A large number of German politicians have been affected by a hacking incident. Politicians from Germany’s far-left Linke party were the first to confirm they had been affected, but then it snowballed as details from almost all parties were found to have been leaked. “I can confirm that there has been an incident”, the Linke […] Read more
A decades-old law could soon give Democrats their best shot yet at extracting President Donald Trump’s tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service. But while the legal path to obtaining and publicly sharing Trump’s coveted tax filings may be relatively straightforward, some of the president’s supporters have already vowed to resist such a request from […] Read more
President Trump, white-collar crook. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Now it begins. With House Democrats gaining the power to investigate and issue subpoenas, 2019 offers one certainty: The chaos visited on us by Donald Trump is going to get much worse. Trump got a head start on his 2019 self-pity with a New Year’s Eve message that began, “While […] Read more
Five monks have been injured, one seriously, after being held captive at a Vienna church, police said. Police launched a search operation and deployed a helicopter to the area as well as putting in public transport controls to search for up to two men suspected of carrying out the attack, who were at large. Several […] Read more
By Gary McIndoe Last week, the UK government finally unveiled its long-awaited immigration paper. Amidst yet more cabinet splits, a sexist comment alleged to have been made by Jeremy Corbyn about Theresa May in the House of Commons, and threats by various Conservative ministers to resign the whip and leave the party if a no […] Read more
U.S. stocks dropped in trading Monday, after a brutal week pushed the S&P 500 to the brink of a bear market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 434 points on Monday, falling more than 2 percent. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index each slid more than 1.6 percent. Last week the Dow lost 1,655 […] Read more
Pro-independence Catalan protesters are rallying ahead of a Spanish cabinet meeting in Barcelona. Crowds of demonstrators are gathering as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the governing Socialist Party (PSOE) brings his senior ministers to the city for the weekly meeting that’s usually held in Madrid. Spain’s PM Sanchez arrives for cabinet meeting in BarcelonaReuters Protesters […] Read more
President Donald Trump and the White House are claiming that the newly renegotiated North American trade deal will mean that Mexico is going to pay for the southern border wall promised by Trump on the campaign trail. The argument is part of the White House’s position on border security as Trump urges Congress to pony […] Read more
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood on Tuesday announced that the Donald J. Trump Foundation has agreed to dissolve under judicial supervision and to give away its remaining funds while the state conducts an investigation into whether the president’s namesake charity misspent donations. “Our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation […] Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed his nation Tuesday morning in Beijing to commemorate the 40th anniversary of China’s “reform and opening up” — and he struck a relatively defiant tone in response to international calls for changes to his country’s economy. His remarks focused on how China’s Communist Party guided the nation to its economic […] Read more
