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The latest political news and analysis.

U.S. Politics
Trump says Europe must take back 800 ISIS fighters and put them on trial, or risk the US letting them go
Business Insider - Will Martin
President Trump warned late on Saturday that Europe must take back around 800 captured ISIS fighters from the continent, or risk the US being forced to release them. In two late night tweets, Trump said
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'Obviously it’s a statement of fact that the UK is not within the Pacific': Australia pours cold water on UK hopes of joining
Business Insider - Will Martin
One of Australia's most senior politicians on Sunday poured cold water on proposals from the UK to swiftly join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade post-Brexit,
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Theresa May's government is using 'blanket secrecy' to hide its no-deal Brexit plans
Business Insider - Adam Payne
LONDON — Swathes of information on how prepared the UK government is for a no-deal Brexit are being deliberately kept secret from MPs, who have spent months trying to little avail to make ministers more
U.S. Politics
People are leaving scathing App Store and Google Play reviews to discredit a Saudi government app that helps men control
Business Insider - Bill Bostock
People are leaving damning one-star reviews for a Saudi government app on Google Play and the App Store, because it helps men restrict where women go outside the country. Absher is mostly a government
U.S. Politics
Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration as UN ambassador, saying the last 2 months have been 'grueling' for her family
Business Insider - Michelle Mark
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert announced Saturday she was withdrawing from consideration as US ambassador to the United Nations, saying the last two months have been "grueling" for her family.
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Mike Pence tried to 'bring greetings' from Trump to an audience of world leaders. The silence was deafening.
Business Insider - Michelle Mark
Vice President Mike Pence was met with several beats of awkward silence on Friday when he mentioned President Donald Trump during a speech at the Munich Security Conference, which featured a host of world
U.S. Politics
Trump reposts video from winner of Infowars meme contest after first version removed for copyright violation
Business Insider - Amanda Krause
President Donald Trump isn't letting copyright violations stop him from sharing memes on Twitter. On Saturday, February 16, Trump took to the social-media platform to share a video meme created by Twitter
U.S. Politics
Texas secretary of state apologized for inaccurate claim of 95,000 non-citizen voters that Trump tweeted as evidence of fraud
Business Insider - Ellen Cranley
David Whitley, the Texas secretary of state, apologized for a misleading claim that tens of thousands of non-citizens were registered to vote. Last month the secretary of state's office said it was investigating
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Roger Stone communicated with WikiLeaks about hacked Democratic emails, says Mueller investigation
Business Insider - Meghan Morris
Longtime Trump advisor Roger Stone communicated with WikiLeaks about hacked Democratic Party emails during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to a Friday court filing from Special Counsel Robert
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Democrats are working to explose Trump's private conversations with Putin
Business Insider - Meghan Morris
In this July 7, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. Associated Press/Evan Vucci
U.S. Politics
Trump quietly created a new national park when he signed a spending bill that partially funded a border wall
Business Insider - Amanda Krause
After a 103-years-long fight, the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has officially become a national park. On Friday, February 15, Donald Trump signed off on the name change as part of a broader bill from
U.S. Politics
The US got 'El Chapo' Guzman — now it has to get his $14 billion
Business Insider - Christopher Woody
After 12 weeks of testimony and deliberation, a federal jury in New York this week convicted Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on all 10 counts he faced, including drug trafficking and money
U.S. Politics
Saudi Arabia tried to justify its app that lets men control where women travel amid a firestorm of criticism
Business Insider - Bill Bostock
Saudi Arabia has responded to criticism aimed at its Absher app, which Apple and Google are currently investigating. The Saudi Interior Ministry defended the app in a press statement via the official Press
U.S. Politics
The difference between how the US and Canada treat people who cross the border illegally, trying to seek asylum
Business Insider - Michelle Mark
CHAMPLAIN, NY — The asylum-seekers who travel down Roxham Road in upstate New York have all spent time in the United States, whether it's hours, days, or years. But by the time they reach the end of the
U.S. Politics
Trump's national emergency for border wall will 'quickly' face legal challenges and sets a dangerous precedent, experts
Business Insider - John Haltiwanger
President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to obtain funding for a border wall will "very quickly" face legal challenges and presents an "immense danger" in terms of the precedent it
U.S. Politics
Trump seems worried about falling short on a US-China trade deal. He has good reason to be, according to experts.
