EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss widespread European farmer protests

Farmers on Monday blocked a border crossing between Poland and Germany, threw bottles at police in Brussels and gathered in Madrid to demand action on cheap supermarket prices and what they say is unfair competition from abroad, including Ukraine. Agricultural ministers from across the European Union were meeting in Brussels on Monday to discuss the […]

Bulgaria imposes EU entry ban on 2 suspected Russian spies

Bulgarian authorities on Monday imposed an entry ban on two Russian citizens suspected of espionage for Moscow’s foreign intelligence service. Bulgaria’s agency for national security identified the two as Vladimir Nikolayevich Gorochkin, 39, and Tatiana Anatolievna Gorochkina, 37, and barred them from entering European Union member states for a period of five years. The agency […]

Colorado Dems kill bill to have harsher penalties for child prostitution crimes

Colorado Democrats killed a bill this month that would have created a mandatory minimum sentence of four years for child prostitution. Under the current law, people who commit sex offenses against children can be charged with probation-eligible offenses. “Probation-eligible offenses” refers to crimes for which a judge has the discretion to sentence the offender to […]

Explosive Device Detonated Outside Alabama AG’s Office

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall released a statement Monday saying that an explosive device detonated outside of his office on Saturday in Montgomery. No one was injured, he said. “In the early hours of Saturday, February 24, an explosive device was detonated outside …

House Democrats eye Alabama IVF ruling as path to retaking majority in November

House Democrats have found a new political cudgel for the November 2024 elections after the Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling triggered a stoppage to IVF treatment around the state. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), House Democrats’ campaign arm, held a press conference on Monday morning to tie House Republicans to the ruling, even as […]

2nd Dem faces recall effort in crime-ridden city after business owner endures violent robberies

Concerned Washington, D.C. residents and small business owners have banded together to oust a Democratic councilmember during an ongoing crime surge, marking the second recall effort launch in the district in months. The recall effort against Councilmember Brianne Nadeau launched Tuesday over her relaxed criminal justice reform policies as the district grapples with skyrocketing crime […]