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Democrats find hope in state legislative races

Democrats find hope in state legislative races

The state legislative results were far from a triumph for Democrats. But it could've been worse, some say.

Trump's team still hasn't signed transition of power agreements, White House says

Trump's team still hasn't signed transition of power agreements, White House says

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says "the Trump-Vance transition team has not yet entered into the agreements with ...

Incumbent Iowa Republican says Dem House opponent 'wasting taxpayer money' with recount

Incumbent Iowa Republican says Dem House opponent 'wasting taxpayer money' with recount

Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks has called a Democrat-backed recount of her 2024 House race a waste of taxpayer money whi...

Merkel Memoir Recalls What It Was Like Dealing With Trump and Putin

Merkel Memoir Recalls What It Was Like Dealing With Trump and Putin

The new book by former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany also aims to justify decisions she made that are still affecting her co...

Mitch McConnell announces his new posts for the 119th Congress

Mitch McConnell announces his new posts for the 119th Congress

Sen. Mitch McConnell announced that he will chair the Senate Rules Committee as well as the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on ...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi's judicial runoff elections

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi's judicial runoff elections

Voters in central Mississippi and the Delta and Gulf Coast areas will return to the polls Tuesday for a runoff election to resolve...

A Climate Money Deal to Paper Over the Cracks

A Climate Money Deal to Paper Over the Cracks

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Kenya Staggers $1.5 Billion UAE Loan on IMF Funding Concerns

Kenya Staggers $1.5 Billion UAE Loan on IMF Funding Concerns

Kenya plans to draw down on a $1.5 billion loan agreed with Abu Dhabi in tranches to remain within borrowing thresholds set in an ...

Scholz Asks Voters to Trust His Prudence After Sealing Candidacy

Scholz Asks Voters to Trust His Prudence After Sealing Candidacy

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said voters should trust him to keep Germany out of a direct conflict with Russia, doubling down on a key c...

The ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory

The ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory

The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century. But M...

Why Trump Allies Say Immigration Hurts American Workers

Why Trump Allies Say Immigration Hurts American Workers

JD Vance and others on the “new right” say limiting immigration will raise wages and give jobs to sidelined Americans. Many studie...

Twists and Turns in Sept. 11 Plea Process Are Agonizing, Families Say

Twists and Turns in Sept. 11 Plea Process Are Agonizing, Families Say

No matter whether they prefer a trial or swift resolution, relatives of victims of the attacks consider the on-again, off-again pl...

PA Education Department agrees to cancel requirement for teachers to adopt guidelines deemed 'woke'

PA Education Department agrees to cancel requirement for teachers to adopt guidelines deemed 'woke'

The Pennsylvania Department of Education settled a lawsuit with a faith-based legal group to rescind their mandate for teachers to...

DSCC hopeful Gillibrand says Dems should have put immigration fix on table '2 years ago'

DSCC hopeful Gillibrand says Dems should have put immigration fix on table '2 years ago'

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is hoping to lead the Democrat Senate campaign arm in 2026, says Democrats waited too long to propose...

Xi Makes First Visit to Morocco on His Way Home From Brazil

Xi Makes First Visit to Morocco on His Way Home From Brazil

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Morocco on his way home from the Group of 20 summit in Brazil, underscoring Beijing’s push to...

Ukraine’s Parliament Cancels Session Amid New Attack Threat

Ukraine’s Parliament Cancels Session Amid New Attack Threat

Ukraine’s parliament canceled Friday’s plenary session due to the threat of a possible attack on Kyiv’s government district, accor...

Netanyahu Says Israel Won’t Back Down After ICC Arrest Warrants

Netanyahu Says Israel Won’t Back Down After ICC Arrest Warrants

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu severely criticized the International Criminal Court for issuing arrest warrants agains...

China Vows to Help Firms Export More Despite Growing Backlash

China Vows to Help Firms Export More Despite Growing Backlash

China will attempt to boost exports further, with Beijing promising to support its firms to increase shipments despite a rising gl...

Defense Funds Are New Priority for Polish State Development Bank

Defense Funds Are New Priority for Polish State Development Bank

Poland’s development bank is switching priorities to bankrolling defense spending as the country ramps up military outlays amid an...

