Category: Politics

One of the stranger moments in a confirmation hearing on Tuesday for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, was when […]

First came Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire. Then Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Tammy Duckworth […]

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, on Tuesday repeatedly denied misconduct allegations against him and refused to say whether sexual […]

Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday announced that American flags at the Capitol would be temporarily raised on Monday for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, effectively […]

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned after controversy over links to her aunt’s ousted political movement in Bangladesh. The Hampstead and Highgate MP is probably […]

Tulip Siddiq has resigned as a Treasury minister after controversy over links to her aunt’s ousted political movement in Bangladesh. In a letter to the […]

She came out fighting. But will a gutsy Commons performance be enough to save Rachel Reeves and restore confidence in her handling of the turmoil […]

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of refusing to “face up to her own failures” by “jetting off to Beijing” during a week of market […]

Importing cattle, pigs and sheep into Great Britain from Germany has been banned to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease. The ban is […]

The government is expected to announce the launch of a Women’s Justice Board to reduce the number of women in prisons as soon as next […]