The EU Is the New Go-To Middle Power

🇺🇸 No sitting president has ever appeared on a #US passport. Yet the US State Department has unveiled a limited-edition version bearing Donald #Trump’s portrait to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of #Independence. 🪙 A commemorative gold coin featuring his image is also set to be minted for the occasion.

The decision will make it more difficult to successfully challenge legislative maps for diluting the voting power of racial minorities.

A large number of firetrucks were mobilized to the Cologne Cathedral after a churchwarden reported the smell of smoke.

France has a reputation, among some, of being a vacation nation. Is this warranted? In this edition of Entre Nous, we dive into France's public holidays during the month of May. We discuss the country's infamous long weekends or "ponts", an ongoing political fight over the May 1 bank holiday and what researchers say is the ideal number of "jours fériés" or public holidays.