Americans can start filing their income tax returns Jan. 24, but existing backlogs and longstanding operational problems at the IRS, aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, are likely to make for a frustrating filing season for taxpayers and tax preparers, a…
On Jan. 11, 2002, a sailor photographed 20 men in orange uniforms and on their knees, capturing one of the most damning post-9/11 images of U.S. detention policy. An image taken by the military on Jan. 11, 2002, shows the…
Democrats hope they can salvage pieces of their ambitious tax agenda even after Sen. Joe Manchin blew up the legislation that included it. This might be the best sign for them: Manchin (D-W.Va.) doesn’t seem to be having any second…
The first euro banknotes and coins came into circulation 20 years ago. Although the exchange rates of almost all participating countries had already been fixed two years earlier, only the introduction of the euro marked Europe’s irreversible economic integration. For…
The date is later than usual and was set as the White House confronts an evolving pandemic and a stalled legislative agenda. President Biden at the White House on Friday. It is unclear how the Omicron variant might affect this…
The U.S. intelligence community offered steps that would mitigate — but not stop — spyware developed by firms like the NSO Group. The most insidious spyware can be placed on a phone without having to trick users into clicking a…
Proscription, the listing of some groups or organizations as terrorists, has become a crucial counterterrorism initiative adopted by liberal democratic governments. Despite the criticism proscription has caused due to it occurring at the discretion of individual states, it has proved…
Russian and Western officials will hold a series of diplomatic meetings during the coming week in a bid to defuse mounting geopolitical tensions and avert the possibility of a major escalation in Vladimir Putin’s eight-year war against Ukraine. Talks will…
Michael Carvajal took over the Bureau of Prisons in February 2020, just as the coronavirus began to sweep through the nation’s prisons. Michael Carvajal’s tenure as director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons has been marked by crises including a…
A recent Washington Post op-ed warned that the US should respect Russia’s “red lines” on Ukraine lest it trigger not only a wider conflict in Europe but also war with China over Taiwan. Allegedly this stance is dictated by “realism,”…