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Sunak attempts to re-frame UK election with focus on security
Rishi Sunak will pitch himself as the best candidate to achieve a “more secure future” for Britain in a political speech designed to re-capture the narrative ahead of the U.K. general election, just over a week after his party suffered heavy losses in local votes.
The prime minister will tell an audience in London on Monday that the country...Read more
In Wildwood, Trump compared migrants to Hannibal Lecter and claimed they're all escaping from 'insane asylums'
On Saturday evening, at his largest campaign rally to date, former President Donald Trump promised the massive crowd on Wildwoods beach that he would cut taxes, reduce inflation, and straighten our country.
And he also praised fictional cannibal and serial killer Hannibal Lecter from the 1991 horror film Silence of the Lambs, and called him a "...Read more
Socialist election win in Catalonia may upend Spain's government
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist party won a local election in Catalonia, both affirming his decision to negotiate with the separatist movement in the wealthy Northeastern region and potentially upending his fragile ruling coalition in Madrid.
The regional Socialist candidate Salvador Illa matched expectations Sunday night, ...Read more
Trump vows 'day one' executive order targeting offshore wind
Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order targeting offshore wind development if he wins a second term as president, making his most explicit threat yet toward the growing industry.
The presumptive Republican nominee derided offshore wind projects as lethal for birds and whales during his oceanfront rally Saturday in Wildwood, New Jersey,...Read more
Michael Cohen is taking the stand Monday in the Trump hush money trial; what you need to know
One of the most bitter political feuds in the nation is expected to culminate in a Manhattan courtroom Monday with a showdown years in the making when Michael Cohen takes the stand at Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial.
Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer — whose payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 ...Read more
Biden's reelection chances damped by inflation fears, poll says
U.S. President Joe Biden’s prospects for reelection in November are being depressed by persistent voter concerns over inflation, according to a new poll for the Financial Times.
High prices are one of the biggest financial challenges for 80% of voters, according to the latest FT-Michigan Ross poll released Sunday. Voters are growing less ...Read more
In the worst of America’s Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks
In his collection of essays and poems published in 1920 titled “Darkwater,” W.E.B. Du Bois wrote about his poignant encounter with the beauty of the Grand Canyon, the stupendous chasm in Arizona.
As he stood at the canyon’s rim, the towering intellectual and civil rights activist described the sight that spread before his eyes. ...Read more
Wildwood rally shows Trump's base has only grown louder and prouder since 2016
PHILADELPHIA — As former President Donald Trump stood on a stage in the sand in Wildwood, he spoke to a sea of his fiercest fans gathered at the foot of Wildwood’s famous Great White roller coaster.
They poured onto the Wildwood beach hours earlier. Many came in pickup trucks decked out in Trump flags, with license plates from up and down ...Read more
Trump pledges 'upper class' tax cut if he returns to White House
Donald Trump pledged to double down on tax cuts if he wins a second term as president, drawing a distinction with President Joe Biden who has called for tax hikes on businesses and the richest Americans.
“Instead of a Biden tax hike, I’ll give you a Trump middle class, upper class, lower class, business class big tax cut,” Trump said at a...Read more
Rep. Ilhan Omar wins DFL endorsement over Don Samuels at Minneapolis convention
MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar won the DFL's stamp of approval during an endorsing convention in Minneapolis on Saturday, giving her the party's backing as she heads into a highly anticipated primary election rematch against Don Samuels.
Omar's voice broke with emotion Saturday afternoon as she thanked convention goers for supporting her....Read more
President Joe Biden touts jobs, climate record at Seattle fundraiser
SEATTLE — President Joe Biden swung through Seattle to raise money for his reelection campaign Friday, boasting at a downtown reception about his administration's record on jobs and climate, and slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy.
Biden, who touched down at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport shortly before 5 p.m., spoke to a ...Read more
Trump says Nikki Haley isn't under consideration as running mate
Donald Trump said Nikki Haley isn’t under consideration to be his running mate as the former president sharpens his focus on possible vice presidential candidates.
Trump’s comment on his social media platform followed an Axios report earlier Saturday that his campaign has been actively considering Haley, who served as his ambassador to the ...Read more
Here's what the Thai Senate election is about and why it matters
Thailand has kicked off the process to hold its first Senate election since a coup in 2014, after the military-appointed batch completed its five-year term on Friday.
Following a government decree on Saturday, at stake in coming weeks are 200 seats in the upper house of the Thai parliament, which for the last decade has largely served to ...Read more
Bingo games, daytime TV: Biden woos older voters to stop Trump
Pollsters are calling the 2024 presidential election a coin toss. President Joe Biden’s campaign hopes the race will actually be decided by bingo balls.
The president’s team is intensifying outreach to older voters, with volunteers organizing bingo games in swing states and running ads during daytime shows popular with seniors, such as "The...Read more
After 50 years of global effort to abolish torture, much work remains
The world’s first conference on the abolition of torture drew more than 300 delegates representing over 70 countries and international organizations. It opened with the news that the United Nations General Assembly had passed a resolution condemning torture, along with a personal message from the U.N. secretary general.
Amnesty ...Read more
Biden raises millions in the Bay Area as he says his campaign is underestimated
President Joe Biden raised millions of dollars for his reelection bid in Silicon Valley on Friday as he poked at former President Donald Trump and argued that his campaign was being underestimated.
“The press doesn’t want to write about it, but the momentum is clearly in our favor, with polls moving toward us and away from Trump,” he said...Read more
Jeff Yass' Susquehanna International Group sold its Trump Media shares after the IPO
Susquehanna International Group LLP (SIG), the Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania-based, multinational trading firm headed by Jeffrey Yass, sold its shares in the company now called Trump Media & Technology Group after the former president's social-media business went public in March, according to data SIG reported May 7 to the Securities and Exchange ...Read more
Justice Thomas criticizes 'nastiness and the lies' he faces
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas decried “the nastiness and the lies” he and his wife Ginny have “had to endure” in recent years.
“There’s certainly been a lot of negativity for my wife and I in the last few years,” Thomas said Friday at a conference of the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Point Clear, Alabama...Read more
Georgia Republicans boot vice chairman after ruling he voted illegally
ATLANTA — The Georgia Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Friday to oust First Vice Chairman Brian K. Pritchard from his leadership position after a judge ruled he voted illegally nine times while serving probation for a felony check forgery sentence.
The decision by 86% of the Republican Party’s state committee removes Pritchard, a ...Read more
Release of Alberto Fujimori in Peru rekindles fears of backsliding on human rights
The release from prison of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on Dec. 6, 2023, has sparked concern over Peru’s commitment to human rights.
The move came a a day after the Constitutional Tribunal of Peru ruled that the 85-year-old, who was serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity, be freed on humanitarian and ...Read more
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- In the worst of America’s Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks
- Wildwood rally shows Trump's base has only grown louder and prouder since 2016
- Bingo games, daytime TV: Biden woos older voters to stop Trump
- Biden's reelection chances damped by inflation fears, poll says
- Rep. Ilhan Omar wins DFL endorsement over Don Samuels at Minneapolis convention