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James Talarico moves to win over key constituency that may not be fully sold on him

Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico is working overtime to win over black voters, a crucial demographic if he is to score an upset win over Attorney General Ken Paxton in the state President Donald Trump won by 14 points in 2024. Talarico’s outreach comes on the heels of a bitter primary against Rep. Jasmine […]

As competition between US and China intensifies, Japan has an important role to play

TOKYO — In this land of wonders, a bastion of liberal democracy in a continent dominated by imperial powers, contradictions abound. The Japanese sit silently in metro cars and stroll noiselessly to work on bustling streets, but cheer raucously at baseball games. Bullet trains whisk by at 200 miles per hour, and impossibly sophisticated toilets […]

‘Practical Magic 2’ is a very silly sequel

Once upon a time, sequels were avoided, dreaded, or looked upon with skepticism for the fear that they might spoil a great movie. There was reason to doubt the wisdom of making sequels to iconic stand-alone films such as, say, Dirty Harry (1971) or The Godfather (1972) — although, in the case of those two franchises, most of the […]

White House drug czar warns of emerging drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl

The White House has warned about the rise of fentanyl offshoots up to 100 times more potent than the lethal drug, and it has already claimed the lives of thousands of Americans. The Office of National Drug Control Policy released a drug threat notice on Tuesday alerting the public to fentanyl alterations, known as analogues, […]

Europe prepares for wider war as Russia ramps up ‘hybrid threats’ beyond Ukraine

European countries are growing concerned that Russia may decide to strike beyond the borders of Ukraine, leading governments across the continent to warn that any attempt by Moscow to destabilize the region will backfire. Earlier this week, Denmark accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at a Danish military helicopter over the Baltic […]

Trump to tout confrontation of ‘complex problems’ in address at UN

President Donald Trump will underscore how he has “confronted complex problems head-on around the world” during his Tuesday address to the United Nations’s General Assembly, U.N. Ambassador Michael Waltz said. During a call with reporters on Friday, Waltz said the president has spent his first two years back in the White House addressing conflicts that […]

Anthropic partners with IT company Accenture to evaluate frontier AI models

Anthropic is partnering with an Ireland-based information technology company to start evaluating its frontier artificial intelligence models. The AI firm announced its “non-exclusive” partnership with Accenture on Friday after news surrounding AI development hit an all-time high last week. Accenture is the first company with which Anthropic is partnering on an independent evaluation of frontier […]

Trump sticks with Elvira Salazar despite ad saying president ‘betrayed’ Florida Latinos

President Donald Trump still supports the reelection Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), despite the Florida Republican publicly criticizing his administration’s immigration policies. Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday that he “disagreed” with Salazar’s criticsm, contending he has a “very strong” record regarding securing the border and reducing illegal immigration and that is […]

Macron orders increased defenses against Russian sabotage after drone and cyberattacks

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday announced his government is working to craft a plan to protect the country from Russian hybrid threats.  After meeting with leading political figures in France, Macron warned in comments at the Élysée Palace that Moscow is expanding cyber and drone attacks across Europe in an effort, he said, is […]

Trump says his son reimbursed Russian oligarch who paid for wedding festivities

President Donald Trump said Friday that his son Donald Trump Jr. had reimbursed the Russian oligarch who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to help fund his wedding celebration. An investigation published this week by ProPublica reported that Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association and a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, […]
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