European Commission accused of ‘bankrolling dictators’ by MEPs after Tunisia deal politics Article 840 words 4 votes
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Revealed: US conservative thinktank’s links to extremist fraternal order, Claremont Institute officials closely involved with Society for American Civic Renewal politics Article 1860 words 21 votes
Europe hopes barbed wire will keep migrants out. It won’t. politics Article 559 words, published Feb 29 2024 16 votes
The mystery social media account schooling US Congress on how to do its job politics Article 39 votes
American politics is undergoing a racial realignment – Democrats are rapidly losing non-white voters as the forces that ensured their support weaken politics Link 31 votes
Jordan Klepper presses Nikki Haley supporters: Donald Trump or Joe Biden in 2024 US Presidential election? politics Video 5:38 14 votes
How Turkey moved east – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the rise of an Anatolian foreign policy politics Article 3318 words, published Feb 19 2024 5 votes
Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality politics Article 570 words 36 votes
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Supreme Court rules Donald Trump can remain on Colorado ballot (gifted link) politics Article 1443 words 46 votes
France becomes the first country in the world to guarantee abortion as a constitutional right politics Article 270 words 58 votes
Germany, France and how not to do deterrence – The EU’s two leading powers are causing confusion and anger among allies as Ukraine’s future hangs by a thread politics Link 12 votes
Sen. Ron Wyden exposes data brokers selling US location data to anti-abortion groups that target abortion seekers politics Article 444 words, published Feb 28 2024 45 votes
After George Galloway’s triumph in Rochdale, urgent questions loom for Keir Starmer – and the left, too politics Article 1023 words 14 votes
Opinion - Israel must decide where it’s going—and who should lead it there: the case for early elections politics Article 2497 words 10 votes
A legal historian who studies the US abortion battle explains why the Alabama state Supreme Court’s decision on in vitro fertilization is so momentous politics Article 35 votes
Trumpist US policy document Project 2025 cowritten by anti social security economist Stephen Moore politics Article 959 words 35 votes
Germany to investigate Russia’s apparent interception of military talks on Ukraine politics Article 566 words 18 votes
Donald Trump built a national debt so big (even before the pandemic) that it’ll weigh down the US economy for years [published 2021] politics Article 2379 words 41 votes
Analysis: Donald Trump faces multiple US trials. Here’s why scheduling many for one defendant is complicated. politics Article 871 words, published Aug 17 2023 5 votes
Mitch McConnell will step down as the US Senate Republican leader in November politics Article 1151 words 52 votes
Transnistria appeals to Russia for ‘protection’, reviving fears for Moldova breakaway region politics Article 516 words 10 votes
French president Emmanuel Macron says sending troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out politics Article 89 words 22 votes
Hungarian MPs have overwhelmingly ratified Sweden's bid to join NATO in a long-delayed vote which paves the way for the Nordic nation's membership politics Article 389 words 29 votes
Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war politics Article 440 words 21 votes
The end of Françafrique? Festering resentment of French neocolonialism is motivating a backlash against Paris across West Africa. politics Article 1793 words 11 votes
Donald Trump trials - Georgia defendant Kenneth Chesebro caught lying to Michigan prosecutors about alt Twitter account politics Link 21 votes
UK Conservative party suspends MP Lee Anderson over claims that Islamists have "got control" of London's Mayor Sadiq Kahn and the capital politics Link 12 votes
The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017) politics Article 888 words, published Dec 18 2017 87 votes
Conservative government would require websites to verify age to watch porn: Pierre Poilievre politics Link 36 votes
Germany's new cannabis law to pass this week and take effect in April politics Article 755 words 17 votes
Donald Trump benefits from newly approved merger: The US Securities and Exchange Commission approved a merger between Trump Media and Technology and Digital World Acquisition Corp politics Article 7 votes
Preparing for war, social unrest or a new pandemic? Chinese companies are raising militias like it’s the 1970s. politics Article 14 votes
The West is losing Muslim Liberals – Indifference to Palestinian suffering in Gaza is alienating moderates across the Islamic world and tarnishing the appeal of liberal democratic values politics Article 1779 words 36 votes
The hottest trend in US cities? Changing zoning rules to allow more housing. politics Article 1744 words 42 votes