HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is seeing lots of action targeting gaps in its vote-by-mail laws. The problem is that it’s in the courtroom and not the legislature. That could make the most populous presidential swing state a hotbed of challenges and conspiracy theories if the November election is close, as expected. The state also […]
Insights from the European Centre for Development Policy Management, Ecco, and African Arguments The News The Italian government is priming a new climate and foreign policy initiative focused on sustainable food at this week’s G7 summit in Puglia. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Apulia Food Security Initiative — the specifics of which aren’t yet available — […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden lamented the partisanship that permeates Capitol Hill and politics writ large, telling governors at the White House that she wished more lawmakers would follow their lead. She spoke on Friday in the White House’s East Room to state chief executives who were in Washington for the winter gathering […]
NASA cut hundreds of jobs Tuesday at one of its key laboratories that sends robots to Mars, despite dozens of lawmakers urging the agency and the White House to avoid such a move. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been at the center of controversy between California lawmakers and NASA, which “paused” its Mars Sample Return […]
Start your week in North Carolina politics with our News & Observer podcast, Under the Dome. Dawn Vaughan here, your host and state Capitol bureau chief. For our latest episode this week of Jan. 15, 2024, I’m joined by our Washington, D.C., correspondent Danielle Battaglia. Snow is expected up in D.C. in the coming days, […]