Michael Cohen’s gripping congressional hearing fueled even more talk about Democrats’ potential plans to pursue the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump. But in the near term, it’s not clear which side gained more from the testimony of Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer: the president’s Democratic opponents in Congress, who zeroed in on […] Read more
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett told CNBC on Monday that he would support fellow billionaire and former three-term New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg for president. “If Mike Bloomberg announced tomorrow that he was a candidate, I would say I’m for him,” Buffett told Becky Quick in a “Squawk Box” Interview from Omaha, Nebraska. […] Read more
By: Kieron Monks Presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko speaks during a political rally in Thies on February 20, 2019. With the economy in robust shape, Senegal’s President Macky Sall might have anticipated a cruise to victory in his re-election campaign in the country’s Sunday elections. The incumbent has overseen a period of healthy growth and delivered several landmark infrastructure […] Read more
By Katie Bernard King said he plans to run for re-election and rejected responsibility for his statements in The New York Times that appeared to defended white nationalism. “I have nothing to apologize for,” the Iowa Republican said in an interview released Thursday when asked if he was sorry for his words. He was being […] Read more
By Oren Liebermann, Michael Schwartz and Amir Tal In 1988, extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane and his political party were banned from Israel’s parliament for being racist and undemocratic. Now his followers are making a comeback, courted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he seeks a fifth term as the country’s leader. On Tuesday night, Netanyahu […] Read more
Greece’s opposition leader has promised sweeping changes to the economy at a time when the country is slowly back from the brink of an economic collapse. Ahead of a general election later this year, the leader of the opposition party New Democracy has vowed to restore market credibility during his first year in office. In […] Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Republicans on Thursday that a future Democratic president could declare gun violence a national emergency. Her comments to reporters came shortly after the White House said President Donald Trump would declare a national emergency in order to “build the wall, protect the border, and secure our great country.” Pelosi said […] Read more
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate would vote on the Green New Deal introduced last week by Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. “I’ve noted with great interest the Green New Deal, and we’re going to be voting on that in the Senate to give everybody an opportunity […] Read more
In this March 24, 2010, file photo, Thai Princess Ubolratana poses for a photo at the Thai Gala Night in Hong Kong BANGKOK – Thailand’s election panel on Monday disqualified the sister of the king from running for prime minister, putting an end to a stunning, short-lived candidacy by echoing King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s words that […] Read more
Elizabeth Warren has apologized to the Cherokee Nation for releasing the results of a DNA test last year in an attempt to prove that she has Native American ancestry, the tribe said Friday. The apology comes as the Massachusetts senator is expected to launch her 2020 presidential campaign in the coming weeks, after creating an […] Read more
