Politics

TL/DR - The Biden administration has informed Niger's Prime Minister, Ali Lamine Zeine, that more than 1,000 US military personnel will leave Niger in coming months due to disagreements over the country's pivot towards Russia for security and Iran for uranium deals. This decision follows Niger's revocation of its military cooperation deal with…

TL/DR - Republicans in the Arizona House have blocked a move to repeal the state's 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Despite calls from figures such as Donald Trump and Kari Lake, as well as the risk of losing control of the Legislature, Republicans stood firm in their opposition to the repeal. This move may have implications for upcoming…

TL/DR - President Biden's trillion-dollar effort to boost American manufacturing and clean energy transition is being threatened by a surge of cheap exports from China. New measures are being weighed to protect industries like electric-vehicle production and solar-panel manufacturing from Chinese competition, with calls for higher tariffs on…

TL/DR - The Arizona Legislature has failed to remove the state's 1864 anti-abortion law from the books, which provides no exceptions for rape or incest and can result in imprisonment for those facilitating an abortion. The Republican-controlled Legislature finds itself in a difficult situation as many GOP members were elected with the help of…