Politics

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 […]

The PM was asked about the “extraordinary” decision to allow Huawei to work on the network and why she was “ignoring two of our closest intelligence allies”. Tom Tugendhat, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, said the UK would be “nesting a dragon” by allowing the Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei to build the cyber

This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The military judge presiding in the trial of five men accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks announced in court on Wednesday that he intends to leave the case next month. The development could further delay

The Labour leader said life expectancy in the UK was going down, but the prime minister disputed his claim. Jeremy Corbyn told the prime minister at Prime Minister’s Questions that “things are getting worse” under Theresa May, with more people getting food parcels and going to food banks. She said Conservatives were “improving people’s lives”

WASHINGTON — House Democrats, decrying what they called an erosion of American democracy, threatened on Thursday to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress after he failed to appear at a hearing of the Judiciary Committee and ignored a subpoena deadline to hand over Robert S. Mueller III’s full report and evidence.

Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington told MPs that ministers should “shut up” after National Security Council and cabinet meetings. He was speaking during an urgent question from Labour on the sacking of Gavin Williamson as defence secretary for allegedly disclosing information from the National Security Council. Mr Williamson has strenuously denied he leaked plans to

During the 2016 presidential primary, leaders of the Democratic National Committee were frequently accused of showing favoritism toward Hillary Clinton over Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Perhaps as a result, party officials have tried to make the 2020 primary process appear more inclusive and transparent. The first Democratic presidential debate showcases that effort: Candidates can

Gavin Williamson has been sacked as defence secretary following an inquiry into a leak from a top-level National Security Council meeting. On Tuesday, a day before he was sacked, he said in a BBC interview that he never would, and never had, leaked anything from the NSC. The inquiry followed reports over a plan to

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is negotiating a settlement with Facebook that would create new positions at the company focused on strengthening its privacy practices, according to two people with knowledge of the talks. Facebook has agreed to create a privacy committee to protect its users’ data, as well as an external assessor who

Ahead of Thursday’s local elections in England and Northern Ireland, Jeremy Corbyn raised a report out on inequality He recalled that on her first day in office, Theresa May promised to tackle “burning social injustices that plague our society”. Theresa May said she wanted everyone to have the opportunity to “reach their potential whatever their