Trump claims Boris Johnson popular in UK because he's seen as 'Britain's...
The day’s political developments as they happen, including Tory leadership and Theresa May’s final cabinet meeting as PMBoris Johnson elected new Tory leaderTory leadership election: the full...
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Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenBoris Johnson gives green light for Huawei 5G infrastructure roleJohnson’s Huawei decision ‘major defeat’ for US, says Newt...
View ArticleTrump cites Sunday Express article in support of false electoral fraud claims
Polls run by UK tabloid and Washington-based thinktank found an audience with Trump supporters in the USDonald Trump is relying on an unlikely media outlet to back his claim that he is the legitimate...
View ArticleHow senior Republicans have reacted to Trump's refusal to concede election –...
Along with the president himself, the vast majority of Republican politicians have refused to accept Trump's election loss. The former president George W Bush was among a handful of Republicans who...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich: Democrats are trying to 'brainwash the entire next generation'
The 77-year-old Republican former House speaker says Trump will ‘remain a dominant figure for a fairly long period of time’Some blame Donald Trump. Others blame social media. And those with longer...
View ArticleDonald Trump as president 'would be a threat to press freedom'
US group that campaigns to protect journalists takes ‘unprecedented step’ of accusing Republican candidate of ‘betraying first amendment values’If Donald Trump should win the presidency it would...
View Article'Fascination with sex': Megyn Kelly and Newt Gingrich clash on Trump coverage
Fox News presenter tells Trump campaigner he needs to deal with his ‘anger issues’ after heated exchange over media bias in covering groping boasts In an aggressive exchange on Fox News, the former...
View ArticleLoyalists and rivals tipped for powerful roles in Trump's cabinet
With the president-elect apparently an ideological blank slate, personnel could effectively become policyDonald Trump put little emphasis on a transition effort during his idiosyncratic campaign for...
View ArticleOne-party control of Washington hands Trump enviable power
With House and Senate in GOP hands the Republican president-elect could be poised to break through some of the capital’s gridlock as he weighs cabinet picksDonald Trump will begin his presidency in...
View ArticleTrump's cabinet: likely shortlist is a roundup of his campaign loyalists
Divisive campaign figures including Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich headline the candidates, while RNC chair Reince Priebus looks likely to be chief of staffTrump and Obama meet for the first time...
View ArticleAs a Muslim, how do I tell my child the new president doesn’t like us? |...
Donald Trump’s victory has led to a surge in anti-Muslim feeling in the US. Explain that to a nine-year-old‘Did she win?” My bleary-eyed nine-year-old had fallen asleep on our couch the previous night,...
View ArticleGetting to grips with post-truth politics | Letters
While the internet and social media can lead to the rapid spread of falsehoods and dubious claims, they can also be used to check quickly such claims and expose lies (Trump and Brexit herald a brave...
View ArticleArrest Madonna for 'blow up the White House' remark, says Newt Gingrich
Republican says pop star is part of ‘an emerging leftwing fascism’ after her comments at Women’s MarchThe former Republican House speaker Newt Gingrich has said Madonna “ought to be arrested” for...
View ArticleSome of Trump’s advisers want a new civil war – we must not let them have it...
Both Steve Bannon and Newt Gingrich engage in dangerous fantasies about US history – and come to chilling conclusions about the futureA controversial and divisive US president is elected. State...
View Article‘Jury still out’ on Callista Gingrich pick as US ambassador to the Holy See
Nomination, announced days before Trump meets Pope Francis in Rome, marks the promotion of the wife of one of the president’s most vociferous defendersDonald Trump announced on Friday his intent to...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich repeats Seth Rich conspiracy theory in Fox appearance
Trump confidante and husband of ambassadorial nominee repeats WikiLeaks theory denounced as ‘fake news’ by family of murdered DNC stafferA prominent ally of Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that the...
View ArticleUnderstanding Trump: what can we learn from Newt Gingrich's new book?
The latest offering from the former House speaker parses the rise of the president, but ultimately says more about author than subjectWhen Kellyanne Conway used the term “alternative facts” in an...
View ArticleThe Red and the Blue review: Clinton, Gingrich and America's deep divide
Steve Kornacki’s primer on politics in the 1990s offers compelling argument about the rise of TrumpA long-established internet meme points both seriously and frivolously to behaviors, events,...
View ArticleWhat Democrats can learn from Newt Gingrich, the man who broke politics
Gingrich’s performance before and the year after his ascent to speaker of the House offers two vital lessons – one salutary, and the other cautionaryNearly a month after 2018’s nominal election day,...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich resists irrelevance with new novel ripped from headlines
The politician (and ex-professor, podcaster and Trump interpreter), says the release of Collusion, featuring a resurgent Russian menace, is ‘totally coincidental’ Newt Gingrich really wanted to talk...
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