Politics

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr said during his confirmation hearing in January that serving in his future post was “not the same” as representing President Trump and pledged to make law enforcement decisions based only on facts and the law — not politics. But his handling of the report by the special counsel, […]

Theresa May said she wanted to put the vote to ratify her withdrawal agreement vote before Parliament “as soon as possible”, but declined to name an actual date. She was asked by Treasury Committee chair Nicky Morgan if the plan was for the vote to be “much sooner” than 31 October, the revised latest date

WASHINGTON — The White House asked Congress on Wednesday to allocate $4.5 billion in emergency funds for the southwestern border as federal agencies struggle to house and cope with the influx of asylum seekers coming into the United States. The request, which includes about $3.3 billion to house unaccompanied migrant children, feed and care for

Questioned by Brexiteer MP Bernard Jenkin, the prime minister told him that if other MPs had voted with her, then the UK “would no longer be a member” of the EU. He was asking her about her decision to request an extension to Article 50, and whether she would take the UK out of the

Ms. Harris’s campaign has also raised eyebrows for a reluctance to engage presidential forums related to black voters. Ms. Harris, for instance, has yet to agree to attend the Black Economic Alliance’s presidential forum on black wealth in South Carolina, though Mr. Booker and other presidential contenders have said yes. She The People, the black

Ahead of council elections on Thursday, research by the BBC has found that Reading Borough Council is one of only a few in England that has a female majority of councillors. The council has 25 female and 20 male councillors. But a census by the Local Government Association suggests about two thirds of councillors are

WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer accused of conspiring with the Chinese government as America’s spy network in China was being dismantled is expected to plead guilty to federal charges on Wednesday, according to court papers. The former officer, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, was charged with the unlawful retention of secret information and conspiracy to

The original plan was also one that everyone rejected from the beginning — Mr. Trump even criticized public-private partnerships, which were key to the plan’s financing — and no new plan has been put forward since. But Democrats went to the White House for a meeting, intent to play along as if there was a

UKIP’s leader says a candidate who tweeted that he “wouldn’t even rape” a female Labour MP is suing people who “misrepresented him in the media”. Gerard Batten said Carl Benjamin, who is standing for the party in the South West England seat in the European elections, was not making a joke about rape, but was

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — When John Barrasso, a Republican from oil and uranium-rich Wyoming who has spent years blocking climate change legislation introduced a bill this year to promote nuclear energy, he added a twist: a desire to tackle global warming. Mr.