Trump, Venezuela and US Politics
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A wildly important midterm year is off to a chaotic start, with a raid in Venezuela, an uneasy economy and more. Here’s what we’re curious about.
Twenty-two members of the US Congress have urged Taoiseach Micheál Martin to withdraw a proposed ban on trade between Ireland and Israeli settlements. A letter from the Congress members warned the Fianna Fáil leader yesterday that the proposed bill is ...
WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - What was meant to be a moment of silence in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday for the slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk erupted in shouting and finger-pointing, an episode that provided a bitter ...
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, President Trump captured the raw sentiment of his conservative base. But he addressed only part of the alarming cycle of violence in America. By Luke Broadwater and Alan Feuer Luke Broadwater covers the White House.
(Bloomberg) -- Gerrymandering is almost as old as the US republic itself. It’s the process of drawing electoral district lines in sometimes absurd ways to fortify one political party at the expense of another. Good-government groups say that ...
Leading Democrat and Republican politicians in the US Congress gave their reactions after receiving a briefing from Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the US operation to seize Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro.
President Trump’s new executive order on Venezuelan oil revenue is meant to ensure that the money remains protected from being used in judicial proceedings. The executive order, made public Saturday,
"There has to be durable investment protections, and there has to be change to the hydrocarbon laws in the country." Woods said he was nevertheless "confident" the US could help bring about the necessary changes,