The tone was a sharp departure from February, when Merz — then the German opposition leader and a chancellor candidate — accused the Trump administration on German public broadcaster ARD of treating “Europe’s fate with indifference” and warned that Germany might soon have to build a defense alliance without theContinue Reading
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor urged lawyers Thursday to defend the judiciary amid verbal attacks from the Trump administration due to recent rulings. “Our job is to stand up for people who can’t do it themselves. And our job is to be the champion of lost causes,” Sotomayor said duringContinue Reading
David Steiner, a FedEx board member and former CEO of Waste Management seen here in 2013, has been selected to be the next postmaster general by the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board. Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images David Steiner will leadContinue Reading
The term “grifter” has become inseparable from our political landscape, especially in the era of social media. While it’s overused about as much as the phrase “woke Right,” at its core, it describes political hacks who are motivated solely by capitalizing on any given situation for their own financial benefit.Continue Reading
Drivers are set to benefit from more electric car options as a new gigafactory gets £1billion funding to roll out more green vehicles. The new gigafactory in Sunderland will support 1,000 jobs and will have the capability to power up to 100,000 electric vehicles a year. The funding forms partContinue Reading
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In the U.S., the price of Revlimid, a brand-name cancer drug, has been increasing for two decades. It now sells for nearly $1,000 a pill. In Europe, theContinue Reading
The European Union and the United States remain at odds on trade, with Trump maintaining 10 percent tariffs on all imports from the trading bloc as well as 25 percent on cars and metals imports. The EU paused its own targeted tariffs in a bid to give space to negotiationsContinue Reading
Lucy Hooker Business reporter Getty Images The government has insisted that American hormone-treated meat will not start to seep onto the UK market, following the trade deal agreed this week, which boosts the trade in beef in both directions. Some farmers and consumers, including Ian McCubbine a beef farmer inContinue Reading
President Trump on Friday said GOP lawmakers should “probably not” raise taxes on the rich — but said he would be okay if it ultimately happened — as Republicans on Capitol Hill deliberate over the final details of the party’s bill full of Trump’s legislative priorities. The suggestion came one dayContinue Reading
Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.,speaks to reporters following a House Republican conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 6. Republicans are facing internal divisions over Medicaid as they work to enact President Trump’s domestic policy agenda. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesContinue Reading
