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A question that seems to be on everyone’s mind after the third assassination attempt on President Trump on Saturday is whether the country has entered into a new, dangerous phase of political violence, and what that would mean for the country. I talked with Sean Westwood, a professor of government at Dartmouth College and fellow…
Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey told BBC Radio WM’s Ed James he was sceptical about the timing of a prospective end to Birmingham’s bin strike saga. Birmingham City Council’s Labour leader John Cotton said yesterday an end to the action was “within sight”, with a new offer to be put to striking workers. Sir…
Morgan McSweeney has given evidence to MPs about Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s former top aide described finding out about the closeness of Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein as “a knife through my soul’ and said that the decision to appoint him was “wrong”. Here are some key moments from…
President Trump’s approval ratings are down. Gas prices are up. Congressional Republicans are heading to the exits in record numbers. And Democratic enthusiasm is cresting. With a little more than six months until the midterm elections, anxious Republicans are confronting a foreboding political climate that party leaders fear could lead to a wipeout in the…
It wouldn’t be a royal visit without a garden party. That is how King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Monday evening began their weeklong celebration of the great alliance that emerged — eventually — from the American Revolution. The garden in question was the sloping lawn of the British Embassy residence, where 600 or…
The Trump administration is scrambling to conduct environmental impact reviews of warehouses it plans to convert into immigrant holding facilities, after a flurry of lawsuits claiming the administration sidestepped federal requirements. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is buying the warehouses to help it increase the rate of deportations, which depends on having enough space…
A trade group representing low-cost airlines said Monday that it is asking the Trump administration for $2.5 billion to offset some of the cost of fuel, which has surged because of the war with Iran. The request comes as jet fuel prices have climbed to about $4.10 a gallon in North America at the end…
There’s a lot of buzz about Monday’s visit of Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla to the White House. Literally. At the beginning of the royal couple’s four-day visit to the United States, President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, are scheduled to show off a new White House beehive to the king and…
The authorities have said that the suspect in the Saturday attack was taken into custody shortly after charging through a security checkpoint and exchanging gunfire with federal law enforcement officials inside the Washington Hilton. He was armed with knives, a shotgun, and a handgun, authorities have said. The suspect is initially expected to be charged…
The gunman who sprinted through a security checkpoint on Saturday night at the Washington Hilton believed that the Secret Service was poorly prepared to guard top administration officials against him, according to writing he left behind. Agents, in turn, stopped him in a matter of seconds. The episode raised fresh questions about whether the Secret…
