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Aug 19 2021
Opinion
Lost trust in the US? One country differs.
The abrupt US exit from Kabul may seem like Saigon 1975. But Vietnam today still holds strong trust in the US as leader of world order.
For many of its friends and allies, America’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan has not only drawn parallels to the 1975 U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam; it has also dealt a similar blow to U.S. credibility as a trusted power. Yet it says something about the
Christian Science Monitor
Jun 27 2022
News
Tesla's in the lead as U.S. electric car sales get supercharged
Tesla's grip on the growing U.S. electric vehicle (EV) market remains strong despite an onslaught of new plug-in models from competitors.
Why it matters: The Elon Musk-led automaker pioneered the EV movement more than a decade ago, but only now is U.S. demand starting to take off.
EV registrations have doubled over the past year, to about 5% of all new cars, and shoppers have
Axios
Feb 15 2024
News
McConnell on standing up to Trump, GOP critics on Russia
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) wanted to talk about Ukraine and the need to stand up to Russian aggression before taking any questions from The Hill during a Wednesday interview.
The veteran Senate GOP leader, a day removed from what he saw as a significant victory in the Senate’s passage of aid to Ukraine and Israel, said showing resolve to deter foreign aggression is
The Hill
Feb 23 2022
News
Key to US response on Ukraine: A restoration of trust with allies
Trust may sound to some like a secondary factor in a confrontation pitting global powers against each other. But many seasoned diplomats say it will be essential in the weeks ahead.
Before stepping into a tête-à-tête meeting in Munich Saturday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian offered a statement that was
Christian Science Monitor
Feb 08 2024
News
Top lawmaker says Sox must say how they hope to finance South Loop stadium
Pretty pictures and rosy financial forecasts have piqued interest in building a new White Sox stadium in the South Loop, but it’s time to put some meat on the bone and talk about how to pay for it. That was the bottom line Thursday from Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, a key player in determining if the dazzling renderings released by developer Related Midwest turn into reality or
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 03 2023
News
Tempers flare as East Palestine residents confront railroad officials and EPA: "Don't lie to us"
Residents who say they're still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio confronted the railroad's operator Thursday at a town forum, demanding to know whether they'd be relocated from homes they're afraid to live in. "It's not safe here," said one man, staring straight at representatives of Norfolk Southern. "I'm begging you, by the grace
CBS News (Online)
Feb 09 2024
News
Search continues for more remains of family presumed dead in East Lansdowne home
Search continues for more remains of family presumed dead in East Lansdowne home EAST LANSDOWNE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The search continues Friday for more remains at an East Lansdowne home in Delaware County, where a gunman opened fire Wednesday, shooting two police officers, before setting the house on fire. Six people from the same family are presumed dead inside the residence, including
ABC 6 WPVI
Jan 01 2024
News
2024 politics in Hudson: ‘It’s going to be a long year’
Despite 2023 being an off-year in the normal presidential cycle, politics in Hudson County never seemed to take a break, whether it was gubernatorial and mayoral runs starting far in advance of the eventual elections, bombshell indictments or the game of musical chairs among local Democrats. With the New Year’s champagne corks now popped, 2024 will bring not just the presidential, U.S. Senate
Feb 09 2024
News
Biden's very bad day : “I know what the hell I'm doing"
For years now, President Biden's advisers have carefully choreographed his every move to avoid what exploded into view over six hours Thursday: a vivid display of an elderly, irritable man struggling on a public stage. Why it matters: Days after repeatedly referencing talks with dead world leaders, Biden, 81, went to a White House podium to bash a just-released special counsel's report that
Axios
Mar 01 2023
News
Mob-busting New York Harbor watchdog’s fate argued before US Supreme Court
Whether a New York-New Jersey mob-busting law enforcement agency should sleep with the fishes was the subject of arguments Wednesday before the US Supreme Court. The survival of the Waterfront Commission came before the nine justices after New York sued New Jersey over the Garden State’s unilateral effort to shut down the bi-state agency. Jeremy Feigenbaum, a lawyer for New Jersey, argued
New York Daily News