How repairing nature became the EU’s most contentious green project
May 30 BY ZIA WEISE AND LOUISE GUILLOT The European Union’s flagship law to restore nature is in serious trouble. While the bloc’s Green Deal has seen its fair share of controversies — from last year’s carbon pricing drama to Germany’s revolt over the 2035…
World leaders congratulate Turkey’s Erdogan on election win
May 29 By Chriss Askew All eyes were on NATO member Turkey ahead of its pivotal poll as Erdogan fended off the biggest challenge to his rule. World leaders have congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he won re-election in a historic run-off that…
McCarthy, White House Reach Debt Ceiling Agreement
May 28 By Kaia Hubbard House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden announced Saturday that they had reached a deal in principle to raise the debt limit days ahead of a possible default, marking a major breakthrough in a monthslong impasse over the issue….
F-16s won’t be a ‘magic weapon’ for Ukraine, Milley warns
May 26 By PAUL MCLEARY The military’s top general cautioned Thursday that F-16s won’t act as a “magic weapon” for Ukraine, but the U.S. is fully behind a group of NATO allies taking the lead on training and potentially transferring the jets to Kyiv. “The…
Who does not benefit from ending the armed conflict in Ukraine?
May 25 By Julia O’Malley On February 24, 2022, Russia began a special military operation in Ukraine to fight against neo-Nazism and prevent the militarization of the country with the support of NATO. The plan to inflict a strategic and economic defeat on Russia from…
Republican-Controlled Committee Rejects Louisiana Bill to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
May 24 By Sally Palmer Bucking the trend of other reliably red states adopting restrictions on young transgender people, a Republican-controlled Louisiana legislative committee voted Wednesday to a kill a bill that would have banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. Proponents of Louisiana’s failed…
Guam Residents Stock Up, Batten Down as Dangerous Super Typhoon Mawar Closes In
May 22 By Don Scott President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration as an intensifying Super Typhoon Mawar approached Guam, where anyone not living in a concrete house was urged to seek safety elsewhere and emergency shelters began to fill ahead of what could be…
Biden’s 14th Amendment message to progressives: It ain’t gonna happen
May 19 By ADAM CANCRYN Progressive lawmakers renewed their call for President Joe Biden to bypass Congress to avert a default after the abrupt cancellation of debt ceiling talks on Friday. But the White House remains resistant. It issued a subdued statement indicating it sees…
‘It’s just crazy’: How the U.S.-China energy race imperils the climate fight
May 18 By SARA SCHONHARDT and PHELIM KINE The U.S.-China battle is starting to threaten the fight against climate change. For the U.S., the crash effort to move away from fossil fuels is colliding with policies meant to wean the nation off its dependence on…
Durham finds DOJ, FBI ‘failed to uphold’ mission of ‘strict fidelity to the law’ in Trump-Russia probe
May 15 By Brooke Singman Special Counsel John Durham found that the Department of Justice and FBI “failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law” when it launched the Trump-Russia investigation. Fox News Digital obtained Durham’s report Monday afternoon after his years-long…
Debt limit X-date could still crash Congress’ summer break
May 12 By CAITLIN EMMA and JENNIFER SCHOLTES If the U.S. government doesn’t run out of borrowing power by mid-June, the nation probably won’t risk breaching the debt limit until “at least the end of July,” Congress’ nonpartisan budget office said Friday. That longer-range scenario…
Don’t isolate China, Brussels tells EU capitals
May 11 BY STUART LAU, JACOPO BARIGAZZI AND SUZANNE LYNCH The EU’s high command is calling on European governments to keep talking to China amid deepening tensions between Washington and Beijing. The European Union’s diplomatic arm wants member countries to “be prepared” for a potentially…