Digital ID kerfuffle The app the Commission issued this month is the latest hiccup in a years-long effort to get tech apps up and running to check the age of internet users. Brussels and EU member capitals have already spent two years working on “digital identity wallets,” which should be available across Europe by the end of 2026. But the EU executive announced last July it […]
Continue ReadingGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz tore into Washington on Monday, warning the Trump administration is being played and “humiliated” by the regime in Tehran and lacks a clear strategy to end the conflict. Speaking during a school visit in his home region in western Germany, Merz said the U.S. had misjudged the Iranian regime and entered […]
Continue ReadingAccording to recent polls, PSD and AUR could secure a parliamentary majority if they joined forces at an upcoming general election. Bolojan, head of the center-right National Liberal Party (PNL), is currently leading a minority coalition government after the PSD decided to join the opposition last week. Ciprian Ciucu, mayor of Bucharest and a senior […]
Continue ReadingThe EU’s 20th sanctions package, approved last week after Hungary and Slovakia dropped their veto, targets another 20 Russian banks, cutting them off from euro transactions and business in the bloc. The breakthrough on the sanctions came after a dispute over the Druzhba oil pipeline — which carries Russian crude via Ukraine to Central Europe […]
Continue ReadingEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas struck a similar tone, warning that “political violence has no place in a democracy,” and noting that an event meant to celebrate a free press “should never become a scene of fear.” National leaders echoed the message. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was “shocked by the scenes” […]
Continue Reading“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said at the time. “These companies can find ways to change conduct to take action, frankly, on Kimmel or, you know, there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.” Within hours, Nexstar and Sinclair said they would refuse to air Kimmel’s […]
Continue ReadingThe president was joined at the event by a host of White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the status of the event. A […]
Continue ReadingU.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and other attendees are safe after the Secret Service confirmed a “shooting incident” occurred at the Washington hotel hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday night, sending the festivities into chaos. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said law enforcement asked him to leave the […]
Continue ReadingHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is stepping down after his party’s landslide election defeat earlier this month, said on Saturday that he is giving up his seat in Hungary’s parliament but intends to remain leader of the Fidesz party. In a video posted on Facebook, Orbán said the decision followed a Fidesz meeting during […]
Continue ReadingU.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday abruptly canceled a planned trip by special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to Pakistan, pulling back from what had been billed just a day earlier as a potential jump-start to fragile Iran talks. “I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going is [to] Islamabad, […]
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