The Justice Department set out its opening arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial of Stewart Rhodes and four other members of the far-right group for their role in the Jan. 6 attack. Send any friend a story As a subscriber,…
Vulnerable Democrats in competitive districts have leaned into preserving abortion rights as a closing argument for their campaigns, buoyed by internal polls that show it has moved voters their way. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Inflation and a rocky economy are bolstering Republicans in their races against incumbent Democrats, motivating “an electorate that simply wants change,” as one G.O.P. consultant says. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to…
Some countries have a ‘reflection day’ before elections, with political activity and statements forbidden and the sale of alcohol sometimes restricted. I was in Bulgaria for their reflection day on 1 October, just ahead of the fourth general election in…
In an overwhelmingly masculine political climate in Turkey, it is necessary for women to fight the discriminatory attitudes in political discourse, the head of the Turkish Association for Supporting Women Candidates (KA.DER), Nuray Karaoğlu, told EURACTIV Slovakia. KA.DER has worked…
Utility companies are still working to restore power to thousands of customers on the island nearly two weeks after Hurricane Fiona made landfall. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Representative Abigail Spanberger, Democrat of Virginia, is running against Yesli Vega, a Republican who has falsely suggested that pregnancy from rape may be unlikely. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each…
Ursula von der Leyen and Narendra Modi at the launch of the EU-India trade and technology council in April (Photo: European Commission) As the Indian economy has just overtaken the UK’s as the fifth-largest in the world and is set…
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’s decision to join the inaugural summit of a pan-European grouping this week has given a boost to the initiative, a brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron that some have written off already as just another…
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