Iran to Expand Nuclear Centrifuges After Spat With UN Watchdog

Iran to Expand Nuclear Centrifuges After Spat With UN Watchdog

Iran said it will increase the number of centrifuges in its nuclear program in response to a censure by the United Nations’ nuclea...

JD Vance is leaving the Senate for the vice presidency. That's set off a scramble for his Ohio seat

JD Vance is leaving the Senate for the vice presidency. That's set off a scramble for his Ohio seat

JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years

Gaetz's withdrawal highlights how incoming presidents often lose Cabinet nominees

Gaetz's withdrawal highlights how incoming presidents often lose Cabinet nominees

Losing a Cabinet nominee to the confirmation process isn’t unheard of for incoming presidents — including for Donald Trump when he...

Looming Financial Pain Casts Shadow Over Elections in Romania

Looming Financial Pain Casts Shadow Over Elections in Romania

After a golden era for the country’s economy, the prospect of tax increases and spending cuts is dominating the campaign.

Thai Court Rejects Case Against Thaksin in Reprieve for Premier

Thai Court Rejects Case Against Thaksin in Reprieve for Premier

Thailand’s Constitutional Court dismissed a complaint against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his-family backed ruling party...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston says Trump's mass migrant deportations will create 'Tiananmen Square moment'

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston says Trump's mass migrant deportations will create 'Tiananmen Square moment'

Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston pledged to resist Trump's proposed immigration policies, predicting that residents will rise...

Taiwan Says It’s Working On Plans for Lai to Stop in US

Taiwan Says It’s Working On Plans for Lai to Stop in US

Taiwan said it is working out the details of President Lai Ching-te’s stop in US territory as part of a trip to Pacific Island nat...

Pam Bondi Is Trump’s New Choice as Attorney General. Here’s What to Know About Her.

Pam Bondi Is Trump’s New Choice as Attorney General. Here’s What to Know About Her.

Florida’s first female state attorney general, she became a member of Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team and backed his false...

What to know about Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick for attorney general

What to know about Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick for attorney general

Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, is Donald Trump’s new pick to serve as U.S. attorney general

Bondi Worked as Lobbyist in Recent Years, With Clients Including Amazon, G.M., Uber and Qatar

Bondi Worked as Lobbyist in Recent Years, With Clients Including Amazon, G.M., Uber and Qatar

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s new choice to be attorney general joined a powerhouse Republican firm after her second term as F...

Bondi has been a lobbyist in recent years, with clients including Amazon, G.M., Uber and Qatar.

Bondi has been a lobbyist in recent years, with clients including Amazon, G.M., Uber and Qatar.

China’s Hacking Reached Deep Into U.S. Telecoms

China’s Hacking Reached Deep Into U.S. Telecoms

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said hackers listened to phone calls and read texts by exploiting aging equipmen...

Kim Jong Un Says Past Talks With US Only Confirmed Its Hostility

Kim Jong Un Says Past Talks With US Only Confirmed Its Hostility

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said past talks with the US merely confirmed Washington’s “unchangeable” hostility toward Pyongyan...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Lead New ‘DOGE’ Panel on Government Efficiency

Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Lead New ‘DOGE’ Panel on Government Efficiency

The rise of the Republican representative from Georgia signals the ascendancy of the MAGA wing of the G.O.P. in Congress.

Trump Picks Pam Bondi, Florida’s Former Top Prosecutor, to Be Attorney General After Gaetz Withdrawal

Trump Picks Pam Bondi, Florida’s Former Top Prosecutor, to Be Attorney General After Gaetz Withdrawal

Ms. Bondi has been a loyal ally to the president-elect, including serving on his legal team during his first impeachment.

Massachusetts GOP slams liberal leaders after illegal immigrants accused of child rape arrested by ICE

Massachusetts GOP slams liberal leaders after illegal immigrants accused of child rape arrested by ICE

The Massachusetts GOP called out Democrats Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu for refusing to work with President-elec...

