Importantly, the conservative group is not fully involved in the nascent anti-McCarthy plan — although chair Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) is involved — and it could fail entirely. McCarthy’s allies are long tired of Freedom Caucus scheming, dating back to the right flank’s role in destroying his dreams of the speakership seven years ago. “These …
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is bringing his message of dialogue with the Muslim world to the kingdom of Bahrain, where the Sunni-led government is hosting an interfaith conference on East-West co-existence even as it stands accused of discriminating against the country’s Shiite majority. Human rights groups and relatives of Shiite activists on death row have …
BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Unleashing constant artillery barrages, Russian soldiers are slowly edging closer to Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine in their attempt to seize the city, which has remained in Ukrainian hands despite Moscow’s goal of capturing the entire Donbas region bordering Russia. While much of the fighting in the last month has unfolded in southern Ukraine’s …
