Politics

Boris Johnson, the strong favorite to become Britain's next prime minister, came under pressure from figures in his own party Sunday to explain reports of a domestic "row" that led to a police visit. Although still heavily backed to beat Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to ...

Press secretary Sarah Sanders seems to be in an enviable position as she leaves the White House for a possible run for governor in her home state of Arkansas. She has the tacit endorsement of a president popular in the state and political connections ...

Sudan's protest movement accepted an Ethiopian road map for a civilian-led transitional government, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a months-long standoff with the country's military rulers — who did not immediately commit to the plan. Ethiopia has led diplomatic efforts to bring the protest ...

President Donald Trump says he hesitated when he was asked about backing Vice President Mike Pence if Pence runs for president in 2024 because the question caught him off-guard. "You can't put me in that position," Trump said June 14 when one of the hosts ...

Venezuelan authorities have arrested six members of the country's military and police forces over the weekend, according to relatives of the detainees and human rights activists, as President Nicolas Maduro seeks to weed out dissent. Air Force Brigade Gen. Miguel Sisco Mora was arrested Friday ...

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton warned Tehran on Sunday of misinterpreting as "weakness" President Donald Trump's last-minute cancellation of a retaliatory strike on Iran. "Neither Iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness," said Bolton ahead of a ...

Boris Johnson will face his successor as foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, in the final Conservative Party showdown to determine who takes over from Prime Minister Theresa May. Their visions for Brexit are similar: Both want to deliver on the referendum result of 2016, both want ...

Known for his jokes, gaffes and bluster, Boris Johnson has pitched himself as the big personality Britain needs to break the Brexit deadlock and thereby save his Conservative Party from electoral oblivion. The former foreign minister has been dogged by questions about his competence and ...

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is a soft-spoken political survivor who believes his business background can see him strike a Brexit deal if he defeats Boris Johnson to become prime minister. The 52-year-old has branded himself as the "serious" alternative to Johnson, making unflustered progress ...