With salary advances and staff reshuffles, lawmakers and federal agencies are preparing for a lapse in government funding that is beginning to seem inevitable. Share full article 172 Speaker Kevin McCarthy sent members of Congress home Thursday afternoon after efforts…
French politicians have taken aim at EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell’s reaction to Azerbaijan’s military operations against the Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh, saying his remarks were inadequate amid fears that economic and energy interests are taking precedence. Three years…
Poland and Germany had their first hearing with the European Commission on Wednesday (20 September), following a complaint by Warsaw that Germany shipped 35,000
In previously undisclosed appearances, the justice spoke to attendees at two annual meetings for conservative donors and strategists organized by the Koch network. Share full article Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has for years gained entry to exclusive parties and V.I.P.…
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met on Friday with African leaders in hopes of reversing a coup in Niger, as the U.S. tries to deliver on promises to deliver for the growing but troubled continent. Share full article Secretary…
House Republicans have suggested that President Biden used an email alias to abuse his office and cover it up, but an initial tranche of the messages reveals banal content and personal information. Share full article 22 The National Archives say…
Bulgarian authorities expelled on Thursday the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia, Archimandrite Vassian Zmeev, who was expelled from Skopje a week earlier because of allegations that he was a Russian spy. Together with Zmeev, two citizens of…
Lower Austria’s conservative far-right government of ÖVP and FPÖ is going against federal plans to increase the country’s CO2 tax, claiming high inflation requires support, not additional burdens. In 2023, a right-wing government came to power in Austria’s second-largest state…
Democratic voters far from the border say they want leaders to do more to address the growing number of migrants in their cities, but they don’t agree on what. Share full article Migrants arriving in New York by buses from…
While the Ukrainian military remains focused on retaking territory in the east, American officials are pushing for a shift to the south. Share full article On Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back on any notion that Ukraine was not making…