After more than a year of negotiation and brinkmanship, President Joe Biden believed he found the magic formula to compel his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to lift his hold on Sweden’s NATO accession. The same day Turkey’s rubber stamp parliament ratified Erdogan’s approval of Sweden, the White House called members of Congress to urge […]
In 2006, NATO defense ministers agreed to commit a minimum of 2% of their gross domestic product to defense spending in order to ensure the alliance’s long-term military readiness. Germany spends more than 12 billion euros on development aid every year (more than any other country except the United States), but has not fulfilled its […]
In a twisted perversion of Romeo and Juliet, former Dutch prime minister Dries van Acht and his wife performed a legal duo euthanasia. Both were in failing health conditions and wished to part the Earth together. Their death practitioner, or “doctor,” agreed and killed them both, hand in hand, last Monday. The Netherlands had a […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is set to announce Friday that he will not run for president, ending long-running speculation that he would mount a third-party bid, according to spokesperson Jon Kott. The West Virginia senator, one of the most moderate Democrats in the Senate, already announced that he would not seek another term for his...
American soldiers could be next in line to combat the Russian military if the House does not approve a supplemental package that includes aid to Ukraine, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said Friday. “In the next front against Russia, it will be Americans on the front lines,” Coons told CNBC’s Silvia Amaro on Friday in an...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was apparently in good spirits and cracking jokes at a court appearance the day before officials announced he died, according to a video that circulated online Friday. During the Thursday court appearance, Navalny was joking with the judge, asking him to help him our financially since he was running out...
A bipartisan group of moderate House lawmakers unveiled an emergency funding bill on Friday that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in addition to border security policy, as centrists seek another option for helping U.S. allies after Republicans threw cold water on the foreign aid package passed by the Senate earlier in the week....
At the end of the Oscar-winning documentary "Navalny," Russian opposition leader Alexei delivers a final chilling message. "I've got something very obvious to tell you. You're not allowed to give up," the long-time nemesis of Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Russian as he looked into the camera. Navalny, 47, reportedly died Friday in an...