Politics
Senators seek special counsel probe of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas during the formal group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Eric Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Two Democratic Senate committee leaders asked the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas broke federal tax and […]
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Democrats hold pivotal meetings on Biden, as divisions deepen after Trump debate
President Joe Biden returns to the White House, July 7, 2024. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images House Democrats convened at their national party headquarters in Washington on Tuesday for a pivotal closed-door meeting, as members weigh whether to continue backing President Joe Biden’s reelection bid or seek his withdrawal from the race. Lawmakers had no […]
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Putin hosts India’s Modi to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, seeking to deepen the relationship between the two nuclear powers at a time when NATO leaders gathered in Washington and Russia launched deadly missile attacks in Ukraine that hit a children’s hospital. “Our relationship is one of a particularly privileged strategic partnership,” Putin told Modi, who made […]
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Biden needs to show he’s ‘with it’ at ‘extraordinarily important’ NATO summit, former diplomat says
The stakes are high for the NATO alliance as the organization’s 75th anniversary summit gets underway in Washington this week. Particular focus will be on U.S. President Joe Biden amid widespread concerns about his age and mental fitness for the presidential race following his damaging debate performance against former President Donald Trump in June. Former […]
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Iran’s new president may perhaps be a reformist, but adjust continues to be distant
Freshly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits to the shrine of the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran on July 06, 2024. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Illustrations or photos Iran on Friday elected its 1st “reformist” president in 20 years, signaling lots of voters’ rejection of hardline conservative policies amid reduced […]
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RNC panel adopts Trump-backed platform with no entitlement cuts, softer abortion stance
The Republican Party’s platform committee on Monday adopted a plank drafted by aides to Donald Trump, whose new language softens the GOP’s prior stances on relationship and abortion although rattling off a sequence of utopian economic guarantees. Among individuals are vows to “conclude inflation,” make the U.S. a “manufacturing superpower” and produce “large tax cuts […]
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‘No a person is choosing up the phone’: Joe Biden’s fundraising confronts new hurdles after discussion
U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Drive One particular at Dover Air Pressure Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., June 20, 2024. Amanda Andrade-rhoades | Reuters President Joe Biden’s fundraising procedure started demonstrating cracks in its after formidable armor, virtually 10 times soon after his disastrous presidential debate effectiveness. Some of Biden’s marketing campaign bundlers have […]
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Biden blasts ‘elites’ urging him to exit race in surprise interview
President Joe Biden comes to talk to supporters and volunteers for the duration of a marketing campaign halt at a Biden-Harris campaign election business office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 2024. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Pictures President Joe Biden defended his spot at the best of the Democratic ticket Monday in a […]
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French President Macron’s snap election gamble ‘did not spend off,’ professor says
France’s President Emmanuel Macron appears to be like on as he leaves just after his vote in the next round of France’s legislative election at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on July 7, 2024. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Pictures The gamble that French President Emmanuel Macron took when he known […]
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India’s Modi to meet up with Putin in Moscow as the two sides request to forge deeper ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin talking to Indian Key Minister Narendra Modi for the duration of their meeting at Taj Unique Resort on October, 15, 2016 in Benaulim, Goa, India. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Visuals Information | Getty Photos India’s Key Minister Narendra Modi is set to fulfill President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, marking […]
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