Bolsonaro, Lula Tied In Latest Poll As Brazil's Runoff Election Countdown Enters Final Week

Iceland Voters Reject Reopening Talks To Join European Union Iceland voters on Saturday rejected a proposal to reopen negotiations to join the European Union, after the island nation of some 400,000 people chose to maintain independence after shelving its membership bid more than a decade ago. Supporters of the 'No' campaign wave Icelandic flags during a rally against reopening Iceland's European Union accession negotiations in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Aug. 27, 2026, two days ahead of a national referendum. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images Heading into the vote, the "yes" camp was ahead...

Sex, Spies, And The FOMC: How Beijing Turned A Senior Fed Economist Into Its "Inside Man" For years, conspiracy theorists have insisted that the Federal Reserve is run for the benefit of a foreign power. It turns out they were - at worst - only half wrong: it's just that the foreign power in question wasn't getting the FOMC minutes through the front door, but via a lovesick Fed economist, an online dating site, a set of silk scarves, and a gym-obsessed "Ph.D. student" who, according to US officials, was...

No matter how often Republicans recite the conservative mantra of the Constitution, limited government, individual freedom, private property, traditional values, free enterprise, and a strong national defense, the truth is that they only selectively believe it. Republicans don’t follow the Constitution in a great many areas. The only limited government they desire is one limited […]