Recep Tayyip Erdogan will continue his authoritarian rule well into its third decade. International observers confirmed elections were neither free nor fair. Those who claim Erdogan won fairly focus on balloting, but what preceded it tipped the scales: arrests of opposition candidates, state media amplifying Erdogan while largely ignoring his competitors, and local authorities approving Erdogan’s rallies while denying opponents equal access to the public square.
If you scroll through Randi Weingarten’s Twitter account, you will see she posts a lot. Her more than 210,000 tweets consist of posts about gun control, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Ukraine, teachers, and even random economic policy. One thing you will not find her posting so much about, though, is educational achievement or outcome.
The Justice Department (DOJ) on Wednesday filed a civil complaint against West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R), a 2024 Senate candidate, and 13 coal companies he owns, alleging unpaid fines for earlier mining violations. The complaint claims Justice-owned firms committed more than 130 violations of federal mining law between 2018 and 2022 and ignored more...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) suggested in an interview on Wednesday that former Vice President Mike Pence should announce he is jumping into the GOP presidential primary in the near future, saying "sooner is better." "Well, I would love to see him announce very soon," Ernst told NewsNation's Blake Burman on "The Hill on NewsNation." Ernst's...
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will give a daily press briefing Wednesday afternoon, joined by National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby. Among subjects Kirby may address are Uganda's widely condemned anti-LGBTQ measures just signed into law, North Korea’s recent provocative but failed military satellite launch and the use of drones to...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk discussed electric and “intelligent networked” vehicles with China’s industry minister during a visit to Beijing on Wednesday. Musk and Jin Zhuanglong, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, reportedly “exchanged views on the development of new energy vehicles and intelligent networked vehicles,” the ministry said in a statement,...
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) is condemning the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old Black boy by a convenience store clerk in Columbia, S.C. In a statement this week, Clyburn said he is praying for “swift justice” for Cyrus Carmack-Belton, who was shot in the back after a convenience store owner falsely accused him of shoplifting on...
Debate over the debt ceiling deal moves to the full House on Wednesday, with Republican leadership aiming to ensure the package Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden finalized over the weekend will pass. The bill requires a simple majority in the House. The measure cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday evening when it passed out of...
Former President Trump has yet to weigh in on the budget agreement to raise the debt ceiling struck between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), even as his competitors in the 2024 GOP primary field overwhelmingly voice opposition to the deal. Trump has posted numerous times on Truth Social in the days since Biden...