The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has rejected an appeal by the Foreign Office to hand over £400 million allegedly owed to Iran for a tank deal despite claims it could help secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran, it was claimed on Tuesday. The move to settle a legal dispute […]
As the full scale of his win in the European elections became apparent, a beaming Matteo Salvini sent out a photograph to his millions of supporters in Italy. Standing in his office, he held a handwritten placard that read “First party in Italy – thank you”, a reference to the thumping win scored by the […]
Angela Merkel’s plans for her succession have been reportedly thrown into disarray by her party’s poor performance in the European elections. There were unconfirmed reports on Tuesday of a rift between Mrs Merkel and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the woman she has groomed to one day replace her as chancellor. Mrs Merkel is dismayed by Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer’s handling […]
The family of a man who died of “profound dehydration” inside a jail run by prominent Trump supporter and former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has settled with the county and a health care company $6.75 million, one of the largest settlements in connection with a jail death in the United States. Terrill Thomas died […]
WASHINGTON, May (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether the family of a Mexican teenager fatally shot while on Mexican soil by U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired from across the border in Texas can pursue a civil rights lawsuit in U.S. courts. It marks the second time the Supreme […]
Although Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) seems to be the only Republican willing to consider the possibility that President Donald Trump “engaged in impeachable conduct,” he’s not letting that stop him from making his case with the American people. Now Amash is accusing Attorney General William Barr of selling a “false narrative” that special counsel Robert Mueller’s […]
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The following is adapted from Ryan Grim’s new book “We’ve Got People: From Jesse Jackson to AOC, the End of Big Money and the Rise of a Movement,” which comes out May 28. Sen. Barbara Boxer was in the fight of her political life when President Barack Obama joined her at a Los Angeles fundraiser […]
Say this about Roy Moore: The twice-fired Alabama judge and failed senatorial candidate doesn’t lack for confidence. Although Moore lost his 2017 Senate race to Democrat Doug Jones after allegations of Moore’s sexual misconduct toward teen girls, he is reportedly considering another run for office in 2020. On Monday, Moore responded to a tweet from journalist […]
Missouri’s last remaining abortion clinic is set to close in just 72 hours, just days after the governor signed a strict anti-abortion measure into law. Planned Parenthood said Missouri’s health department is refusing to renew the St. Louis clinic’s license to operate in the state, which would force it to close at the end of […]