PARIS (AP) — The City of Lights is losing its luster with tons of trash piling up on Paris sidewalks as sanitation workers strike for a ninth day on Tuesday. Creeping misery is the most visible sign of widespread anger over a bill to raise France’s retirement age by two years. The smelly scent of … Read more
Washington— Abortion providers nationwide are bracing for a ruling from a Texas federal judge that could disrupt access to a key drug used to facilitate medical abortion, and have made plans to ensure that there is an alternative available to patients if needed. The next decision of U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is in response … Read more
Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, pioneer of women’s rights, has died Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, pioneer of women’s rights, has died 00:36 Washington – Former U.S. Representative Pat Schroeder, a trailblazer for women’s and family rights in Congress, died Monday night. She was 82 years old. Schroeder’s former publicist, Andrea Camp, said Schroeder recently suffered a … Read more
Biden says Silicon Valley Bank executives will be fired To receive free real-time news alerts straight to your inbox, sign up for our news emails Sign up for our free news emails Two top Silicon Valley Bank executives have been slapped in a class action lawsuit over the company’s stunning collapse. The lawsuit names CEO … Read more
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Former U.S. Representative Pat Schroeder, a trailblazer for women’s and family rights in Congress, died Monday night. She was 82 years old. Schroeder’s former publicist, Andrea Camp, said Schroeder recently suffered … Read more
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is proposing changes to rights programs for younger generations, opening the door to potential cuts to Social Security and Medicare if elected. At a Monday night … Read more
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email In 2016, Vice President Joe Biden warned against efforts to untangle banking regulations that Democrats had fought to implement after the country’s financial crisis, just as the emerging Trump administration was … Read more
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email The first federal capital case tried under President Joe Biden ended in a split among the jurors, meaning the life of an Islamic extremist who killed eight people in New York … Read more
A lawyer for former President Donald Trump calls for an investigation into the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, as prosecutors consider a possible impeachment of Trump in connection with an alleged 2016 “silent” payment to an adult film star. Joe Tacopina, Trump’s attorney, accused Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and his predecessor, Cyrus Vance, and several prosecutors … Read more
The Biden administration has said it approves of the major Willow oil project on Alaska’s oil-rich North Slope – a move that was quickly condemned by environmentalists, who said it ran counter to promises of the Democratic president. It came a day after the administration said it would ban or limit drilling in some other … Read more