Mary Peltola Wins Bid to Serve Full Term in the House for Alaska
Ms. Peltola became the first Alaska Native woman elected to Congress earlier this year when she won a special election in the state. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
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Sarah Palin Loses as the Party She Helped Transform Moves Past Her
The former Alaska governor, once the standard-bearer of the G.O.P.’s dog-whistling, no-apologies culture, was no match for the same forces she rode to national prominence. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Iraqi Prisoner Recovering From Emergency Surgery at Guantánamo
Doctors have undertaken six surgeries since 2017 on Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, who is in his 60s, in a case that shows the challenges of providing health care for aging inmates. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
UK plans to scrap thousands of EU laws ‘unfit for purpose’
The UK government’s plans to give ministers the ability to tear up around 2400 pieces of EU law on the UK statute have been dismissed as ‘unfit for purpose’ by the government’s own regulation watchdog. The Retained EU law bill…
Lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis: Putin is no Khrushchev
Whether history rhymes or not, with war raging in Ukraine and Russian pundits threatening direct nuclear attacks against the US, perhaps some knowledge of the past may be helpful in assessing where this conflict is headed. One could argue that…
France, Germany make up for sake of EU industry, counter US protectionism
Reviving European industrial policy to counter rising energy prices, the consequences of the war in Ukraine, and negative effects of protectionist measures taken by third countries, including the US, was called for by French and German governments on Tuesday (22…
Two Finnish nuclear reactors to receive fuel from US
An agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company for the design, licensing, and supply of a new fuel type was signed by Finland’s state-owned (51%) energy company Fortum. The two Russian-built reactors on the country’s south coast in Loviisa came into use…
Spanish government, banks to ease mortgage conditions for vulnerable citizens
An agreement to help one million vulnerable citizens mitigate the negative impact of inflation on their monthly mortgages was announced by the government and representatives of the banking sector on Tuesday. Vulnerable customers will now be able to restructure their…
Herschel Walker, Running in Georgia, Receives Tax Break for Texas Residents
Mr. Walker, Georgia’s Republican nominee for Senate, is benefiting from a homestead exemption meant for primary residents of Texas. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Poland rejects Ukraine’s help with missile explosion probe
The Polish Prosecutor’s Office will not allow the Ukrainian side to join the investigation of last week’s incident in Przewodów near the Ukrainian border, where a likely-Ukrainian air defence missile hit and killed two people. Polish politicians earlier declared they…