moves the dispute into the federal courts after months of sniping

The SNP’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford says Theresa May is “running scared of the people of Scotland” with her review into devolution. During PMQs, Ian Blackford said the review was “a farce” and it was clear her party did not really support giving more powers to the nations and “never, ever will”. Mrs May hit