Daniel Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, said he has terminal cancer and months to live.
Amid widespread turnover among county election officials in Nevada as the 2022 midterms approached, the clerks and registrars thrust into new roles often had a dual approach: running elections while learning how they operate.
Switching political parties to be able to choose the primary in which a voter wants to cast a ballot is an old Wyoming tradition, one that has faced growing scrutiny as the state's Democrats increasingly struggle to field strong candidates and Republican primaries often all but decide who eventually wins office.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting the White House on Friday for a private meeting with President Biden as both allies become increasingly vocal about their concerns that China may step off the sidelines and supply weapons to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
During a postgame press conference on Tuesday, Golden State Warriors player Draymond Green made controversial statements about the role of black history in the country. While talking to reporters, he advanced the false premise that governors want to remove black history from education. It’s the latest left-wing outburst from one of the league’s players that frequently promotes factually incorrect information and viewpoints to promote racial division.
When Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for president, he was viewed as such a long shot that his home state’s major newspaper headlined the story, "Jimmy Carter is running for WHAT?"
Prior to the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey in early February, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was attempting to pull off several foreign policy magic tricks ahead of the country’s May 14 elections. This involved resetting ties with Israel and a number of Arab countries, notably Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Until recently, Ankara had difficult ties with leaders of the Arab world. The need to mend fences became an imperative, owing to Erdogan’s increasingly desperate need to stabilize the national currency (the lira) by procuring funding from abroad.