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Norwich City Council narrowly approves $156M city, school budget
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 11—NORWICH — The City Council adopted a final budget Monday along narrow party lines after 90 minutes of bitter partisan debate, political attacks and allegations of ...
Indonesia’s New Capital Is a Mess of Trees and Dirt
Foreign Policy Magazine· 19 minutes agoThe presidential palace is supposed to resemble a garuda—a giant mythical eagle—when finished. Drive up onto a ridge that overlooks the city, and you see...
Argentina’s riot police clash with protesters in capital’s streets over president Javier Milei’s...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 day agobankers, teachers, truckers and workers from a slew of other trade unions held signs mocking Mr...
U.S. Military Planes Are in Haiti. Haitians Don’t Know Why.
Foreign Policy Magazine· 23 hours agoIn the past several weeks, I have watched dozens of sleek U.S. military planes descend over...
Election workers worry that federal threats task force isn’t enough to keep them safe
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoAiming to send a message, the Biden administration recently spotlighted its indictments and...
US Pensions Compete With Gulf Funds for First Shot at PE Deals
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- It took Scott Chan two years to convince his bosses at the California State Teachers’...
Did Biden break a ‘one term’ pledge?
The Hill· 1 day agoFor example, this “fact check” from the New York Times this week on President Joe Biden’s “tall tales”: “In President Biden’s telling, he was a teenage...
Colombia’s leftist president is flailing
The Economist· 1 day agoColombia’s first avowedly left-wing president came to power in August 2022 promising to reduce inequality in one of the world’s most unequal countries....
‘Brazen corruption’: Donald Trump is selling policies for a second term to the highest bidders
The Independent via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoDesperate to return to the White House, Trump is selling off his legislative agenda to donors — even...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Metra — ‘The way to really fly’ — turns 40
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoTrains have carried people in and around Chicago since Oct. 25, 1848, when the Galena and Chicago...