Giorno: 20 Settembre 2023

Biden Warns Netanyahu About the Health of Israel’s Democracy

President Joe Biden raised “hard issues,” including protecting the “checks and balances” in a democracy, in a Wednesday meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pushing the Israeli leader to find a compromise on a judicial overhaul that has set off months of mass…[#item_full_content]

Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf, celebrated for diverse and stylized work, dead at 64

Erwin Olaf, an acclaimed Dutch photographer whose work documented topics ranging from gay nightlife in Amsterdam to portraits of the Dutch royal family, has died. He was 64. Olaf’s highly stylized photos, with lighting often influenced by Dutch master painters Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer, were exhibited at galleries around the world during a […]

The Speaker’s Lobby: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to a possible government shutdown

Government funding expires at 11:59:59 pm et on September 30. And right now, House Republicans, despite holding the majority, can’t pass any spending bills by themselves. The House has tried for two weeks to get clearance on a procedural vote for the House to even launch debate on a defense spending bill. That’s a measure […]

Senate Confirming 3 Military Nominees but Tuberville Blocks Hundreds More

The Senate is poised to confirm a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Wednesday as Democrats try to maneuver around holds placed on hundreds of nominations by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville over the Pentagon’s abortion policy.Tuberville has been blocking the Senate…[#item_full_content]

NASA Warns of Asteroid: Texas-Sized Impact Risk

Despite its slim 1-in-2,700 chance of impact, greater than a lightning strike’s odds by fivefold, NASA scientists foresee a potential future collision with Bennu, which could affect an area the size of Texas.