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SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Senate Democrats plan to start fining their absent colleagues amid a month-long Republican walkout, a move they hope will pressure boycotting lawmakers to return to the chamber as hundreds of bills languish amid the partisan stalemate. In a procedural move Thursday, Democrats voted to fine senators…

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More than two dozen NATO troops were injured in clashes with Serb protesters in Kosovo this week, leading NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to announce the deployment of 700 additional troops to keep the peace in a region with a fraught history of ethnic conflict. The NATO troops were protecting…

LULEA, Sweden — Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Turkey on Tuesday to take immediate action on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, saying there was no reason for further delay in bolstering the transatlantic alliance at a time of profound tension with Russia. Blinken, speaking to reporters in northern Sweden,…

LEPOSAVIC: Around 25 Nato peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia's president put the army on the highest level of combat alert. KFOR , the Nato-led peacekeeping mission to Kosovo, condemned the violence. "While countering the most…

Source: AdobeThe Russian government is switching gears as it no longer plans to create a national cryptocurrency exchange, and instead will write rules for multiple crypto exchanges, according to a local news site.  Anatoly Aksakov, member of one of the chambers of the Russian parliament, spoke to news outlet Izvestia…

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has called on Pristina to de-escalate tensions after placing army on high alert. Published On 28 May 202328 May 2023 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has called on Kosovo to tone down tensions with Serbia, two days after clashes between Kosovan police and protesters who are opposed…

On Sunday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) voiced concern about the speed with which members of Congress will be able to send the final deal back to the president. | Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo The White House and House Republican negotiators reached an agreement in principle Saturday night that would raise the…

"In terms of administering how the internal ethics of the judicial branch are done — heck, the judicial conference which does that is a creation of Congress," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Congress “absolutely can” reform Supreme Court ethics rules, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said, despite some arguments…

Director Justine Triet during her acceptance speech. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images After an eventful few weeks at Cannes in the South of France, the film festival has come to its final moment: the Palme d’Or awards ceremony. Presented by Jane Fonda (who coincidentally prided the festival for the number…