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A person uses a mobile phone with the U.S. Capitol building in the background, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing federal loans, grants and other financial assistance to 22 states, barring the Republican for now…
The man who has been heavily favored to become Germany’s next chancellor took an extraordinary gamble this week, both for his political future and his country’s longstanding firewall against political extremism. It did not go as he hoped. In an effort to portray himself and his party as tough on immigration, Friedrich Merz, the leader…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government was “insufficiently transparent” about foreign interference in Canadian politics and sometimes took “too long to act” against attempts to meddle in the country’s past two general elections by foreign powers including China and India, a government commission said on Tuesday. “Trust in Canada’s democratic institutions has been shaken, and it…
The dome of the Capitol is seen through a security fence on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters A Massachusetts man arrested at the U.S. Capitol with Molotov cocktails and a knife told police he was there to “kill” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to court documents filed Tuesday….
James McHenry testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill July 31, 2018 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The Department of Justice on Monday fired a number of officials involved in the now-terminated federal prosecutions of President Donald Trump by former special counsel Jack Smith….
Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko, a 70-year-old former collective farm boss, has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994. Polls opened at 08:00 am local time in Minsk’s first presidential vote since Lukashenko…
When Aleksandr G. Lukashenko last ran for president of Belarus, the former Soviet republic he has led since 1994, he faced an unusual phenomenon: rival candidates who actually tried to win. His eventual victory in that election, in 2020, widely regarded as fraudulent, was met with nationwide protests, a subsequent brutal crackdown supported by Russia…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images A newly introduced constitutional amendment that would allow President Donald Trump to be elected to a third term in the White…
From left, Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., Reps. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., and Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., talk in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol before Johnson won the speakership for the 119th Congress on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A Republican…
Since Russia invaded his country three years ago, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has survived a military assault on his capital, assassination plots, corruption scandals in his government, political infighting and ominous setbacks in his army’s fight against Russia. He had enough support from Ukrainians to carry him through each time. Now, with Donald J….
