WASHINGTON — The White House sent summaries of interviews conducted by the F.B.I. to the Senate early Thursday morning and expressed confidence that none of the information collected by agents should stand in the way of the Senate voting to confirm Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The material was conveyed to Capitol…
Image copyright Getty Images The UK government has accused Russia's military intelligence service of being behind four high-profile cyber-attacks.The National Cyber Security Centre says targets included firms in Russia and Ukraine; the US Democratic Party; and a small TV network in the UK.A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman described the accusation as a "rich fantasy of…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has handed over a report on its brief investigation into sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s latest pick for the Supreme Court. As far as the White House is concerned, the report should end the firestorm around Kavanaugh’s confirmation, which is set to go to a procedural…
SOME states soothe their citizens in troubled times. Others prefer not to sugar-coat things. “A larger European conflict could start with an attack on Sweden,” warned the most recent report of the country’s defence commission. Electricity would be limited. Calorie intake would fall. Tens of thousands might be wounded. This was not idle talk: in…
In Donald J. Trump’s version of how he got rich, he was the master dealmaker who parlayed an initial $1 million loan from his father into a $10 billion empire. It was his guts and gumption that overcame setbacks, and his father, Fred C. Trump, was simply a cheerleader. But an investigation by The New…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMr Trump cast doubt on Prof Ford's credibility President Donald Trump has mocked the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at a rally in Mississippi. "What neighbourhood was it in? I don't know," Mr Trump said. "But I had one beer.…
WASHINGTON — Democratic efforts to highlight sexual assault charges that are more than 30 years old have been dismissed by supporters of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as the dredgings of ancient history. But the judge’s response to those accusations has raised new issues that go to the core of who President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee…
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is fighting trade battles on multiple fronts. But on September 30th he called a truce in one of them. Having threatened to rip up the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a trade deal between America, Canada and Mexico, he has agreed instead to replace it. With the Canadians now on board,…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday he has given the FBI free rein to interview any witnesses it deems necessary for a comprehensive investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, his U.S. Supreme Court nominee. But Trump, speaking three days after he ordered an investigation lasting no more than a week,…
The US and Canada on Sunday sealed the deal on a new trade agreement that, along with an earlier US-Mexico agreement, opens to door to a rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The new deal, dubbed the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, is expected to be signed by the leaders of the three member countries —…
