The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses – a policy the conservative justices deemed an improper imposition on the lives and health of many Americans – while endorsing a separate federal … Read More
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to reset relations with Moscow and is planning a face-to-face meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin later this month. Senior German officials were already scheduled to get together with Russian counterparts in January in a … Read More
The United States and Germany both agree that the build-up of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border could result in major consequences. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock met in Washington on Wednesday to … Read More
The United States and Mexico last month agreed to relaunch the controversial scheme known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), in keeping with a US federal court order. Mexico City: The United States on Wednesday began returning migrants to the Mexican … Read More
The House of Representatives approved $1 billion in funding, but legislation has been stalled in the Senate. The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming approved (420-9) legislation last September to provide $1 billion in funds, but the legislation has since stalled … Read More
Economists expected inflation to rise by 7% in December. Inflation rose at the fastest pace in nearly four decades in December, as rapid price gains fueled consumer fears about the economy and sent President Biden’s approval rating tumbling. The consumer … Read More
The president argued that the legislation was needed to ‘defend our democracy.’ President Biden Tuesday said lawmakers who oppose the Democratic-led effort to overhaul how the country conducts elections are choosing to be on the side of historical villains such … Read More
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea’s military said Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions less than a week after Pyongyang reported testing what it said was a hypersonic missile. The early-morning launch came as the United … Read More
Bruce Stokes is a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. January 20 marks the end of the first year of Joe Biden’s presidency, an administration that promised to respect and rebuild the transatlantic alliance after … Read More
Russia’s President Putin is set to bask in the global limelight as a series of high-profile conferences on security in Europe kicks off this week. What could be better for an autocratic ruler, says DW’s Bernd Riegert. Vladimir Putin must … Read More