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Poland’s stance was sharply criticized by European officials, particularly France, whose finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, suggested that Warsaw was instead holding up a final accord in retaliation for a Europe-wide political dispute. Poland has threatened to veto measures requiring unanimous E.U. votes because of an earlier decision by Brussels to block pandemic recovery funds…
The latest fracas between Washington and Beijing demonstrates how trade relations between the world’s two largest economies are continuing to sour as their competition for influence over trade in Asia, which is expected to drive global growth for decades to come, grows more intense. And it comes as the Biden administration takes a more confrontational…
“A lot of the real details are going to have to be worked out in the rule-making process,” said Christopher D. Roberti, the senior vice president for cyber, intelligence and supply chain security policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The law requires the cybersecurity agency to work with companies as it determines the rules,…
BRUSSELS — Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen urged European nations on Tuesday to step up their spending to support Ukraine as Russia’s attacks on the country’s critical infrastructure showed few signs of abating. The United States and Europe have coordinated closely in enacting sweeping sanctions against Russia in the nearly three months since its president,…
Kyiv on Friday formally requested an “accelerated accession” to join NATO, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced, as a response to Moscow formally annexing four regions of Ukraine. “We trust each other, we help each other and we protect each other. This is what the Alliance is. De facto. Today, Ukraine is applying to make it…
Victor Fazio, a longtime Democratic member of Congress from California who served in House leadership for several years, died on March 16 at his home in Arlington, Va. He was 79. The cause was cancer, according to a statement from his former congressional office. Mr. Fazio represented the Sacramento area from 1979 to 1999. As…
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday will kick off a historic set of hearings on President Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would be the first Black woman to serve there. The proceedings will introduce Judge Jackson, who currently sits on the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of…
The most hotly anticipated event so far in the 2022 primary season will unfold today in Pennsylvania, where voters of both parties will make crucial decisions in competitive races for Senate and governor. The results will help clarify the mood of the country: Pennsylvania, a longtime swing state, has often signaled what American voters are…
After a day of tone-setting opening statements, Day 2 of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing promises to steer deeper into substance, and possibly partisan fighting, as the 22 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee question the nominee on Tuesday. There is little doubt that Judge Jackson will ultimately be confirmed by the…
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is headed into a final round of questioning in her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Wednesday after a relatively straightforward two days before the Senate Judiciary Committee that offered few surprises. When the hearing begins at 9 a.m., the last two of the committee’s 22 senators will conduct their initial 30-minute…