Tag: promised

Frustration, as Poland’s same-sex couples await promised legal rights

Krzysztof Alcer and Grzegorz Lepianka have been waiting for Poland to officially recognise their relationship for 21 years. But as the wait drags on, their anger is growing, their patience wearing thin. The Catholic country’s main ruling party had pledged to legalise civil unions. Six months into its tenure however, same-sex couples still cannot marry […]

Zelensky thanks France for promised delivery of Mirage fighter jets

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked France for promising to send Mirage fighter jets to his country, in a boost to Kiev’s efforts to protect its skies from Russia’s daily aerial assault. “Your fighter planes, your excellent fighter planes, piloted by Ukrainian pilots, prove that Europe is stronger, that Europe is stronger than the evil that […]

Biden Promised Normal. Do Voters Want His Version of It?

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has argued for years that he is the politician to restore normalcy to U.S. politics. But for almost as long, a subset of American voters, frustrated by everything from the economy to immigration policy, have argued that they do not want his version of it. The latest New York Times/Philadelphia […]

Sweetgreen promised to go carbon neutral. Now it’s serving steak.

Sweetgreen, the fast-casual chain known for healthful salads and bowls, on Tuesday introduced steak to its menu for the first time. Customers can now order caramelized, garlic-flavored steak in several new dishes and as an addition to the lineup of existing entrees. Beef – whose production is notoriously climate-damaging – seemed to be an unlikely […]

Sweetgreen promised to go carbon neutral. Now it’s serving steak.

Sweetgreen, the fast-casual chain known for healthful salads and bowls, on Tuesday introduced steak to its menu for the first time. Customers can now order caramelized, garlic-flavored steak in several new dishes and as an addition to the lineup of existing entrees. Beef – whose production is notoriously climate-damaging – seemed to be an unlikely […]

Trump Promised To ‘Drain the Swamp.’ He Did the Opposite.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to “drain the swamp!” The “swamp” is the permanent Washington bureaucracy working to perpetuate itself. In 2020, then-President Trump said he was succeeding: “We’re draining the Washington swamp!” But it’s not true. “He made government bigger,” Economist Ed Stringham says in my new video. ‘That’s going in the wrong direction. […]