After months of President Trump asserting federal power, Tuesday’s elections will test Democratic momentum amid a record-long government shutdown. Governor races in New Jersey and Virginia lead the slate; in Virginia, Abigail Spanberger is favored over Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, while New Jersey pits Democrat Mikie Sherrill against Republican Jack Ciattarelli....
John Oliver blasted Donald Trump for hosting a Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago as more than 40 million Americans lost SNAP benefits, despite two federal judges ordering funding to continue and a Monday deadline for action. On the tarmac in Palm Beach, the 79-year-old Trump blamed the party not in...
Populist leader Andrej Babiš signed a governing pact with the far-right SPD and Motorists for Themselves, securing 108 of 200 seats and moving closer to being named prime minister-designate. President Petr Pavel asked him last week to form a cabinet despite concerns over potential business conflicts. The alliance, with ANO...
The Trump administration is planning a secretive mission to send U.S. troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target drug cartels, officials said. Early training has begun, but deployment isn’t imminent as scope debates continue. JSOC troops under Title 50 with CIA help would rely on drone strikes, some requiring...
On day 33 of the US government shutdown, Republicans say Donald Trump is eager to end the standoff, yet Congress remains deadlocked over a spending plan. With 53 Senate seats, Republicans need seven Democrats to reopen agencies; only three have backed funding in repeated votes since the 1 October closure....
A federal judge late Sunday barred the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland for at least five more days, signaling she may block them for good. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued a preliminary injunction extending her earlier order preventing Guard protection of a local ICE facility...
More than half the states vote Tuesday in the first general election of Donald Trump’s second term, offering an early verdict on his agenda. Voters will choose governors in New Jersey and Virginia, decide New York City’s mayor, and weigh California’s Proposition 50 to redraw congressional maps. Pennsylvania will vote...
In a 60 Minutes interview aired Sunday night, President Donald Trump said he didn’t know Binance founder Changpeng Zhao—despite having issued a pardon last month for the crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws. He also addressed the ongoing shutdown, on track to become the longest ever,...
Dutch voters nudged politics toward the center, with D66 and the Christian Democrats gaining as D66 and Geert Wilders’s PVV finished in a photo finish for first. No party topped 20 percent, pointing to hard coalition talks and a likely delay. The result, more pro‑European than in 2023, could reset...
Hundreds of riot police in central Belgrade on Sunday kept shouting crowds apart as opponents and loyalists of President Aleksandar Vucic faced off after a year of anti-government protests. Several thousand people hurled bottles, flares and stun grenades across police lines. The unrest followed a huge Novi Sad rally marking...
