Category: Politics

NATO Says Ukraine May Join Alliance When ‘Conditions Are Met’

VILNIUS, Lithuania—NATO members on Tuesday issued a statement expressing their support for Ukraine’s membership but failing to provide a timeline for when this may occur. “Ukraine’s future is in NATO,” the Vilnius Summit Communique (pdf) read. The high-stakes summit in Vilnius, set for July 11–12, brings together leaders from the alliance’s 31 member countries to…


Zelenskyy Calls NATO’s Decision Not to Provide Timeline for Membership ‘Unprecedented and Absurd’

VILNIUS, Lithuania—NATO members on Tuesday issued a statement expressing their support for Ukraine’s membership but failing to provide a timeline for when this may occur. “Ukraine’s future is in NATO,” the Vilnius Summit Communique (pdf) read. The high-stakes summit in Vilnius, set for July 11–12, brings together leaders from the alliance’s 31 member countries to…


Biden to Move Forward With Sale of F-16 Jets to Turkey After Erdogan Greenlights Sweden’s NATO Bid

The United States will move forward with its plan to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, the White House said on July 11, shortly after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan withdrew his objection to Sweden joining NATO. “President [Joe] Biden has been clear and unequivocal for months that he supported the transfer of F-16s to Turkey,” U.S….


LIVE NOW: Coronavirus Subcommittee Holds Hearing to Investigate the ‘Proximal Origin of a Cover Up’

The House Oversight Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic holds a hearing on “Investigating the Proximal Origin of a Cover Up” at 10 a.m. ET on July 11. Witnesses will include Kristian Andersen of Scripps Research and Robert Garry of the Tulane University School of Medicine. …


Coronavirus Subcommittee Holds Hearing to Investigate the ‘Proximal Origin of a Cover Up’

The House Oversight Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic holds a hearing on “Investigating the Proximal Origin of a Cover Up” at 10 a.m. ET on July 11. Witnesses will include Kristian Andersen of Scripps Research and Robert Garry of the Tulane University School of Medicine. …


LIVE 10:03 AM ET: PGA Tour CEO Testifies to US Senate on Merger With Saudi-Backed LIV Golf

PGA Tour Chief Operating Officer Ron Price testifies to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations at 10 a.m. ET on July 11 on the planned merger of PGA Tour with Saudi-backed LIV Golf. …


LIVE NOW: PGA Tour CEO Testifies to US Senate on Merger With Saudi-Backed LIV Golf

PGA Tour Chief Operating Officer Ron Price testifies to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations at 10 a.m. ET on July 11 on the planned merger of PGA Tour with Saudi-backed LIV Golf. …


PGA Tour CEO Testifies to US Senate on Merger With Saudi-Backed LIV Golf

PGA Tour Chief Operating Officer Ron Price testifies to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations at 10 a.m. ET on July 11 on the planned merger of PGA Tour with Saudi-backed LIV Golf. …


LIVE 10 AM ET: CECC Holds Hearing on Corporate Complicity in China

Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) holds a hearing at 10:00 p.m. ET on July 11 on the risk of supporting the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights violations that international businesses and corporations face when they are seeking to operate in the PRC or maintaining access to the Chinese market. Witnesses: Panel 1: Robert Silvers, Under…


LIVE NOW: CECC Holds Hearing on Corporate Complicity in China

Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) holds a hearing at 10:00 p.m. ET on July 11 on the risk of supporting the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights violations that international businesses and corporations face when they are seeking to operate in the PRC or maintaining access to the Chinese market. Witnesses: Panel 1: Robert Silvers, Under…