Argentine President Javier Milei’s libertarian La Libertad Avanza scored a sweeping midterm win, taking 40.8% to the Peronists’ 31.6% with 95% counted, and 64 of 127 lower-house seats to lift its total to 92. The result revives his stalled free‑market overhaul after recent market turmoil; on crypto exchanges, the peso...
Nine months into his term, President Trump’s foreign policy is a mix of headline wins and volatile turns. European defense spending is rising; he secured a fragile Gaza cease-fire and the release of 20 hostages. Yet he slapped new tariffs on Canada over a TV ad, veered from fury to...
President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Monday as new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the country's first female leader, moves to cool tariff-strained trade ties by building personal rapport. Tokyo is considering symbolic buys — most notably Ford F-150s for government use — despite worries the pickups would clog Japan's...
With the shutdown now the second-longest since it began Oct. 1, the USDA posted a notice warning no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1, after the Trump administration declined to use about $5 billion in contingency funds. SNAP, which serves about 1 in 8 Americans, could be halted...
With the federal shutdown nearing a fifth week, 730,000 employees are working without pay and 670,000 are furloughed, prompting food lines and sold belongings. In Chicago, Jill Hornick opened a $0 paycheck and wept; in Northern Virginia, Rep. Don Beyer helped load groceries for waiting workers. There are no negotiations:...
On Face the Nation, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blamed a “Trump, Republican shutdown” now in day 26, urging bipartisan talks while rejecting a GOP funding bill he says would gut health care. He warned premiums could spike without extending Affordable Care Act tax credits, saying Congress could push back...
In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning’s Robert Costa, California Gov. Gavin Newsom cast Democrats’ Proposition 50—a Nov. 4 ballot measure allowing redistricting next year—as vital to counter President Trump’s House push and to defend checks and balances. If it passes, Democrats could redraw California’s U.S. House map and seek...
President Donald Trump is pushing ahead with a $300 million plan to build a White House ballroom, mounting a campaign-style fundraising drive led by his former campaign finance chief, Meredith O’Rourke. Her team is approaching executives, corporations, and Republican lobbyists who backed Trump’s 2024 campaign and inauguration, according to people...
On Face the Nation, Sen. Lindsey Graham said land strikes in Venezuela and Colombia are a “real possibility” after Defense Secretary Hegseth deployed the Gerald Ford to Latin America. He said President Trump will brief Congress after returning from Asia and has the authority to expand operations, calling Maduro an...
At the ASEAN 2025 summit in Malaysia, Donald Trump brushed off a press conference with Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, quipping that reporters’ “boring” questions could wait; Lula urged postponing questions to save time. Their meeting centered on Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, including a 50% levy on Brazilian imports,...
