WASHINGTON — President Trump and top aides in the White House aggressively pushed the get-tough policy that led migrant families to be separated at the border with Mexico, according to a top Justice Department official in a new report from the department’s inspector general, and other internal documents. In the report, formally released on Thursday, Gene Hamilton, a top Justice […]

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock must defend his Thanksgiving flight to Texas before Denver’s Board of Ethics after the watchdog group received a complaint about his holiday travels. Denver’s Board of Ethics voted Wednesday to continue looking into an ethics complaint filed by a resident, ethics board spokeswoman Lori Weiser confirmed. Additional details about the complaint — first reported by CBS4’s […]

Brexit: Fishing manager blames HMRC for paperwork delays Ireland, alongside Germany, is expected to be one of the hardest-hit states the post-Brexit changes to fishing opportunities. Of the EU’s eight coastal states, Dublin is the biggest loser after the bloc’s access to British waters was cut by a quarter. Under the UK-EU agreement, European vessels have been forced to hand […]

Brexit: Hartley-Brewer clashes with Adonis over 'BBC bias' Appearing in front of MPs today, Richard Sharp said he believed the programme had more Remainers than Brexiteers as panellists in the lead up the UK leaving the EU. The flagship politics debate programme airs every Thursday night and gives the public the opportunity to put their questions directly to politicians and […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that any lawmaker who refuses to pass through new metal detectors installed in the U.S. Capitol may be hit with severe fines under a proposed rule change, a step she called “tragic” but “necessary” after several Republicans refused to do so. Pelosi said she would introduce a rule change on Jan. 21 that […]

Senior ministers will consider a ban on travel to the UK from Brazil following concern over a new coronavirus strain in the South American country. The government’s COVID-19 operations committee is due to meet on Thursday to discuss the issue, amid reports any travel ban could also be extended to countries neighbouring Brazil. Live COVID updates from UK and around […]

Brexit: UK ‘hasn’t seen the back of Barnier’ claims expert The Brussels diplomat will step down as the EU’s Brexit chief at the end of the month after four-and-a-half years working on Britain’s divorce from the bloc. In an interview with a group of European publications, the Frenchman said he wanted to reconnect with citizens in his home country after […]

Scotland: SNP’s John Swinney warns of further restrictions John Swinney told BBC Breakfast that the SNP Government does have further restrictions ready to be implemented if the latest coronavirus rules do not reduce the spread of COVID-19 across the country. This follows Nicola Sturgeon announcing six new restrictions during First Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. Mr Swinney said: “There are further restrictions […]