Vice President Vance left for Switzerland Saturday evening to join special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, for technical talks with Iran in hopes of reaching a potential nuclear deal. The U.S. and Iran this week reached a preliminary agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trading corridor whose months-long...
Some Black Democrats are frustrated with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s (D-Fla.) decision to run in a South Florida congressional district home to a large Black voting population, sparking an intraparty clash that is poised to become a defining battle of the campaign season. Wasserman Schultz, a veteran lawmaker who has served in Congress since 2005,...
President Trump threatened on Saturday afternoon to impose tolls in the Strait of Hormuz if a deal with Tehran is not completed within 60 days, a warning that comes as U.S. and Iranian officials offer differing accounts of who controls the strategic oil corridor. Trump claimed in a Truth Social post that there would be “NO TOLLS” in...
The wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was ordered by a judge on Saturday to surrender her passport ahead of an impending trial on corruption charges, according to multiple outlets. Begoña Gómez is accused of using her position to help certain private-sector companies secure government contracts and misusing public funds. The Associated Press reported...
The Democratic candidate in Texas's U.S. Senate race, state Rep. James Talarico, brushed aside insults elevated by President Trump and his Republican opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. “I honestly get the sense that people across the spectrum, across the state are tired of this politics as professional wrestling, right? You got these old guys...
The United States is failing in its responsibility as a World Cup host country, Iranian officials argued in a government statement shared exclusively with...
OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s rousing Davos speech, where he called on middle powers to not become losers to the world’s “hegemons,”...
Iran said it's shutting down the Strait of Hormuz just three days after it reopened, citing Israel's strikes in Lebanon amid a fragile ceasefire agreement.
Russia has freed 24 Filipinos who have been detained for months without charges in a Siberian city, after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. raised concern for them in a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Philippine officials said Saturday.
