[ad_1] The Biden administration helped expand access to medication abortion last week, with the US Food and Drug Administration finalizing a rule to make the pills more readily available in pharmacies. But this effort to help patients get pills to…
[ad_1] The great Scottish comedian Hector Nicol used to joke about a signalman in the Highlands who applied for a promotion and had to sit a test. This includes the more bizarre scenario of what would happen if two trains…
[ad_1] Supporters of former populist Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace on Sunday, a week after Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, commonly known as Lula, was sworn in as Brazil’s new…
[ad_1] . President Biden honored 12 Americans today with the Presidential Citizen Award for their successful efforts to defend the Capitol during the January 6 uprising. Biden continues to model how a president should act while respecting democracy and people…
[ad_1] Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at their highest in years following a missile launch the previous year by North Korea – and a more aggressive posture by South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol. In 2022, North Korea launched at…
[ad_1] Datawrapper As can be seen from the general election time betting market punters are quite sure that there will be no contest this year. While I think that this is true, I wouldn’t give it an 89% chance as…
[ad_1] Rep. Kevin McCarthy has become the speaker of the House, but only doing so by offering a series of concessions that effectively means that the speaker will be constantly under threat from his own caucus. McCarthy’s agreement to downplay…
[ad_1] Charlie Brown never kicked the football, Ralph Bellamy never got the girl, but early on Saturday morning, Kevin McCarthy was finally the speaker. On the 15th ballot, a total not achieved since before the Civil War, McCarthy finally received…
[ad_1] After days of negotiations and a failed vote in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy and his GOP House leadership allies have struck a proposed deal with a bloc on the far right that puts him close to becoming…
[ad_1] The economy is confused now. Many economists predict the United States will enter a recession next year. Inflation remains very high, and the Federal Reserve continues to aggressively raise interest rates. But the labor market is steady: Employers are…