The Trump administration is reportedly considering many options to avoid Social Security insolvency, which includes raising the retirement age. When asked if he would consider raising the retirement age during a FOX News interview on Thursday, Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano said, “I think everything’s being considered, will be considered.” Could Social Security reach […]
Threats of government shutdowns have become a regular, self-inflicted crisis when our political leaders use funding for government operations as a bargaining chip in other partisan fights. Congress has a Sept. 30 deadline before federal agency budgets expire, and Republican leaders are working to pass legislation to pay existing bills and avoid a shutdown. Should […]
Australia will purchase U.S.-manufactured, nuclear-powered attack submarines to modernize its fleet
Japan’s economy grew at an annual pace of 0.1% in October-December, in a downgrade from an earlier 0.6% increase
Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, opened its tobacco-selling season Wednesday, with a speech by the vice president and eager international buyers
UNITED NATIONS – The United States will hold an informal meeting of United Nations Security Council members next week on human rights abuses in North Korea, a move likely to anger Pyongyang and spur opposition from China and Russia.
The U.K. government says it’s ready for human-rights legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of migrants a year reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel
A report in The New York Times that appears to clear the Kremlin for an attack on the pipeline last fall is serving as a key talking point for the Russian threat.
Is the United States out to sabotage China
BRASILIA – Brazil has decided to resume entry visa requirements for citizens of the U.S., Japan, Australia and Canada, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka’s president says China has given crucial debt restructuring assurances that mean the bankrupt nation could get its bailout package approved soon
A parliamentary delegation from Hungary says it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid after meeting the speaker of the Swedish parliament to iron out what Hungary’s governing party has called “political disputes.”
