Senate passes Pentagon spending bill The US Senate has voted 85-14 to pass the $895bn National Defense Authorization Act, legislation which ignited a debate about providing gender-affirming care to transgender children of military service members. The bill which passed in …
Trump lashes out at judge who refused to dismiss business fraud conviction Donald Trump has posted a long, rambling screed on Truth Social against Juan Merchan, the New York judge who yesterday ruled that the president-elect’s conviction on 34 felony …
The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria is a momentous event, bringing to an end one of the most brutal dictatorships of the past half-century. But it does not automatically usher in reconciliation and democracy. To be clear: the Middle …
Trump team signs agreement on background checks for nominees The Trump transition team said it has entered a memorandum of understanding with the US Department of Justice. “This is the next step in the ongoing preparation of senior administration officials …
The decision by the international criminal court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Yoav Gallant, Israel’s former defence minister, for alleged war crimes committed in Gaza has huge implications for Israel and Palestine, for …
Picking RFK Jr as health secretary is ‘courting catastrophe’, says rights group Maya Yang Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr as US secretary of health and human services has prompted widespread criticisms towards Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist who …
Harris tells Nevada: ‘Make no mistake – we will win’ “Make no mistake: we will win,” she says. “It is time for a new generation of leadership in America,” says Harris. “And I am ready to offer that leadership.” Harris, …
JD Vance puts his futon in his mouth again Consider, if you will, the mysterious role of the postmenopausal female. Her ovaries have shrunk and she is no longer able to fulfil a woman’s biological destiny of bringing children into …
By Amanda Cooper and Vidya Ranganathan LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Global stocks retreated on Tuesday, surrendering earlier gains, as the uncertainty generated by the previous day’s aggressive selloff weighed on investor sentiment, even though central bank officials said all the right things …
When he returned home from a visit to the Soviet Union in 1981, Cato Institute co-founder Ed Crane wrote a classic essay (Fear and Loathing In the Soviet Union) in which he called into question the views of both left …