Category: Politics
Supreme Court Rules Against Navajo Nation in Water Rights Case
The Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation on Thursday in a water rights case, rejecting the tribe’s suit against the federal government in a d [...]
Senator Rick Scott of Florida Weighing 2024 Presidential Campaign
Senator Rick Scott of Florida is considering a late entry into the Republican presidential primary race, a move that would make him the latest high-pr [...]
Modi Almost Never Answers Reporters’ Questions Live. Will He Today?
It’s not just that it has been rare for Narendra Modi to directly field live questions from the press throughout a near decade in power. If Mr. Modi d [...]
NTSB Holds East Palestine Train Derailment Hearings
The National Transportation Safety Board released thousands of pages of documents on Thursday about the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train [...]
The Anti-Woke ‘Paris Hilton of North Korea’
“The first thing my mom taught me as a young girl living in North Korea was don’t even whisper, because birds and mice could hear me,” Yeonmi Park tol [...]
UK fruit picking farms like prison, migrant worker tells peers
A South African woman tells a Lords committee about "shocking" working conditions on English farms.
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Rail union announces three days of strikes in July
The RMT says 20,000 members will strike on 20, 22, and 29 July.
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ADL GLAAD Report Cites More Than 350 Anti-LGBTQ Incidents Over 11 Months
There were more than 350 incidents of anti-L.G.B.T.Q. harassment, vandalism or assault in the United States from June 2022 through April 2023, accordi [...]
Ford’s Battery Joint Venture to Get $9.2 Billion Government Loan
Ford Motor and its battery manufacturing partner will receive a $9.2 billion loan to build three battery factories in Kentucky and Tennessee, the Depa [...]
Interest rates: Bank of England governor warns interest rate rise hard for many
Rates have not been at 5% since 2008, but the UK economy, and in particular the mortgage market, is very different now. The Bank in its deliberations [...]
Who Is Will Hurd? 5 Things to Know About the Presidential Candidate
Former Representative Will Hurd, a Republican from a swing district in Texas who served three terms, faces the daunting task of establishing himself i [...]
Brexit: How do people in Clacton feel seven years after vote?
Seven years after the Brexit referendum, the BBC takes the temperature in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
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SNP political icon Winnie Ewing dies aged 93
A statement issued on behalf of her family said: "Mrs Ewing, generally considered the most important Scottish politician of her generation, served as [...]
Will Hurd Announces 2024 Presidential Election Bid
Will Hurd, a former Texas congressman who was part of a diminishing bloc of Republican moderates in the House and was the only Black member of his cau [...]
Biden Plans Lavish Formal Welcome for Modi as He Seeks to Bolster Ties
President Biden plans to roll out the red carpet on Thursday morning to formally welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India to the White House for [...]