Politics

Leadership hopeful Esther McVey has accused Theresa May of “by-passing” the cabinet in her attempt to push through her Brexit deal – and other ministers of failing to stand up to her. The former work and pensions secretary made a speech at the Bruges Group, flanked by a photograph of Margaret Thatcher, saying she was […]

Britain has been “humiliated” in the Brexit talks so far, said Dominic Raab, adding the UK needed “new” and “bold” leadership. Making his bid to enter the Conservative leadership contest, the former Brexit secretary said: “I am the candidate who can be trusted to deliver on Brexit.” Tory MPs have until 17:00 BST on Monday

The Conservatives would be “annihilated” if there was a general election before Brexit is delivered, Jeremy Hunt has warned. Making his bid to be the next party leader, the foreign secretary said Conservatives need to “get real”, and added there was a “deal to be done” over Brexit which would get through Parliament. Tory MPs

It is, Justice Ginsburg said, “a case of huge importance.” “Census Bureau analyses predicted that adding the question would depress the census response rate for noncitizen and Hispanic households, resulting in poorer census data,” she said, adding that evidence in the case undercut Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s explanations for why he had decided to add

• Mr. Trump asserted on Sunday that there were secret, undisclosed elements to his new immigration agreement with Mexico, as he sought to deflect criticism that he achieved less than he had claimed. • The Mexico tariff story offered a case study in Mr. Trump’s approach: When the goal seems frustratingly out of reach, threaten

Ms. Jones attended a diverse, low-income school outside Baltimore, after she and her mother fled domestic violence. Students there were seen as “those kids,” for whom higher education seemed out of reach. In her junior year, against the advice of her administrators, the high-achieving student chose to cut her class schedule in half to join

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Senators Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren took selfies — with each other. Senator Bernie Sanders marched with striking fast-food workers. Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., played the blues on an electric keyboard. And former Representative John Delaney brought a team of bagpipers. The Democratic Party gathering in Iowa on

WASHINGTON — As the special counsel’s investigators pursued the question of whether President Trump tried to impede their work, they uncovered compelling evidence — a voice mail recording and statements from a trusted witness — that might have led to him. A lawyer for Mr. Trump, John M. Dowd, reached out to a lawyer for

WASHINGTON — President Trump assailed The New York Times on Sunday over a report that his new immigration agreement with Mexico consisted largely of previously agreed actions, claiming that there were actually secret, undisclosed elements to the accord. “Another false report in the Failing @nytimes,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter. “We have been trying to

“We’re seeing actions in China to restrict the trade of canola,” said Bill Morneau, Canada’s finance minister. “We don’t see that as something related to the quality of the canola, but rather as a trade response to our legal system.” All the friction is taking a toll on many of the world’s largest economies as