Diplomats Warn Russia of ‘Massive Consequences’ if It Invades Ukraine
The foreign ministers for the Group of 7 urged Russia to pull back from the tense border standoff. Moscow has massed as many as 100,000
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Newsom Calls for Gun Legislation Modeled on the Texas Abortion Law
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California accused Texas of insulating its abortion law from the courts, and then called on lawmakers to use a similar strategy to go after the gun industry. Mr. Newsom’s announcement seemed to explicitly position California opposite…
Memo to the international media: Putin has already invaded Ukraine
One of the more depressing features of the latest Russian military build-up on the Ukrainian border has been the proliferation of international headlines posing numerous variations of the same seemingly straightforward question: will Putin invade Ukraine? I very much doubt…
In Bid for Control of Elections, Trump Loyalists Face Few Obstacles
A movement animated by Donald J. Trump’s 2020 election lies is turning its attention to 202
Biden Talks Vaccines and Bob Dole in Interview With Jimmy Fallon
It was the president’s third interview with the comedian Jimmy Fallon, but his first visit to a late-night show since his inauguration. President Biden on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon on Friday. WASHINGTON — President Biden made his first…
EU moves closer to guaranteeing NI medicine supplies
The EU is ready to table new legislation to guarantee the continued supply of medicines to Northern Ireland, after the latest round of talks between the UK and EU brought ‘progress’ but no agreement, according to negotiators. On Friday, Northern…
Republicans in Texas County, in Unusual Move, Upend Primary System
The G.O.P. in Potter County is planning to break away from a nonpartisan election board and hold its own primary next year, in a move criticized by election experts. A mail-in ballot being delivered in Texas last year. Under state law,…
Iran’s Nuclear Program Ignites New Tension Between U.S. and Israel
Strains emerged during talks this week after a short period of strong relations between a new Israeli government and new American one. American negotiators have signaled that Iranians’ advancements in their nuclear program and their recent hard line in Vienna…
PowerPoint Sent to Mark Meadows Is Examined by Jan. 6 Panel
Mark Meadows’s lawyer said the former White House chief of staff did not act on the document, which recommended that President Donald J. Trump declare a national emergency to keep himself in power. Mark Meadows remains in a legal battle…
These countries went to U.S. lobbyists to get ahead in Biden’s vax distribution plan
In May of 2021, the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign was humming. The U.S. had already more than doubled the White House’s goal of distributing 100 million shots and had launched an ambitious target to deliver at least one shot…