The Washington Post headquarters on K Street in Washington D.C. File | Photo Credit: AFP The Washington Post newspaper announced on Friday (October 25, 2024) it will endorse neither Democrat Kamala Harris nor Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. CEO William Lewis said this was a return “to our roots of not endorsing … Read more
Republicans are suing in three crucial battleground states to try to stop what they call illegal overseas voting, even as their presidential candidate Donald Trump courts Americans living abroad in his race against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. The cases come as Republicans have launched an aggressive legal campaign nationwide through lawsuits they say are … Read more
Joe Biden (left) and Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: AP Donald Trump’s name will appear on the ballot on June 4 for the first time since his historic conviction on felony crimes as a handful of states hold the last Republican presidential primary contests of 2024. The former president will be on the ballot in … Read more
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen isn’t on the ballot at the weekend’s European Parliament election but she’s likely to emerge as one of its biggest winners. Polls expect her National Rally party to be the top vote-getter in France, trouncing President Emmanuel Macron‘s moderate pro-business party. And across Europe, the anti-immigration, nationalist ideas Le … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: AFP Former President Donald Trump leads a pack of six Republican candidates jostling to be their party’s presidential nominee for the 2024 election, while President Joe Biden faces little opposition in the Democratic Party. Here is a timeline of events related to the Nov. 5, 2024, election between Jan 01, … Read more
One day after January 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump denounced the rioters who violently stormed the Capitol building, breaking through barricades, battling law enforcement and sending members of Congress — who were set to formally certify his re-election loss — running for their lives. “Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and … Read more
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy, on June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office in Chicago. | Photo Credit: AP President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign ended last month with about $20 million in the bank, just trailing the $22 million plus reported by leading Republican candidate Donald Trump, according to financial disclosures … Read more
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, one day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, took aim at federal … Read more
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is using his State of the Union address Tuesday night to call on Republicans to work with him to “finish the job” of rebuilding the economy and uniting the nation as he seeks to overcome pessimism in the country and navigate political divisions in Washington. The address comes as the nation … Read more
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy flipped 15 colleagues to support him in dramatic votes for House speaker on Friday, January 6, 2023, making extraordinary gains on the fourth day and the 12th and 13th ballots of a historic standoff that was testing American democracy and the GOP majority’s ability to govern. The switched votes from conservative … Read more