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S&P Sees Mozambique Unrest Pushing Nation Closer to Debt Default

S&P Sees Mozambique Unrest Pushing Nation Closer to Debt Default

Deadly protests that have rocked Mozambique’s economy since disputed elections last month are ratcheting up already high risks tha...

What happens to the Gaetz House ethics report?

What happens to the Gaetz House ethics report?

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who President-elect Trump tapped to become Attorney General, resigned from the House before an ethics rep...

Size of Republican House majority to be decided by 9 remaining uncalled races

Size of Republican House majority to be decided by 9 remaining uncalled races

There are still nine uncalled House races that will determine the size of the GOP majority in Congress after President-elect Trump...

Trump to Install Ally Who Publishes His Books as Head of Personnel

Trump to Install Ally Who Publishes His Books as Head of Personnel

Sergio Gor, who has helped run the publisher that produces the former president’s books, has been tapped to run the presidential p...

Trump’s Hawkish Cabinet Pick Heightens Pressure on Weakened Cuba

Trump’s Hawkish Cabinet Pick Heightens Pressure on Weakened Cuba

Cuba is hemorrhaging people as the economy falters. Now, the country is coming under fresh political pressure as one of the govern...

Political Ads Can’t Buy the Presidency

Political Ads Can’t Buy the Presidency

Democrats outspent Republicans by more than $300 million in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. Yet Harris won none of t...

Trump says Thune 'will do an outstanding job' as Senate majority leader

Trump says Thune 'will do an outstanding job' as Senate majority leader

President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Sen. John Thune on winning election to the role of Senate majority leader, declaring th...

Election calendar continues with key post-election dates

Election calendar continues with key post-election dates

Election Day has passed, but state officials still have important steps ahead to verify the final vote tally. The process this yea...

Europe Seeks Last-Minute Support From Biden to Help Ukraine

Europe Seeks Last-Minute Support From Biden to Help Ukraine

Europe is making a last-ditch appeal to the outgoing Biden administration to boost American support for Ukraine in order to solidi...

Trump Aims a ‘Wrecking Ball’ at Climate Policy

Trump Aims a ‘Wrecking Ball’ at Climate Policy

The president-elect has said he’ll exit the Paris climate accord and ramp up oil and gas production.

Brazil’s China Pivot Is a Provocation for ‘Tariff Man’ Trump

Brazil’s China Pivot Is a Provocation for ‘Tariff Man’ Trump

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West Bank Annexation in 2025? Trump’s Mideast Team Has Israeli Right Exulting.

West Bank Annexation in 2025? Trump’s Mideast Team Has Israeli Right Exulting.

Arab Americans and liberal Jewish voters, however, have ample reason to fear the naming of pro-settlement, pro-Netanyahu officials...

Trump Tariffs on UK Would Be ‘Manageable,’ Economists Say

Trump Tariffs on UK Would Be ‘Manageable,’ Economists Say

President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to slap a universal tariff of up to 20% on all goods exported to the US would be “unwelcome ...

New Botswana Leader Names Mines Minister Before De Beers Talks

New Botswana Leader Names Mines Minister Before De Beers Talks

Botswana’s new president, Duma Boko, named Bogolo Kenewendo to be the next mines minister as his administration moves to cement a ...

Newly sworn-in LAPD chief sparks backlash after revealing plan to buck Trump admin on 'mass deportations'

Newly sworn-in LAPD chief sparks backlash after revealing plan to buck Trump admin on 'mass deportations'

The newly sworn in chief of the Los Angeles Police Department vowed in a hearing not to assist in mass deportations and said that ...

Leave the oil to me: Trump vows to unleash US energy, undo key Biden rules in 2nd term

Leave the oil to me: Trump vows to unleash US energy, undo key Biden rules in 2nd term

President-elect Trump has vowed to overhaul his predecessor's biggest climate and clean energy achievements, but it's unclear how ...

Israel Hopes Trump Win Builds Middle East Ties, Official Says

Israel Hopes Trump Win Builds Middle East Ties, Official Says

Israel is hoping Donald Trump’s return to the White House will lead to more cooperation in the Middle East, both on diplomacy and ...

The Podcast Campaign: Is it curtains for mainstream media?

The Podcast Campaign: Is it curtains for mainstream media?

Although much of this year's presidential campaign played out on TV, traditional media is being written off as old news while digi...

Pakistan Court Rejects Ex-PM Khan Acquittal Request in Case

Pakistan Court Rejects Ex-PM Khan Acquittal Request in Case

A Pakistani court rejected former prime minister Imran Khan’s request for lifting charges for hiding income from the sale of gifts...

Japan Plans $192 Handouts for Low-Income Households in Package

Japan Plans $192 Handouts for Low-Income Households in Package

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government is planning ¥30,000 ($192) cash handouts to help low-income households cope wi...

Russia to Reduce Payments for Soldiers Wounded in War

Russia to Reduce Payments for Soldiers Wounded in War

Russia’s government is reducing payments made to soldiers suffering lesser injuries in the war on Ukraine as the costs of the inva...

Trump issues early challenge to GOP Senate with defiant nominations

Trump issues early challenge to GOP Senate with defiant nominations

Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader, President-elect Donald Trump prese...

South Africa Partially Reopens Mozambique Border After Unrest

South Africa Partially Reopens Mozambique Border After Unrest

South Africa started allowing some movement at its main border with Mozambique on Thursday morning, after protests prompted a susp...

GOP incumbent projected to defeat Dem challenger in closely watched Arizona House race

GOP incumbent projected to defeat Dem challenger in closely watched Arizona House race

Rep. Juan Ciscomani has been projected as the winner in the race for Arizona's 6th Congressional District, one of the most closely...

