Tag: USA

US predicts China could have 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030 (Al Jazeera)

China is expanding its nuclear arsenal much quicker than anticipated, narrowing the gap with the United States, the Pentagon said in a report published. China...

Democratic governor and Biden ally narrowly wins reelection (Al Jazeera)

Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy narrowly fended off an election challenge from Republican former state lawmaker Jack Ciattarelli, returns showed, a day after...

Message from Minneapolis: Reform the police but don’t defund them (William A. Galston, Brookings)

On May 25, 2020, a veteran Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in full public view. A bystander’s video of the event triggered nationwide...

The relationship between school closures and female labor force participation during the pandemic (Stephanie Aaronson and Francisca Alba, Brookings)

Public K-12 schools are open now for the academic year, and instruction has returned to full-time in person, despite some disruptions due to outbreaks...

5 lessons from election night 2021 (Elaine Kamarck, Brookings)

On the day after the 2021 off-year elections, Democrats woke up with a bad headache. The victories of 2018 and 2020 seemed like distant...

Building ‘stable, predicable’ US-Russia ties: dream or reality? (ORF)

On November 2, the Secretary of Russia’s National Security Council Nikolai Patrushev and CIA Director William Burns met to discuss various issues related to US-Russia ties....

Germany, US plan major aerial drill to defend Europe (Vivienne Machi, Defense News)

Two Eurofighter aircraft belonging to the German Air Force sped down the runway on a perfectly autumnal October morning at Neuburg Air Base, about...

China and the United States can play a positive-sum game on the CPTPP (Cai Penghong, East Asia Forum)

China’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is prompting domestic and international discussion. People are asking questions about...

States under time crunch to provide housing assistance: How to fix it (Gabriel R. Sanchez, Brookings)

Due to the pandemic-driven economic recession, the federal government has been forced to respond to the sharp rise in housing challenges Americans have faced....

An analysis of financial institutions in Black-majority communities: Black borrowers and depositors face considerable challenges in accessing banking services (Kristen Broady, Mac McComas, and...

Achieving the American dream—the opportunity to succeed, to provide food and shelter for family members, education for children, hope for a better life, and...

Focus on bank supervision, not just bank regulation (Peter Conti-Brown and Sean Vanatta, Brookings)

Last month, the Biden administration made headlines nominating Cornell Law School Professor Saule Omarova to serve as Comptroller of the Currency, a position from...

Abdullah Hammoud: Michigan city elects its first Arab mayor (Ali Harb, Al Jazeera)

Hundreds erupted in cheers at a community centre in Dearborn as Abdullah Hammoud’s name with a checkmark next to it appeared on a giant screen, confirming...

Minneapolis voters reject proposal to replace police department (Al Jazeera)

Voters in Minneapolis, where the murder of George Floyd last year sparked the largest wave of protests against racial injustice in generations, have rejected...

Republican Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia governor’s race: US media (Al Jazeera)

A Republican candidate has been elected the governor of Virginia, according to US television networks, in a setback for Democrats ahead of next year’s...

Ex-police captain Eric Adams elected New York City mayor (Al Jazeera)

Former police captain Eric Adams cruised to victory to become the next mayor of New York as voters across the United States picked new...

US suspends duty-free access to Ethiopia over human rights abuses (Samuel Gebre and Fasika Tadesse, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

The U.S. suspended duty-free access to Ethiopian exports because of a yearlong civil war that’s spawned a humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa...