By Catherine Bosley Yale’s Robert Shiller says Elizabeth Warren harmed her chances by calling for higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy. Taxing the ultra-rich more heavily as proposed by U.S. presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren probably won’t work, according to Nobel laureate Robert Shiller. The widening gap between the rich and the poor and its effect in […] 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
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is arriving in Moscow for a planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 22. Abe and Putin have been meeting regularly as both Moscow and Tokyo continue to express hope for a long-awaited peace treaty to formally end the WWII, resolving among other problems the territorial issue of […] Read more
By Devan Cole President Donald Trump’s former “fixer” Michael Cohen paid the head of a small technology company thousands in 2015 to rig online polls and elevate Cohen’s character to benefit Trump’s presidential campaign, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. According to the paper, Cohen paid John Gauger, the owner of RedFinch Solutions LLC, between $12,000 and […] 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
Prime Minister Theresa May’s government has survived a no-confidence vote in British parliament but May now faces a new confrontation with opponents to rescue her Brexit deal. MP’s voted 325 to 306 that they had confidence in May’s government after a motion was tabled by the opposition, following a defeat by 230 votes on her […] Read more
By Kevin Liptak Military commanders warned President Donald Trump on December 26 during his surprise visit to Iraq that — despite his claims to the contrary — ISIS was not entirely defeated in Syria. People familiar with the President’s reaction said the conversation was eye-opening for a leader who days earlier claimed the terror group was defeated “badly” […] Read more
