PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) – France faced a hung parliament and difficult negotiations starting Monday to form a government, after a surprise left-wing surge blocked Marine Le Pen’s quest to bring the far right to power. The leftist New Popular Front (NFP)…

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge related to the fatal 737 Max crashes, the Justice Department announced on Sunday. This comes months after U.S. prosecutors accused the aerospace giant of violating a 2021 settlement that…

Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ), Czechia’s ANO, and Hungary’s Fidesz have formed a new right-wing coalition, the parties’ respective leaders announced at a joint press conference in Vienna on Sunday. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, and…

In Germany, France, and even Belgium, the EU election results have created internal political crises. In some countries, new parliamentary elections have been called to clarify the political values and direction that voters want their respective countries to take. Which social group…

The last-minute implosion of congestion pricing, which was set to begin Sunday, shows the challenges of solving America’s most intractable problems. NEW YORK—Patrons at the Comfort Diner in Midtown Manhattan recently encountered an unexpected person working the tables: Gov. Kathy Hochul.…

Le Pen’s National Rally is on track to score an unprecedented haul of seats in July 7 runoff. PARIS—Marine Le Pen’s National Rally notched a victory in the first round of parliamentary elections across France on Sunday, moving her party…

There were two astonishing developments this week in the Biden administration’s continuing attack on free speech.First, just days ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision on whether to uphold the Fifth Circuit’s injunction against the administration’s extensive censorship enterprise, a second White…