Mindbending may be just the word to describe the Oval Office ceremony on April 18, when President Trump ordered federal agencies to speed up research into the potential therapeutic uses of illegal psychedelic compounds like LSD, peyote and MDMA. Here was a law-and-order Republican and lifelong teetotaler championing the hallucinogenic substances that a previous Republican…
When former Representative Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas, admitted in March to a long-rumored affair with a staff member who later killed herself, a pair of Republican women immediately called for him to be formally censured, and a third became the first in the G.O.P. to demand that he resign. The men at the helm…
President Trump is right to demand that Europe spend more on its own defense. But the Trump administration’s announcement on Friday that it would pull 5,000 U.S. troops out of Germany risks weakening one of America’s best strategic investments: a military presence that deters Russia and keeps Europe’s old rivalries from becoming America’s problem again….
Andy Kershaw, a globe-trotting radio host for the BBC who introduced millions of listeners to an eclectic mix of music from around the world — Delta blues, Sufi devotionals, Zimbabwean pop — and then took an unexpected turn into war reporting from places like Haiti, Rwanda and Thailand, died at his home in Todmorden, England,…
Cyberattacks have become an increasingly significant element of security discussions in Europe, particularly in the context of broader geopolitical tensions. According to the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), cyber incidents targeting public institutions, private companies and critical infrastructure have increased in frequency and complexity in recent years. Types of cyber threats Cyberattacks in Europe…
Available for over a year Dame Emily Thornberry, Labour MP and the influential head of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, is in the hot seat as the committee continues its ongoing investigation – dubbed ‘Scandelson’ scrutinising – into the circumstances behind Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador. Born in Guildford in 1960…
Of the many jokes cracked by King Charles during his visit to Washington, the one recalling the definitive 18th-century Anglo-French contest for dominion over the New World was the most pointed. Speaking at a state banquet in the White House, Charles turned to Donald Trump and said: “You recently commented, Mr President, that if it…
President Trump endorsed Representative Andy Barr in the Republican Senate primary race in Kentucky on Friday, moving to clear the field by inviting an Elon Musk-backed contender to join his administration. Nate Morris, the candidate supported by Mr. Musk, said he would leave the campaign, which until Friday had been a hotly contested three-way primary…
The Supreme Court’s blow to the Voting Rights Act had barely landed on Wednesday when Senator Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, called on lawmakers to eliminate the last Democratic-held House seat in the state. Taking to social media shortly after the ruling, Ms. Blackburn, the favorite to become the state’s next governor, urged the Legislature…
President Trump sent letters to Congress on Friday making the case that a Vietnam-era law requiring him to seek congressional authorization to continue military operations in Iran did not apply because the conflict was in a cease-fire. In the letters — sent to House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana and Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa,…
