Debt Limit Talks Hit Snag as Republicans Declare ‘Pause’
Republicans left negotiations on Friday, saying the White House was refusing to move its way on spending cuts. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
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D.C. Police Officer Charged with Leaking Information to Proud Boys Leader
Federal prosecutors accused the veteran officer of providing law-enforcement information to Enrique Tarrio, who was the former head of the far-right group. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Labour vows to take UK into EU’s asylum regime
Should the opposition Labour party win the next UK election, it would take the country back into the EU’s Dublin Agreement, which regulates how countries decide on asylum applications, as part of a series of moves to bring the UK…
A Loud Republican Minority Opposes More Ukraine Military Aid
Hawkish senior Republicans aside, there is evidence to suggest that the anti-Ukraine flank of the party is playing not to the fringe but to the heart of its base. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
‘No Labels’ Eyes a Third-Party Run Against Biden and Trump. Is Joe Manchin Interested?
The centrist group is gaining steam — and raising money — in its effort to get a candidate on the 2024 ballot, with Joe Manchin at the top of their list. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you…
The Brief — A war on woke, but what else?
It is a truism that a political movement debating its reasons for existing knows it’s in trouble. It’s no surprise that the National Conservatism conference held in London this week coincided with the fourteenth year of a Tory government that…
Russia slams French parliament for calling Holodomor ‘genocide’
The French Senate adopted a resolution recognising the Holodomor famine as genocide in a move that ‘rewrites history’, said the Russian Embassy in France on Thursday. The resolution was adopted by senators on Wednesday evening by a vast majority. The…
Polish ruling camp restarts capital punishment debate
Following the gruesome death of an eight-year-old child at the hands of his stepfather, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki reopened the topic of reinstating the death penalty, with over half of Poles supporting the idea despite the legal impossibility of implementing…
Spain violated Catalan independentist leader’s political rights, UN rules
Spain violated current MEP and former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont’s political rights – and those of his constituents – by stripping him of his regional parliamentary seat, the UN Human Rights Committee ruled on Thursday. The Committee concludes that the…
Ukraine’s European integration is the key to a sustainable peace
On her first foreign trip since winning reelection in March, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas paid a highly symbolic visit to Ukraine. While in the country, the Estonian leader declared: “For peace in Europe, we need Ukraine in the EU…