Venezuelan Opposition Risks an Election Challenge to Maduro
With little hope of a fair vote, opposition candidates take a desperate risk to gain any edge against Venezuela’s entrenched autocrat, Nicolás Maduro.
Couple Convicted of Covid Relief Fraud Is on the Run, FBI Says
Richard Ayvazyan and his wife, Marietta Terabelian, cut their monitoring bracelets and fled in August, the agency said. On Monday, they were sentenced in absentia.
Biden Will Briefly Transfer Power to Harris
President Biden, who will undergo a physical and colonoscopy on Friday, is the oldest commander in chief to receive a full medical evaluation while in office.
Build Back Better May Not Have Passed a Decade Ago
President Barack Obama barely muscled his health law through the House. But income inequality, economic stagnation and a pandemic propelled an even more ambitious bill.
Who Is Afghanistan’s Soccer Team Playing For?
Afghanistan’s national soccer team played a rare match this week. But with the Taliban in control of their country, what, and whom, are they playing for?
The Decision That Cost Hitler the War
“Hitler’s American Gamble,” by Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman, examines Hitler’s ill-fated choice to declare war on the United States.
Austria Announces Covid Vaccine Mandate, Crossing a Threshold for Europe
The extraordinary step shows that governments desperate to safeguard public health and economic recoveries are increasingly willing to push for once unthinkable measures.
Jan. 6 Riot an ‘Attack On NATO,’ Claims Secretary General
"I regard that as an attack on the... core values of NATO," Stoltenberg says
Biden Again Seen Without Mask in Crowded Place, Dons It Only for Selfie
Biden repeatedly spotted maskless and violating pandemic protocols
Kamala Harris to be President For an Hour
Pray for Joe.