In a nail-biting Dutch vote, the centrist D66 led by 38-year-old Rob Jetten is poised to edge Geert Wilders’ PVV, with news agency ANP tallying a razor-thin lead of about 15,000 votes. Jetten hailed a historic result as D66, projected at roughly 18%, secures a clear plurality and nearly triples...
Democratic mayoral candidate and state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani spent Thursday night canvassing New Yorkers on the late shift, from LaGuardia’s taxi line to Elmhurst Hospital and Jackson Heights diners, renewing his appeal to working-class voters. Leading in polls, he cast himself as a different kind of night mayor than Mayor...
As layoff notices swept the CDC during the government shutdown, Aryn Melton Backus received a third termination email, then a rapid reversal, capturing the chaos inside the agency. Unions call the latest reductions illegal, saying repeated cuts have eliminated a quarter of the CDC and gutted offices from ethics oversight...
In Oologah, Oklahoma, Zach Bryan’s new song snippet has ignited a hometown debate over immigration enforcement, even as the country star recently drew more than 112,000 fans to Michigan Stadium. Lyrics about ICE breaking down a door, paired with an Instagram caption about the fading red white and blue, drew...
Justice Elena Kagan has long pursued quiet persuasion, even scrubbing sharp lines from a draft dissent in the student loan case, while Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has embraced blistering dissents and extended questioning, warning of favoritism toward moneyed interests. Their contrasting styles—joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s alarms—have fueled friction within...
After Steve Bannon claimed Donald Trump would seek an unconstitutional third term, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, “I would love to do it,” briefly entertaining a vice presidential workaround he called “too cute” and that would violate the 12th Amendment. House Speaker Mike Johnson cited the 22nd Amendment...
Virginia’s Nov. 4 governor’s race, a key early test after Democrats’ 2024 setbacks, pits former Rep. Abigail Spanberger against Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. Spanberger will rally with Barack Obama before Election Day, while Donald Trump has had little involvement as Earle-Sears seeks to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin; either winner...
Defying an army warning and an extended curfew, Tanzanians marched for a third day to denounce an election they say shut out key opposition figures. An internet blackout has shrouded the unrest, and the UN urged security forces to avoid unnecessary force after receiving reports, from credible sources, of at...
President Trump returned from a week in Asia touting progress: he said U.S. tariffs on Chinese exports will drop to 47% after Xi Jinping pledged to curb fentanyl, China will resume soybean purchases, and China will ease rare earths limits as Washington scales back some export rules for a year....
On a five-day swing through Asia, President Trump was feted at nearly every stop: Lee Greenwood blared, he staged a rally on an aircraft carrier, and he left with a replica of an ancient golden crown. Traveling through Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, and ending with a meeting with Xi...
