Kenya has reported its first case of Ebola, as an outbreak that began in Central Africa has killed thousands and spread across multiple countries. The patient, who died Tuesday, was a Kenyan national who had lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo for seven years, according to Kenyan health officials. The man traveled to Kenya’s […]
The former head of Germany’s top foreign intelligence agency was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason and espionage, suspected of selling state secrets to foreign powers. August Hanning, 80, who was the head of Germany’s equivalent to the CIA, the Federal Intelligence Service, from 1998 to 2005, was arrested along with a former […]
Quebec’s independence party, Parti Québécois, won the largest share of the vote for the first time in 12 years, paving the way for another possible referendum in the near future. The victory wasn’t straightforward, however. PQ is projected to win 59 of 127 seats, falling five short of the 64 needed to obtain a majority […]
The political futures of the top leaders in Congress will be determined by what happens on Nov. 3. Each of the four leaders in the House and Senate is in a precarious position as they await the verdict of voters and feverishly work to increase or retain the power of their respective caucuses in the […]
Republicans are praising President Donald Trump‘s move to send $90 Medicare checks to seniors nationwide as a politically savvy effort to reach one of the most reliable voting blocs ahead of the midterm elections, even as they acknowledge the payments may not be enough to overcome a difficult environment for the GOP. The president recently […]
DOSWELL, Virginia — Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) has spent nearly 20 years in Congress, winning reelection after reelection in a district Democrats haven’t held since the 1970s. But as the nine-term Republican worked the crowds at the State Fair of Virginia, shaking hands and talking with voters less than a month before Election Day, the […]
STAFFORD COUNTY, Kansas — A zebra skin hangs over a beam and the spiral-horned head of a kudu, an African antelope, looks down from the wall, amid a gaggle of stuffed geese and ducks. “I shot that zebra at 48 yards,” says Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), reminiscing about a bow hunting trip to Namibia as […]
A once-niche fight over automated license plate readers and surveillance cameras powered by artificial intelligence has emerged as a flash point in the debate over developing technology, garnering the attention of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Privacy concerns surrounding automated license plate readers have long attracted attention from conservative GOP lawmakers, who have […]
Democrats are almost giddy a month before the Nov. 3 elections as polls and prediction markets capture them being on the precipice of controlling Congress, but some are warning the party to pump the brakes, as a premature victory lap could depress turnout in key races and limit victories. With four weeks until the midterm […]
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan shot down a last-minute emergency application filed by consumers on Monday that sought to halt the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger from closing the following day. Kagan, who handles emergency applications arising from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, denied the plaintiffs’ petition without providing a reason. Their case […]
