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By Robert A. Vella Breaking news:  A federal judge has ruled against the Commerce Department’s inclusion of a citizenship question Continue reading →

Mitch McConnell is now in the spotlight after new Dem House passes bills to end government shutdown

By Robert A. Vella After Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House yesterday for the new 116th Congress amid Continue reading →

Exclusive: Russian Ex-Spy Pressured Manafort Over Debts to an Oligarch

When the U.S. government put out its latest sanctions list on Dec. 19, the man named at the top did Continue reading →

Friday Roundup: More Trump mania, and total chaos on the West Virginia Supreme Court

By Robert A. Vella He who would be King, the Orange Menace, the Fascist Fury, and the self-appointed Definer of Continue reading →

As Tensions With U.S. Worsen, Europe Courts New Partners

President Trump is inciting a trade war, undermining NATO and painting Europe as a foe. It’s no wonder, then, that Continue reading →

Allies wonder if West can withstand Trump presidency

President Donald Trump begins a six-day European trip amid blazing anxiety among US allies over his commitment to the transatlantic Continue reading →

Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners

Europe “must take its fate into its own hands” faced with a western alliance divided by Brexit and Donald Trump’s Continue reading →

Turkey widens post-coup purge, demands US hand over cleric

Authorities have suspended or detained close to 35,000 soldiers, police, judges and civil servants since the coup bid, stirring tensions Continue reading →