Thousands of people protested outside the Polish president’s palace on Sunday (19 December) against a new media law that critics say is aimed at silencing the country’s main independent news channel. Many protesters waved EU flags and chanted “Free media!”…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed the foreign minister to lead talks with Europe Sunday (19 December) after the resignation of the Brexit minister sent shockwaves through the already troubled London administration. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will take on the…
The effects of the bad management of the Covid-19 crisis are clear: high unemployment, unaffordable prices, low wages, and the extensive 'précarisation�
He succeeded Newt Gingrich in the House. As a U.S. senator for 15 years, he was known for championing bipartisan cooperation. Senator Johnny Isakson on Capitol Hill in 20
“I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation,” Mr. Manchin said on ‘Fox News Sunday,’ citing concerns about adding to the national debt. Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia had been a key Democratic holdout on the Build…
American policy decisions are vital to understanding Haiti’s political instability, and why it remains the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. A cycle of crisis and U.S. intervention in Haiti has persisted for decades. In September 1994, the United States…
U.S. officials concede that the system was unprepared. The day before Thanksgiving, immigration lawyers managed to get Arian Ali and his family on an American charter flight to a U.S. military base outside Doha, Qatar. When he was approved for…
President Biden saw more of his judicial nominees confirmed in his first year than any president since Ronald Reagan. The Senate confirmed 18 federal judges in Donald Trump’s first year. President Biden has set a rapid pace in filling vacancies on…
Democrats’ achievements were overshadowed by legislative setbacks, fallout from the Jan. 6 attack and a sense that Congress was not rising to meet a perilous moment in history. “It has been a horrible year, hasn’t it?” asked Senator Lisa Murkowski,…
Black elected officials in several states, from Congress down to the counties, have been drawn out of their districts this year or face headwinds to hold onto their seats. Robert Reives Sr. was elected three decades ago as the first…