It was always likely that something trivial would bring down Boris Johnson. It would never be policy because Johnson is, ideologically, something of an empty vessel. Throughout his career, it has always been unclear what, besides advancing his own interests,…
The congressional map would have given Republicans 12-to-3 advantage in elections for the House of Representatives. The proposed map was drawn by Republicans in the State Legislature and passed without Democratic support. The Ohio Supreme Court struck down a congressional…
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida announced Monday that he will step down from the central bank on Friday, two weeks earlier than his term was scheduled to end, in the wake of renewed questions about his trading activity at…
The intelligence said the operatives were “trained in urban warfare and in using explosives,” and could try to stage an incident. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow on Wednesday. The White House did not release details of the…
Conversations about how far the United States would go to subvert Russia in the event of an invasion has revived the specter of a new Cold War. Ukrainian troops took part in a military exercise near Kyiv in December. Russia…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s authority took yet another hit on Friday (14 January) after revelations that his staff had partied in Downing Street as Queen Elizabeth mourned her husband, at a time when mixing indoors was banned. Johnson is…
We are deeply saddened by the terrible loss of a great European and proud Italian. Riposa in pace tweeted the EU Commission’s handle. We are deeply saddened by the terrible loss of a great European and proud Italian. David Sassoli…
Italian politicians joined ordinary citizens on Thursday (13 January) to pay their respects to European Parliament President David Sassoli, who died this week and whose coffin was placed in Rome’s town hall ahead of a state funeral. Hundreds of people…
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Vladimir Putin (second left) with senior military officers on Moscow's Red Square. 'Washington just cannot afford a war with Russia now that China has become so powerful