Tag: House of Representatives
That’s why the decision is so controversial
Judges of the Constitutional Court of Berlin The judges of the Constitutional Court declared the September 2021 parliamentary elections invalid. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The President of the Berlin Constitutional Court…
Trump wants to be president again
Good morning dear readers, he really wants to know again: On Tuesday evening US Eastern Time, ex-President Donald Trump announced that he intends to run as the Republican candidate in…
Biden slows down the Republicans – Trump’s candidates are weak
Washington The first polling stations were just closed when Joe Biden started his telephone marathon. The US President called one election winner after another: Virginia, Colorado, Massachusetts in the first…
How the US elections will end
Good morning dear readers, Today is election day in the USA. If you would like to know what the so-called “midterms” are about, our Washington correspondent Annette Meiritz has summarized…
Defeat for Sarah Palin in Alaska election – success for US Democrats
Sarah Palin The Republican lost to Democrat Mary Peltola. (Photo: Reuters) Anchorage-Washington The US Democrats have won a surprise vote in a special vote on a congressional seat in the…
Biden’s climate package finally passed by US Congress
Joe Biden For the US President, the adoption of his climate package is an important success. (Photo: Reuters) Washington Three months before the midterm elections to Congress, the US House…
Joe Biden achieves the first real success
it is no longer epochal, but it is so significant that US President Joe Biden calls it “historic”: his draft law for climate protection and social affairs. For months, Biden’s…
The US and China are at odds over Taiwan
China launched fighter jets to welcome powerful US politician Nancy Pelosi to the island of Taiwan. The 82-year-old had declared the “US unconditional support for Taiwan’s vibrant democracy”. In Beijing,…
House of Representatives votes to ban semi-automatic weapons
gun shop The bill is likely to fail in the Senate. (Photo: AP) Washington The US House of Representatives voted in favor of legislation reinstating the ban on semi-automatic weapons…
House of Representatives votes for Finland and Sweden to join NATO
United States House of Representatives Sweden and Finland had applied to join NATO two months ago, just before the war began. (Photo: Reuters) Washington Members of the US House of…
Franziska Giffey is Berlin’s first woman mayor
Franziska Giffey The new governing mayor has had a steep political career behind her. (Photo: imago images / Emmanuele Contini) Berlin Franziska Giffey has made it: six months after retiring…
US House of Representatives decides to ban imports of products from Xinjiang
Washington The USA wants to initiate further sanctions against China because of the oppression of the Muslim Uighur minority. The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a law banning…
House of Representatives adopts Biden’s big social and climate package
US President Joe Biden Biden said the successful vote was “another giant step forward” in implementing his plan to strengthen and modernize the US economy. (Photo: imago images / UPI…
The Deep Fall of Steve Bannon – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Good morning dear readers, Among the villains in Donald Trump’s villain game, he was the most radical, the most cynical, the most cunning. Now things are getting bad for Steve…
Does the election have to be repeated? All questions and answers
The Social Democrats had become the strongest force in the election on September 26th – on the basis of a result that even the Berlin election authorities now want to…
Queues, missing and wrong ballots
Berlin Long queues form in front of the polling stations at the Jane Addams School in Friedrichshain. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Berlin elections are much more chaotic than the state…
SPD wins in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Greens cheer in Berlin
State election Remains Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Manuela Schwesig (SPD). (Photo: dpa) Berlin Manuela Schwesig (SPD) was already celebrating before the polling stations for the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western…
Queues, missing & wrong ballots
Berlin Long queues form in front of the polling stations at the Jane Addams School in Friedrichshain. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Berlin elections are much more chaotic than the state…