Poland says NATO must urgently ramp spending

Poland says NATO must urgently ramp spending

Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks to members of the media following a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Polish President Andrzej Duda said Monday that NATO must urgently increase its defense spending to ensure it does not become the … Read more

Border funding battle snags Congress budget talks

Border funding battle snags Congress budget talks

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 27: U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with (L-R) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), on February 27, 2024 at the White House in Washington, DC.  Roberto Schmidt | Getty … Read more

Senate should move swiftly on TikTok bill

Senate should move swiftly on TikTok bill

TikTok creators gather before a press conference to voice their opposition to the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” pending crackdown legislation on TikTok in the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2024. Craig Hudson | Reuters White House national security adviser John Kirby said Sunday that the … Read more

First ship carrying aid approaches Gaza Strip as Israel accused

First ship carrying aid approaches Gaza Strip as Israel accused

The Open Arms vessel docked in the Cypriot port of Larnaca. – | Afp | Getty Images An aid ship was approaching the Gaza Strip’s coastline on Friday with much-needed deliveries for the Palestinian people, as relief organizations warn that thousands in the besieged enclave are on the brink of famine. The ship — called … Read more

Putin sure to win but Kremlin wants a landslide

Putin sure to win but Kremlin wants a landslide

Vladimir Putin at a rally at Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin on March 18, 2018. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images There are no surprises over who will win Russia’s presidential election this coming weekend with incumbent, Vladimir Putin, set to win a fifth term in office, keeping him in power until at least 2030. The heavily stage-managed … Read more

Janet Yellen says Biden spurred electric vehicle investment boom

Janet Yellen says Biden spurred electric vehicle investment boom

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the “Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 6, 2024.  Amanda Andrade-rhoades | Reuters Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday lauded President Joe Biden’s investment in electric vehicles for accelerating the sector, even … Read more

Voters blame businesses more than Biden for sticky inflation

Voters blame businesses more than Biden for sticky inflation

President Joe Biden speaks during an event about lowering costs for American families at the Granite State YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown on March 11, 2024 in Goffstown, New Hampshire.  Sophie Park | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden is starting to win the inflation blame game against corporations. A recent Financial … Read more

Biden’s 2025 budget marries progressive tax hikes with populist campaign planks

Biden’s 2025 budget marries progressive tax hikes with populist campaign planks

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks, during a campaign event focusing on abortion rights at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, in Manassas, Virginia, U.S., January 23, 2024.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Joe Biden’s 2025 funding proposal set to be released Monday will repackage his tax hike proposals on billionaires and corporations and many other … Read more

Sen. Britt denies misusing sex trafficking anecdote in Biden rebuttal

Sen. Britt denies misusing sex trafficking anecdote in Biden rebuttal

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) speaks at a press conference on border security at the U.S.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt on Sunday denied the allegation that she misrepresented the experience of a sex-trafficking survivor to attack President Joe Biden’s border policy. Since delivering the GOP rebuttal to Biden’s State … Read more

Sen. Katie Britt blasted for Biden rebuttal sex traffic claim

Sen. Katie Britt blasted for Biden rebuttal sex traffic claim

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., is seen in the U.S. Capitol during votes on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt is under fire for using what appears to be a sex trafficking victim’s experience from the early 2000s to condemn President Joe Biden and his border policy. Britt … Read more