Politics

(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a bill to lower the age of wartime conscription to 25 after postponing the legislation as Kyiv’s forces struggle to hold off a...

Republicans are likely to approve a proposed state budget for Kansas with provisions aimed at forcing the state’s Democratic governor to restrict diversity initiatives on college campuses and help Texas...

The scooter that whisked French ex-President François Hollande to a tryst with his then-lover (and now wife) Julie Gayet in a high-profile sex scandal will be auctioned off next month....

(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday discussed efforts to force the sale in the US of TikTok Inc. during a wide-ranging discussion. “TikTok came...

The European Union criticized Georgia’s ruling party’s decision to reintroduce a controversial Russia-inspired foreign agent law, warning that “ensuring media freedom” is critical to the EU accession process. “The announcement...

(Bloomberg) — US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke by telephone on Tuesday, their first one-on-one communication since meeting in California last November. The leaders of the...

Pay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. It’s not often that a member of Congress...

The group responsible for electing Democrats to statehouses saw its best first quarter for grassroots donations in history, thanks in part to a new focus on recurring donations, according to...

The U.S.-based food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) is calling for an independent investigation after Israel killed seven aid workers who were delivering food in central Gaza. “We have asked the governments of...

Some of Tonga’s top ministers have announced their resignations after a months-long constitutional crisis with the Pacific island nation’s powerful king. Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni told parliament on Thursday that...