Good morning. The midterms are tomorrow, and the outcome will determine more than which party controls Congress. If Democrats win back the House, the Senate, or both, President Donald Trump will have a harder time securing the policies, people, and funding needed to carry out his agenda, and the right could push back. If the
Iceland’s closely fought referendum on whether to resume membership talks with the European Union is going down to wire, with the result too close to call. Based on the first 153,197 votes counted of the 270,000 voters eligible, 50.1% rejected the government’s proposal, while 49.9% said yes, public broadcaster RUV said, with just 435 votes
Although outside the EU, Iceland is part of the European Economic Area (EEA) along with Norway and Liechtenstein, so it is part of the single market and the Schengen border-free zone. Reykjavik opened EU accession talks two years after the devastating 2008 global financial crisis, but abandoned them in 2013. Fishing was the biggest obstacle