President-elect Trump announces Pam Bondi as his new pick for US attorney general

President-elect Trump announces Pam Bondi as his new pick for US attorney general

President-elect Trump announced on Thursday that his nomination for U.S. attorney general is Pam Bondi, the former attorney genera...

Matt Gaetz Withdraws as Trump’s Pick for Attorney General

Matt Gaetz Withdraws as Trump’s Pick for Attorney General

Mr. Gaetz has consistently denied the allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use, but his prospective nomination ran into troub...

Democrat Bob Casey concedes Pennsylvania Senate race to Dave McCormick, ending recount

Democrat Bob Casey concedes Pennsylvania Senate race to Dave McCormick, ending recount

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey conceded the race to Republican Dave McCormick, putting an end to a recount in the Keystone...

Gavin Newsom Tours California’s Trump Country to Tout Economic Focus

Gavin Newsom Tours California’s Trump Country to Tout Economic Focus

California Governor Gavin Newsom is embarking on a tour of conservative counties in a bid to connect with voters who shifted to Pr...

Democrats strike deal to get more Biden judges confirmed before Congress adjourns

Democrats strike deal to get more Biden judges confirmed before Congress adjourns

The Senate won’t hold votes on four of President Joe Biden’s appellate court nominees as part of a deal with Republicans to allow ...

McConnell to head subcommittee overseeing defense spending as he prepares to step down as GOP leader

McConnell to head subcommittee overseeing defense spending as he prepares to step down as GOP leader

Sen. Mitch McConnell says he will lead a subcommittee overseeing defense spending as he carves out new roles once he relinquishes ...

Trump says he will nominate former Florida AG Pam Bondi to be US Attorney General after first pick, Matt Gaetz, withdrew

Trump says he will nominate former Florida AG Pam Bondi to be US Attorney General after first pick, Matt Gaetz, withdrew

Trump says he will nominate former Florida AG Pam Bondi to be US Attorney General after first pick, Matt Gaetz, withdrew

Bob Casey Concedes Pennsylvania Senate Race to David McCormick

Bob Casey Concedes Pennsylvania Senate Race to David McCormick

Senator Bob Casey has conceded to his Republican opponent, David McCormick, in a Pennsylvania race that was so close that it trigg...

Trump Says He Will Nominate Pam Bondi as US Attorney General

Trump Says He Will Nominate Pam Bondi as US Attorney General

President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Pam Bondi as his attorney general, according to a post on Truth Social.

Democrat Bob Casey concedes to Republican David McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate contest

Democrat Bob Casey concedes to Republican David McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate contest

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is conceding his reelection bid to Republican David McCormick

With Gaetz dropping out, do Hegseth, RFK Jr. and Gabbard now have bigger targets on their backs?

With Gaetz dropping out, do Hegseth, RFK Jr. and Gabbard now have bigger targets on their backs?

Will scrutiny increase for Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard after attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz pulls ...

Senator Bob Casey Concedes to Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania

Senator Bob Casey Concedes to Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania

Mr. Casey, a three-term Democrat, bowed out of his race against David McCormick, a Republican who led narrowly amid a recount of v...

North Carolina elections chief wants senator to take back comment about vote manipulation

North Carolina elections chief wants senator to take back comment about vote manipulation

The North Carolina State Board of Elections’ top administrator wants a powerful legislator to retract a comment that he made sugge...

Trump convinced Republicans to overlook his misconduct. But can he do the same for his nominees?

Trump convinced Republicans to overlook his misconduct. But can he do the same for his nominees?

President-elect Donald Trump has tried to act with impunity while staffing his new administration, choosing loyalists who often la...

Gaetz Campaign’s Reports of Vast Spending on Fees Is Scrutinized

Gaetz Campaign’s Reports of Vast Spending on Fees Is Scrutinized

The former Florida lawmaker disclosed millions in payments to financial middleman Stripe, drawing FEC complaint by advocacy group

Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East d...

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Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East day after Biden said he wouldn’t add combat troops

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

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Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on sta...

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Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on state's abortion law, death of Amber Thurman

After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Join...

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After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Joins Joins Irvine Police Department's Fleet, Will Be Used For Community Outreach Efforts

Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both...

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Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both sides go high and low

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