While the Polish government is portraying itself as a leader in the EU response to the war in Ukraine, problems with rule of law in the country still persist and should not be ignored, Stéphane Séjourné, leader of the liberal…
A shortage of staff and equipment has stalled America’s fiscal machinery. “The general theme for the time I’ve been there has been chaos,” said Shawn Gunn, a clerk in the receipt and operations group at the Internal Revenue Service who…
The Biden administration, which announced a moratorium on federal executions, has pursued the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who helped carry out the 20
(Photo: Council of the European Union) Last week, following a closely watched military build-up, Russia attacked a sovereign, independent country bordering the European Union. “Russia attacked Ukraine with military force this morning,” said prime minister Viktor Orbán that day. “Together…
(Photo: Nato) The Finnish Nato debate returned with a vengeance last week as a result of Russian aggression on Ukraine, with opinion poll figures flipping almost overnight : for the first time ‘yes’ to Finnish Nato membership got over half…
Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, the European Parliament President Roberta Mestola (EPP) has convened a meeting of national parliament speakers to coordinate the European response. The speakers of national parliaments would meet alongside the Ukrainian parliament, President Verkhovna Rada.…
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Critics accuse the A.T.F.’s acting director, Marvin Richardson, of cozying up to gun industry leaders at a convention in Las Vegas and delaying enacting rules that would outlaw so-called ghost guns. Biden administration officials say Marvin G. Richardson, the acting…
On Wednesday, European Union diplomats approved new sanctions against Belarus for its supporting role in the invasion. European Union diplomats have approved new sanctions against Belarus for its supporting role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an EU senior diplomat…
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