Lord Bates told fellow peers he intended to resign after the "discourtesy" of arriving late to a session. from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2DQHO4u
More than four months after Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is halting new shipments of food and water to the island, an agency official with direct knowledge of the plan told CNN on Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2Em5UoR
Democratic lawmakers say President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech glossed over the grim reality that at least 3 million of Puerto Ricans are facing. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2EqyXYx
They cook makeshift meals in hotel room microwaves, do homework in the hotel lobby and are still learning to navigate the subway. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2nnbShq
Nearly half a million customers remain without power in Puerto Rico more than four months after Hurricane Maria battered the US territory, according to the island's electric power authority. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2DANQ9i
President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN's Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2nnpeei
Anny Gonzalez says she was sexually harassed and eventually fired from her job at Logan Airport. On Tuesday, she attended the State of the Union address. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2EtdUED
President Donald Trump was overheard telling a lawmaker on Tuesday he "100%" plans to release a controversial memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2GyDYz4
President Donald Trump plans to announce Tuesday during his State of the Union address that he is reversing President Barack Obama's executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, two Congressional staffers told CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2BFKnor
President Donald Trump's attorneys are arguing that special counsel Robert Mueller's team has not met the high threshold they believe is needed to interview a president in person, according to sources familiar with the ongoing deliberations. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2nu2o3L
Labour MP Stephen Pound says parliamentarians have "fought too hard" over the centuries to evacuate the Palace of Westminster just because building work needs to take place. from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2DNt0Up
The White House said that at least one person had been killed. The lawmakers were on their way to a resort in West Virginia. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2FzFMqe
Christopher A. Wray, the bureau’s director, put himself at odds with President Trump, who wants to see the memo released. It is said to accuse the F.B.I. and Justice Department of surveillance abuses. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2EtAtsW
“There is a time to come and a time to go,” Mr. Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican who was swept into office with the Tea Party wave of 2010, wrote on Twitter. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2DS0m4z
Dr. Fitzgerald left the agency in the middle of a flu epidemic following a report in Politico that Ms. Fitzgerald traded in tobacco stocks. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2DRdfjc
Lord Bates tells stunned peers he is quitting as an international development minister because he was late for a debate. from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2rQc7qy
More than four months after Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is halting new shipments of food and water to the island, an agency official with direct knowledge of the plan told CNN on Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2E2nrVA
Democratic lawmakers say President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech glossed over the grim reality that at least 3 million of Puerto Ricans are facing. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2BHsNAc
They cook makeshift meals in hotel room microwaves, do homework in the hotel lobby and are still learning to navigate the subway. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2DLNuB1
Nearly half a million customers remain without power in Puerto Rico more than four months after Hurricane Maria battered the US territory, according to the island's electric power authority. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2Gk3GqU
The Scottish Greens have agreed to support the Scottish government budget in exchange for "significant" funding. from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2DPJMCx
The PM is asked by the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg what she will do differently to address critics at home. from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2BFMUyK
The Fed may take note of improved economic conditions in a post-meeting statement, but it is expected to wait until March before raising rates again. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2FvhugN
Ji Seong-ho, a defector from North Korea who lost an arm and a leg at 13, traveled thousands of miles on crutches to make it to the South. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2noCy1V
In his State of the Union address, President Trump touched on topics including immigration, the economy and North Korea’s dictatorship. The speech was the second-longest in 50 years. Here’s a decidedly shorter version. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2DZIjwv
President Trump sprinkled his State of the Union speech with optimistic flourishes about “unity” and “the American family.” But his tweets often tell a darker, more divided story. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2DM6Xxn
His success at passing tax cuts and the continued progress of the economy he inherited have not changed the dismal views that a sizable majority of Americans hold of their president. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2nwt6cj
The memo has emerged as the latest attempt by Republicans to portray the actions of the investigators in the Russia inquiry as the real scandal. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2E2o7KE
President Trump is addressing Congress after serving a year in office. from NYT > Politics /video/us/politics/100000005688223/trump-state-of-the-union-2018.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The decision will leave empty a sensitive diplomatic post at a time when the nuclear provocations of North Korea have arguably become President Trump’s toughest foreign policy challenge. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2FsydBx
The memo, written by Republicans, is said to accuse investigators of abusing their authorities in spying on a former Trump campaign aide. The White House is considering whether to release it. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2EoVntd
