WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is set to face a US extradition hearing on Thursday morning just a day after he received a jail term for breaching his bail conditions in the UK. The 47-year-old is wanted in the US on a charge relating to conspiring to hack government computers with whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Manning, who […] Read more
Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost a bid to be Georgia’s governor last year, will not challenge Republican Sen. David Perdue in the state’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. But she’s not ruling out a run for the White House. “My responsibility is not simply to run because the job is available. I need to run because […] Read more
His report is done, but Robert Mueller’s work will live on for a while longer. Over the course of its sprawling 22-month investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the special counsel’s team referred 14 criminal cases to other offices, Mueller’s 448-page report revealed. Only two of those referrals — one involving former Trump […] Read more
Just weeks after talks with Donald Trump stalled, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has set up a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. They will hold talks in Russia towards the end of April, according to the Kremlin. It comes after a second summit between Kim and Trump in February failed to reach a deal […] Read more
If you ask any Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate what is the most significant fiscal accomplishment of the Trump presidency, the overwhelming answer would be the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA. When passed in December 2017, the TCJA did not have majority American support. Despite this […] Read more
The EU has agreed to a plan to delay Brexit until 22 May 2019, if MPs approve the withdrawal agreement approved next week. If Ministers do not back the deal then the EU will agree to a shorter delay until April 12. Keep up to date with our live blog below: EU Council President Donald […] Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced plans to ban nearly all military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles on Thursday, six days after a gunman killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch. At a dramatic news conference, Ardern lamented that previous attempts to reform the country’s gun laws had fallen short and declared that “the […] Read more
By Terrence Dopp President Donald Trump said he’s ready to veto efforts to block his declaration of an emergency on the southern U.S. border. The Republican-led Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on legislation that would reverse the declaration, which Trump issued as a way to bypass Congress and secure funding for his border wall. […] Read more
Thirteen French citizens accused of fighting for the Islamic State group are to be tried in Iraq rather than face charges back home in France. Iraqi President Barham Saleh said the 13 were handed over by Syrian Kurdish forces last month. French President Emmanuel Macron declined to comment, saying it was a sovereign matter […] Read more
China has been accused of imprisoning Uighurs on a mass scale An ethnically Uighur Australian has called on his government to help “save” his wife and baby son, saying they are at risk of being detained in China. The man says he was separated from his wife, a Chinese national, in 2017 – when she […] Read more
