Politics

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of images of travelers and license plates stored by the Customs and Border Protection agency have been stolen in a digital breach, officials said Monday, prompting renewed questions about how the federal government secures and shares personal data. An official at the agency said it learned on May 31 that […]

WASHINGTON — The Mexican foreign minister said Monday that no secret immigration deal existed between his country and the United States, directly contradicting President Trump’s claim on Twitter that a “fully signed and documented” agreement would soon be revealed. Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s top diplomat, said at a news conference in Mexico City that there was

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, after weeks of tense negotiations, has agreed to provide Congress with key evidence collected by Robert S. Mueller III that House Judiciary Committee members said could shed light on possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by President Trump, the House Judiciary Committee said on Monday. The exact scope

Workhorse, the electric truck maker involved in a proposed deal to acquire an idled General Motors factory in Ohio, said Monday that it had raised $25 million from investors. The company, based in Cincinnati, said the money would come from an unnamed group of institutional investors and was not intended to go toward the purchase

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a lawsuit by a Yemeni man who has been held in wartime detention for more than 17 years at the military’s Guantánamo Bay prison, prompting Justice Stephen G. Breyer to warn that the American legal system is on autopilot toward permitting life imprisonment without trial.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, may be sued for race discrimination over its decision not to carry programming from an entertainment company owned by Byron Allen, an African-American entrepreneur. A federal appeals court in California ruled that the case could move forward under

Ten MPs have received enough backers to enter the contest to be Tory leader – and the next prime minister – with the first round of voting due on Thursday. Those who made it through were Michael Gove, Matt Hancock, Mark Harper, Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, Boris Johnson, Andrea Leadsom, Esther McVey, Dominic Raab, and

Policy makes up a large part of Ms. Warren’s pitch to voters on the campaign trail, where, from school gyms to house parties, she guides audiences through her vision of “big, structural change.” Her declaration of “I got a plan” has become a personal trademark, drawing cheers from crowds and inspiring T-shirts and tote bags.

Michael Gove listed the policies he would seek as PM when it came to future UK-EU relations. The environment secretary said the UK would be outside a range of EU-wide agreements, while “taking back control of our money, our borders, and our laws”, but he admitted: “It would not be easy.” Tory MPs have until

President Trump on Monday defended his administration’s decision to threaten a number of trading partners like Mexico with tariffs, calling tariffs a “beautiful thing” and asserting that a trade deal with China was close because of his aggressive policies. “The China deal is going to work out,” Mr. Trump said in a telephone interview with