First Run News

MORE dived headfirst into Great Britain’s fraught domestic politics on Tuesday, upending diplomatic norms at a pivotal point in the “special relationship” between the U.S.

MORE is seizing on climate change to help him allay the fears of progressive Democrats without endangering his hold on moderate voters. On Tuesday, the 2020 Democratic front-runner released a climate change plan that went beyond the positions held by the Obama administration, in which he served as vice president.

MORE moved closer Tuesday to an explosive confrontation with his own party over trade and immigration, two of the signature issues of his presidency. GOP senators offered White House officials a stern warning behind closed doors that the president should not move forward with his plan to impose tariffs on all Mexican imports starting Monday unless that country takes significant steps to curb illegal immigration. Trump, for his part, all but dared the GOP to try to stop him, saying at a press conference in London that he expected the tariffs to go into place as planned

The House passed the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, 237-187, featuring strong Democrat support for the legislation and nearly unanimous Republican opposition to the bill. The legislation would grant illegal immigrants ten years of legal residence status if they were to meet specific requirements, after which they would then receive permanent green cards after completing two years of higher education or military service, or after working for three years. Only seven Republicans voted for the amnesty legislation. Rep.

“Washed up psycho Bette Midler was forced to apologize for a statement she attributed to me that turned out to be totally fabricated by her in order to make ‘your great president’ look really bad,” Trump said. “She got caught, just like the Fake News Media gets caught. A sick scammer!” Trump commented on Midler as his visit to the United Kingdom continues. Midler shared a popular fake quote falsely attributed to Trump to her followers on Twitter. “If I were to run, I’d run as a Republican. They’re the dumbest group of voters in the country.

An analysis of Facebook’s digital ad archive shows Gillibrand purchased 910 ads totaling $369,354 since May 4, making her the platform’s seventh largest spender on political ads.

On March 15, 2018, Breitbart News reported on surveillance video that allegedly shows Peterson standing outside building 12 while the attack occurred.

LONDON — President Trump has waded into the most contentious issue in British politics by urging the UK government to leave the European Union without a deal if it can’t get better terms from EU leaders. Trump told The Sunday Times in an interview that Britain should ‘‘walk away’’ from talks and refuse to pay a $49 billion divorce bill if it doesn’t get better terms from the EU. The president also says Brexit party leader Nigel Farage, an outspoken advocate of leaving the EU without a deal, should be given a role in the negotiations. He told the new

WASHINGTON — A top White House official said Sunday that President Donald Trump is ‘‘deadly serious’’ about slapping tariffs on imports from Mexico but acknowledged there are no concrete benchmarks being set to assess whether the U.S. ally was stemming the flow of migrants enough to satisfy the administration. ‘‘We intentionally left the declaration sort of ad hoc,’’ Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said on ‘‘Fox News Sunday.’’ ‘‘So, there’s no specific target, there’s no specific percent, but things have to get better,’’ Mulvaney said.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a sobering assessment of the prospects of the Trump administration’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan in a closed-door meeting with Jewish leaders, saying ‘‘one might argue’’ that the plan is ‘‘unexecutable’’ and it might not ‘‘gain traction.’’ He expressed his hope that the deal isn’t simply dismissed out of hand. ‘‘It may be rejected.