Decision to leave the party in the wake of disastrous European election results follows long opposition of Nick Clegg Matthew Oakeshott's opposition to Nick Clegg's leadership of the Lib Dems has never exactly been a secret. The peer led the charge for Clegg's rival Chris Huhne ("a leader with energy and elan for the long haul") in the 2007 leadership contest, and though his friend lost that...
Matthew Oakeshott: the Lib Dem plotter who has finally come unstuck
The craft of opposition research—finding information that might put an opponent in a negative light—has long been a staple of political campaigns. This year, independent groups are taking a leading role....
Cynthia Quarterman, a top U.S. safety regulator tasked with handling the U.S. government's response to a string of oil-train crashes in recent years, is stepping down....
The Los Angeles City Council has approved one of the nation's highest minimum wages for workers at the city's large hotels....
The U.S. government will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million to settle long-standing claims that it mismanaged funds and natural resources on the tribe's reservation for years....
Connecticut gubernatorial candidate Joe Visconti opposes the state's new gun restrictions, and he has an online commercial that shows him riding in a 1974 Pontiac convertible with rifles fixed to the rear fenders. ...
The U.S. and Arab allies launched a second major wave of airstrikes in Syria targeting mobile oil refineries controlled by Islamic State, the Pentagon said....