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A newly sworn-in mayor in one of the heartland’s largest metro areas revived a criticism of the national anthem that was often overlooked during the NFL protests. At his swearing-in, Melvin Carter III, the first black mayor of St Paul, Minnesota, arg...

Former government minister Jeff Baron has hit the road on a Harley Davidson in the US to raise cash for charity. Mr Baron’s epic motorbike trip through Texas, Arizona and on to the California coast will cover more than 1,350 miles to support children...

Avid news consumers suffered a near-daily whiplash of bombshell stories this year, many of which involved Donald Trump and his star-crossed administration. His surprising election win, and hectic first year in office, so dominated the news cycle that...

American country music star and foster care campaigner Jimmy Wayne called yesterday for more Bermuda families to look after children in need of a home. Mr Wayne, who spent eight years in the US care system, said that fostering children offered them a...

David Weigel Senator Bernie Sanders was resolutely opposed to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. From his perch on the Senate Budget Committee, he weighed it down with rules challenges. At rallies across the Rust Belt, he warned it would speed up America’s ...

Transport minister Walter Roban’s trip to Washington for a series of education meetings cost about $3,100, according to the Government’s travel expenses website. Mr Roban was in the United States between November 29 and December 6 with Permanent Secr...

There were two important whistleblower reforms in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act when the Senate passed its version of the Bill a few weeks ago: both provisions were designed to stop tax evasion, closing loopholes that threatened to undermine whistleblowe...

Roy Moore’s spokeswoman had a nasty name for reporters covering the Alabama Senate race: “The lynch-mob media.” Stephen Bannon, the President’s deposed Svengali, slammed them as the “opposition party”. And Moore’s wife — among many others — used the ...

A Washington lobbying firm run by president Barack Obama’s former senior political strategist has landed a $20,000-a-month consulting contract with the Government of Bermuda. TheGroup, which describes itself as an independent strategy, policy and com...

A Bermudian honoured for his lawn-cutting work has published a book about his experiences. 50 States/50 Lawns, by Rodney Smith, details his experiences cutting lawns for seniors and the disabled across the United States. Mr Smith said: “Two years ago...

Donald Trump has made his rapid appointment of federal judges a point of pride. But in the President’s rush to appoint nominees and the Senate’s rush to confirm them, lawmakers risk giving too little scrutiny to potential judges whom the American Bar...

Bermudian Zoe Kempe said yesterday that New York was carrying on as normal in the wake of Tuesday’s terror attack. Ms Kempe vowed to continue with a cookery course in the city despite being less than two streets away from the scene of the mass killin...