A new report from WelcomePAC, which supports center-left Democrats, offers a moderate view of how the party can rebound from 2024. Centrist Democrats have a plan for their party to win again: Talk more about the economy and less about democracy. Reject corporate interests and ideological purity tests. Keep the progressive policies that are popular … Read more
During a telerally for Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, the president also said he’d be campaigning for him. President Donald Trump urged New Jersey voters Friday night to reject Democrat Mikie Sherrill in next month’s gubernatorial election, calling her a “fake and corrupt radical left Democrat” who would send the state into a “death spiral.” Trump … Read more
The move is the latest escalation between Washington and Bogotá. The United States on Friday sanctioned Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the latest escalation of tensions between Washington and Bogotá over drug trafficking and other issues of bilateral importance. In a press release, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the left-wing leader “has allowed drug cartels to … Read more
Harris also said she has reflected about whether she should have urged Biden to pull out of the 2024 race. Former United States Vice President Kamala Harris suggested she may run again for U.S. president. The Democratic Party presidential hopeful, who lost to Republican Donald Trump in 2024, told the BBC in an interview with … Read more
Jared Kushner is back. The president’s son-in-law — and former chief adviser — had said he wasn’t planning to join the administration for a second time. He successfully returned to the private sector and was raking in millions in foreign investments from ties nurtured during his first stint at the White House. But then President … Read more
Myanmar’s military moved in to tackle a major online scam operation near the Thailand border, state media reported Myanmar’s military has raided a major online scam operation near the border with Thailand, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals, state media has reported. According to a report in Monday’s … Read more
Sanae Takaichi has made history but will have little time to settle in before negotiating the pitfalls of rising prices, power struggles and a mercurial US president It is hard to overstate the symbolism of Sanae Takaichi’s achievement in becoming the first female prime minister of Japan, a country that consistently ranks poorly in global … Read more
Around the Cook Islands, the world’s two most powerful countries are exploring the possibility of deep-sea mining for critical minerals Deep below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the seafloor is dotted with clusters of brown and black rocks, each containing valuable metals. The rocks, known as polymetallic nodules, hold reserves of critical minerals that … Read more
Elite helicopter unit’s part in military deployment comes as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Nicolás Maduro They call themselves the Night Stalkers and their unofficial motto hints at the group’s lethal nocturnal line of work: “Death Waits in the Dark.” “You can flee, but they will find you,” warns a rare book about the … Read more
Latest strikes were off coast of Colombia, while seven previous attacks in Caribbean killed at least 32 The US military has for the first time attacked and destroyed two boats on the Pacific side of South America, as part of its controversial fight against what it says are drug-trafficking activities. The strikes – on Tuesday … Read more