Day: March 12, 2025
The total lunar eclipse, unlike last year’s solar eclipse, does not require special equipment to watch it safely.
Greenland’s pro-business opposition party won the Arctic island’s closely-watched parliamentary election on Tuesday, following a race dominated both by US President Donald Trump’s annexation threat and growing calls from residents for independence from Denmark.
In the business world, companies that spend billions without achieving measurable success collapse. In government, there is no accountability for agencies like the Department of Education.
The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with a series of duties on U.S. products, responding to the Trump administration rise in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports.
The idea of a 30-day ceasefire is an important and correct step towards a just peace for Ukraine. We stand with Ukraine and the US and welcome the proposals from Jeddah. Now it is up to Putin.
— Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (@Bundeskanzler) March 12, 2025
The Demokraatit Party won the most votes in Greenland’s parliamentary elections, a surprise result in an election in the shadow of President Donald Trump’s stated goal of taking control of the island.
NPR’s Michel Martin talks with Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about Senate prospects for passage of a spending bill to avert a government shutdown.