Press play to listen to this article The woman charged with upholding the European Union’s core values arrived in Brussels six years ago with no experience of EU politics and a portfolio she didn’t want.…
The von der Leyen Commission end-of-year report card
Press play to listen to this article It’s been a turbulent year for Ursula von der Leyen’s Class of 2019. Since 26 fresh-faced commissioners and one president took office on December 1 last year, even…
Leading by example
In the sixth chapter of The Wonk’s Survival Guide to the European Green Deal, POLITICO looks at the EU’s ambition to serve as a model for the rest of the world in the fight against…
What European commissioners have been up to in…
European commissioners have listed a combined total of over 4,600 items in their public agendas since taking office a year ago, on December 1, 2019. But is everyone equally busy meeting with lobbyists — mostly…
Daily Show Looks Back At Trump’s ‘Cozy Relationship’…
The video, which garnered more than 600,000 views in its first 24 hours online, looks back at Trump’s “cozy relationship with supremacists,” according to its YouTube description. Roy Wood Jr., a correspondent for the Comedy…
Trump Biographer Hits President Where It Hurts: Can’t…
A biographer of Donald Trump turned one of the president’s favorite insults — “loser” — against him and described Trump’s refusal to accept defeat in the 2020 election as “buffoonery.” “He is a profoundly incompetent…
Eric Trumps Latest Attempt To Spread Disinformation Backfires…
Another day, another conspiratorial tweet from Eric Trump. And, once again, the vast majority of Twitter users weren’t buying it. On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump’s second-eldest son continued with his efforts to cast doubt…
Distributing The Coronavirus Vaccine Will Require Planning —…
The rapid development of coronavirus vaccines, including one that may be weeks away from federal approval, offers the best hope yet for an end to the pandemic. But producing, distributing and administering the vaccine in…
With Inaction By Washington, States Scramble To Offer…
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Faulting inaction in Washington, governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters, and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the widening…