Politics

President Donald Trump has said Brexit “will all work out”, at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron. He said both the EU and UK were working “very hard together” but added: “It doesn’t seem to be working out. But, at some point, something will happen, one way or the other.” He also […]

Ms. Warren has also raced, for better or worse, to stake out firm positions on several divisive issues: She has, for instance, called to end the Senate filibuster, to eliminate the Electoral College and to impeach Mr. Trump, edging farther than Mr. Sanders has. But for most of this primary season, Mr. Sanders, with his

Google is paying two contract lobbyists who worked as lawyers on the Republican staff of the House Judiciary Committee. One of the lawyers, Sean McLaughlin, also served as a deputy assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush. “Having conducted congressional investigations from the inside, Sean is able to counsel clients on how to respond

SAN FRANCISCO — Top Democrats in Washington and on the 2020 campaign trail are taking technology giants to task, calling them too big, too powerful and too careless about privacy. “The era of self-regulation is over,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared on Monday. But just as Ms. Pelosi was preparing to start an antitrust investigation, some

These values are ingrained in the center-left’s own humor, exemplified by late-night hosts’ trying to outreason Trump by fact-checking his tweets or calling him names like a lying orange Cheeto. If center-left humor says that Trump can be outwitted — despite what the overwhelming evidence suggests — then far-left humor is much more concerned with

BRUSSELS — The United States and its European allies on Thursday commemorated the 75th anniversary of D-Day, which freed the Continent from tyranny. But at the same time, the two sides are squabbling bitterly over the future and funding of European defense. Washington has been pressing the European Union to spend more and do more

The Trump administration’s threat to impose new tariffs on nearly everything that comes to the United States from China has sent American retailers scrambling. Many rely on China for some portion of their manufacturing, and the new tariffs — as much as 25 percent on the roughly $300 billion worth of goods that so far

Some private renters in London can face large rent increases and short-notice evictions, but things are different in Berlin. The Berliners probably pay less rent, with protection from sudden rises, and stay in the same home for longer than UK counterparts. But they are more likely to foot general repair bills, install their own kitchen

In the interview, he also cast his ban on transgender people serving in the military as an economic decision — an assertion at odds with what administration officials defending the ban have said. Mr. Trump also admitted having used the word “nasty” in connection with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry’s wife. Mr. Trump had

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] On Friday, he read from a poem by Walt Whitman, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” seeking to highlight the need for more funding for New York City libraries. Two days earlier, he took on slightly less demanding prose: “Too Many Carrots,”