Category: Politics
‘JD Vance Is Wrong’: The Pope Appears Uneasy With Trump Immigration Policies
Before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became pope, a social media account under his name shared criticisms of the Trump administration’s positions on [...]
US and UK agree deal slashing Trump tariffs on cars and metals
Getty Images/Pool/AFPThe US has agreed to reduce import taxes on a set number of British cars and allow some steel and aluminium into the country tari [...]
New Joint Chiefs Chairman Picks a Friendly Crowd for His Debut
Gen. Dan Caine, who spoke at a special operations conference, has kept a low profile since assuming the military’s top job.
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow for the End of Biden-Era Migrant Program
In an emergency application, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to revoke protections provided to migrants from troubled cou [...]
F.B.I. Director Walks Back Concerns About Trump Budget Cuts
After telling House lawmakers that the F.B.I. needed more resources, Kash Patel told senators that he agreed with a proposal to slash more than $500 m [...]
Trump drops his nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington after Republicans balk.
Senate Republicans had signaled that they would reject Mhim over concerns about his fitness to hold such an important prosecutorial post.
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Crypto Bill Stalls in the Senate as Democrats Balk
Democratic supporters of the measure to regulate parts of the industry refused to allow it to move forward amid concerns in their party that President [...]
Trump Nominates Former N.E.A. Chair to Head Embattled Arts Agency
The president nominated Mary Anne Carter to lead the National Endowment for the Arts, which his budget calls for eliminating and which has been withdr [...]
FEMA’s Leader Is Dismissed
The move comes as the Trump administration has considered disbanding the agency.
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Trump drops his nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington after Republicans balked.
Trump drops his nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington after Republicans balked.
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Home Office urged to record migrant exits from UK
Sam FrancisPolitical reporterBBCA Labour MP has raised fresh concerns over the government's failure to properly monitor whether migrants leave the UK [...]
U.S. and Britain Hail Trade Agreement but Leave Details to Be Settled
The agreement appeared to be more of a framework than a settled deal and eased some of President Trump’s tariffs on British goods while opening its ma [...]
After-work drinks in decline outside London, peers told
Paul SeddonPolitical reporterUniversal Images Group via Getty ImagesThe committee heard Thursday is now the most popular night for pubs in central Lon [...]
Biden Defends His Mental Acuity and Blames Sexism for Harris’s Defeat
On ABC’s “The View,” the former president dismissed reports that he had declined while in office and said he had not been surprised that Kamala Harris [...]
Buddy Carter to Run for Georgia Senate, Seeking to Challenge Jon Ossoff
The most vulnerable Democratic senator heading into next year’s midterm election has drawn his first challenger.Representative Buddy Carter of Georgia [...]