Former President Donald Trump plans on touring Texas’ southern border with Gov. Greg Abbott later this month. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit El Paso on Friday. Credit: REUTERS/Carlos Barria Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit El Paso on June 25, her chief spokesperson confirmed Wednesday in a statement. There are still no exact details…
(CNN) Senate Democrats suffered a loss on Tuesday when Republican opposition sunk their signature voting and election bill during a key test vote, underscoring the limits of the party’s power with the narrowest possible Senate majority. A procedural vote to open debate on the legislation was defeated by a tally of 50-50, falling short of…
Zsolt Balla will be the first of up to ten Jewish chaplains to be appointed. See video here. Germany inaugurated its first military rabbi in a century on Monday in a ceremony at a Leipzig synagogue attended by the country’s defense minister and the Israeli ambassador. Rabbi Zsolt Balla was appointed to the role earlier…
20 June 2021 – The IRS said it is continuing to distribute federal stimulus checks to eligible Americans, with another 2.3 million payments issued last week. Some of those payments include “plus-up” adjustments for people who received less money than they were entitled to in earlier checks. The latest round of payments is part of…
BERLIN. — US President Joe Biden’s eight-day trip to Europe has prompted a flood of optimistic rhetoric, and many officials chanted that America is finally waving goodbye to those hostile policies and mercurial behaviours during the presidency of Donald Trump. For Europe, it is reasonable to regard it as a new beginning for the trans-Atlantic…
The socialist Left party has adopted its policy platform for Germany’s September general election. Internationally, it is calling for NATO to be replaced and an end to troop deployments. Among its manifesto commitments, the party advocates an end to all arms exports Germany’s Left party (Die Linke) on Sunday adopted a national platform with a…
Patients were treated in the coronavirus wing of a hospital in Tefé, a remote municipality in Amazonas, Brazil, last year.Credit…Tyler Hicks/The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — Scientists are projecting another bad fire season in the Amazon, one that could further complicate Brazil’s struggle with one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks. Widespread Covid devastated…