POLITICS

Donald Trump has invoked extraordinary national security powers to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, tightening the border as caravans of...

The British Prime Minister thanked fallen troops who fought in the First World War for being “staunch to the end against odds uncounted” as...

Jo Johnson has resigned from Theresa May’s Government in protest at her Brexit plan, warning the UK faced a choice between “vassalage” under her...

President Donald Trump has visited the Supreme Court for the ceremonial swearing-in of new Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The president and first lady Melania Trump...

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has warned of the need to fight political forces which want to “demolish” Europe, saying that all of the...

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned, President Donald Trump has tweeted. Mr Trump said: "We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service,...

President Donald Trump took a buoyant view of midterm elections that saw his Republicans lose control of the House of Representatives. His party kept...

Democrats seized the House majority from Republicans in midterm US elections but the “blue wave” did not reach the Senate where President Donald Trump’s...

A record number of women have been elected to the US house of representatives, nearly two years after women took to the streets across...

Long queues and malfunctioning machines marred the first hours of voting in some precincts across the US. Some of the biggest problems today were in...