The U.S. defense secretary told reporters in Brussels that to be an alliance, NATO had to be ’more than flags’ as he arrived for a meeting of defense ministers. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on June 5 that he was confident NATO members would sign up to Washington’s demand to increase defense spending across
Merz is making his first official visit to Washington since taking office in May. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will host German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on June 5 to discuss a wide range of pressing issues, with the Ukraine war, defense spending, and transatlantic trade tensions topping the list. This will mark the
Merz is making his first official visit to Washington since taking office in May. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will host German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on June 5 to discuss a wide range of pressing issues, with the Ukraine war, defense spending, and transatlantic trade tensions topping the list. This will mark the
A total of nine candidates competing to replace Adams made it to the stage. A crowded field of Democrats took to the debate stage on June 4 to vie for their party’s nomination to lead New York City as mayor. The party has been rocked by since-withdrawn corruption charges filed against Mayor Eric Adams by
It also moved to standardize the state’s election recount procedures. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed two election-related bills into law on June 2—one to prohibit the use of ranked-choice voting in any election across the state and allow poll workers to request proof of voter citizenship, and another that overhauls and standardizes the state’s election
The investigation will focus on whether there was unlawful misuse of an autopen, a device which creates a facsimile of a presidential signature. President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to investigate whether officials in President Joe Biden’s administration misled the American people about Biden’s mental acuity and illegally exercised presidential power. A memorandum signed
The proclamation accuses Harvard University of failing to ‘discipline at least some categories of conduct violations on campus.’ President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on June 4 to suspend international visas for new students at Harvard University as his administration and the Ivy League college battle in court over frozen federal funding. Trump’s proclamation, “Enhancing