By Eli Watkins Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not the enemy of the United States, standing by her opposition to US involvement in that country’s civil war two years after she met personally with the accused war criminal. “Assad is not the enemy of the United States because Syria […] Read more
US President Donald Trump’s first official visit to the UK took place in July 2018 US President Donald Trump is expected to visit the UK in December for a Nato summit, the alliance’s secretary general has said. Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement that “the Allies have agreed” to meet to discuss security challenges and […] Read more
Trump’s criticisms of intel officials “extraordinarily inappropriate.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is blasting President Trump for his “extraordinarily inappropriate” criticism of testimony from the nation’s intel chiefs before Congress earlier in the week and called on them to essentially stage an intervention with the president. Trump on Thursday said he will be proven […] Read more
Amid the morass of parliamentary moves to influence the course of Brexit, a proposal has emerged that has raised eyebrows as it reportedly involved collaboration between both “Leave” and “Remain” wings of the bitterly divided ruling Conservative Party. After the UK-EU Brexit deal was roundly rejected by the House of Commons earlier this month, individual […] Read more
By Meg Wagner and Amanda Wills What we’re covering here: Just wrapped up: Roger Stone appeared in court. He’s expected to speak soon. Roger Stone: The longtime Donald Trump associate has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. The allegations: Mueller alleges that Stone sought stolen emails from WikiLeaks that could damage Trump’s opponents […] Read more
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks to the media during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2019 Germany and France are making fun of Italy and the European Union with their treaty to give Germany a permanent seat at the United Nations, Italian daily Corriere della Sera on Friday […] Read more
US President Donald Trump says he recognises Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans are taking to the streets in protest against President Nicolás Maduro. Mr Guaidó, who called for the demonstrations, declared himself acting leader in Caracas on Wednesday. Mr Maduro was sworn in for a second term […] Read more
By Katelyn Polantz Former national security adviser Michael Flynn could now be in limbo in the justice system through the fall. Bijan Kian, a lobbying associate of Flynn’s who is charged in a separate case and whom Flynn may testify against, has asked to move his criminal trial to September. He cited an “extraordinary” amount […] Read more
Rudy Giuliani: ‘I never said there was no collusion’ by Trump campaign Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has insisted that he “never said there was no collusion” between Trump’s 2016 presidential election campaign and Russia – only that Trump himself was not involved. The former New York mayor said he did not know if others involved […] Read more
By: Lewis Goodall The first confidence vote for a quarter of a century ended, as most confidence votes do, with victory for the government. Only three have succeeded in ejecting an administration in the last 120 years, and the result of this one was never really in doubt. It’s why Jeremy Corbyn didn’t want to call […] Read more
