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Biden’s pick for a top VA role faces tough Senate confirmation battle after scathing review

Biden's pick for the no. 2 spot at Veterans Affairs oversaw a system that failed to protect private info of veterans. Tanya Bradsher is scheduled for a confirmation vote in the Senate

Africa’s coup epidemic reveals weakness in Washington

A spate of coups by military leaders across Western and Central Africa — including Gabon — suggests that the US is ceding control in...

How will Birkenstocks fare after its billion-dollar bet to go public?

As a youngster in the 1980s, I eagerly awaited the summer season, when our unglamorous resort town in eastern Greece would be inundated by...

Anti-Affirmative-Action Group Drops Lawsuit against Yale as University Revamps Entry Rules

The university agreed to overhaul its admissions process in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling dismantling affirmative action.

Republicans, Keep Defending Life

It’s not the term ‘pro-life’ that’s dragging down Republicans.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls special session to change state FOIA law, cut taxes

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Friday that alterations to the Arkansas public records law would be a priority in a special session aimed at further cutting taxes and prohibiting vaccine mandates.

World leaders announce India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor

A massive new rail development will span from India to Europe, world leaders announced Saturday. The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor will “usher in a new era of connectivity,” the White House said. The U.S. partnered with India, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Italy and the European Union on the plan, which was announced at...

Trump says DeSantis ‘sided with the communists in China’ over US farmers

At a rally in South Dakota Friday, former President Trump said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had “sided with the communists in China” over U.S. farmers. “He strongly opposed my protection for our farmers,” Trump said of DeSantis. “I protected our farmers, very simply, and by the way those farmers got big checks.” When DeSantis was...

G-20 summit statement doesn’t criticize Russia for Ukraine war, instead calling on all states to avoid seizing territory

The closing statement of this year’s G-20 summit doesn’t condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, instead including a generic request for nations to respect each other’s borders. The statement, released Saturday on the eve of the summit’s conclusion, is a carefully crafted and thoroughly negotiated piece of diplomacy usually agreed to by every G-20 member. ...

US support for Morocco is no mistake. Biden should reaffirm it.

U.S. follow-through on Western Sahara commitments made to one of Washington’s oldest and closest allies is being watched closely.  

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