U.S. Will Resume Offering Free At-Home Covid Tests
The Biden administration is restarting a program to provide free rapid tests through the mail. Share full article The website for the program, covidtests.gov, will begin accepting orders on Monday,…
September 20, 2023
Senate Poised to Confirm Military Chiefs, Sidestepping Tuberville Blockade
Three generals were on track for confirmation, but Senator Tommy Tuberville, the Alabama Republican who has been blocking them, said he would continue to hold up others over a Pentagon…
Defense Department Awards Chip Funding to Fuel Domestic Research
The $238 million in grants will set up eight research hubs, as a small slice of the federal money that will go to chip companies and research facilities in the…
EU to open talks on tighter border rules in the Schengen area
EU lawmakers will start negotiations on revisions to the Schengen code in the coming days, in a bid to harmonise rules on border controls or lifting them, in cases such…
Antifascism and fascism are opposites, whatever elites say
The resurgence of fascist movements poses a significant challenge to democracy, equality, minorities and human rights (Photo: © European Union 20
MEPs halt negotiations on two key migration laws in new standoff with ministers
The European Parliament has suspended negotiations on two files in the EU’s proposed migration pact if EU ministers do not proceed with the so-called ‘crisis management’ regulation, MEPs announced on…
Trump’s Abortion Comments Expose a Line of Attack for Rivals in Iowa
After Donald Trump said a six-week ban signed by Ron DeSantis in Florida was “a terrible thing,” Iowa’s governor defended a similar law in her state, and others joined in…
Germany summons Polish ambassador over cash-for-visas affair
Germany summoned the Polish ambassador on Tuesday (19 September), and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser spoke to her Polish counterpart to discuss allegations about a cash-for-visas deal for migrants that has…
EU elections: German far-right candidates allowed to run despite false resume claims
Far-right AfD candidates in the upcoming European elections will not be facing recalls despite an internal investigation finding that at least one of them had made false claims about their…
The Brief – Germany risks relegation on and off the pitch
It’s not just Germany’s economy that is going through a slump: German football is stuck in the middle of a veritable crisis, and the chancellor’s recent comments on football woes…