EBRD and Aon launch innovative war risk insurance facility for Ukraine
Читати українською EBRD launches €110 million guarantee scheme to provide reinsurance capacity to cover war-related risks in Ukraine Bank’s partnership with…
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Some Republicans fear a DOGE dilemma is setting in
Washington CNN — As Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy make sweeping promises to cut $2 trillion dollars of federal spending, senior House Republicans have raised concerns with GOP leadership that efforts to cut wasteful federal spending will put the party on a collision course. Senior House Republicans, including some who serve on the committee responsible…
Key lines from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
CNN — Accompanying his selection as Time’s Person of the Year, President-elect Donald Trump sat down with the magazine for a wide-ranging interview that published on Thursday. The president-elect, fresh off his election victory and recognized by the magazine as its Person of the Year for the second time, touched upon a series of topics,…
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense pick, says allowing gay troops to serve openly reflects a Marxist agenda
CNN — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has repeatedly criticized policies allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military, calling them part of a “Marxist” agenda to prioritize social justice over combat readiness. In his 2024 book “The War on Warriors” and in subsequent media promotions this year,…
In choosing UNC, Bill Belichick chose himself
Seth Wickersham, ESPN Senior WriterDec 12, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Joined ESPN The Magazine after graduating from the University of Missouri. Although he primarily covers the NFL, his assignments also have taken him to the Athens Olympics, the World Series, the NCAA tournament and the NHL…
Eric Adams goes from the ‘Biden of Brooklyn’ to cozying up to Trump
CNN — The victor of a cutthroat primary for mayor in 2021, New York City’s Eric Adams rushed to embrace national political stardom. He declared himself the “face of the new Democratic Party” and, after an early invitation to the White House from President Joe Biden, dropped a line that now makes rival New York…
Trump reportedly promises January 6 pardons ‘in the first hour’ of his presidency or sooner – US politics live | US politics
Trump promises January 6 pardons ‘in the first hour’ of his presidency, or sooner – report Once he is inaugurated on 20 January, one of Donald Trump’s first orders of business will be pardoning people convicted or accused of crimes related to the January 6 attack, and also actions to expand oil production, the president-elect…
A holiday season of personal and political reflection
If my mother were alive, she would be disappointed at what her Republican Party has become. But not surprised. She had witnessed the GOP inching its way toward scapegoating some Americans to score political points with others in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, and thought the tactic, while canny and often effective, betrayed longtime African…
Lebanon: Israeli air strikes that killed at least 49 civilians further evidence of war crimes
Four separate air strikes by Israeli forces, which killed at least 49 civilians and decimated entire families in Lebanon, must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said today. Under international law, direct attacks on civilians or civilian objects, indiscriminate attacks that kill or injure civilians, and disproportionate attacks that cause excessive incidental civilian loss…
Iran Update, December 11, 2024
Iran Update, December 11, 2024 Johanna Moore, Andie Parry, Kelly Campa, Ria Reddy, Katherine Wells, Alexandra Braverman, Siddhant Kishore, Ben Rezaei, and Brian Carter Information Cutoff: 2:00 pm ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran…