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BRUSSELS — The European Commission opened a second round of its flagship defence loan programme on October 29, 2026, inviting all European Union member states to bid for a share…
WASHINGTON — In the final days before the midterm vote, social media videos believed to be produced with artificial intelligence and linked to Russia are misusing real people’s names and…
WASHINGTON — American air travel entered a new and more disruptive phase this week as airlines began cancelling hundreds of flights ahead of a federal order to scale back service…
When Americans vote on Tuesday, the last word on a handful of the closest races may not belong to voters, state election officials or even the courts. Under the Constitution,…
BRUSSELS — Europe’s long and bitter argument over how to pay for Ukraine’s war effort reached a new, uncomfortable stage in October 2026 — not with the breakthrough many in…
WASHINGTON — Congress has spent years arguing about who should regulate cryptocurrency in the United States, and for most of that time the answer has been: no one, clearly. The…
WASHINGTON — The White House campaign to reshape American universities has entered a quieter, more complicated phase. A year ago, the administration offered prominent universities preferential access to federal money…
WASHINGTON — As Medicare open enrollment runs into early December, the most important drug-pricing change for beneficiaries is not in any plan brochure. It is the negotiation now under way…
WASHINGTON — The latest American strike on an alleged drug boat did not settle the argument about the campaign. It sharpened it. On October 27, United States Southern Command said…
WASHINGTON — On October 1, the United States Treasury Department designated the A7 Network as a significant transnational criminal organization. Treasury describes A7 as a shadow banking network built to…