The Senate majority leader race is on. Or is it? Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is answering the calls of his Democratic colleagues who want new leadership when they take back control of Congress next year and is offering himself as an alternative to Charles E. Schumer.
At about 10:04 p.m. on Nov. 3, the Associated Press called the Texas Senate race for James Talarico. Roughly 16 minutes later, Ken Paxton conceded. The Republican attorney general had spent the better part of a year, in one of the most expensive Senate contests in American history, trying to hold a seat in a […]
Voters across the country rebuked President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, producing a powerful blue wave in the first major electoral test since his sweeping victory in 2024. The results were expected in battleground states, but not in Texas, a longtime bastion of conservatism that has maintained a […]
“We have a bunch of gangsters, thugs, punks, thieves, and drug smugglers running the country.” These words were spoken to me 36 years ago by Richard Morse, owner of the Hotel Oloffson, as we looked down from a balcony at Port-au-Prince, the fetid capital of Haiti. The Oloffson, built in the 19th century as a […]
Katy Perry was seen Tuesday alongside former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trudeau was spotted in a dark blue suit, while Perry was wearing a modest tan skirt set with a sweater. The two made their relationship official last October while the pop star was still on...
Netflix's subscription business is booming. The company said it had surpassed 325 million subscribers worldwide during a presentation to investors on Tuesday, increasing its operating income by 30 percent thanks to new customers added in the final quarter of 2025. Revenues increased more than 15 percent in the last quarter of 2025, the company said,...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday that it plans to appeal a November ruling finding that Meta did not have a monopoly over personal social networking. The agency, which sued the Facebook parent in 2020, suffered a key loss late last year when a federal judge determined the tech giant competes in a broader...
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Tuesday he will not run again for public office, ruling out another bid for his old seat and ending speculation about a possible return to politics. “I care deeply about the state of Maryland, and I remain concerned about the direction of our nation’s politics, but I have...
The U.S. forces apprehended their seventh oil tanker in the Caribbean on Tuesday as the Trump administration continues to enforce its quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the region. The U.S. personnel, made up of officials from the U.S. Coast Guard, along with the U.S. Navy and Marines, seized the Motor Vessel Sagitta “without incident,” according...
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said Europe is “under a lot of pressure” from the Trump administration’s tariffs and recent threats to overtake Greenland, while issuing a strong warning to European leaders not to cave to these demands. The politician, a member of the conservative Flemish nationalist N-VA party, made the comments during a...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — who left Congress this month after a bitter spat with the president — said President Trump’s campaign endorsements undermine his purported efforts to “drain the swamp.” In a post Tuesday on the social platform X, the Georgia Republican urged the public to evaluate potential candidates based on their...
Donald Trump's second term has been marked by an activist foreign policy, with a focus on hard power and a willingness to challenge existing norms, which has the potential to reset America's post-Cold War foreign policy and reinvigorate its global leadership.
New York City Mayor (D) Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday he supports getting rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on illegal immigration. “I am in support of abolishing ICE and I’ll tell you why. Because what we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling...
A former aide to President Trump from his first term, who broke with the White House over its handling of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack at the Capitol, on Tuesday berated his push to annex Greenland. “Yeah, I don’t say this lightly. I think this might be the most mentally ill, deranged thing that Donald...
President Trump on Tuesday is doubling down on his threats to seize Greenland, as European allies push back on the president. This afternoon, he joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for a press briefing to mark one full year of his second term. Earlier Tuesday, Trump released private messages between himself and Emmanuel Macron,...
