Its new $6.99 streaming show aimed to make politics fun and fresh – instead felt offbeat and out of touch CNN wanted to try something new on election night, and you can’t blame them. Cable news networks – well, besides Fox News – are struggling to retain viewers, even on a night where voters were … Read more
Video shows man trying to kiss and embrace Claudia Sheinbaum, highlighting both security risk and harassment faced by Mexican women Claudia Sheinbaum, the president of Mexico, has been groped by a man as she mingled with citizens on the streets of Mexico City, raising questions about the lack of presidential security and the level of … Read more
The democratic socialist vanquished Andrew Cuomo in a contest being closely watched by national Democrats, Republicans and the White House. NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani capped a sharp-elbowed campaign for New York City mayor Tuesday night with a historic win, cementing the democratic socialist as both a rising star and a divisive figure in the … Read more
After championing California’s successful gerrymander, the governor pushed fellow Democrats to do the same SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom challenged blue state leaders to follow California in redrawing their election maps minutes after voters here overwhelmingly approved Democrats’ redistricting plan. “We need the state of Virginia. We need the state of Maryland,” Newsom said in … Read more
Almost 2 million New Yorkers have already voted in the race between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo, and the polls are still open. NEW YORK — The divisive mayoral race between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo has led nearly 1.75 million New Yorkers to cast ballots at poll sites and another 124,000 to send in … Read more
Eileen Higgins and Emílio González were the top vote getters, meaning they’ll face off in a runoff on Dec. 9. MIAMI — The race for the next mayor of Miami comes down to a contest between a rising Democratic county commissioner and a candidate endorsed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Miamians on Tuesday selected County Commissioner … Read more
Charles Munger Jr. spent upwards of $30 million in a failed effort to defeat Proposition 50. Charles Munger Jr., the good-government philanthropist and Republican megadonor who bankrolled the failed opposition to Gavin Newsom’s redistricting campaign in California, called Tuesday for a renewed push for independent map-drawing across the country. In a statement, the multi-millionaire and … Read more
Under pressure from the far right, Germany’s chancellor says his country will begin repatriating Syrians. The reality is more complicated. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has a simple message for many of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who found sanctuary in Germany during their country’s long and brutal civil war: It’s time to go back to … Read more
Marco Rubio and JD Vance have become each other’s primary sounding boards in the West Wing. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance have become each other’s primary sounding boards in the West Wing as the pair work together to help shape and execute President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, according to five … Read more
They’re looking to Tuesday’s elections for clues about their future in Trump’s second term. When voters head to the polls Tuesday, they will not just be picking a big-city mayor and two blue-state governors — they will be charting a course for the depleted Democratic Party. And the margin of the expected victory will narrate … Read more