March 22, 1933. After 14 years of Prohibition, the Beer and Wine Revenue Act finally allowed the sale and government taxation of alcoholic beverages with no more than 3.2% alcohol. The act was part of FDR's New Deal, a series of economic measures intended to pull America out of The Great Depression.
The government's scheme to send asylum seekers on a one-way flight to Rwanda has become law. Here's what Yahoo readers think of it.
Do the Scottish Conservatives really want to get rid of Humza Yousaf? Vain, self-righteous and accident-prone, Scotland’s First Minister has become one of Unionism’s most valuable assets. In tabling a confidence motion against him, the Tories may be opening the door to a more competent SNP leader.
The implosion of the Scottish National Party (SNP) is fast becoming more of a popcorn fest than binge-watching Taggart. Last April, we stared open-mouthed as the police seized a £110,000 Niesmann + Bischoff motorhome from a house in Fife following the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell, who was last week charged in connection with the embezzlement of party funds (he denies the allegations).
The lawyer who negotiated Stormy Daniels’ hush money deal told a tabloid editor who helped Donald Trump kill stories of alleged affairs “he f----d you, idiot”.
"If he's not covered by the criminal law, he can't be impeached for violating it at all," the Supreme Court justice said during Thursday's arguments.
Laurence Tribe pulled no punches over what he described as a “shameful performance by the court.”
“That just brings back all those bad memories about that issue," Jim Schultz told CNN's Jake Tapper.
It is not unusual in politics for a measure to be attacked from two opposite fronts at the same time.
It may be temporary, but in recent days, the deceivers have been put on the defensive, writes Frida Ghitis.
“Are you on the list?” the burly man guarding the door asks.
Melania Trump broke from first lady tradition in many ways. On her birthday, here's a look at her life and how she fared as the first lady.
The underpayments relate to people with missing information on their National Insurance records
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced changes that could affect millions of people across the UK
In as astonishing a series of events as I’ve ever witnessed, Scotland has received not one but two pieces of sensational news – news that re-writes everything we thought we knew about the politics of independence.
Amid 40C heat, key players from the UN gathered in a tattered compound in Rafah to hear the organisation’s most senior security official brief them on what many expect to be a traumatic and bloody few months in southern Gaza.
Prosecutors this week said their "entire case" rests on an obscure NY election-conspiracy law. Experts believe it's never before been prosecuted.
Pepper spray flying, protestors shoved to the ground, flames leaping in the background as chants of "shame on you" filled the night air. The scenes in Newtownmountkennedy in County Wicklow won't have come as much of a surprise to many. Like many of the protest sites we have visited, there is a mix of local residents - concerned about the sudden arrival of asylum seekers in their under-resourced rural location - and anti-immigration activists and "citizen journalists", from Dublin and further afield.
Signs are growing that China could be readying for a showdown over Taiwan. These are the warning signs China experts closely track.
Republicans were working with claims that'd been debunked repeatedly — and even certified as Russian propaganda by the Trump administration in 2020.
The Azov brigade, which leaders say has a culture of ‘mutual respect’, is tasked with repelling relentless Russian attacks as the invaders make most of artillery mismatch
