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Take your seats, please: Germany's parliament chamber is rearranged to reflect voters' verdict
German voters have had their sayABC News - 22h -
Five key takeaways from the Guardian’s House of Lords series
Two peers are now under investigation after undercover reporting on members of parliament’s second chamber. “Indefensible” was how Keir Starmer described the House of Lords three years ago when he ...The Guardian - 5d -
Indonesia parliament passes contentious amendments to military law
Indonesia’s parliament on Thursday passed contentious revisions to the country’s military law, which will allocate more civilian posts for military officers.NBC News - 1h -
3 charged with murder after 5-year-old killed in hyperbaric chamber explosion
The operator of the hyperbaric chamber also faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter, officials said.ABC News - Mar. 11 -
Hyperbaric chamber facility where boy died put profits before client care, Michigan AG says
The facility where a hyperbaric chamber fire killed a 5-year-old child “held safety among their lowest considerations,” the Michigan attorney general said.NBC News - Mar. 11 -
Democrats win Minnesota state House special election, setting up shared control of the chamber
Democrats won a Minnesota state House special election Tuesday night, The Associated Press projected, restoring a tie in the chamber and ending a monthslong power struggle in the Legislature.NBC News - Mar. 12 -
Activists open abortion center in front of Polish parliament on Women's Day
Polish abortion rights activists have opened a center across from the parliament building in Warsaw where women can have abortions with pills, either alone or with other womenABC News - Mar. 8 -
Belgian prosecutors make arrests in corruption probe linked to European Parliament
Belgian federal prosecutors say they've arrested several individuals as part of a corruption probe linked to the European Parliament amid reports in local media that Chinese company Huawei bribed ...ABC News - Mar. 13 -
Germany’s parliament approves Merz’s €1tn spending plan
Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructureFinancial Times - 1d -
Four charged in death of boy killed in hyperbaric chamber fire in Michigan facility
Three people were charged with second-degree murder and a fourth person was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Thomas Cooper, 5.NBC News - Mar. 11 -
Confidence in German economy surges as parliament approves huge spending plan
Investors welcome prospect of hundreds of billions of euros to be spent on infrastructure and defenseMarketWatch - 1d -
Indonesian Parliament Passes Bill That Critics Say Evokes Authoritarian Past
Legislators revised a law to allocate more civilian posts for military officers, a move that harked back to the era of the dictator Suharto.The New York Times - 3h -
Why did John Cena turn heel in WWE? 16-time world champion explains his decision in scathing promo
Cena spoke for the first time since turning on Cody Rhodes at the Elimination ChamberCBS Sports - 1d -
German parliament passes historic debt reform, paving the way for higher defense spend
The reforms include changes to the debt brake rule and the creation of an infrastructure fund.CNBC - 1d -
Hungary's parliament passes law banning Pride events, in new assault on LGBTQ rights
Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees.NBC News - 1d -
Monday Night Raw in Belgium: Start time, what to know for Cody Rhodes-John Cena face-off
Cody Rhodes and John Cena meet on Monday Night Raw for the first time since the shocking Elimination Chamber attack.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
UK must be more ambitious in rebuilding EU relations, says business group
British Chambers of Commerce head says recent warm words about post-Brexit reset are ‘not nearly enough’Financial Times - 13h -
The Gulf state purging tens of thousands of its citizens
Kuwait has stripped nationality from 42,000 people after suspending the region’s only parliament last yearFinancial Times - Mar. 9 -
Portugal’s Government Falls in No-Confidence Vote After Just a Year
The vote in Parliament will force new elections, the third in little more than three years.The New York Times - Mar. 11 -
Nicola Sturgeon to step down from Holyrood
The ex-SNP leader says she will not seek re-election at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.BBC News - Mar. 12 -
China steels itself for Trump turmoil with ‘DeepSeek congress’
Annual session of rubber stamp parliament highlights Beijing’s shifting priorities amid AI breakthroughs and US tariffsFinancial Times - Mar. 13 -
Germany’s Merz agrees spending deal with Greens
Agreement paves way for flagship defence and infrastructure package to be adopted by parliament next weekFinancial Times - 5d -
