European Union leaders agreed on Thursday on the officials who will be the face of the world’s biggest trading bloc on the global stage in coming years on everything from anti-trust investigations to foreign policy, according to the EU presidency of the Council. Ursula von der Leyen was approved for a second term as the […]
The path now appears clear for new affordable housing for farmworkers in Half Moon Bay, more than a year after the community was rocked by a deadly mass shooting at two mushroom farms. The City Council on Wednesday night in a unanimous vote approved a 40-unit project consisting of studio and two-bedroom apartments. The plan […]
Ukraine’s president has called on European Union leaders to make good on their pledges to provide military equipment to his war-ravaged country, just days after the bloc launched membership talks with his government. “We have to work on next steps,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters in Brussels as he arrived to attend a summit […]
Ukraine’s president has called on European Union leaders to make good on their pledges to provide military equipment to his war-ravaged country, just days after the bloc launched membership talks with his government. “We have to work on next steps,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters in Brussels as he arrived to attend a summit of […]
(Bloomberg) — Leaders of the African National Congress met to finalize South Africa’s new cabinet, people familiar with the matter said, as investors anxiously await the appointment of ministers almost a month after elections failed to produce an outright winner. Most Read from Bloomberg Top leaders of the party met on Wednesday morning in the […]
If all goes according to plan, right-wing operative/podcaster Steve Bannon, on the heels of several legal defeats, will report to prison on Saturday. His Capitol Hill allies, however, are still exploring ways to keep him free. Politico reported overnight that House Speaker Mike Johnson and his fellow Republican leaders in the chamber agreed to back […]
Mike Curtin is a former editor and associate publisher of the Columbus Dispatch, and a former two-term state lawmaker who served on the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission. American government is a complex machine. The Founders ensured it would be when crafting the U.S. Constitution, reserving “few and defined” powers to the federal government, leaving “numerous […]
Speaker Mike Johnson and other House GOP leaders voted Tuesday to reject the previous Congress’ handling of the Jan. 6 select committee, a last-minute effort to boost Steve Bannon’s appeal from his 2022 conviction for defying a subpoena from the panel. The Republican leaders voted to make their determination the formal position of the House, […]
Augustans will soon be saying goodbye to one of their biggest venues. On Tuesday, local leaders and members of the Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority ceremoniously broke ground on the new James Brown Arena to replace the old one. “In 1979, this facility was brought into operation, and I remember as a kid my very first […]
(Bloomberg) — Italy will be offered the chance to fill a senior role in the next European Commission as centrist parties look to wrap up a deal on the bloc’s top jobs before a summit later this week. Most Read from Bloomberg Leaders from six member states, representing Europe’s biggest political groups, agreed Tuesday to […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore. She travels there about three times a year and rents out her unit for short periods when she’s not in Hawaii. “Maui was my dream place,” she said […]
Douglas Marconi, Sr. NAIHC Executive Director (Photo/NAIHC) More than 650 people from throughout the United States have registered to attend the 50th Annual Convention and Tradeshow, hosted by the National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC), at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Fla. this week. The convention’s theme is “50 Years of Building Futures.” […]