Politics

Farage wants Reform to be party of future – but can its new top team distance itself from a Tory past?

PM warns ‘public health isn’t a culture war’ after measles outbreak

Who is in Nigel Farage’s new Reform top team?

Farage claims ‘victory’ as councils face ‘race against time’ after elections U-turn

Jesse Jackson Jr. to launch bid for his old seat

October 7, 2025

CHICAGO — Jesse Jackson Jr., once a rising Democratic star who saw his congressional career unravel in scandal, is returning...

Senate votes for fifth time against advancing legislation to end the shutdown

The Senate is trapped in a shutdown Groundhog’s Day with no end in sight. Senators rejected dueling stopgap spending bills...

Schumer denies bipartisan health care talks after Trump’s Oval Office claim

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday there are no pending bipartisan talks over expiring health insurance subsidies despite a...

Biden-era FBI requested Senate Republican phone records, lawmakers say

The FBI investigated Republican lawmakers as part of its Biden-era probe into President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results...

‘It could happen to your state next’: Durbin appeals to GOP on Guard deployments

Illinois' senior senator made an appeal across the aisle Monday as President Donald Trump moved to deploy out-of-state National Guard...

Tories announce plans to abolish Sentencing Council amid ‘two-tier justice’ row

The Conservatives have announced they will abolish the independent body that advises courts on sentences in a bid to stop...

Kemi Badenoch’s biggest weakness

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Badenoch didn’t ‘have enough confidence’ but now ‘blossoming’, says shadow cabinet minister

Kemi Badenoch did not have "enough confidence" as Tory leader to begin with, but is now "blossoming", a shadow cabinet...

Brutal findings of new poll in line with views of gloomy Tory MPs

The brutal findings of the YouGov poll suggesting Conservative members want leader Kemi Badenoch out and a pact with Nigel...

Rep. Jared Golden gets a primary from the left