Politics

Cases of monkeypox are being investigated in several countries in Europe and North America.

We rated every race in play in the midterms. Here’s who we think will win.

Two United States Secret Service agents in South Korea were sent stateside ahead of President Biden’s arrival following their involvement in an off-duty alcohol related incident.

The Buffalo shooting suspect set up a chatroom on Discord just before he shot and killed 10 people at a grocery store, according to an invitation for the room reviewed by The Washington Post. An invitation from alleged shooter Payton Gendron titled “Happening: This is not a drill” right before he walked into a supermarket…

The theme for this year’s Older Americans Month — “Age My Way” — presents a golden opportunity to ask: are seniors able to age the way they want to in the 21st century, and how can we help them achieve that goal? For many seniors, ‘aging my way’ means remaining in their homes and communities — or…

Amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, President Biden is visiting South Korea from May 20 to May 22 to have a summit meeting with the new conservative South Korean President

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk late Thursday apparently responded to an article from Business Insider that says Musk was accused of sexually propositioning a SpaceX flight attendant, calling the claims not true. The report, citing interviews and documents, states that a flight attendant says Musk exposed himself during a massage and ask her for…

If economic populism were the magic bullet, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would be sitting in the White House instead of President Biden.

President Biden on Friday toured a Samsung factory in South Korea and vowed to strengthen ties between Washington and Seoul during his first stop on a trip to Asia.   “We’re standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have a far-reaching impacts on the world we leave to…

Former President Donald Trump’s full court press to pump up former Sen. David Perdue’s primary challenge against Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp doesn’t appear to be working

Russian President Vladimir Putin ironically appears to have greatly increased Ukraine’s chances of joining NATO. He has thereby achieved the opposite of what he claimed was his goal: keeping Ukraine out of the alliance. Before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, everyone — Americans, Europeans, Ukrainians and Russians — knew that Ukraine had no chance…

President Biden is in South Korea at this hour and will be in Japan this weekend, eager to demonstrate U.S. leadership among allies, send an implicit message of strength to China and North Korea and strengthen economic ties that benefit U.S. consumers and businesses. While he’s away, the war in Ukraine, COVID-19 responses, inflation, a…

The court filing describes the direct role of Trump himself in developing strategy, detailing “two hand-written notes from former President Trump about information that he thought might be useful for the anticipated litigation.”

Russia and the West are engaging in an escalating energy sparring match as European countries seek to limit their dependence on the Kremlin because of its invasion of Ukraine. Members of the Group of Seven (G7) said this month that they’d phase out Russian oil, while the European Union (EU) is separately weighing its own…

A growing number of Senate Democrats say they’re ready to take a tough vote on an amendment to keep the Title 42 health order in place at the U.S.-Mexico border if that’s what’s needed to move a stalled COVID-19 relief package. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has held the bill from the floor because…

Some GOP lawmakers are getting frustrated with the hard-line tactics of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. Members of the group have forced recorded votes on normally non-controversial bills on the suspension calendar, forcing lawmakers to hang around the chamber for hours to get their votes in rather than conduct other business. It led to a confrontation on Tuesday…

For this week’s episode of Playbook Deep Dive, we sat down with Jennifer Ellis at her cattle ranch in eastern Idaho to understand how the state’s GOP establishment delivered a stinging rebuke to Trumpism.

Telemedicine groups are looking to bolster privacy protections ahead of Roe decision.

Power to the Polls is looking to reengage 700,000 people who expressed interest in volunteering during the 2020 election.

Democrats are debating how far they should go to try to win the Tar Heel State, where they haven’t won a Senate race since 2008.