Chinese educational authorities issued a striking guidance document to the headmasters of all non-international high, middle, and primary schools in Hong Kong on Monday. The guidance calls for propaganda sessions and competitions to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the city’s national security law on June 30. It also reminds teachers and students to report behavior […]
When Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s new president-elect, takes office in October, she will become the leader of a country that has endured its most acute period of violence in recent memory. But she has little interest in addressing it. Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first female president, was elected Sunday in a landslide victory. The president-elect […]
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) filed to run for another term in the Senate as an independent on Monday, as his federal bribery trial continues. Menendez had announced in March that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for his Senate seat but left the door open to possibly pursuing an independent run. The longtime senator...
During his first congressional hearing in nearly two years, former chief White House medical advisor Anthony Fauci picked up where he left off: trading barbs with Republicans over the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci’s public testimony before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic was long anticipated and preceded by two days of...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver an address to Congress on June 13, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill on Monday, setting the stage for what is certain to be a contentious event as many progressives vow to boycott the speech. The top four congressional leaders on Friday formally invited...
Twelve jurors and four alternates were selected in the first of what could be two federal criminal trials involving Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, according to The Associated Press. The panel of Delaware residents was selected after just one day, where prospective jurors were questioned over their views on gun rights, political prosecutions...
Retiring Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) — a longtime conservative Democrat who announced last week he is registering as an independent — reiterated Monday that he has no plans to run for office this cycle, but said he would not entirely rule out the prospect of a future bid for public office. “I am not running,”...
The Trump campaign announced Monday it raised $141 million in May alongside the Republican National Committee (RNC), a staggering total buoyed in part by a surge in donations after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts in New York. The campaign and RNC received more than 2 million donations for the month,...