Former President Trump topped Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) by 21 points in a hypothetical new GOP primary poll in South Carolina, one of the first states to vote in the Republican primary. A poll from Winthrop University found Trump leading a potential Republican field with 41 percent of registered Republicans supporting him, followed by...
President Biden on Wednesday gave a message of hope in Northern Ireland while marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, expressing his strong support for the peace deal. “The lesson of the Good Friday Agreement is this, in times when things seem fragile or easily broken, that is when hope and hard work...
Prices across the economy fell to an annual increase of 5 percent, down from 6 percent annually in February, according to data from the Labor Department. On a monthly basis, inflation rose 0.1 percent after rising 0.4 percent in February and 0.5 percent in January. Economists had been expecting inflation to land at 5.1 percent...
A new poll found that more than 60 percent of Americans said that they believe electric vehicles (EVs) only help address climate change a little or not at all. The Gallup poll published Wednesday found that 35 percent of respondents said that electric vehicles address climate change "only a little," while 26 percent said they...
President Biden is scheduled to speak Wednesday morning in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as part of his trip to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. He will discuss business development in Northern Ireland during remarks at Ulster University. Biden met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak briefly earlier in the day. Watch Biden's remarks,...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) announced early Wednesday that he is launching a 2024 presidential exploratory committee, making him one of the highest-profile Republicans to potentially challenge former President Trump for the GOP nomination. "I know America is a land of opportunity, not a land of oppression. I know it because I lived it," Scott said...
Climate change is both a scourge and an opportunity for the agricultural sector. Shifting growing seasons, prolonged heat waves, and long-term droughts punctuated by extreme flooding events are bedeviling many farmers and ranchers. On the opportunity side, however, many farmers, ranchers and their suppliers and customers are excited about the prospect that deploying “climate-smart” farming...
Finland officially joined the NATO alliance last week to great fanfare after a year-long accession process marked by a distinct lack of debate. The Nordic country, nestled between Sweden and Russia, long has championed a neutral foreign policy, but as Russian forces surged across Ukraine’s eastern border in February 2022, public opinion in Finland shifted...
The White House is launching a campaign against the "emerging threat" of xylazine-laced fentanyl, hoping to slow its spread domestically and disrupt supply lines into the country