One of the most polarizing commanders in chief in history focused on putting the finishing touches on a speech that he said he hoped would bring Americans together. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2rSUxCq
Conservatives complain that the Russia investigation is a partisan attack on President Trump. Democrats say Republicans are using the memo to try to undermine the inquiry. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2GyldeK
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged Congress to lift the debt ceiling as lawmakers embark on a spending spree. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2rYtmGv
The Communications Workers of America said in a complaint filed on Friday that a large government information technology contractor could owe workers as much as $100 million in back wages. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2rRGPzB
After Democrats invited young undocumented immigrants to attend the State of the Union address, Representative Paul Gosar called for their arrest from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2DQGSxf
A senior adviser who worked for disgraced Trump appointee Carl Higbie was banned from using Uber after an incident early last year in which he allegedly made racially charged and anti-Muslim comments to a driver. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2GxIspu
Scottish Labour has suspended the leader of its South Lanarkshire Council group pending an investigation. from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2GvhSgF
Democrats are eyeing the House majority, and for the first time since 2010 they stand a real chance of winning it. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2nqyzRN
Todd Ricketts is expected to be the new finance chairman for the Republican National Committee, replacing the disgraced casino magnate Steve Wynn. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2rSUW7S
Following reports of a payment to an alleged mistress in 2016, Melania Trump has kept a low profile. Mrs. Trump is expected to re-emerge to attend the State of the Union address. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2GvCKUV
Speaking on a radio show in 2016, Mr. Pruitt said that Donald Trump, if elected, would act in a way that is “truly unconstitutional.” from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2E29mYk
Ministers have stressed the importance of continuing to cull grey squirrels - but is it necessary, and ethical? from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2rQapWp
What will a government review of Personal Independence Payments mean for the people who receive them? from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2Gu19ul
President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address at 9 p.m. with a burgeoning economy but growing concern over the administration’s conduct. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2BFVnlE
Job-killing imports from China gave rise to the dynamics that led to President Trump’s election. Artificial intelligence could provide the next wave. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2EpazXj
The Trump administration released the list in adherence with a demand from Congress, but it was met in Russia with disbelief and derision. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2Gxkafd
The House of Lords is starting to discuss the key Brexit legislation, with 190 peers asking to speak. from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2GwM3UT
Ahead of President Trump’s first State of the Union address, a look at the claims he has made recently — and their accuracy. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2rTjTA2
President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, have released their joint guest list for the State of the Union address on Tuesday night. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2GuG5Up
Ronald Reagan invited Lenny Skutnik, who saved a woman from drowning after a plane crash, to the State of the Union in 1982. Since, presidents have kept the tradition of inviting guests. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2GvH6M6
Before the sensational "house or horrors" news exploded here and around the world with the discovery of the Turpin family -- 13 siblings allegedly held captive by their own parents in a Perris house -- whatever national publicity this city of 76,000 received was focused on the sky, like its ever-present flock of skydivers. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2BE61cl
Nellie Baldwin has been buying rental properties for decades. In April 2011, she bought a foreclosed home in Rio Vista, Texas. She told CNN it was "nasty" and "looked like it was uninhabitable." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2niU6fb
A neighbor's security camera appears to show the Turpin siblings escaping their California home after authorities arrest their parents. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2G9IlQA
Nearly two weeks after an emaciated 17-year-old girl called police to tell them her siblings were being held captive by their own parents, the Turpin family still has the world's attention. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2FhO1ag
The California couple accused of torturing 12 of their 13 children have been barred from directly contacting their kids and other potential witnesses in the case for the next three years, a judge ruled Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2n5CMuH
Simon Dudley suggested rough sleepers would put the town in an "unfavourable light" during the wedding. from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2DLSce7
Leaked paper suggests slower growth - but government sources say its preferred deal was not analysed. from BBC News - UK Politics http://ift.tt/2DNkcSx
Tickets issued to lawmakers’ spouses and guests for President Trump’s annual address to Congress contained a glaring typo: “State of the Uniom.” from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2ntf6jx
How investigators seek permission to eavesdrop on Americans has been a subject of renewed interest after Republicans wrote a memo said to portray the Justice Department as abusing surveillance powers. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2FuyR1t
Hillary Clinton’s cameo at the Grammys set off a debate about how far glitzy awards shows should go in needling Democrats’ favorite target. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2DZFhZk
On Monday in California, the leader of the Koch brothers-funded Americans for Prosperity delivered a sobering message to the organization's donors: The 2018 midterms are going to be bad. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - US http://ift.tt/2BD0tyS