Ohio’s bipartisan redistricting commission is poised to unveil a congressional map that modestly favors Republicans, shifting two Democratic districts right and one left while keeping 10 GOP-leaning seats and two Democratic strongholds. The unexpected deal averts a likely stalemate that could have sent mapping to the Republican-run Legislature and triggered...
Fox News host Mark Levin slammed Steve Bannon for promoting a supposed plan for Donald Trump to seek a third term, calling him a liar and “self-serving demagogue.” Bannon fired back on Gettr and told The Economist there are “many different alternatives,” urging Americans to “get accommodated” to the idea....
The Senate passed a 51–47 resolution to end President Donald Trump’s global tariffs, with Republicans Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and former GOP leader Mitch McConnell joining Democrats. It was the third such vote this week, after measures targeting tariffs on Canada and Brazil. The resolutions would unwind the...
After a bruising two years, Dutch voters delivered a seismic yet inconclusive verdict. Preliminary forecasts put centrist liberal D66 on top with 26 seats, vaulting Rob Jetten, cheered by a boisterous crowd in Leiden, into pole position to try forming a coalition that many parties refuse to share with PVV...
The Trump administration will admit no more than 7,500 refugees in the 2026 fiscal year, with most expected to be white South Africans, according to a notice posted Thursday in the Federal Registry. The move, justified only as humanitarian or in the national interest, marks a steep drop from last...
A turbulent day in U.S. politics and policy saw California’s Proposition 50 pitched as a district realignment that could add up to five Democratic seats before Nov. 4 voting. Sen. Mark Warner blasted a partisan briefing on U.S. boat strikes as eroding trust ahead of a Venezuela war powers vote....
Masses of ultra-Orthodox Israelis flooded Jerusalem on Thursday, praying and protesting moves to draft seminary students, as the government seeks a compromise after the Supreme Court said there was no legal basis for exemptions. Demonstrators blocked major roads near the city’s western entrance; a stretch of the Jerusalem Tel Aviv...
After President Trump threatened to resume U.S. nuclear testing, the Kremlin said Russia had not tested nuclear weapons recently and would do so only if the United States did. President Vladimir V. Putin touted a successful test of a nuclear-powered drone and the trial of a nuclear-capable missile, though neither...
On the first day of early voting, New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli spotlighted the state's Latino clout, citing more than two million residents of Hispanic descent and over 500,000 Puerto Ricans, while campaigning beside Puerto Rico's Republican governor. Latino voters are a pivotal swing bloc in the race...
Eleven Democratic senators said "near-total secrecy" around deportation flights and ICE's use of the WRAP raised serious human rights concerns, urging the agency to pause the full body restraint until it explains its policies. Citing an AP investigation, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and colleagues questioned transparency. Advocates say ICE isn't...
