Donald Trump unleashed 33 Truth Social posts in under two hours Wednesday, spanning book plugs and videos that echoed his texts. The clips appeared artificially generated — Grok on X called them AI — though the Guardian said it could not confirm. He touted meetings with Japan’s prime minister and...
Vladimir Putin ordered his government to draft proposals to possibly resume nuclear weapons tests, responding to President Trump’s instruction to the Pentagon to do so “on an equal basis.” Putin said Russia observes the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty but would take reciprocal steps if others test. Trump alleged Russia and China...
Republicans reeled after defeats, fearing President Trump’s low approval would weigh on midterms. As blame ricocheted, they faulted flawed candidates, a government shutdown, a focus on demonizing transgender issues, and a weak economic pitch; Speaker Mike Johnson cast Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City and a democratic socialist,...
Houston’s 18th Congressional District moves toward a special election to finish the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s term, after months of vacancy that Democrats say Gov. Greg Abbott prolonged. Amid confusion over a redrawn map demanded by President Donald Trump, Menefee and Edwards cast the race as a test of the...
President Trump blamed the ongoing government shutdown for Republicans’ losses in New Jersey and Virginia, saying unnamed pollsters saw it as a major drag. He noted he wasn’t on the ballot. Later in Miami, he castigated New York Democrats and framed politics as “communism” versus “common sense,” citing Zohran Mamdani’s...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey secured a third term in the city's ranked-choice election, edging Democratic state Sen. Omar Fateh in the final round, 50.03% to 44.37%. The 15-candidate race saw an alliance and second-choice votes reshuffle the field, but Frey prevailed as turnout hit a municipal record: more than 147,000...
Traders slashed odds that the Supreme Court will uphold President Donald Trump’s tariffs after justices signaled doubts about the administration’s sweeping trade powers. On Kalshi, contracts forecasting a pro-tariff ruling fell to about 30% from nearly 50% after a hearing where conservative and liberal justices questioned the broad authority claimed...
Dick Cheney, who died Monday at 84, is being reassessed in the Trump era as a hard-edged but traditional conservative—reviled for championing surveillance, renditions and brutal interrogations, and for insisting Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, yet remembered by rivals as serious, partisan but willing to engage. Once the...
Democrats notched surprise wins Tuesday, flipping two Georgia Public Service Commission seats with roughly 60 percent and posting blowouts in New Jersey and Virginia governors races. Zohran Mamdani won a majority in New York City’s mayoral election, and California voters approved a temporary redrawing of congressional districts to add Democrat-leaning...
Singapore's move to preserve Lee Kuan Yew's home as a national monument has reignited a bitter family feud. A day after the government said 38 Oxley Road is of national significance and should be protected, Lee's youngest son, Lee Hsien Yang, denounced the plan, saying it defies his father's explicit...
