Whether Russia’s aim in creating and implementing an alternative to SWIFT is based chiefly on protecting its own economy or not, the move further illustrates how the concentration of international power is steadily moving eastward. (Photo: Mikhail Voskresensky/Sputnik)
Protesting tax office workers hang a banner from the finance ministry in Athens on Monday, March 20, 2017, that reads: “Reduction of tax free limit means new cuts to salaries and pensions. Stop Austerity.” (AP/Thanassis Stavrakis)
GREECE– The Greek government recently reached a new agreement with the so-called “troika” of lenders—the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund—on new reforms that are slated to go into effect in 2019.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., addresses the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2013 Policy Conference. (AP/Susan Walsh)
The French foreign ministry building is lit up to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome in Paris, France, Friday, March 24, 2017. March 25th 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome that effectively gave birth to the European Union. (AP/Michel Euler)
Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Donald Trump shows his signature on an executive order on the Keystone XL pipeline, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
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The rusty-patched Bumble bee (Bombus affinis) has become the first bee species to be officially placed on the endangered species list (Photo: Dan Mullen/Flickr)
Republican state representative from Maine, Lawrence Lockman. (Photo: Maine House Republicans)
Rep. Larry Lockman has introduced a bill that would limit the attorney general’s ability to investigate or prosecute people based on their political speech, including their views on climate change. It would also prohibit the state from discriminating in buying goods or services or awarding grants or contracts based on a person’s “climate change policy preferences.”
Servicemen of the “Fighting Eagles” 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, walk by tanks that arrived via train to the US base in Mihail Kogalniceanu, eastern Romania, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP/Andreea Alexandru)
The GOP’s American Health Care Act, a bill that has been advertised as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, has finally been published — and by the looks of it, their so-called health care overhaul will leave countless Americans, especially those with low incomes, at great risk. If put in place, the Republican healthcare plan “would result in 14 million fewer people being covered by Medicaid” by 2018.
