Since their decisive losses across the board in the 2024 elections, the Democratic Party has been searching for a way forward and a way to fix its growing unpopularity. The party has been dogged by continued negative polling figures, with an ABC News-Washington Post-Ipsos poll released last month showing 69% of people believe the Democratic […]
Democrats, licking their wounds from their 2024 defeat, are slowly but surely turning their attention to the 2028 race, seeking to turn the page on the era of former President Joe Biden. Progressives and moderates young and old have filled their calendars with high-profile events to put them in the public’s eyes and ears. All […]
President Donald Trump was coy when asked this week who he would like to see become the next Bishop of Rome. “I’d like to be pope,” he told reporters outside the White House on Wednesday. He smiled and paused for a comedic beat. “That would be my No. 1 choice.” Pushed for his honest opinion, […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), a speculated 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, attracted both praise and backlash for appearing alongside President Donald Trump as he announced new federal funding for an Air National Guard base in Michigan. Whitmer’s physical embrace of Trump, accepting a hug from him upon his arrival at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in […]
President Donald Trump added yet another twist to the monthslong saga to fill the role of United Nations ambassador, forcing Republicans to relive the Signalgate controversy as they usher Mike Waltz’s nomination through the Senate. Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee, the panel weighing Waltz’s nomination, are expected to heavily litigate his judgment after he […]
Microsoft is touting “support for Europe” amid tariff negotiations, going so far as to threaten to sue the Trump administration if it is ordered to suspend European cloud operations. The tech titan’s apparent threat comes after Microsoft dropped a Trump-allied law firm for an anti-Trump litigator currently fighting an executive order from the president. Microsoft’s […]
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to organize Starbase as a city was approved by a lopsided margin among the small group of voters who live there and are mostly Musk’s employees at SpaceX. […]
SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party won another landslide in Saturday’s general elections, extending its 66-year unbroken rule in a huge boost for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong who took power a year ago. The Election Department announced the PAP won 82 Parliamentary seats after vote counting ended. The party had earlier won five […]
SIMI VALLEY, California (AP) — A small plane crashed into a neighborhood in Simi Valley on Saturday afternoon, killing one person aboard the aircraft and damaging two homes, authorities said. Fire crews responded to the scene, and police officers cordoned off the streets, warning people to stay clear of the area. Smoke could be seen […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that his military would not abide by a three-day ceasefire laid out by Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week, instead offering a longer 30-day truce that is backed by the United States. Putin announced on Monday a suspension of “all military actions” from midnight May 8 to midnight May […]
