Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — The wreckage of Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart yet rooted in the same ancient thirst for power at any cost.Two presidents, wily and profane, tried an end run around democracy.Mysteries from both affairs…

State business leaders plan to urge Gov. Kathy Hochul to tweak a Legislature-passed bill requiring employers to disclose the salary and salary range of any posted job listing before signing it into law. The wage transparency bill, passed…

Scots face a "perfect storm" if national rail strikes go ahead next week, business leaders have warned. ScotRail and cross-border train operators will cut 90 per cent of services on three separate days as thousands of railway workers…

For the second time in five years, the liberal internationalist Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France in April after defeating the far-right leader Marine Le Pen. The first leader to be re-elected in two decades, he seemed to…

___Fed attacks inflation with its largest rate hike since 1994WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly…

MAKARIV, Ukraine (AP) — The truck driver had the radio on, his daughter’s stuffed toy keeping him company, and was bouncing his lumbering vehicle down one of the innumerable dirt tracks in Ukraine that are vital thoroughfares in the…

Last year’s report contained some positive signs for the news industry, with higher consumption and rising trust amidst a second wave of Coronavirus lockdowns. Many traditional news brands seemed to benefit not just from greater…

Arkansas Children’s Hospital made the U.S. News & World Report’s “Best” list for pediatric hospitals in a record seven speciality areas. The state’s only pediatric health system also achieved a “Best” ranking in the specialty…

‘The Big Lie was also the big-rip off’: Jan 6 committee hears Trump’s fraud claims Donald Trump yesterday issued a 12-page statement to counter the evidence presented by the House select committee investigating the assault on the US…

Follow live updates on the House committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump, long known for distancing himself from or tossing aside staff members who contradicted him while he was…