Voters in France will head to the polls for a second round of voting to determine the course of the country’s future — or at least the makeup of its National Assembly. The hard right in the country saw victories in the first round of voting, after a dominant victory in European Parliament elections in […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in […]
President Joe Biden’s electoral path to staying in the White House runs through a handful of battleground states. But that route is quickly fading. The continued fallout from his disastrous debate performance that raised questions about his mental acuity and his electability against former President Donald Trump includes key states shifting in the GOP’s favor […]
President Joe Biden’s first interview after his disastrous debate showing was a preview of what is likely to happen if Democratic leaders go to the White House to persuade him to stand down in the 2024 election. “If the Lord Almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get out of the race,’ I’d get out of […]
This November, Arizona voters will be given the chance to move their state away from semi-closed primaries and open them to all registered voters. A referendum on the ballot from Make Elections Fair Arizona asks whether the current system, in which independents are forced to pick up either a Republican or Democratic ballot on primary […]
The first round of July’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at 70, will go out in four days. Here is everything to know about this month’s Social Security payments. What is it? Social Security payments are monthly checks given to retirees to reduce or replace their incomes once they stop working. The […]
Former Democratic Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan said President Joe Biden’s ABC interview Friday night didn’t “move the needle at all” and that “he’s out of touch with reality on the ground.” The interview was viewed as a chance for Biden to convince voters that he’s mentally fit and another opportunity to shed light on his […]
President Joe Biden‘s first post-debate interview was laden with a series of denials at odds with a candidate who is trying to convince his party that he is taking its concerns about his age and mental acuity seriously. From his poll numbers to whether Democrats are calling on him to step down as their 2024 nominee […]
President Joe Biden declined to commit to undertake an independent cognitive test amid concerns about his age and mental acuity after his debate against former President Donald Trump. “Look, I have a cognitive test every single day,” Biden told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos during his first post-debate interview. “Not only am I campaigning but I’m running the world.” […]
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) didn’t go as far as some of his colleagues but did lay down cover for pledged delegates who might be nervous about casting a vote for President Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention. There has been a surge in interest about how, if at all, Democrats could replace Biden at […]
