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Local governments in China “don’t understand the industry,” Mr. Gu said. They are merely using up resources that private companies know how to spend more effectively, he added. China’s role as the world’s leading assembler of electronics, and its vast consumer market for electronics, has convinced some observers that given enough time, the country would […]

Weston-super-Mare voted in line with the 52-48 national result to leave the EU in 2016, but have views changed since then? For Politics Live, Greg Dawson spoke to voters in the North Somerset seaside town and found many were aware of Thursday’s EU elections, but there was little enthusiasm for them. There will be six

WASHINGTON — As the House’s day wound to a close on Monday, a sumptuous feast was being laid out in the Capitol Visitor Center. Dates, spiced rice, baked pumpkin, salad and fruit — and cans of whipped cream for sundaes. It was all prepared for an iftar, the meal eaten each night after sunset to

New footage has emerged showing the moment Nigel Farage had milkshake thrown at him during a campaign walkabout. The Brexit Party leader had just given a short speech in Newcastle as part of a tour of the country ahead of the European elections. A man was taken away by a police community support officer and

WASHINGTON — President Trump is preparing to instruct his former White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, to defy a congressional subpoena and skip a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, denying Democrats testimony from one of the most important eyewitnesses to Mr. Trump’s attempts to obstruct the Russia investigation, a person briefed on the matter said

Leeds had one of the closest results in the 2016 referendum with 49.7% backing the national result to leave the EU. For Politics Live, John Owen spoke to voters in the city ahead of Thursday’s EU elections and found some people unsure about which party to support. There will be six MEPs elected for the

• In an analysis, Peter Baker dubs this the “profanity presidency.” At rallies and in interviews, on Twitter and in formal speeches, Mr. Trump relishes the bad-boy language of a shock jock. • The Trump administration has warned Congress that the flow of unaccompanied migrant children at the southern border has increased and may require

The department superintendent at the time, Benjamin M. Lawsky, a former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, said he did not, as a rule, discuss his tenure at the department. In an emailed statement, the department denied it struggled after the merger and said it took action to stop the collapse of the medallion market.

It’s unlikely you have heard of @ToTheXToTheY. But you may be familiar with its work. This anonymously run Twitter account made a splash in 2016, after a protester rushed Donald J. Trump at a rally in Dayton, Ohio. The Secret Service nabbed the man before he got too close, but not before Mr. Trump flinched.

WASHINGTON — The White House announced on Sunday that it would hold an “economic workshop” in Bahrain near the end of June to produce strategies for developing the Palestinian communities and other parts of the Arab world as part of President Trump’s Middle East peace plan. “This workshop is a pivotal opportunity to convene government,