Tag: politics

Washington, DC – This week, it became official. Not only did the Republican Party win control of the United States Senate, ...

Not a parody: The Onion acquires Alex Jones’s InfoWars in auction

In this case, it’s not satire. InfoWars, the website of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has been purchased by The Onion ...

Top real-estate CEO suggests young people voted for Trump because they’re sick of living in their parents’ basements

Donald Trump will be president once again, having convinced voters he was the man to solve it all: the economy, ...

Iran willing to negotiate with UN nuclear agency, but not ‘under pressure’

Iran is willing to negotiate with the United Nations atomic watchdog over its compliance with safeguards on its nuclear programme ...

US special counsel seeks pause in Trump classified documents case

Federal prosecutors have asked an appeals court to pause their bid to revive the criminal case against the United States ...

Sri Lanka parliamentary elections 2024: What’s at stake?

Sri Lankans will cast ballots in a snap parliamentary election on Thursday, months after electing a Marxist-leaning president in the ...

Trump picks loyalist Matt Gaetz of Florida as US attorney general

United States President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, 42, will serve as his attorney general, a ...

Trump taps Cuban American Marco Rubio to lead the US State Department

Putting an end to days of speculation, United States President-elect Donald Trump nominated Florida Senator Marco Rubio to lead the ...

Jill Biden’s apparent cold shoulder for Kamala Harris ignites social media

Social media erupted following what many characterized as First Lady Jill Biden’s icy reception for Vice President Kamala Harris as the now-former ...

Germany’s Scholz to request vote of confidence in December

Party leaders agree on dates for the vote of confidence on December 16 and a new election on February 23.German ...

Why New Zealand’s PM has apologised to 200,000 abused in state care

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday made an unprecedented formal and “unreserved” apology to survivors of abuse in ...

Canada orders binding arbitration to end port lockout

With the lockouts, $930m of goods are being affected daily, affecting supply chains and local economy, the government says.Canada’s labour ...

Why Split-Ticket Voters Must Keep Trump Accountable on Abortion

In the 2024 Presidential election, voters simultaneously cast their ballot for abortion rights and for President-elect Donald Trump. A new ...

Trump criminal case ruling delayed by election

In this courtroom sketch, former U.S. president Donald Trump appears by video conferencing before Judge Juan Merchan during a hearing ...

AT&T CEO: A looming airwave gap will bring higher cellphone bills

Policymakers have long said they were doing what they could to ease the pocketbook pain of average Americans. Now, a ...

Trump 2.0: Who has US president-elect picked for his new administration?

United States President-elect Donald Trump has wasted little time in choosing officials to take up key roles in his incoming ...

13 women will be governors next year—a new record

The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire’s governor means 13 women will serve as a state’s chief executive next year, ...

Democrats should have celebrated America’s stunning economic success–but they were intimidated by progressives

Everyone was surprised by the magnitude of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the electoral college and popular vote landslide over ...

Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth concedes defeat in parliamentary election