Germany, Orphaned by U.S., Shakes Off the Shock and Stirs to Action
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Germany, Orphaned by U.S., Shakes Off the Shock and Stirs to Action

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States gave Germany its democracy and its constitution. It supported German reunification when France and Britain had their doubts. It has some 35,000 troops in Germany, dedicated to the defense of Europe. But President Trump and his administration now see Europe…

How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It
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How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment. It was un-American, they argued, to punish someone for exercising their right to speak freely. Today, however, many of those same conservatives, now in power…

How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It
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Republicans Once Championed Free Speech on Campus. Now, Not So Much.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment. It was un-American, they argued, to punish someone for exercising their right to speak freely. Today, however, many of those same conservatives, now in power…

Viktor Orban Is a Conservative Lodestar. Now He Wants to Fix the Price of Eggs.
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Viktor Orban Is a Conservative Lodestar. Now He Wants to Fix the Price of Eggs.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary pioneered many of the themes dear to conservatives in the United States, railing for years against “migration insanity,” “the woke virus” and “gender madness.” Now Mr. Orban is engaged in an effort that veers away from the…

Can Europe’s New Military Spending Help Its Economies?
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Can Europe’s New Military Spending Help Its Economies?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines From Brussels to Berlin, leaders across Europe are getting ready to spend hundreds of billions to rebuild their armies. The spending, they say, is necessary to prepare Europe for the dangers of a world where the United States no longer guarantees its security….

Turkey Arrests Istanbul Mayor, Key Rival to President Erdogan
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Turkey Arrests Istanbul Mayor, Key Rival to President Erdogan

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, one of Turkey’s most prominent opposition politicians, was arrested on Wednesday morning on charges related to corruption and terrorism, the city’s prosecutor’s office said. A large group of police officers arrived at Mr. Imamoglu’s house and took…

Louisiana Plans to Resume Capital Punishment With First Nitrogen Execution
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Louisiana Plans to Resume Capital Punishment With First Nitrogen Execution

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “It is wholly inconsistent with Louisiana’s pro-life values, as it quite literally promotes a culture of death,” Mr. Edwards said in 2023, boosting the hopes of activists who wanted to end the death penalty in the state and prompting clemency requests from nearly…

Putin Agrees to Avoid Ukraine Energy Targets in Potential Limited Cease-fire
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Putin Agrees to Avoid Ukraine Energy Targets in Potential Limited Cease-fire

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia agreed for the first time on Tuesday to a limited cease-fire that would stop strikes on energy infrastructure, as long as Ukraine does the same, the Kremlin said in a statement. But in a two-and-a-half-hour phone call…

Netanyahu Moves to Fire Israel’s Domestic Intelligence Chief
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Netanyahu Moves to Fire Israel’s Domestic Intelligence Chief

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he was taking action to oust the director of the Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, raising concerns among critics that he was seeking to undermine its independence. Mr. Netanyahu’s effort to fire Ronen Bar,…

Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox
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Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines They weren’t supposed to fight. At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, in Hebrew — would be spared from mandatory military service. In exchange, Haredi leaders lent their support for…