Turkey’s government is clarifying its 2024 priorities. Once again, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing an election. This time, it’s not for his own reelection as president, but an attempt to win back control over the country’s major cities — which he lost in 2019.
YEREVAN, Armenia — It is a nightmare scenario not only for the United States but also for countries bordering Russia. After blunting Russia’s initial assault and extracting hundreds of thousands of casualties from the Russian army, Ukraine is running out of steam. The conflict has frozen, and demography is on Russia’s side. Anti-Ukraine propaganda, Washington’s usual attention deficit disorder, and the White House's tendency to give Ukraine what it needs to fight but not what it needs to win combine to take a toll. In the U.S., strategic impatience and an unwillingness to sacrifice are our Achilles’ heel. For Russia, attrition and fear are given. Russians may resent the high cost of President Vladimir Putin’s folly, but they exert no democratic pressure on their ruler.
Former President Trump increased his attacks on former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley at an Iowa rally on Friday, going after the candidate as she rises in polls. “Nikki Haley’s campaign is being funded by Biden donors,” Trump said, later dubbing her a “globalist.” “She likes the globe. I like America first,” he added. “The establishment...
The Food and Drug Administration warned Friday that applesauce pouches previously recalled for containing lead may also contain chromium, increasing the risks of illness after ingestion. The applesauce was initially recalled Nov. 13, with the Centers for Disease Control saying impacted pouches could contain lead. The FDA said Friday that the chromium contamination was from...
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley went after fellow GOP candidate and former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) Friday, claiming his campaign could be helping former President Trump get reelected. Christie has struggled to pick up momentum as he focuses campaign efforts in New Hampshire. Multiple GOP operatives, including Haley allies, have called on him to leave...
Special counsel Jack Smith denounced former President Trump’s request for contempt charges against him on Friday, saying the effort is just bringing up “recycled allegations.” Trump’s attorneys filed a contempt claim Thursday due to a dispute over how Judge Tanya Chutkan has paused activity in the case. The legal team claimed that due to a...
Nikki Haley is hitting hurdles as she seeks to take on former President Trump in Iowa and New Hampshire. The former U.N. ambassador scrambled this week to clarify comments she made on the campaign trail about the cause of the Civil War and faced backlash after she told New Hampshire voters they would correct the...
The third anniversary of the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol comes as experts are sounding the alarm over the state of American democracy as the country enters an election year divided over the significance of the day. The violent rampage led to multiple deaths, the ransacking of the Capitol, the prosecution of former President Trump...
The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to allow Florida to import some prescription drugs from Canada marks a major shift in U.S. drug policy, and could open the door to other states looking for ways to rein in high drug prices. The approval was three years in the making and came only after Florida sued...