Category: Politics
New Jersey’s Gottheimer draws progressive anger but isn’t feeling the heat
“I think the temperature is there for somebody to run” against him, said Cathy Brienza, founder of Ridgewood JOLT, a local progressive advocacy gr [...]
Channel crossings: More than 1,100 migrants cross in two days
French authorities prevented 414 people from making the crossing, the Home Office says.
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Iraqis vote for new parliament hoping for change
A series of kidnappings and targeted assassinations that killed more than 35 people has further discouraged many from taking part. Apathy is wides [...]
Brexit: UK's NI Protocol demands 'could break relations'
Ireland's foreign minister says the demands are a new "red line" that the EU cannot move on.
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Energy crisis: Kwarteng says price cap will stay
Kwasi Kwarteng has said that the energy price cap will stay, despite calls from suppliers for the cap to be scrapped amid soaring gas prices.Speaki [...]
Gas prices: Kwasi Kwarteng defends government handling of energy crisis
Suppliers want to review the price cap on energy bills but he says keeping it is "non-negotiable".
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Texas’s anti-abortion law was halted. Then, suddenly, it wasn’t.
A Texas law severely restricting abortion access by allowing citizens to sue abortion providers has been reinstated after a two-day pause.
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Child Care Has High Costs for Parents, Low Wages for Staff
GREENSBORO, N.C. — To understand the problems Democrats hope to solve with their supersized plan to make child care better and more affordable, con [...]
Sam Anthony, Facing Death, Found the Courage to Find His Father
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Three weeks before he died, Sam Anthony, 52, mailed his last wishes to a man he had never met.He was dying, he wrote in a lette [...]
Gas prices: MPs pressure government on fuel costs for industry
Conservative MPs have joined industry leaders in calling for ministers to intervene on gas costs.
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Nadhim Zahawi vows to tackle persistent pupil absences 'head on'
Disadvantaged children miss out most from not being in school, the education secretary will say.
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McConnell Warns Biden He Won’t Help Raise the Debt Ceiling Next Time
WASHINGTON — A day after dropping his party’s blockade and allowing action to temporarily increase the federal debt ceiling, Senator Mitch McConnel [...]
At Mexico-U.S. Security Talks, Migration Question Is Largely Avoided
MEXICO CITY — The United States and Mexico began overhauling an aged security agreement on Friday to better confront the flow of criminal activity [...]
Benefits for All or Just the Needy? Manchin’s Demand Focuses Debate
In a private meeting with Mr. Biden and nearly a dozen House Democrats in swing-districts on Tuesday, the prospect of limiting who could benefit fr [...]
Biden Signs Bill to Compensate ‘Havana Syndrome’ Victims
President Biden signed into law on Friday a new government program to compensate C.I.A. officers, State Department diplomats and other federal offi [...]