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Back in October, Sanae Takaichi struggled to wrangle enough seats in parliament to become prime minister. Now she has the biggest election mandate of any Japanese leader since World War II.

The surprisingly large victory...Read more

Since the turn of the century, election night has usually been great for pro-democracy reformers and miserable for Thailand’s royalists. Now the establishment has finally backed a winner, and the country may see some ...Read more

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s pro-royalist party scored a resounding win in Sunday’s election over a progressive group seen as a pre-poll favorite.

His conservative Bhumjaithai Party rode on a wave...Read more

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said Sunday that he expects the Department of Homeland Security will shut down Friday as negotiations over immigration enforcement have stalled, an outcome that could impact air travel and ...Read more

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats are insisting on their full list of demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement before agreeing to pass the remaining government funding for the Department of ...Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is poised for a historic election landslide, positioning her to become the nation’s strongest leader in years in an outcome that may fuel further market volatility.

Her ruling ...Read more

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to hit the brakes on its plan to develop two Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in Pennsylvania, saying they would have ...Read more

Thailand’s ruling conservative party headed for a convincing election win Sunday night, the first victory this century for a party aligned with the country’s royalist establishment and a clear defeat for an emerging ...Read more

How can maps fight racism and inequality?

The work of the Black Panther Party, a 1960s- and 1970s-era Black political group featured in a new movie and a documentary, helps illustrate how cartography – the ...Read more

Bernie Sanders and Ron DeSantis don’t agree on much, but the data-center boom is a rare exception. Vermont’s Democratic Socialist senator and Florida’s right-wing governor want to slam the brakes on the hundreds of ...Read more

In a series of YouTube ads viewed more than 195 million times, a red-lipped Taylor Swift tells viewers about a “new thing” in Florida: Just visit a website, answer two questions and the state will send you a $6,400 ...Read more

As legal and ethical troubles for Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick escalated, financial support for her reelection campaign plummeted.

The most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Federal ...Read more

President Trump has indicated that “definitive” information regarding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie may soon be revealed.

The 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie went missing from her ...Read more

The U.S. plans to convene the first formal meeting of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington on Feb. 19, according to a U.S. official.

The board was a core element of Trump’s 20-point plan that helped ...Read more

The White House's TrumpRx website went live Thursday with a promise to instantly deliver prescription drugs at "the lowest price anywhere in the world."

"This launch represents the largest reduction in prescription drug ...Read more

Republicans are increasingly nervous that President Donald Trump’s slipping support on immigration and the economy — two key issues that helped him win in 2024 — could cost them the midterm elections. The Super Bowl ...Read more

For much of the past nine months, there’s been next to no talk of compromise between a Trump administration determined to deport as many undocumented residents as possible and Democrats in so-called sanctuary states such...Read more

Maya Angelou’s often-quoted advice — When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time— is quoted so often because it’s so obviously true.

On Jan. 6, 2021, President Donald Trump showed the world ...Read more

Maya Angelou’s often-quoted advice — When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time— is quoted so often because it’s so obviously true.

On Jan. 6, 2021, President Donald Trump showed the world ...Read more

What a difference a single year makes. The once-dominant push to radically reshape society in hopes of averting climate catastrophe has collapsed. Look at Davos, the talkfest long dominated by climate advocacy. That ...Read more