What if Mike Johnson is actually good at this? In January 2017, just days into his first term in Congress, Johnson drafted and invited colleagues from both parties to sign the “Commitment to Civility,” a pledge in the midst of the “increasing ... 04/22/2024 - 7:20 am | View Link
Europe is warming up faster than any other continent, and the heat is deadly Europe is heating up about twice as quickly as the Earth as a whole, and that heat is killing large numbers of people during the summer months, according to a new report by European climate experts. 04/21/2024 - 10:58 pm | View Link
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Worried About Trump’s Support for Ukraine, Eastern Europe Tries Outreach By Andrew Higgins and Tomas Dapkus Reporting from Vilnius, Lithuania As many in Europe worry about the possibility ... “If we place the wrong bet, we risk losing our country.” ... 04/18/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Trump Is Already Losing in Court—and the Judge Isn’t Playing But as Donald Trump’s first day in criminal court wrapped up on Monday, the former president already seemed to be losing. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan displayed little patience ... 04/15/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
“President Biden has introduced a change to his White House departure and return routine. Instead of walking across the South Lawn to and from Marine One by himself, he’s now often surrounded by aides,” Axios reports.
“With aides usually walking between Biden and journalists’ camera position outside the White House, the visual effect is to draw less attention to the 81-year-old’s halting and stiff gait.”
“Donald Trump’s allies are quietly drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserve’s independence if the former president wins a second term, in the midst of a deepening divide among his advisers over how aggressively to challenge the central bank’s authority,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) admitted to killing her dog in her new book, The Guardian reports.
“She includes her story about the ill-fated Cricket, she says, to illustrate her willingness, in politics as well as in South Dakota life, to do anything ‘difficult, messy and ugly’ if it simply needs to be done.”
No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward
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“Egypt’s president dispatched his intelligence chief to Israel on Friday in a last-ditch effort to revive talks toward a cease-fire in Gaza that would also free Israeli hostages and hold off a planned Israeli military offensive against Hamas in the city of Rafah,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Friday, as the two countries worked to hold together a fractious relationship despite disputes over the economy, national security and geopolitical frictions in East Asia, the Middle East and Ukraine,” the New York Times reports.
“Both China and the United States have said they were hoping for progress on a few smaller, pragmatic fronts, including improving communications between their militaries and easing travel between the countries.
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