Bloomberg Senator Ted Cruz is delaying William Burns’s confirmation as CIA director to demand that the Biden administration do more to halt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as Republicans seek to ramp up pressure now that construction has resumed. The move by the Texas Republican will delay, but not stop, Burns’s path to lead the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). ...

Bloomberg A Congressman who helped lead the second impeachment of Donald Trump filed a lawsuit alleging the former president incited a mob that took over the US Capitol and disrupted the certification of the 2020 election. Representative Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, filed the suit in federal court. It’s the latest sign of legal peril for Trump over his role ...

Bloomberg South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees in Myanmar, while the United Nation’s Security Council is reviewing measures to take in response to the military coup in the Southeast Asian country. “Use of violence against the people of Myanmar must stop now,” Moon said in a post ...