Acting Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced he and some of his ministerial colleagues are forming a new party ahead of the September elections. Heger announced his departure from Ordinary People and Independent Personalities on Monday night, and on Tuesday, he…
The proposal for a resolution that would recognise Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism tabled by the opposition Democrats was voted down by parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee on Tuesday even though the European Parliament passed a similar resolution last…
Spain’s political landscape could be material for a circus production ahead of regional elections in May and general elections in December, as left-leaning governing partners PSOE (S&D) and Podemos (The Left) are clinging to a sinking marriage, whereas right-leaning opposition…
A cyberattack on the District of Columbia’s online health insurance marketplace may have compromised identifying data of many members of Congress and other users. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Facing a spate of mass shootings but dim prospects for any gun measures in Congress, the president will visit the California city where a gunman killed 11 people at a dance studio in January. Send any friend a story As…
Jewish American leaders are denouncing a proposal by the country’s right-wing government to weaken the power of the country’s judiciary, in ways that some call unusually forceful. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The first House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan featured emotional and graphic testimony from two American service members who lived through it. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Thirty-one Democrats joined Republicans in voting to rescind a local law, in a demonstration of the political power of crime as an issue. The president, who had opposed the measure, now says he will sign it. Send any friend a…
No Ukrainian will ever forget the morning of February 24, 2022, when life as we knew it was shattered by the enormity of Russia’s full-scale invasion. I was awoken in Lviv that morning by a constant stream of phone calls…
Women will hit the streets en masse across the globe on Wednesday (8 March) to defend rights that are coming under increasing attack. To mark International Women’s Day, capitals across the world are hosting marches, rallies and demonstrations, including Madrid,…