House speaker breaks with Trump over debt limit

WASHINGTON — With just hours to go before the federal government begins shutting down for lack of funds, House Republicans on Friday plan to hold a vote to fund the…

Romanian top court annuls presidential election result

People pass by electoral posters with candidates for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Bucharest on November 22, 2024.  Daniel Mihailescu | Afp | Getty Images Romania’s top court annulled…

Ruling party leader says South Korea president must be suspended as soon as possible

Protesters hold placards during a candlelight vigil to condemn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s surprise declarations of the failed martial law and to call for his resignation in Seoul,…

French government toppled in no-confidence vote brought by opposition

France’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier (C) looks on during a session of questions to the government at The National Assembly in Paris, on December 3, 2024.  Julien De Rosa |…

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South Korean stocks nosedive Members and supporters of South Korean opposition parties gather in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Bloomberg |…

National Rally could bring down France’s government in December

SEBASTIEN BOZON | AFP | Getty Images France’s government is hanging by a thread with the far-right National Rally party threatening to bring down Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s administration by…

Surprise far-right candidate leads in Romania’s presidential vote: Partial results

People pass by electoral posters with candidates for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Bucharest on November 22, 2024.  Daniel Mihailescu | Afp | Getty Images Far-right, pro-Russia independent candidate…

Republicans projected to win House majority, securing GOP trifecta

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds the gavel onstage ahead of the start of the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee,…

Likely narrow GOP House majority may jeopardize Trump’s tax cuts, Raymond James says

Republicans are nearing a sweep in Congress, but Raymond James says that it won’t be easy for President-elect Donald Trump to sign off on the legislation he wants — including…

How Europe could try to get around future Trump tariffs

A ship carries shipping containers through Upper Bay in New York, U.S., September 30, 2024. Caitlin Ochs | Reuters Donald Trump’s U.S. election win has left Europe scrabbling to work…