Business Insider - Gina Heeb
• The Trump administration said levying tariffs would pressure China to address intellectual-property transfer and other policies.• Experts have long seen the second-largest economy as unlikely to budge
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Vladimir Putin was pulled to the floor by a female judo star and cut his finger during a sparring session for the cameras
Business Insider - Jake Kanter
Vladimir Putin loves a photocall showing off his physical prowess. He's played ice hockey, tried boxing, kicked a soccer ball around the Kremlin, and of course, gone topless fishing. This week was no The
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dunked on 'nonsense' conservative claims that she employs her boyfriend
Business Insider - Jake Kanter
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has dunked on conservative conspiracy theories that she is employing her boyfriend, Riley Roberts, as a member of her team. Luke Thompson, vice president of the Republican
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Relatives of China's oppressed Muslim minority are getting blocked online by their own family members, who are terrified
Business Insider - Alexandra Ma
"There are no relatives left," said Muyesser Abdul'eher, referring to the depleted contact book on her phone. "But I'm glad they deleted me." Abdul'eher, a teacher and poet in Istanbul, Turkey, has been
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Here's why Conservative MPs now believe Theresa May's Brexit deal will pass
Business Insider - Thomas Colson, Adam Bienkov and Adam Payne
LONDON — When Theresa May's Brexit deal was defeated by a record margin of 230 House of Commons votes in January, some commentators predicted that it little to no chance of ever getting through the UK
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Here's what we know about Gary Martin, suspected of killing 5 civilians and injuring 5 police officers in Aurora
Business Insider - David Choi
The gunman from the shooting at an manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday afternoon has been identified as Gary Martin, a 45-year-old former employee of the Henry Pratt Company. Five employees
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Mueller recommends a prison sentence of up to 24.5 years for Paul Manafort after a federal judge voided his plea deal for
Business Insider - Sonam Sheth and Grace Panetta
The special counsel Robert Mueller's office recommended a sentence of 19.58 to 24.41 years in prison for Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, in a sentencing memo
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Elizabeth Warren's proposed wealth tax on the richest Americans won't remove the incentive to work, no matter what billionaires
Business Insider - Henry Blodget
A couple of decades ago, it would have been unthinkable. A "wealth tax"? It would have sounded deeply un-American. But now, after 4 decades of tax policies designed to reward investors and owners, America
U.S. Politics
Trump's 2014 comments criticizing Obama for taking executive action 'because he is unable to negotiate w/ Congress' are back
Business Insider - Michelle Mark
Critics accused President Donald Trump of hypocrisy on Friday, after a newly resurfaced tweet showed that he criticized former President Barack Obama for taking executive action after he was "unable to
U.S. Politics
What happens when the president declares a national emergency
Business Insider - Jennifer Ortakales and Katya Kupelian
Following is a transcript of the video. President Trump declared a national emergency on February 15, 2019. Trump: "We're going to be signing… today… and registering… national emergency… and it's a great
U.S. Politics
Democrats respond to Trump's national emergency declaration by calling for executive action to address gun violence and change
Business Insider - Eliza Relman
Democrats on Friday responded to President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to build barriers on the United States' border with Mexico by calling for national emergencies to address they
U.S. Politics
Uber is suing to block New York's cap on new ride-hailing vehicles
Business Insider - Graham Rapier
New York City's cap on new ride-hailing vehicles amounts to a "ban first, study later" approach, Uber argued in a lawsuit filed Friday in New York State Supreme Court. In August, the city council passed
U.S. Politics
The top 15 presidents according to historians
Business Insider - Emmanuel Ocbazghi
It should come as little surprise to anyone that, for the third time in a row, historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the best US President, but what about our newest former president? As part of C-SPAN's
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A federal judge placed a gag order on Roger Stone and his lawyers to avoid biasing potential jurors
Business Insider - Grace Panetta and Sonam Sheth
A federal judge has placed a partial gag order on lawyers for informal Trump advisor Roger Stone, barring his attorneys from publicly discussing the case in order not to bias potential jurors. The order,