Category: Politico News

Bad Bunny had a capacity crowd rocking at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, during Sunday evening’s Super Bowl halftime show. But President Donald Trump railed against the Puerto Rican recording artist’s performance, calling it “one of the worst, EVER!” in a post on social media. “The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one […]

The EU executive wants to grant itself the power to exempt goods from the just-launched carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), which requires importers of certain products to pay for planet-warming pollution emitted during the production process.  This levy is designed to protect European manufacturers — which are obliged by EU law to pay for each […]

She comes from think tank land, where she had a top job at the cost-of-living-focused Resolution Foundation, and has won praise for leading Labour’s outreach to business. The policy expert gets plenty of praise from colleagues, but others fear she may be “indecisive.” Jill Cuthbertson Cuthbertson — the other half of the acting-up deputy chief […]

Ist das transatlantische Verhältnis noch tragfähig – oder bereits irreparabel beschädigt? Kurz vor der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz blickt Gordon Repinski auf die wachsenden Spannungen zwischen Europa und den USA. Der Graben ist tiefer geworden: Donald Trump ist zurück im Weißen Haus, die außenpolitischen Risiken nehmen zu und die Hoffnung auf verlässliche amerikanische Führung schwindet. ⁠ Der […]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently received a lot of acclaim for citing Czech playwright and former President Václav Havel’s “The Power of the Powerless” in his speech at the World Economic Forum, inviting the world’s nations and businesses to stop living in the lie of the rules-based international order. And that lesson applies here […]

His allies say Farage still has good lines into the White House, with one noting: “It’s not like he picks up the phone to Trump constantly. But he knows who to speak to to get to Susie Wiles or Scott Bessent, and he does it sparingly.” A U.S. official acknowledged there was now a twin-track […]

The leaders will take their crisis diplomacy on the road, from a conference room in Brussels to a castle in the Belgian countryside, and finally to Munich for the world’s biggest international security conference. Plus, MEPs will meet in Strasbourg to discuss unfreezing the EU’s trade deal with the U.S. and approving its long-term budget […]

Meanwhile, the far-right Vox secured 14 seats with support of 17.9 percent, double what it won in the last election in 2023 and echoing its strong performance recently in national polls. The party campaigned hard in Aragón’s rural areas, pitching to farmers unhappy with EU regulations. “This is not the result we wanted,” said the […]

While Seguro and the forces who united around him to keep the far right out of power will be pleased with the result, celebrations will likely be muted. At least 14 people have died in the fierce cyclones that have battered the Iberian nation over the past three weeks. Turnout was high on election day […]

First-time Olympian Hunter Hess has drawn the ire of President Donald Trump just days after the freestyle skier spoke out against the administration’s political priorities. Trump bashed Hess, who said he has “mixed emotions” representing the U.S. at the Italian Olympic Games due to the current political climate, in a Truth Social post on Sunday. […]