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When James Shaw’s zero-carbon bill passed with bipartisan support in parliament on Thursday, New Zealand became one of the first countries in the world to enshrine its climate change targets in law. But for someone at the centre of a landmark piece of legislation, Shaw is a reluctant politician. Although the Green’s co-leader has been …

Vindman told Eisenberg, the White House’s legal adviser on national security issues, that what the president did was wrong, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation. Scribbling notes on a yellow legal pad, Eisenberg proposed a step that other officials have said is at odds with long-standing …

What to Know Four teens were arrested after a crowd of up to 500 people gathered on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia, police said. Police said the crowd had been pushed out of an overcrowded free skating event at a local roller rink. SkyForce10 was above the scene as some of the teens started fighting …

WASHINGTON — Two of President Trump’s top envoys to Ukraine drafted a statement for the country’s new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals, three people briefed on the effort said. The drafting of the statement is new evidence of how Mr. Trump’s …

On Oct. 27, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the stage at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, to speak in honor of Navy Day. With Britain under Nazi siege, Roosevelt wanted the United States to join the fight. The American public was not convinced. “I have in my possession a secret map made by …

The retired four-star Marine Corps general said in an interview with CBS that aired Sunday that he had intended to serve the full four years, but resigned when he determined his views were not “aligned” with President Donald Trump’s. Mattis said he disagreed with Trump’s decision on Syria because “we need to maintain enough influence …

Turkey’s decision to abide by its $2.5 billion contract to buy the Russian S-400 Triumf air defense system was cinched on June 23 when the results of the Istanbul mayoral election were tallied. In March, challenger Ekrem İmamoğlu won the Istanbul mayor’s office by 13,000 votes. Turkey’s ruling political party, AKP, disputed the result, but …