
As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda
Frightened LGBTQ+ Ugandans are searching for a way to escape a new law prescribing the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’
Frightened LGBTQ+ Ugandans are searching for a way to escape a new law prescribing the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’
The President of the United States has addressed the nation from the Oval Office a day after the deal which suspends the debt limit was passed in Congress
The action Friday by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is intended to protect cultural and historic resources that tribal communities consider sacred. The action Friday by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is intended to protect cultural and historic resources that tribal communities consider sacred
The harsh law punishes the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ with up to 20 years in prison, while President Yuseveni says, ‘nobody will move us’
President Biden is expected to sign it into law on Friday, just three days before the government runs out of money
The Supreme Court heard arguments in February in a challenge to Biden’s move, with the conservative majority seemingly ready to sink the plan. A decision is expected in the coming weeks
A relentless force, he pushed a reluctant White House to the negotiating table and delivered the votes from his balky House GOP majority to seal the deal
Onlookers, including some members of the official delegation on stage, watched in concern before Biden, who at age 80 is the oldest president in U.S. history, returned to his seat to view the end of the ceremony
The recording is incriminating evidence in the investigation into classified documents kept by the former president in his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida
The most radical Republican and Democratic Congress members voted against the agreement, but did not succeed in stopping it
The new aid provides munitions to boost Ukraine’s air defense capabilities to fend off Russia’s air assaults on Kyiv, which have escalated in the past few days
Hard-right conservatives are criticizing the deal, while liberals decry new work requirements for older Americans in the food aid program
The White House and congressional leaders are working to ensure passage in time to lift the nation’s borrowing limit and prevent a U.S. default
After weeks of negotiations, he and McCarthy struck an agreement to avert a potentially devastating government default. The stakes are high for both men — and now each will have to persuade lawmakers in their parties to vote for it
‘We must never forget the price that was paid to protect our democracy,’ the president said in an address. ‘We must never forget the lives these flags, flowers and marble markers represent’
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden will now have to sell it to their respective parties. They have to make sure that the deal is popular enough to pass both the House and Senate without a revolt on either side
Though the government opened some new avenues for immigration, the fate of many people is largely left to a U.S. government app only used for scheduling an appointment at a port of entry
McCarthy said the House will vote on the legislation on Wednesday, giving the Senate time to consider it ahead of the June 5 deadline to avoid a possible default
Support from both parties will be needed to win congressional approval next week before the government’s projected June 5 debt default
Americans and the world are watching with concern the negotiating brinkmanship that could throw the U.S. economy into chaos and sap world confidence in the nation’s leadership
The House has set a Saturday vote to consider impeaching Paxton and suspending him from office over allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust
As soon as June 1, Treasury says it could run short of funds to pay the nation’s bills. A federal default on the national debt would send the economy into chaos
The European Union is willing to collaborate in the deepening of the country’s economic reform
Both President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are speaking hopefully of the likelihood of an agreement to raise the government’s debt limit and avert an economically chaotic federal default
The initiative is centered around four goals: increasing awareness and understanding of antisemitism, improving safety for Jewish communities, reversing the normalization of antisemitism and building solidarity across communities
The rating agency Fitch has put the nation’s credit on ‘Rating Watch Negative,’ which amounts to a warning that it might downgrade the nations’ credit as a result of the debt ceiling impasse
Florida governor touts himself in video as the candidate of the resurgence with an apocalyptic message, but without naming Trump