GOP blocks Capitol riot probe, displaying loyalty to Trump
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, displaying continuing party loyalty...
Belarusians in Ukraine protest repression in homeland
KYIV, Ukraine — Belarusians distraught by the intensifying crackdown on political opposition in their homeland demonstrated Saturday against the country’s authoritarian president in the...
EXPLAINER: What’s the Senate filibuster and why change it?
WASHINGTON — Minority Republicans used a Senate filibuster to block a Democratic bill that would have launched a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6...
UK: Anti-immigration protest blocks traffic in port of Dover
LONDON — Anti-immigration demonstrators protesting the rising numbers of people attempting to reach the U.K. by crossing the English Channel in small boats blocked...
Pressure for Senate rules change after GOP blocks 1/6 probe
WASHINGTON — Pressure is mounting on Democrats to end the practice of requiring 60 votes to move legislation through the Senate if they hope...
WH legislative team pursues ‘politics is personal’ strategy
WASHINGTON — The calls can come late in the day, over the weekend, really any time a question pops into the mind of a...
Dancing like there’s no COVID-19: Paris hosts test concert
PARIS — Thousands of people, masked and tested for the coronavirus, packed inside a Paris arena for a concert Saturday as part of a...
Belarusians increasingly cornered after EU cuts air links
KYIV, Ukraine — As fear of repression rises among Belarusians following the arrest of a dissident journalist whose plane was forcibly diverted to Minsk,...
In time for summer, Europe sees dramatic fall in virus cases
ROME — When Italy won the Eurovision Song Contest with an over-the-top glam-rock performance, the victory signaled more than just a psychological boost for...
White House asks court to dismiss lawsuit over drug imports
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Biden administration is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that could stand in the way of states like...