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Our Washington, Westminster and Whitehall insiders share the political inside track with Chronicle readers

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Franco-German dreams of European integration are on the rocks

by Kai Weiss | Jan 30, 2019

While all eyes were on Davos this week, the German and French governments were having an altogether more significant pow-wow in the western German city of Aachen. It was in the...

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Letter from Washington

by Pete Davis | Jan 29, 2019

"U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Venezuela’s Oil Industry." Last night's Wall Street Journal article led with: The U.S. imposed sanctions (Treasury's press release) on Venezuela’s...

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The border wall with Mexico is Trump’s Trajan Column

by Dominic Green | Jan 29, 2019

Donald Trump wants to install an immoveable object on the southern border, but has come up against the irresistible force of Senate procedure. Yesterday, the Senate rejected two...

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Letter from Washington

by Pete Davis | Jan 28, 2019

CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook will be released at 10 AM Today Here. Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall will hold a press conference at 11 AM. Watch it live on...

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The surprising truth about how voters see public spending

by Matt Singh | Jan 28, 2019

For the second part of CapX’s latest series of polling on some of the biggest questions in the political and economic battle of ideas, we look at government spending. But this...

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Letter from Washington

by Pete Davis | Jan 25, 2019

"China Sends Vice Ministers to Washington to Pave Way for U.S. Talks." This morning's Bloomberg report leads with: A Chinese delegation including deputy ministers will arrive in...

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Letter from Washington

by Pete Davis | Jan 24, 2019

President Trump's schedule (EST): No public events are scheduled. President Trump will delay his State of the Union speech until after the shutdown per this Tweet and that Tweet...

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Labour should practise what it preaches on housing

by Harry Phibbs | Jan 24, 2019

Power in local government is particularly important to a political party that is in opposition nationally. For a start there is the impact on morale of council election results....

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Letter from Washington

by Pete Davis | Jan 23, 2019

“U.S. turns down China offer of preparatory trade talks.” Yesterday, the Financial Times reported: The Trump administration rejected an offer by two Chinese vice-ministers to...