Politics

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, June 22, 2024. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The Supreme Court is expected Monday to release the final opinions of its term — including a ruling on whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution

An aerial view shows a Philippines Navy vessel that has been grounded since 1999 to assert the nation’s sovereignty over the Second Thomas Shoal, a remote South China Sea reef also claimed by China. Jay Directo | Afp | Getty Images China has stepped up its aggression against the Philippines in the contested waters of

President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Many of the Democratic Party’s top fundraisers are privately sounding the alarm after President Joe Biden‘s disappointing debate performance Thursday against Republican former President Donald Trump. “Disaster,” said a

U.S. President Joe Biden attends the first presidential debate hosted by CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 27, 2024.  Marco Bello | Reuters President Joe Biden‘s raspy, unfocused, often inarticulate and widely panned debate performance stoked deep anxiety among Democrats — and caused some commentators and fundraisers to openly call for a new nominee to

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon gestures as he speaks to members of the media while leaving the federal courthouse after a judge ordered him to surrender by July 1 to begin serving his four-month prison term, in Washington on June 6, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a

Birds fly outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the day justices issue orders in pending appeals in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2024.  Nathan Howard | Reuters Republican lawmakers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce praised the Supreme Court decision Friday overturning the so-called Chevron doctrine, which for four decades led judges to defer to how

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he attends a presidential debate with U.S. President Joe Biden in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters The stock price of Trump Media soared more than 11% in premarket trading Friday morning after majority shareholder Donald Trump benefited from President Joe Biden stumbling through their

Supporters of the government of Luis Arce Catacora confront the military who surrounded the Murillo square where the government palace is located on June 26. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Bolivian forces have arrested the general accused of attempting a coup against the country’s government on Wednesday, crowning an hours-long overture by armed soldiers

Black smoke billows following an Israeli air strike that targeted a house in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the Lebanese-Israeli border on June 21, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. Rabih Daher | AFP | Getty Images The near-daily exchanges of fire along Lebanon’s border with northern Israel

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks alongside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo during a Cabinet Meeting at the White House on June 06, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images President Joe Biden‘s Cabinet will wrap up a barnstorming tour Thursday after two weeks on the road, touting the

Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks to speak to the media after being found guilty following his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 30, 2024. Seth Wenig | Afp | Getty Images A New York judge on Tuesday lifted parts of a gag order imposed on former President

Documents and materials seized during a search of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and social club are pictured in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters on June 25, 2024. U.s. Justice Department | Via Reuters Federal prosecutors in Donald Trump‘s classified documents case released new photos showing what they called the “haphazard

Photographs and news agency reports showed protesters clashing in the streets of Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday, as the African state passed a controversial finance bill set to raise national taxes. Earlier in the day, the Kenyan parliament announced it had passed a second reading of the contentious Finance Bill 2024 — which sets out

A maintenance worker sweeps the street in front of a row of new homes in Fairfax, Virginia, on August 22, 2023.  Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday unveiled a new slate of financing initiatives to support housing development, including a $100 million fund specifically for affordable housing. The

A boy carries salvaged items from the rubble of a building destroyed during Israeli bombardment at al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on June 22, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. Omar Al-qattaa | Afp | Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled that the “intense” phase of

Aytac Unal/ | Anadolu | Getty Images Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group fell nearly 10% on Tuesday, continuing the stock’s tumble following the conviction of former President Donald Trump, the company’s majority shareholder. The stock closed at $31.31 Tuesday, on much higher than average trading volume of 7.52 million shares. Shares of Trump

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his campaign event, in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. June 18, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Former President Donald Trump on Saturday gave a brief glimpse of the ammunition he is loading up against President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy ahead of the first presidential