WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives is set to vote Monday evening on whether to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the annual defense policy bill, setting up a what could be a dramatic rebuke by Republicans of their party’s leader. The $740 billion authorization measure passed both chambers of […]
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A new report by a congressional watchdog says U.S. agencies need to flesh out and clarify their policies for monitoring the foreign ties of the researchers they fund. The report, by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), is likely to spur efforts in Congress aimed at preventing China and other nations […]
Boris Johnson has a range of political skills, but international diplomacy is not among them. His greatest asset is a campaigning charisma with limited cultural range. The dishevelled look and irreverent bombast are an act aimed at a domestic audience. It translates poorly abroad. In the global arena, reluctance to […]
Dominic Raab warns countries launching cyber attacks on UK And Bill Harris has said the attack, which he blamed on the Russian hacking collective Cozy Bear, said rather than bullets and tanks, future wars would be fought with high-speed computers. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said on Wednesday […]
Soon-to-be ex-President Donald Trump has proven that even the United States, which has long touted its “city upon a hill” universal appeal, is not immune to authoritarianism. In recent memory, there have been other threats to U.S. democracy, yet none so dangerous as Trump’s Twitter tyranny. Books make it harder […]
The former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said meeting Operation Warp Speed’s goal of vaccinating 20 million Americans by the end of the year is ‘unrealistic’. It was revealed on Saturday that nearly 2 million people have been vaccinated as cases in the US surpass 19 […]
After months of negotiation, Americans’ stimulus package has passed with a second stimulus check. Sarah Tew/CNET After a week spent attacking the $600 second stimulus check, President Donald Trump signed a $2.3 trillion bill Sunday night that that combines $900 billion in stimulus money with funding for the government — […]
Trump’s signature of the $900 billion Covid relief package extends unemployment benefits for millions of jobless gig-workers and independent contractors, as well as the long-term unemployed. The estimated 12 million people in two key pandemic unemployment programs, who were facing their last payment this weekend, will now receive benefits for […]