POLITICSLuxury Kushner Project Collides With Albanian DiscontentProtests in Albania against plans for a luxury tourist site have become a cause célèbre for opponents of President Trump and his family. But the politics are local.NY Times·1w ago
POLITICSTrump tries to blame Reflecting Pool woes on vandalism, without offering substantiationThe paint is peeling from Washington's Reflecting Pool after the renovation ordered by President Donald Trump.CNBC·1w ago
POLITICSTrump, Claiming Vandalism, Says Reflecting Pool Will Likely Need to Be DrainedThe pool has taken on clouds of algae after a hasty renovation. A three-time Olympian was charged with destroying government property after he says he touched one of the strands of blue paint peeling off the pool’s bottom.NY Times·1w ago
POLITICSColombia's escalating, brutal internal conflict is defining its presidential electionA left-wing senator who backs talks with armed gangs faces an outsider endorsed by Trump.BBC News·1w ago
POLITICSUkraine says Russian attack kills five people in ZaporizhzhiaDuring nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Russia is preparing for 'massive' attack.Al Jazeera·1w ago
POLITICSBitcoin's future as revolutionary as the smartphone, according to CoinDeskCoinDesk’s president of indices and data has a message for investors: Don’t count out bitcoin.CNBC·1w ago
POLITICSGhost of far-right paramilitaries hovers over Colombia’s presidential runoff vote<p>Colombians will choose on Sunday between two men whose lives have been very differently shaped by the militias, and whose visions for the country are poles apart</p><p>Whoever wins Sunday’s presidential runoff vote in Colombia, the country’s next leader will have a personal history intertwined wiThe Guardian·1w ago
POLITICSOpinion: Algae doesn't care about our party linesPresident Trump's beautification project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become plagued with a robust algae bloom, despite a $14 million investment and a coating of "American flag blue."NPR·1w ago
POLITICSTalk of Starmer staying on to fight is fading - fastAfter Andy Burnham’s by-election victory, support for the prime minister is evaporating, writes Laura Kuenssberg.BBC News·1w ago
POLITICSCalifornians Get Stingier at the Ballot Box as Costs RiseVoters rejected more local taxes than usual in the June election, a sign that they are feeling the pinch from rising costs.NY Times·1w ago
POLITICSA New Air Force One, via Qatar, Nears Its First Presidential FlightPresident Trump showed off the new red, white and blue Boeing 747, a gift from Qatar that prompted a storm of criticism from lawmakers, before a flyover on July 4.NY Times·1w ago
POLITICSUS judge rejects Joe Biden’s lawsuit asking to withhold memoir recordingsBiden, a former Democratic president, argued that releasing the recordings would violate his right to privacy.Al Jazeera·1w ago
