First Lady Melania Trump removed her mask before reading to children during her annual visit to Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC on Tuesday, breaking from hospital rules requiring visitors to wear a face covering amid the coronavirus pandemic. She wore a mask as she arrived inside the hospital’s atrium but removed it once she...
The Christmas plans of millions of Britons are hanging in the balance after UK government ministers failed to reach agreement with devolved administrations on whether to go ahead with the expected five-day amnesty from Covid restrictions. A UK government source said there were “no plans” to tighten restrictions in England, but Cabinet Office minister Michael...
Her comments come as the outgoing Trump administration presses ahead with a spate of federal executions despite a surge of coronavirus cases in prisons. Writing in a piece published by Time magazine on Monday, Ms Bush, representative-elect for Missouri’s 1st congressional district, called on Mr Biden to consider permanently ending the federal government’s “legal torture”...
The prime minister’s ousted special adviser – who publicly lost a No 10 power struggle – was earning between £95,000 and £100,000 when he was recruited. But he was being paid between £140,000 to £145,000 when he left, official documents released today show. They also reveal that Boris Johnson rejected the head of the civil...
Vandalism at four downtown Washington churches after rallies in support of President Donald Trump are exposing rifts among people of faith as the nation confronts bitter post-election political divisions. Among the damaged houses of worship were two historically Black churches where people ripped down Black Lives Matter banners, with video posted to social media showing...
The government must dramatically increase investment in the railways if it wants to meet its levelling up commitments to the north and midlands, its infrastructure advisors have said. In a new report the National Infrastructure Commission also suggested the leg of HS2 going through the east midlands could be suspended and piecemeal upgrades carried out...
Here’s what’s happening Tuesday in Election 2020 and President-elect Joe Biden s transition. DEMOCRACY CHALLENGED: America’s democratic institutions are holding firm despite facing unprecedented strain from President Donald Trump as he fights to hold power despite losing his bid for reelection. The latest is the Electoral College, which formally confirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Electors...
– While the EU has signalled that tentative “movement” was being made in post-Brexit trade talks, the UK suggested negotiations remained “difficult” and that the teams had not made “significant progress”. Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission president, said on Monday that Britain and the EU now had the “architecture” in place for a deal...
Following Donald Trump’s announcement that Bill Barr will step down from his role at the Department of Justice before the end of the year, senator Elizabeth Warren bid the outgoing attorney general “good riddance”. The Massachusetts senator and former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination said Mr Barr had made the department “less just and...
Senator Elizabeth Warren has responded to the news that the attorney general William Barr is leaving office, saying “good riddance” and that he made the Justice Department more corrupt. Mr Barr is stepping down in just over a week after publicly rejecting Donald Trump’s assertion that there was major fraud in the 3 November election....