Category: Politics
Biden could end the debt ceiling all by himself
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: In a month or so, the US will hit the debt ceiling, a legal limit on how much outstanding debt the fede [...]
Things were looking up for Bill de Blasio. Then crises started piling up.
De Blasio is now presiding over a humanitarian emergency on Rikers Island, the city’s main jail complex, where a shortage of guards led already po [...]
Things were looking up for Bill de Blasio. Then crises started piling up.
De Blasio is now presiding over a humanitarian emergency on Rikers Island, the city’s main jail complex, where a shortage of guards led already po [...]
Republicans plot to keep Texas red in redistricting
“We’ve got a united map we’ve all agreed to,” Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas) said of the state’s Republican delegation. “It makes it easier when we [...]
Labour conference: Emily Thornberry backs Sir Keir Starmer over trans row
The shadow trade secretary says it is “factually inaccurate” to say only women have a cervix.
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The Secret War Over Pentagon Aid in Fighting Wildfires
In July, as wildfires tore through the American West, President Biden met with the region’s governors to find better ways to battle the flames. Gov [...]
Ex-MP Louise Ellman rejoins Labour after anti-Semitism rule change
Announcing her decision to rejoin Labour, Ms Ellman, a former chair of the Commons transport committee, said: "I am confident that, under the leade [...]
No Veggies, Few Forks: Schools Scramble to Feed Students
WASHINGTON — School officials in a Missouri city have been making twice-weekly runs to Sam’s Club to stock up on frozen pizzas and hot dogs. A Kans [...]
Harriet Hageman Goes From Anti-Trump Plotter to His Champion vs. Liz Cheney
It soon became clear the Trump team had peeled away enough support from Mr. Cuccinelli that the vote would not be close. Mr. Trump’s allies forced [...]
General Milley Back in the Center of a Political Battle
WASHINGTON — Nearly 16 months after he walked across a Lafayette Square aggressively cleared of protesters with then President Donald J. Trump, Gen [...]
America’s Top General Back in the Center of a Political Battle
WASHINGTON — Nearly 16 months after he walked across a Lafayette Square aggressively cleared of protesters with then President Donald J. Trump, Gen [...]
Thornberry: Rayner ‘probably should not have said scum’
A Labour colleague has suggested “there may have been drink partaken” over Angela Rayner’s “scum” comments about the government.Emily Thornberry sa [...]
Germany elections: How the Social Democrats and Olaf Scholz defeated Merkel’s CDU
BERLIN — The release of one of the first election exit polls showed Germany’s center-left Social Democrats with a slight lead. That was enough t [...]
Claudia Webbe: MP made threat to send nudes of woman, court hears
Claudia Webbe also used a misogynistic insult and threatened the woman with acid, a court hears.
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Labour conference: Reeves pledges ‘first green chancellor’
Labour’s shadow chancellor has pledged to invest in "good jobs in the green industries of the future". Rachel Reeves said she would be a "responsib [...]