BBC I ran from the White House briefing room, past the portico entrance of the West Wing to our camera position on the lawn, and flung on an ear piece connecting me to the studio. A moment later the presenter asked me about the comments we had just heard live from US President Donald Trump....
As congressional Republicans consider slashing the federal safety net to fund tax giveaways for the wealthy, polling published Thursday by KFF shows that a large majority of Americans oppose cuts to health programs, including Medicaid. The research group asked respondents about potential funding cuts for various programs, and found that 84% oppose cuts to Social...
We are pleased to present this guest essay from Chef Andrew Gruel, a well-known commentator and observer. Chef Gruel is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University, a food entrepreneur, and television personality. He is the Founder of Slapfish Restaurant Group (27 locations), the award-winning food truck turned international brick and mortar, based out of Huntington...
The Canadian general election is around the corner after a campaign dominated by the US-Canada relationship, including repeated remarks by the US president about making Canada the 51st state. The BBC has asked voters across the country what it means to be Canadian – and what makes the country different from the US. Read full...
Ah, the Theater of the Absurd continues. It’s also known as Life as Seen Through Desperate Democrats’ Eyes. They are all bizarre, pathetic, frantic, and futile exercises in frustration and self-delusion practiced by a rudderless party in a suddenly unfriendly American ocean. No matter how they splash their oars or send up flares, the rest of...
We speak with Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, just back from El Salvador, where he met Kilmar Abrego García, the Maryland father whom the Trump administration says they forcibly transferred to an El Salvador mega-prison last month by “administrative error.” “We will keep fighting for his constitutional rights, because if we deny the constitutional rights...
A bipartisan bill to put a congressional “check” on Trump’s tariff powers faces steep odds of passage. A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump and want Congress to take action to limit current and future tariffs. The poll comes as bipartisan support grows for a bill...
Originally published by Capital B. Alan Spears remembers visiting Gettysburg National Military Park with his parents in the 1970s. They wanted something educational, free, and fun to do with their only son, and the park was an obvious choice, given Spears’ interests — his favorite television show as a child was The Rat Patrol, about...
Andrew Harding Reporting fromParis, France BBC Rick (left) covered up the US flag logo on his baseball cap before venturing out in Paris Strolling in bright sunshine across the immaculately raked gravel of Paris’s Tuileries gardens, Barbara and Rick Wilson from Dallas, Oregon, were not exactly in disguise. But earlier that morning, on their very...
The Supreme Court made two key initial procedural rulings on Monday in cases related to the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to grease the wheels of mass detention and mass deportation primarily through outsourcing to El Salvador’s Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison, which is known worldwide for its flagrant human rights abuses. In its...
Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been sent home to the US to serve the rest of their jail terms. The three were originally sentenced to death by a military court before their sentences were commuted to life in prison last week. US...
Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News Getty Images In his first few weeks back in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump made several extraordinary decisions on foreign policy. He threatened to annex Greenland, announced plans to “take over” Gaza, and started to remove the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Paris climate...
Getty Clothing from well-known American brands like the Gap could see a price increase, as they rely heavily on Asian countries for production US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs – or import taxes – for nearly every country in the world could push prices up on almost all the staples Americans routinely buy,...
Five Americans share their view on the sweeping import taxes the president has announced. Read full article at source...
Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment, the presidency has said. They were among 37 people sentenced to death last September by a military court. The three were accused of leading an attack on both the...