Germany is back, says Merz after historic spending deal
Germany's conservative leader clinches an major financial agreement ahead of a crunch vote in parliament.BBC News - 5d -
Statue of peace campaigner Brian Haw unveiled
Brian Haw camped out in Parliament Square for nearly 10 years to protest against UK foreign policy.BBC News - 2d -
Disabled travel access an 'embarrassment', MPs say
A report by parliament's cross-party-transport select committee says accessibility failings are "systematic" across all modes of transport.BBC News - 12h -
Michigan boy's death raises concerns about unregulated hyperbaric oxygen therapy
A 5-year-old's death in a Michigan hyperbaric chamber has sparked calls for more oversight of unsupervised hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the wellness industry.NBC News - 4d -
Democrats Call Chuck Schumer’s Senate Leadership Into Question
Leaders in the upper chamber of Congress occasionally have to take a political beating to protect their members in tough spots, like the showdown over government funding.The New York Times - 15h -
Trump Looms Over Greenland’s Election, but Voters Have Other Concerns
President Trump keeps saying he wants to “get” Greenland. On Tuesday, Greenland votes for a new parliament that could shape its future relations with the United States.The New York Times - Mar. 10 -
Portugal’s government looks set to lose a confidence vote, triggering an election
Portugal’s minority government is in danger of falling as parliament prepares to vote on a confidence motion, with an overwhelming majority of opposition lawmakers saying they will choose to oust ...ABC News - Mar. 11 -
Greenland voting underway with Trump, independence in headlines
Greenland's national election will determine control of its parliament, with the ruling Inatsisartut party supporting independence and Trump suggesting the U.S. should take control of the island.The Hill - Mar. 11 -
German MPs approve €500bn spending boost to counter ‘Putin’s war of aggression’
Historic levels of spending on military and infrastructure secured in Bundestag with last-minute backing of Greens. Europe live – latest updates Germany’s parliament has voted in favour of ...The Guardian - 1d -
ThyssenKrupp’s warship division expects its market size to triple as defense spending surges
That comes on the back of the German parliament voting in favor of a major fiscal package, which includes changes to debt policies for higher defense spending.CNBC - 1h -
House Rules Committee advances GOP’s stopgap ahead of shutdown deadline
The House Rules Committee voted Monday night to advance the GOP's bill to avert a government shutdown, dispatching the measure to the full chamber for consideration ahead of Friday's deadline. The ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
House GOP tees up final vote on bill to avert shutdown
House Republicans on Tuesday advanced their bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up a final vote on the legislation later in the day. The chamber voted 216-214 to adopt a ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
House Republicans pass bill to avert government shutdown
The House on Tuesday passed a funding bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up the measure for consideration in the Senate. The chamber cleared the continuing resolution (CR) ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Top House Democrats press Senate colleagues to sink GOP spending bill
The top House Democrats are pressing their fellow party members in the Senate to kill the Republicans’ spending bill when it reaches the upper chamber, saying the proposal will hurt Americans ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Morning Report — Dems between rock and hard place on stopgap
In today’s issue: The shutdown ball is firmly in the Senate’s court. The spending package passed the House along party lines, with one sole Democrat voting with most Republicans to pass the ...The Hill - Mar. 13 -
Liberals eulogize Grijalva: 'A real giant of the House'
Progressive Democrats wasted no time eulogizing the legacy of Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), a progressive lion of the lower chamber who died on Thursday at the age of 77 after a battle with lung ...The Hill - 6d -
Distrust dogs Democrats as they prepare for battles with Trump
The aftermath of last week’s bitter spending fight has forced Democrats to wonder whether trust levels between the two chambers can be rebuilt ahead of high-stakes battles with President Trump in ...The Hill - 1d -
What to know about the collapse of Portugal's government
Portugal has slid back into more political uncertainty after its third government fell in as many years when Prime Minister Luis Montenegro lost a confidence vote in ParliamentABC News - Mar. 12