Troops from 27 countries participated in NATO's biannual war simulation in Norway — a military exercise in harsh Arctic conditions. But this year, with the war in Ukraine, it felt less like a game.https://t.co/dA69oYgVR5
Over the past few decades we've been spending more and more on antipoverty programs and health care, and less and less on defense, net interest on the debt, and other programs (mostly public goods like highways). pic.twitter.com/xbp3CSuLXY
What happened: A bipartisan group of rank-and-file members, spanning the political spectrum, isn't letting up on their push to ban lawmakers from owning or trading stocks while in office.
Government intervention in the market backfires again: Lower income property owners are losing value while high-income renters get discounts.https://t.co/hUmPZ7jECJ
Kathy Hochul took office after the Cuomo scandal and promised to end an era of impropriety in Albany.
Then she tapped Brian Benjamin as her Lt Gov.
Then *217 days* later he's indicted on federal bribery charges.
Only in New York!https://t.co/Zh6ZdIQadz
Inside the Biden admin's tense debates -- from the Oval Office to the Roosevelt Room to meetings with CDC -- over dismantling Trump-era policies and how to move forward at the border w/ @shearm@esullivannythttps://t.co/73Jm3Qrbnx
One west European turn after Suez was to Russian energy. A French move was to have oil-rich Algeria then still a French colony in the EEC. Now Europe wants to turn away from Russian gas, the Algeria option - already crucial for Spain + Italy - is back: https://t.co/JQRdCaXSWr
Founders Paul Judge and Ryan Glover knew little about banking, but 700,000 believers joined their exclusive waitlist. So can their fintech company actually repair centuries of racist banking?
The FBI on Wednesday arrested two men charged with impersonating federal law enforcement in an investigation that has placed four U.S. Secret Service members on leave.
[....] Biden, ticking through the reforms included in the bipartisan bill, noted that it sets the Postal Service on a more “sustainable and stable financial footing.” [....]
here is a thread report on Twitter on one removal today -
Sanitation workers arrived to clear an East Village encampment, now police have arrived and the street has been blocked off. Activists and NYCLU here keeping watch. pic.twitter.com/IoweAOI9KD
PERU: The country has declared a state of emergency, mobilized the military to support riot police, and issued several cities a curfew after nationwide protests against inflation, fuel prices and the government spread for a week. pic.twitter.com/W2v18kNDK9
“Despite a two-page letter to the Board of Parole Hearings urging that Martin remain in custody, he won his release and was in Sacramento on Saturday night recording himself on a Facebook Live video brandishing a handgun hours before the shooting.”https://t.co/S8gwNBCTZm