Liberals pressure Senate Democrats to confirm more Biden judges while they can

Liberals pressure Senate Democrats to confirm more Biden judges while they can

Demand Justice, a progressive organization focused on the judiciary, is set to bombard Capitol Hill with a message for the closing...

1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target

1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target

More than 1 million migrants are living and working legally in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status

Trump's mainstream picks for top foreign policy posts could reassure allies — and worry China

Trump's mainstream picks for top foreign policy posts could reassure allies — and worry China

China watchers know Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz as “the Florida faction” in foreign policy — two Florida lawmakers who share especi...

Gaetz pick shows value Trump places on loyalty — and retribution — as he returns to Washington

Gaetz pick shows value Trump places on loyalty — and retribution — as he returns to Washington

Donald Trump has had few defenders in Congress as reliable as Matt Gaetz

Cancer Patients in England Denied Access to Drugs Over Price Standoff

Cancer Patients in England Denied Access to Drugs Over Price Standoff

The medicines pricing regulator, pharmaceutical companies and government are locked in a row over access to life-extending therapi...

China Silences Car Attack Mourners, Vows Tighter Grip on Society

China Silences Car Attack Mourners, Vows Tighter Grip on Society

By Wednesday afternoon, an eerie quiet hung over the site of China’s deadliest known act of civilian violence in years. As traffic...

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U....

Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani wins reelection to Arizona US House seat

Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani wins reelection to Arizona US House seat

Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani has won reelection to a U.S. House seat in southeastern Arizona

What Can Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency Actually Do?

What Can Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency Actually Do?

US President-elect Donald Trump wants to dismantle the federal bureaucracy and even eliminate at least one federal department. To ...

Republicans Ran a Dysfunctional House. Voters Shrugged and Re-elected Them.

Republicans Ran a Dysfunctional House. Voters Shrugged and Re-elected Them.

The success of the G.O.P. push to keep the majority suggests that it paid no political price for the chaos and paralysis of its pa...

Republicans projected to keep control of House as Trump prepares to implement agenda

Republicans projected to keep control of House as Trump prepares to implement agenda

Speaker Mike Johnson and House GOP leaders are projected to have successfully kept their half of Congress in Republican hands for ...

House Ethics Committee Was Set to Vote to Release Critical Report on Matt Gaetz

House Ethics Committee Was Set to Vote to Release Critical Report on Matt Gaetz

The committee has been investigating allegations that Mr. Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for attorney general, enga...

Republican Juan Ciscomani wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 6th Congressional District

Republican Juan Ciscomani wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 6th Congressional District

Republican Juan Ciscomani wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 6th Congressional District

Republicans win 218 US House seats, claiming a majority and completing the party’s sweep into power alongside Trump

Republicans win 218 US House seats, claiming a majority and completing the party’s sweep into power alongside Trump

Republicans win 218 US House seats, claiming a majority and completing the party’s sweep into power alongside Trump

Fetterman rips Gaetz pick: 'God tier kind of trolling just to trigger a meltdown'

Fetterman rips Gaetz pick: 'God tier kind of trolling just to trigger a meltdown'

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., didn't hold back in his criticism of Rep. Matt Gaetz being nominated to serve as attorney general in P...

F.B.I. Searches Home of Shayne Coplan, Polymarket Founder

F.B.I. Searches Home of Shayne Coplan, Polymarket Founder

The search involving Shayne Coplan, the founder of Polymarket, known for its presidential election odds, was part of a criminal in...

Senate Will Block Trump’s Gaetz Nomination, McCarthy Says

Senate Will Block Trump’s Gaetz Nomination, McCarthy Says

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted that President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general ...

Matt Gaetz Resigns From Congress After Trump Picks Him for Attorney General

Matt Gaetz Resigns From Congress After Trump Picks Him for Attorney General

The Florida Republican’s departure effectively ends the House Ethics Committee’s investigation of allegations that include sexual ...

Proud Boys Leader Convicted of Sedition for Role in Jan. 6 Attack Asks Trump for Pardon

Proud Boys Leader Convicted of Sedition for Role in Jan. 6 Attack Asks Trump for Pardon

Other high-ranking members of the extremist organization have signaled they intend to seek pardons, too.

Sri Lanka Leader Seeks to Bolster Power With Parliamentary Vote

Sri Lanka Leader Seeks to Bolster Power With Parliamentary Vote

Sri Lanka holds its first parliamentary elections since the victory of its outsider leftist president, in a test of his ambitious ...

Flurry of contract deals come as railroads, unions see Trump's election looming over talks

Flurry of contract deals come as railroads, unions see Trump's election looming over talks

The flurry of contract agreements announced early this fall — including two more Wednesday — offer evidence that major railroads a...

Democrat Dave Min wins election to U.S. House in California's 47th Congressional District

Democrat Dave Min wins election to U.S. House in California's 47th Congressional District

Democrat Dave Min wins election to U.S. House in California's 47th Congressional District

Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth: Trump’s Appointments Are a Show of Force

Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth: Trump’s Appointments Are a Show of Force

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet picks show that he prizes loyalty over experience and is fueled by retribution.

Matt Gaetz, a Bomb-Thrower for the Justice Department

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be attorney general has set a new bar for in-your-face nominations.

Matt Gaetz resigns from Congress over Trump nod to be attorney general, Johnson says

Matt Gaetz resigns from Congress over Trump nod to be attorney general, Johnson says

Rep. Matt Gaetz is out of Congress, Speaker Johnson said, after he was tapped to be the next Attorney General.

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz resigns from Congress, ending ethics probe after Trump nominated him for attorney general

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz resigns from Congress, ending ethics probe after Trump nominated him for attorney general

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz resigns from Congress, ending ethics probe after Trump nominated him for attorney general

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

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

2 months ago

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

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

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

2 months ago

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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