Conservatism in the United States

The U.S. Senate on Friday narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch. 

Presided over by Vice President Mike Pence, the 54-45 near party-line vote caps a partisan saga that has seen Republicans pursue a rule change widely regarded as the "nuclear option". 

Albanian opposition leader Lulzim Basha, from the centre-right Democratic Party (PD) gave an interview to controversial American media outlet Breitbart during a visit to the United States to raise awareness about the political situation in the country.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he won assurances of greater U.S. support in fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in talks on March 20 with U.S. President Donald Trump and top advisers, but cautioned that military might alone would not be sufficient.

Niall Ferguson looked rested and ready for action as we sat in the roof garden of Athens's Hotel Grande Bretagne on the day he was due to speak at the Delphi Economic Forum earlier this month.

The first meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, originally scheduled for March 14 but postponed to March 17 due to heavy storms, will be an occasion for pundits to compare their characters, policy choices and weight in world politics.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was already on her way to the airport on Monday to fly to Washington for her first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump when he rang her to postpone the trip due to the approach of a winter storm.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a revised ban on refugees and on travelers from six Muslim-majority nations Monday, scaling back the order to exempt Iraqis and permanent US residents.

Obama-era Attorney General Loretta Lynch is calling for more marching, blood, and death on the streets.

In a video published to the Senate Democrats Facebook page, Lynch says “this is a time of fear and uncertainty for so many people… who see our rights being assailed, being trampled on and even being rolled back.”

Anti-NATO opposition politicians in Montenegro have written to White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, seeking his aid in getting Donald Trump's new US administration to reconsider America's support for Montenegro's membership of NATO.

U.S. President Donald Trump in his first address to the Congress since taking office on Jan. 20 has vowed to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the levant (ISIL) together with U.S.' allies from the Muslim world.
 
"We will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the Muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet," Trump said on Feb. 28.